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