Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0019 Compare Versions

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15	15		An act relating to individual education plans; 2
16	16		amending s. 1003.5716, F.S.; requiring individual 3
17	17		education plans for certain students to contain 4
18	18		information and instruction on certain legal rights 5
19	19		and responsibilities that transfer to students at the 6
20	20		age of 18; requiring such information to include ways 7
21	21		in which a student may provide informed consent to 8
22	22		allow his or her parent to continue to participate in 9
23	23		his or her educational decisions; requiring the State 10
24	24		Board of Education to adopt rules; providing an 11
25	25		effective date. 12
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27	27		Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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29	29		Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1003.5716, Florida 16
30	30		Statutes, is amended to read: 17
31	31		1003.5716 Transition to postsecondary education and career 18
32	32		opportunities.—All students with disabilities who are 3 years of 19
33	33		age to 21 years of age have the right to a free, appropriate 20
34	34		public education. As used in this section, the term "IEP" me ans 21
35	35		individual education plan. 22
36	36		(1) To ensure quality planning for a successful transition 23
37	37		of a student with a disability to postsecondary education and 24
38	38		career opportunities, during the student's seventh grade year or 25
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51	51		when the student attains the age of 1 2, whichever occurs first, 26
52	52		an IEP team shall begin the process of, and develop an IEP for, 27
53	53		identifying the need for transition services before the student 28
54	54		with a disability enters high school or attains the age of 14 29
55	55		years, whichever occurs first, in order for his or her 30
56	56		postsecondary goals and career goals to be identified. The plan 31
57	57		must be operational and in place to begin implementation on the 32
58	58		first day of the student's first year in high school. This 33
59	59		process must include, but is not limited to: 34
60	60		(a) Consideration of the student's need for instruction in 35
61	61		the area of self-determination and self -advocacy to assist the 36
62	62		student's active and effective participation in an IEP meeting; 37
63	63		(b) Preparation for the student to graduate from high 38
64	64		school with a standa rd high school diploma pursuant to s. 39
65	65		1003.4282 with a Scholar designation unless the parent chooses a 40
66	66		Merit designation; and 41
67	67		(c) Provision of the information to the student and his or 42
68	68		her parent of the school district's high school -level transition 43
69	69		services, career and technical education, and collegiate 44
70	70		programs available to students with disabilities and how to 45
71	71		access such programs. Information shall also be provided on 46
72	72		school-based transition programs and programs and services 47
73	73		available through Florid a's Center for Students with Unique 48
74	74		Abilities, the Florida Centers for Independent Living, the 49
75	75		Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Agency for Persons 50
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88	88		with Disabilities, and the Division of Blind Services. Referral 51
89	89		forms, links, and technical support contacts for these services 52
90	90		must be provided to students and parents at IEP meetings ; and 53
91	91		(d) At least 1 year before the student reaches the age of 54
92	92		majority, provision of information and instruction to the 55
93	93		student and his or her parent on self -determination and the 56
94	94		legal rights and responsibilities regarding the educational 57
95	95		decisions that transfer to the student upon attaining the age of 58
96	96		18. The information must include the ways in which the student 59
97	97		may provide informed consent to allow his or her parent to 60
98	98		continue to participate in educational decisions, including: 61
99	99		1. Informed consent to grant permission to access 62
100	100		confidential records protected under the Family Educational 63
101	101		Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) as provided in s. 1002.22. 64
102	102		2. Powers of attorn ey as provided in chapter 709. 65
103	103		3. Guardian advocacy as provided in s. 393.12. 66
104	104		4. Guardianship as provided in chapter 744 . 67
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106	106		The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to administer 69
107	107		this paragraph. 70
108	108		Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 71