Senate Bill 1922 (2022) — Instructional hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program
SB 1922
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Florida Senate - 2022 SB By Senator Taddeo 40-00951-22 20221922__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled
An act relating to instructional hours for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; amending ss. 1002.55, 1002.61, 1002.63, and 1002.71, F.S.; 4 revising the instructional hours required in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to provide for an 8-hour program day in the summer and school-7 year programs; providing an effective date. 8
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10
Section 1. Subsection (2) of
section 1002.55, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 1002.55 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by private prekindergarten providers. — 15
(2) Each school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a private prekindergarten provider must comprise at least 1,440 17 instructional hours. 18
Section 2. Paragraph
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a) of subsection (2) of
section 19 1002.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 20 1002.61 Summer prekindergarten program delivered by public schools and private prekindergarten providers. — 22
(2) Each summer prekindergarten program delivered by a public school or private prekindergarten provider must: 24
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a) Comprise at least 480 instructional hours; 25
Section 3. Subsection (2) of
section 1002.63, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 27 1002.63 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by public schools.— 29 Florida Senate - 2022 SB 1922 40-00951-22 20221922__ CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.
(2) Each school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a public school must comprise at least 1,440 instructional hours. 32
Section 4. Subsection (2) of
section 1002.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 34 1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting. — 35
(2) A full-time equivalent student in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program shall be calculated as follows: 38
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a) For a student in a school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a private prekindergarten provider: 1,440 540 instructional hours. 41
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b) For a student in a summer prekindergarten program delivered by a public school or private prekindergarten provider: 480 instructional hours. 44
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c) For a student in a school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a public school: 1,440 instructional hours. 46 Except as provided in subsection (4), a student may not be reported for funding purposes as more than one f ull-time equivalent student. 50