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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to interscholastic extracurricular 2
activities; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing 3
certain Florida Virtual School full -time students and 4
charter school students to participate in 5
interscholastic extracurricular activities at a 6
private school under certain circumstances; amending 7
s. 1002.33, F.S.; authorizing a charter school student 8
to participate in interscholastic extracurricular 9
activities at a private school under certain 10
circumstances; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; authorizing 11
certain Florida Virtual School students and charter 12
school students to participate in interscholastic 13
extracurricular activities at a private school under 14
certain circumstances; providing an effective date. 15
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (18) of 19
section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 20
1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public 21
school students must receive accurate and timely information 22
regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed 23
of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K -12 24
students and their parents are afforded numer ous statutory 25
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rights including, but not limited to, the following: 26
(18) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. —In accordance with the 27
provisions of s. 1006.15: 28
(c) Charter school students. —Charter school students who 29
meet specified academic and conduct requiremen ts are eligible to 30
participate in extracurricular activities at the public school 31
to which the student would be assigned or could choose to attend 32
according to district school board policies, or may develop an 33
agreement to participate at a private school, unless such 34
activity is provided by the student's charter school. 35
(d) Florida Virtual School full -time students.—Florida 36
Virtual School full-time students who meet specified academic 37
and conduct requirements are eligible to participate in 38
extracurricular activities at the public school to which the 39
student would be assigned or could choose to attend according to 40
district school board policies , or may develop an agreement to 41
participate at a private school . 42
Section 2. Subsection (11) of section 1002.33 , Florida 43
Statutes, is amended to read: 44
1002.33 Charter schools. — 45
(11) PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR 46
ACTIVITIES.—A charter school student is eligible to participate 47
in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at the public 48
school to which the student would be otherwise assigned to 49
attend, or may develop an agreement to participate at a private 50
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school, pursuant to s. 1006.15(3)(d). 51
Section 3. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (3) of 52
section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, are ame nded to read: 53
1006.15 Student standards for participation in 54
interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student 55
activities; regulation. — 56
(3) 57
(d) An individual charter school student pursuant to s. 58
1002.33 is eligible to participate at the pub lic school to which 59
the student would be assigned according to district school board 60
attendance area policies or which the student could attend , or 61
may develop an agreement to participate at a private school, in 62
any interscholastic extracurricular activity of that school, 63
unless such activity is provided by the student's charter 64
school, if the following conditions are met: 65
1. The charter school student must meet the requirements 66
of the charter school education program as determined by the 67
charter school governing board. 68
2. During the period of participation at a school, the 69
charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as 70
required in paragraph (b). 71
3. The charter school student must meet the same residency 72
requirements as other students in the school at which he or she 73
participates. 74
4. The charter school student must meet the same standards 75
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of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of 76
other students in extracurricular activities. 77
5. The charter school student must re gister with the 78
school his or her intent to participate in interscholastic 79
extracurricular activities as a representative of the school 80
before participation. A charter school student must be able to 81
participate in curricular activities if that is a require ment 82
for an extracurricular activity. 83
6. A student who transfers from a charter school program 84
to a traditional public school before or during the first 85
grading period of the school year is academically eligible to 86
participate in interscholastic extracur ricular activities during 87
the first grading period if the student has a successful 88
evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to 89
subparagraph 2. 90
7. Any public school or private school student who has 91
been unable to maintain academic eligibility f or participation 92
in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to 93
participate in such activities as a charter school student until 94
the student has successfully completed one grading period in a 95
charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to be come eligible to 96
participate as a charter school student. 97
(e) A student of the Florida Virtual School full -time 98
program may participate in any interscholastic extracurricular 99
activity at the public school to which the student would be 100
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assigned according to district school board attendance area 101
policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to 102
s. 1002.31, or may develop an agreement to participate at a 103
private school, if the student: 104
1. During the period of participation in the 105
interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements 106
in paragraph (a). 107
2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the 108
board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School. 109
3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students 110
in the school at which he or she participates. 111
4. Meets the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and 112
performance that are required of other students in 113
extracurricular activities. 114
5. Registers his or her intent to participate in 115
interscholastic extracurricular ac tivities with the school 116
before participation. A Florida Virtual school student must be 117
able to participate in curricular activities if that is a 118
requirement for an extracurricular activity. 119
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 120