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| 3 | 3 | | HB 417 2024 |
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| 10 | 10 | | 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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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to educational services in Department 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | of Juvenile Justice programs; amending s. 1003.52, 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | F.S.; requiring school districts to annually provide 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | certain students in a juvenile justice program with at 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | least one opportunity to take the high school 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | equivalency examination at no cost to the student; 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1003.52, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1003.52 Educational services in Department of Juvenile 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Justice programs.— 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) The district school board of the county in which the 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | juvenile justice education prevention, day treatment, 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | residential, or detention program is located shall provide or 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | contract for appropriate educational assessments and an 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | appropriate program of instruction and special education 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | services. 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) The district school board shall make p rovisions for 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | each student to participate in basic, CAPE, and exceptional 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | student programs as appropriate. Students served in Department 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | of Juvenile Justice education programs shall have access to the 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | appropriate courses and instruction to prepare them for the high 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | school equivalency examination. Students participating in high 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | school equivalency examination preparation programs shall be 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | funded at the basic program cost factor for Department of 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Juvenile Justice programs in the Florida Education Finance 30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Program. Each program shall be conducted according to applicable 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | law providing for the operation of public schools and rules of 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the State Board of Education. School districts shall provide the 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | high school equivalency examination exit option for all juvenile 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | justice education programs and provide each student who is 16 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | years of age or older with the opportunity to take the high 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | school equivalency examination at least once a year at no cost 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | to the student. 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 39 |
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