Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1193 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to financial accountability in 2
16	16	publicly funded education; amending s. 1002.421, F.S.; 3
17	17	revising requirements for a private school to 4
18	18	participate in certain educational scholarship 5
19	19	programs; requiring the Department of Education to 6
20	20	suspend the payment of funds to participating private 7
21	21	schools under certain circumstances; creating s. 8
22	22	1011.781, F.S.; creating the K -12 Education Funding 9
23	23	Task Force within the department; providing the 10
24	24	purpose of the task force; providing for membership of 11
25	25	the task force; providing for the terms of task force 12
26	26	members; providing requirements for the selection of a 13
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28	28	authorizing task force members to receive specified 15
29	29	reimbursements; providing the duties and 16
30	30	responsibilities of the task force; requiring the task 17
31	31	force to annually provide a report to specified 18
32	32	individuals and the public; providing requirements for 19
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35	35	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22
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37	37	Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1002.421, Florida 24
38	38	Statutes, is amended to read: 25
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51	51	1002.421 State school choice scholarship program 26
52	52	accountability and oversi ght.— 27
53	53	(1) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS. —A private 28
54	54	school participating in an educational scholarship program 29
55	55	established pursuant to this chapter must be a private school as 30
56	56	defined in s. 1002.01 in this state, be registered, and be in 31
57	57	compliance with all requirements of this section in addition to 32
58	58	private school requirements outlined in s. 1002.42, specific 33
59	59	requirements identified within respective scholarship program 34
60	60	laws, and other provisions of Florida law that apply to private 35
61	61	schools, and must: 36
62	62	(a) Comply with the antidiscrimination provisions of 42 37
63	63	U.S.C. s. 2000d. 38
64	64	(b) Notify the department of its intent to participate in 39
65	65	a scholarship program. 40
66	66	(c) Notify the department of any change in the school's 41
67	67	name, school director, mailing address, or physical location 42
68	68	within 15 days after the change. 43
69	69	(d) Provide to the department or scholarship -funding 44
70	70	organization all documentation required for a student's 45
71	71	participation, including the private school's and student's 46
72	72	individual fee schedu le, and attendance verification as required 47
73	73	by the department or scholarship -funding organization, prior to 48
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75	75	(e) Annually complete and submit to the department a 50
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88	88	notarized scholarship compliance statement certifying that all 51
89	89	school employees and contracted personnel with direct student 52
90	90	contact have undergone background screening pursuant to s. 53
91	91	435.12 and have met the screening standards as provided in s. 54
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93	93	(f) Demonstrate fiscal soundness and accountability by: 56
94	94	1. Being in operation for at least 3 school years or 57
95	95	obtaining a surety bond or letter of credit for the amount equal 58
96	96	to the scholarship funds for any quarter and filing the surety 59
97	97	bond or letter of credit with the department. 60
98	98	2. Requiring the parent of each scholarsh ip student to 61
99	99	personally restrictively endorse the scholarship warrant to the 62
100	100	school or to approve a funds transfer before any funds are 63
101	101	deposited for a student. The school may not act as attorney in 64
102	102	fact for the parent of a scholarship student under the a uthority 65
103	103	of a power of attorney executed by such parent, or under any 66
104	104	other authority, to endorse a scholarship warrant or approve a 67
105	105	funds transfer on behalf of such parent. 68
106	106	(g) Meet applicable state and local health, safety, and 69
107	107	welfare laws, codes, and rules, including: 70
108	108	1. Firesafety. 71
109	109	2. Building safety. 72
110	110	(h) Employ or contract with teachers who hold 73
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125	125	special skills, knowledge, or expertise that qualifies them to 76
126	126	provide instruction in subjects taught. 77
127	127	(i) Maintain a physical location in the state at which 78
128	128	each student has regular and direct contact with teachers. 79
129	129	(j) Publish on the school's website, or provide in a 80
130	130	written format, information for parents regarding the school, 81
131	131	including, but not limited to, programs, services, the 82
132	132	qualifications of classroom teachers, and a statement that a 83
133	133	parentally placed private school student with a disability does 84
134	134	not have an individual ri ght to receive some or all of the 85
135	135	special education and related services that the student would 86
136	136	receive if enrolled in a public school under the Individuals 87
137	137	with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), as amended. 88
138	138	(k) At a minimum, provide the parent of each scholarship 89
139	139	student with a written explanation of the student's progress on 90
