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Florida House Bill H0259

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1010 F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
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1414 A bill to be entitled 1
1515 An act relating to interscholastic extracurricular 2
16-activities; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing 3
17-certain Florida Virtual School full -time students and 4
18-charter school students to participate in 5
19-interscholastic extracurricular activities at a 6
20-private school under certain circumstances; amending 7
21-s. 1002.33, F.S.; authorizing a charter school student 8
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23-activities at a private school under certain 10
24-circumstances; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; authorizing 11
25-certain Florida Virtual School students and charter 12
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27-extracurricular activities at a private school under 14
28-certain circumstances; providing an effective date. 15
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30-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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32- Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (18) of 19
33-section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 20
34- 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public 21
35-school students must receive accurate and timely information 22
36-regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed 23
37-of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K -12 24
38-students and their parents are afforded numer ous statutory 25
16+activities; amending ss. 1002.33 and 1006.15, F.S.; 3
17+authorizing a charter school student to participate in 4
18+interscholastic extracurricular activities at a 5
19+private school under certain circumstances; providing 6
20+an effective date. 7
21+Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8
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23+ Section 1. Subsection (11) of section 1002.33, Florida 10
24+Statutes, is amended to read: 11
25+ 1002.33 Charter schools. — 12
26+ (11) PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR 13
27+ACTIVITIES.—A charter school student is eligible to participate 14
28+in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at the public 15
29+school to which the student wo uld be otherwise assigned to 16
30+attend, or may develop an agreement to participate at a private 17
31+school, pursuant to s. 1006.15(3)(d). 18
32+ Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section 19
33+1006.15, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 20
34+ 1006.15 Student standards for participation in 21
35+interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student 22
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38+ (d) An individual charter school student pursuant to s. 25
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51-rights including, but not limited to, the following: 26
52- (18) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. —In accordance with the 27
53-provisions of s. 1006.15: 28
54- (c) Charter school students. —Charter school students who 29
55-meet specified academic and conduct requiremen ts are eligible to 30
56-participate in extracurricular activities at the public school 31
57-to which the student would be assigned or could choose to attend 32
58-according to district school board policies, or may develop an 33
59-agreement to participate at a private school, unless such 34
60-activity is provided by the student's charter school. 35
61- (d) Florida Virtual School full -time students.—Florida 36
62-Virtual School full-time students who meet specified academic 37
63-and conduct requirements are eligible to participate in 38
64-extracurricular activities at the public school to which the 39
65-student would be assigned or could choose to attend according to 40
66-district school board policies , or may develop an agreement to 41
67-participate at a private school . 42
68- Section 2. Subsection (11) of section 1002.33 , Florida 43
69-Statutes, is amended to read: 44
70- 1002.33 Charter schools. — 45
71- (11) PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR 46
72-ACTIVITIES.—A charter school student is eligible to participate 47
73-in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at the public 48
74-school to which the student would be otherwise assigned to 49
75-attend, or may develop an agreement to participate at a private 50
51+1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to which 26
52+the student would be assigned according to district school board 27
53+attendance area policies or which the student could attend , or 28
54+may develop an agreement to participate at a private school, in 29
55+any interscholastic extracurricular activity of that school, 30
56+unless such activity is provided by the student's charter 31
57+school, if the following conditions are met: 32
58+ 1. The charter school student must meet the requirements 33
59+of the charter school education program as determined by the 34
60+charter school governing board. 35
61+ 2. During the period of participation at a school, the 36
62+charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as 37
63+required in paragraph (b). 38
64+ 3. The charter school student must meet the same residency 39
65+requirements as other students in the school at which he or she 40
66+participates. 41
67+ 4. The charter school student must meet the same standards 42
68+of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of 43
69+other students in extracurricular activities. 44
70+ 5. The charter school student must register with the 45
71+school his or her intent to participate in interscholastic 46
72+extracurricular activities as a representative of the school 47
73+before participation. A charter school student must be able to 48
74+participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement 49
75+for an extracurricular activit y. 50
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88-school, pursuant to s. 1006.15(3)(d). 51
89- Section 3. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (3) of 52
90-section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, are ame nded to read: 53
91- 1006.15 Student standards for participation in 54
92-interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student 55
93-activities; regulation. — 56
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95- (d) An individual charter school student pursuant to s. 58
96-1002.33 is eligible to participate at the pub lic school to which 59
97-the student would be assigned according to district school board 60
98-attendance area policies or which the student could attend , or 61
99-may develop an agreement to participate at a private school, in 62
100-any interscholastic extracurricular activity of that school, 63
101-unless such activity is provided by the student's charter 64
102-school, if the following conditions are met: 65
103- 1. The charter school student must meet the requirements 66
104-of the charter school education program as determined by the 67
105-charter school governing board. 68
106- 2. During the period of participation at a school, the 69
107-charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as 70
108-required in paragraph (b). 71
109- 3. The charter school student must meet the same residency 72
110-requirements as other students in the school at which he or she 73
111-participates. 74
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126-other students in extracurricular activities. 77
127- 5. The charter school student must re gister with the 78
128-school his or her intent to participate in interscholastic 79
129-extracurricular activities as a representative of the school 80
130-before participation. A charter school student must be able to 81
131-participate in curricular activities if that is a require ment 82
132-for an extracurricular activity. 83
133- 6. A student who transfers from a charter school program 84
134-to a traditional public school before or during the first 85
135-grading period of the school year is academically eligible to 86
136-participate in interscholastic extracur ricular activities during 87
137-the first grading period if the student has a successful 88
138-evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to 89
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140- 7. Any public school or private school student who has 91
141-been unable to maintain academic eligibility f or participation 92
142-in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to 93
143-participate in such activities as a charter school student until 94
144-the student has successfully completed one grading period in a 95
145-charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to be come eligible to 96
146-participate as a charter school student. 97
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148-program may participate in any interscholastic extracurricular 99
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163-policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to 102
164-s. 1002.31, or may develop an agreement to participate at a 103
165-private school, if the student: 104
166- 1. During the period of participation in the 105
167-interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements 106
168-in paragraph (a). 107
169- 2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the 108
170-board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School. 109
171- 3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students 110
172-in the school at which he or she participates. 111
173- 4. Meets the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and 112
174-performance that are required of other students in 113
175-extracurricular activities. 114
176- 5. Registers his or her intent to participate in 115
177-interscholastic extracurricular ac tivities with the school 116
178-before participation. A Florida Virtual school student must be 117
179-able to participate in curricular activities if that is a 118
180-requirement for an extracurricular activity. 119
181- Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 120
88+ 6. A student who transfers from a charter school program 51
89+to a traditional public school before or during the first 52
90+grading period of the school year is academically eligible to 53
91+participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during 54
92+the first grading period if the student has a successful 55
93+evaluation from the previous school year , pursuant to 56
94+subparagraph 2. 57
95+ 7. Any public school or private school student who has 58
96+been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation 59
97+in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to 60
98+participate in such activities as a charter school student until 61
99+the student has successfully completed one grading period in a 62
100+charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to 63
101+participate as a charter school student. 64
102+ Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 65