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Florida House Bill H0703

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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 the Early Childhood Music Education 2
1616 Incentive Program; amending s. 1003.481, F.S.; 3
17-renaming the "Early Childhood Music Education 4
18-Incentive Pilot Program" as the "Early Childhood Music 5
19-Education Incentive Program "; transferring certain 6
20-duties regarding the program's administration from the 7
17+renaming the Early Childhood Music Education Incentive 4
18+Pilot Program as the Early Childhood Music Education 5
19+Incentive Program; transferring certain duties 6
20+regarding the program's administration from the 7
2121 Commissioner of Education to the Department of 8
22-Education; providing that program funds are subject to 9
23-legislative appropriation; providing the maximum 10
24-amount of funding school districts may annually 11
25-receive per student in the program; revising criteria 12
26-for a school district's eligibility to participate in 13
27-the program; deleting an obsolete provision requiring 14
28-the University of Florida's College of Education to 15
29-conduct a specified evaluation; abrogating the 16
30-scheduled expiration of provisions governing the 17
31-program; providing an effective date. 18
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33-Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 20
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35- Section 1. Section 1003.481, Florida Statutes, is amended 22
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37- 1003.481 Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot 24
38-Program.— 25
22+Education; revising criteria for a school district's 9
23+eligibility to participate in the program; deleting an 10
24+obsolete provision requiring the University of 11
25+Florida's College of Education to conduct a specified 12
26+evaluation; abrogating the scheduled expiration of 13
27+provisions governing the program; providing an 14
28+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. Section 1003.481, Florida Statutes, is amended 19
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34+ 1003.481 Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot 21
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36+ (1) The Early Childhood Music Education In centive Pilot 23
37+Program is created within the Department of Education. The 24
38+purpose of the pilot program is to assist participating selected 25
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4747 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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51- (1) The Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot 26
52-Program is created within the Department of Education. The 27
53-purpose of the pilot program is to assist participating selected 28
54-school districts in implementing comprehensive music education 29
55-programs for students in kindergarten through grade 2. 30
56- (2) A school district is eligible for participation in the 31
57-pilot program if the superintendent certifies to the department 32
58-Commissioner of Education , in a format prescribed by the 33
59-department, that specified elementary schools within the 34
60-district have established a comprehensive music education 35
61-program that: 36
62- (a) Includes all st udents at the school enrolled in 37
63-kindergarten through grade 2. 38
64- (b) Is staffed by certified music educators. 39
65- (c) Provides music instruction for at least 30 consecutive 40
66-minutes 2 days a week. 41
67- (d) Complies with class size requirements under s. 42
68-1003.03. 43
69- (e) Complies with the department's standards for early 44
70-childhood music education programs for students in kindergarten 45
71-through grade 2. 46
72- (3)(a) The department commissioner shall approve select 47
73-school districts for participation in the pilot program, subject 48
74-to legislative appropriation, based on the school district's 49
75-proximity to the University of Florida and needs-based criteria 50
51+school districts in implementing comprehensive music education 26
52+programs for students in kindergarten through grade 2. 27
53+ (2) A school district is eligible for participation in the 28
54+pilot program if the superintendent certifies to the department 29
55+Commissioner of Education , in a format prescribed by the 30
56+department, that specified elementary schools within the 31
57+district have established a comprehensive music education 32
58+program that: 33
59+ (a) Includes all students at the school enrolled in 34
60+kindergarten through grade 2. 35
61+ (b) Is staffed by certified music educators. 36
62+ (c) Provides music instruction for at least 30 consecutive 37
63+minutes 2 days a week. 38
64+ (d) Complies with class size requirements under s. 39
65+1003.03. 40
66+ (e) Complies with the department's standards for early 41
67+childhood music education programs for students in kindergarten 42
68+through grade 2. 43
69+ (3)(a) The department commissioner shall approve select 44
70+school districts for participation in the pilot program, subject 45
71+to legislative appropriation, based on the school district's 46
72+proximity to the University of Florida and needs-based criteria 47
73+established by the State Board of Education. Participating 48
74+Selected school districts shall annually receive $150 per full -49
75+time equivalent student in kindergarten through grade 2 who is 50
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88-established by the State Board of Education. Subject to 51
89-appropriations provided in the General Appropriations Act, 52
90-participating Selected school districts shall annually receive a 53
91-maximum of $150 per full-time equivalent student in kindergarten 54
92-through grade 2 who is enrolled in a comprehensive music 55
93-education program. 56
94- (b) To maintain eligibility for participation in the pilot 57
95-program, a participating selected school district must annually 58
96-certify to the department commissioner, in a format prescribed 59
97-by the department, that each specified elementary school within 60
98-the district provides a comprehensive music education program 61
99-that meets the requirements of subsection (2). If a 62
100-participating selected school district fails to provide the 63
101-annual certification for a fiscal year, the school district must 64
102-return all funds received through the pilot program for that 65
103-fiscal year. 66
104- (4) The University of Florida's College of Education, in 67
105-collaboration with Florida International University's School of 68
106-Music, shall evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program by 69
107-measuring student academic performance and the success of the 70
108-program. The evaluation must include, but is not limited to, a 71
109-quantitative analysis of student achievement and a qualitative 72
110-evaluation of students enrolled in the comprehensive music 73
111-education programs. The results of the evaluation must be shared 74
112-with the Florida Cent er for Partnerships for Arts -Integrated 75
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125-Teaching upon completion of the evaluation. 76
126- (5) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to 77
127-administer this section. 78
128- (6) This section expires June 30, 2023. 79
129- Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 80
88+enrolled in a comprehensive music education program. 51
89+ (b) To maintain eligibility for participation in the pilot 52
90+program, a participating selected school district must annually 53
91+certify to the department commissioner, in a format prescribed 54
92+by the department, that each specified elementary school within 55
93+the district provides a comprehensive music education program 56
94+that meets the requirements of subsection (2). If a 57
95+participating selected school district fails to provide the 58
96+annual certification for a fiscal year, the school district must 59
97+return all funds received through the pilot program for that 60
98+fiscal year. 61
99+ (4) The University of Florida's College of Education, in 62
100+collaboration with Florida International University's School of 63
101+Music, shall evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot program by 64
102+measuring student academic performance and the success of the 65
103+program. The evaluatio n must include, but is not limited to, a 66
104+quantitative analysis of student achievement and a qualitative 67
105+evaluation of students enrolled in the comprehensive music 68
106+education programs. The results of the evaluation must be shared 69
107+with the Florida Center for Partnerships for Arts -Integrated 70
108+Teaching upon completion of the evaluation. 71
109+ (5) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to 72
110+administer this section. 73
111+ (6) This section expires June 30, 2023. 74
112+ Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. 75