140	140	a quarterly basis. 91
141	141	(l) Cooperate with a student whose parent chooses to 92
142	142	participate in the statewide assessments pursuant to s. 1008.22. 93
143	143	(m) Require each employee and contracte d personnel with 94
144	144	direct student contact, upon employment or engagement to provide 95
145	145	services, to undergo a state and national background screening, 96
146	146	pursuant to s. 943.0542, by electronically filing with the 97
147	147	Department of Law Enforcement a complete set of fin gerprints 98
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163	163	terminate an employee if he or she fails to meet the screeni ng 102
164	164	standards under s. 435.04. Results of the screening shall be 103
165	165	provided to the participating private school. For purposes of 104
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167	167	1. An "employee or contracted personnel with direct 106
168	168	student contact" means any employee or contracted personnel who 107
169	169	has unsupervised access to a scholarship student for whom the 108
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171	171	2. The costs of fingerprinting and the background check 110
172	172	shall not be borne by the state. 111
173	173	3. Continued employment of an employee or contracted 112
174	174	personnel after notification that he or she has failed the 113
175	175	background screening under this paragraph shall cause a private 114
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178	178	4. An employee or contracted personnel holding a valid 117
179	179	Florida teaching cert ificate who has been fingerprinted pursuant 118
180	180	to s. 1012.32 is not required to comply with the provisions of 119
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182	182	5. All fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law 121
183	183	Enforcement as required by this section shall be retained by the 122
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186	186	system authorized by s. 943.05(2)(b). Such fingerprints shall 125
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200	200	arrest fingerprints entered in the statewide automated biometric 127
201	201	identification system pursuant to s. 943.051. 128
202	202	6. The Department of Law Enforcement shall search all 129
203	203	arrest fingerprints received under s. 943.051 against the 130
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205	205	identification system under subparagraph 5. Any arrest record 132
206	206	that is identified with the retained fingerprints of a person 133
207	207	subject to the background screening under this section shall be 134
208	208	reported to the employing school with which the person is 135
209	209	affiliated. Each private school participating in a scholarship 136
210	210	program is required to participate in this search process by 137
211	211	informing the Department of Law Enforcement of any change in the 138
212	212	employment or contractual status of its personnel whose 139
213	213	fingerprints are retained under subparagraph 5. The Department 140
214	214	of Law Enforcement shall adopt a rule setting the amount of the 141
215	215	annual fee to be imposed upon each private school for performing 142
216	216	these searches and establishing the procedures for the retention 143
217	217	of private school employee and contracted personnel fingerprints 144
218	218	and the dissemination of search results. The fee may be borne by 145
219	219	the private school or the person fingerprinted. 146
220	220	7. Employees and contracted personnel whose fingerprints 147
221	221	are not retained by the Depa rtment of Law Enforcement under 148
222	222	subparagraphs 5. and 6. are required to be refingerprinted and 149
223	223	must meet state and national background screening requirements 150
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236	236	upon reemployment or reengagement to provide services in order 151
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238	238	8. Every 5 years following employment or engagement to 153
239	239	provide services with a private school, employees or contracted 154
240	240	personnel required to be screened under this section must meet 155
241	241	screening standards under s. 435.04, at which time the pri vate 156
242	242	school shall request the Department of Law Enforcement to 157
243	243	forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation 158
244	244	for national processing. If the fingerprints of employees or 159
245	245	contracted personnel are not retained by the Department of Law 160
246	246	Enforcement under subparagraph 5., employees and contracted 161
247	247	personnel must electronically file a complete set of 162
248	248	fingerprints with the Department of Law Enforcement. Upon 163
249	249	submission of fingerprints for this purpose, the private school 164
250	250	shall request that the Dep artment of Law Enforcement forward the 165
251	251	fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for national 166
252	252	processing, and the fingerprints shall be retained by the 167
253	253	Department of Law Enforcement under subparagraph 5. 168
254	254	(n) Adopt policies establishing standard s of ethical 169
255	255	conduct for educational support employees, instructional 170
256	256	personnel, and school administrators. The policies must require 171
257	257	all educational support employees, instructional personnel, and 172
258	258	school administrators, as defined in s. 1012.01, to comple te 173
259	259	training on the standards; establish the duty of educational 174
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275	275	personnel, and school administrators which affects the health, 178
276	276	safety, or welfare of a student; and include an explanation of 179
277	277	the liability protections provided under ss. 39.203 and 768.095. 180
278	278	A private school, or any of its employees, may not enter into a 181
279	279	confidentiality agreement regarding terminated or dismissed 182
280	280	educational support employees, instructional personnel, or 183
281	281	school administrators, or employees, personnel, or 184
282	282	administrators who resign in lieu of termination, based in whole 185
283	283	or in part on misconduct that affects the health, safety, or 186
284	284	welfare of a student, and may not provide the employees, 187
285	285	personnel, or administrators with employment references or 188
286	286	discuss the employees', personnel's, or administrators' 189
287	287	performance with prospective employers in another edu cational 190
288	288	setting, without disclosing the employees', personnel's, or 191
289	289	administrators' misconduct. Any part of an agreement or contract 192
290	290	that has the purpose or effect of concealing misconduct by 193
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292	292	school administrators which affects the health, safety, or 195
293	293	welfare of a student is void, is contrary to public policy, and 196
294	294	may not be enforced. 197
295	295	(o) Before employing a person in any position that 198
296	296	requires direct contact with students, conduct employment 199
297	297	history checks of previous employers, screen the person through 200
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311	311	document the findings. If unable to contact a previous employer, 202
312	312	the private school must document efforts to contact the 203
313	313	employer. The private school may not employ a person whose 204
314	314	educator certificate is revoked, who is barred from reapplying 205
315	315	for an educator certificate, or who is on the disqualification 206
316	316	list maintained by the department pursuant to s. 1001.10(4)(b). 207
317	317	(p) Require each owner or operator of the private school, 208
318	318	prior to employment or engagement to provide services, to 209
319	319	undergo level 2 background screening as provided under chapter 210
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321	321	operator" means an owner, operator, superin tendent, or principal 212
322	322	of, or a person with equivalent decisionmaking authority over, a 213
323	323	private school participating in a scholarship program 214
324	324	established pursuant to this chapter. The fingerprints for the 215
325	325	background screening must be electronically submitte d to the 216
326	326	Department of Law Enforcement and may be taken by an authorized 217
327	327	law enforcement agency or a private company who is trained to 218
328	328	take fingerprints. However, the complete set of fingerprints of 219
329	329	an owner or operator may not be taken by the owner or ope rator. 220
330	330	The owner or operator shall provide a copy of the results of the 221
331	331	state and national criminal history check to the Department of 222
332	332	Education. The cost of the background screening may be borne by 223
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348	348	screening standards as described in s. 435.04, at which time the 227
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350	350	Enforcement to forward the fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of 229
351	351	Investigation for level 2 screening. If the fingerprints of an 230
352	352	owner or operator are not retained by the Department of Law 231
353	353	Enforcement under subparagraph 2., the owner or operator must 232
354	354	electronically file a complete set of fingerprints with the 233
355	355	Department of Law Enforcement. Upon submission of fingerprints 234
356	356	for this purpose, the owner or operator shall request that the 235
357	357	Department of Law Enforcement forward the fingerprints to the 236
358	358	Federal Bureau of Investigation for level 2 screening, and the 237
359	359	fingerprints shall be retained by the Department of Law 238
360	360	Enforcement under subparagraph 2. 239
361	361	2. Fingerprints submitted to the Department of Law 240
362	362	Enforcement as required by this paragraph must be retained by 241
363	363	the Department of Law Enforcement in a manner approved by rule 242
364	364	and entered in the statewide automated biometric identification 243
365	365	system authorized by s. 943.05(2)(b). The fingerprints must 244
366	366	thereafter be available for all purposes and uses authorized for 245
367	367	arrest fingerprints entered in the statewide automated biomet ric 246
368	368	identification system pursuant to s. 943.051. 247
369	369	3. The Department of Law Enforcement shall search all 248
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385	385	that is identified with an owner's or operator's fingerprints 252
386	386	must be reported to the owner or operator, who must report to 253
387	387	the Department of Education. Any costs associated with the 254
388	388	search shall be borne by the owner or operat or. 255
389	389	4. An owner or operator who fails the level 2 background 256
390	390	screening is not eligible to participate in a scholarship 257
391	391	program under this chapter. 258
392	392	5. In addition to the offenses listed in s. 435.04, a 259
393	393	person required to undergo background screening pur suant to this 260
394	394	part or authorizing statutes may not have an arrest awaiting 261
395	395	final disposition for, must not have been found guilty of, or 262
396	396	entered a plea of nolo contendere to, regardless of 263
397	397	adjudication, and must not have been adjudicated delinquent for, 264
398	398	and the record must not have been sealed or expunged for, any of 265
399	399	the following offenses or any similar offense of another 266
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401	401	a. Any authorizing statutes, if the offense was a felony. 268
402	402	b. This chapter, if the offense was a felony. 269
403	403	c. Section 409.920, relating to Medicaid provider fraud. 270
404	404	d. Section 409.9201, relating to Medicaid fraud. 271
405	405	e. Section 741.28, relating to domestic violence. 272
406	406	f. Section 817.034, relating to fraudulent acts through 273
407	407	mail, wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or 274
408	408	photooptical systems. 275
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423	423	h. Section 817.505, relating to patient brokering. 278
424	424	i. Section 817.568, relating to criminal use of personal 279
425	425	identification information. 280
426	426	j. Section 817.60, relating to obtaining a credit card 281
427	427	through fraudulent means. 282
428	428	k. Section 817.61, relating to fraudulent use of credit 283
429	429	cards, if the offense was a felony. 284
430	430	l. Section 831.01, relating to forgery. 285
431	431	m. Section 831.02, relating to utter ing forged 286
432	432	instruments. 287
433	433	n. Section 831.07, relating to forging bank bills, checks, 288
434	434	drafts, or promissory notes. 289
435	435	o. Section 831.09, relating to uttering forged bank bills, 290
436	436	checks, drafts, or promissory notes. 291
437	437	p. Section 831.30, relating to fraud in ob taining 292
438	438	medicinal drugs. 293
439	439	q. Section 831.31, relating to the sale, manufacture, 294
440	440	delivery, or possession with the intent to sell, manufacture, or 295
441	441	deliver any counterfeit controlled substance, if the offense was 296
442	442	a felony. 297
443	443	6. At least 30 calendar days befo re a transfer of 298
444	444	ownership of a private school, the owner or operator shall 299
445	445	notify the parent of each scholarship student. 300
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458	458	7. The owner or operator of a private school that has been 301
459	459	deemed ineligible to participate in a scholarship program 302
460	460	pursuant to this chapter may not transfer ownership or 303
461	461	management authority of the school to a relative in order to 304
462	462	participate in a scholarship program as the same school or a new 305
463	463	school. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term "relative" 306
464	464	means father, mother, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, 307
465	465	brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece, husband, 308
466	466	wife, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, 309
467	467	brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, 310
468	468	stepdaughter, stepbrother, s tepsister, half brother, or half 311
469	469	sister. 312
470	470	(q) Provide a report from an independent certified public 313
471	471	accountant who performs the agreed -upon procedures developed 314
472	472	pursuant to s. 1002.395(6)(q) if the private school receives 315
473	473	more than $250,000 in funds from scholarships awarded under this 316
474	474	chapter in a state fiscal year. A private school subject to this 317
475	475	subsection must annually submit the report by September 15 to 318
476	476	the scholarship-funding organization that awarded the majority 319
477	477	of the school's scholarship funds. The agreed-upon procedures 320
478	478	must be conducted in accordance with attestation standards 321
479	479	established by the American Institute of Certified Public 322
480	480	Accountants. 323
481	481	(r) Prohibit education support employees, instructional 324
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496	496	personnel or administrators are ineligible for such employment 327
497	497	pursuant to this section or s. 1012.315, or have been terminated 328
498	498	or have resigned in lieu of termination for sexua l misconduct 329
499	499	with a student. If the prohibited conduct occurs subsequent to 330
500	500	employment, the private school must report the person and the 331
501	501	disqualifying circumstances to the department for inclusion on 332
502	502	the disqualification list maintained pursuant to s. 333
503	503	1001.10(4)(b). 334
504	504	(s) Publish on the school's website, and provide to 335
505	505	parents in a written format, a clear and easy to understand 336
506	506	disclosure of any conditions of attendance or policies of the 337
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508	508	1. Religious tenants. 339
509	509	2. A student code of conduct or dress code which specifies 340
510	510	grooming or hair style requirements. 341
511	511	3. Provisions related to sexual orientation or gender 342
512	512	identity. 343
513	513	(t) Beginning February 28, 2025, and annually on February 344
514	514	28 and thereafter, disclose to the sc hool district the number of 345
515	515	vacant seats the school intends to offer to eligible scholarship 346
516	516	students during the subsequent school year. 347
517	517	(u) Disclose to the department when a student is 348
518	518	disenrolled by the school. This paragraph does not apply to a 349
519	519	student removed at a parent's choosing. 350
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532	532	(v) Return to the department or an eligible nonprofit 351
533	533	scholarship-funding organization, as appropriate, a prorated 352
534	534	amount of funds, as determined by the department, for students 353
535	535	who disenroll from the private school midy ear and enroll in a 354
536	536	public school, including a charter school. 355
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538	538	The department shall suspend the payment of funds to a private 357
539	539	school that disenrolls, without the parents' consent, more than 358
540	540	25 percent of scholarship students within a single school year 359
541	541	or knowingly fails to comply with this subsection, and shall 360
542	542	prohibit the school from enrolling new scholarship students, for 361
543	543	1 fiscal year and until the school complies. If a private school 362
544	544	fails to meet the requirements of this subsection or has 363
545	545	consecutive years of material exceptions listed in the report 364
546	546	required under paragraph (q), the commissioner may determine 365
547	547	that the private school is ineligible to participate in a 366
548	548	scholarship program. 367
549	549	Section 2. Section 1011.781, Florida Statutes, is created 368
550	550	to read: 369
551	551	1011.781 K-12 Education Funding Task Force. — 370
552	552	(1) The K-12 Education Funding Task Force, a task force as 371
553	553	defined in s. 20.03, is created within the Department of 372
554	554	Education to: 373
555	555	(a) Make recommendations to identify and examine issues 374
556	556	within nontraditional schools that receive state funds. 375
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570	570	with such schools. 377
571	571	(c) Provide recommendations for universal standards for 378
572	572	the use of public dollars in education. 379
573	573	(d) Provide recommendations for accountability measures 380
574	574	for nontraditional schools that fail to meet specified 381
575	575	requirements. 382
576	576	(2)(a) The task force shall be comprised of 16 members 383
577	577	appointed as follows: 384
578	578	1. Six members appointed by the Commissioner of Education 385
579	579	as follows: 386
580	580	a. One member who is a behavioral health professional who 387
581	581	specializes in childhood behavioral disabilities. 388
582	582	b. One member who is a health professional who specializes 389
583	583	in childhood developmental disabilities. 390
584	584	c. One member who i s a school safety specialist. 391
585	585	d. One member who is a certified school counselor, child 392
586	586	psychologist, or social worker. 393
587	587	e. One member who is an English for Speakers of Other 394
588	588	Languages representative. 395
589	589	f. One member who has experience with the state's a cademic 396
590	590	standards and curriculum transparency requirements. 397
591	591	2. The Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Association 398
592	592	of District School Superintendents or his or her designee. 399
593	593	3. One member who is selected by the Florida Education 400
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607	607	4. One member who is selected by the Minority Leader of 402
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609	609	5. One member who is selected by the Minority Leader of 404
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611	611	6. Three members who are selected by the Speaker of the 406
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613	613	7. Three members wh o are selected by the President of the 408
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615	615	(b) Members shall serve 4 -year terms. However, for the 410
616	616	purpose of staggered terms of the initial appointments, seven 411
617	617	members shall be appointed for 2 -year terms and nine members 412
618	618	shall be appointed for 4 -year terms. 413
619	619	(c) The chair of the task force shall be selected by a 414
620	620	majority vote of members. A majority of the members of the task 415
621	621	force constitutes a quorum. 416
622	622	(d) The task force shall meet as necessary to accomplish 417
623	623	its responsibilities or at the call of t he chair and at a time 418
624	624	and a place designated by the chair. The task force may conduct 419
625	625	its meetings through teleconferences or other similar means. 420
626	626	Members of the task force are entitled to receive a 421
627	627	reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses pursuant to s. 422
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644	644	improve public integrity of such funding. 427
645	645	(4) The task force shall identify and examine: 428
646	646	(a) All nontraditional schools that receive state funds. 429
647	647	(b) The number of students disenrolled by such schools 430
648	648	receiving state funds. Such examination does not include 431
649	649	students who are disenrolled at the request of their parents. 432
650	650	(c) The number of students disenrolled from such schools 433
651	651	at the parents' request. 434
652	652	(d) The areas in which schools receiving state funds lack 435
653	653	transparency, including, but not limited to, such schools' high 436
654	654	school graduation rates, disclosure of any conditions of 437
655	655	attendance or policies that require compliance with religious 438
656	656	tenants, student codes of conduct or dress codes which specify 439
657	657	grooming or hair style requirements, and policies related to 440
658	658	sexual orientation or gender identity. 441
659	659	(e) The impacts of the lack of transparency in the areas 442
660	660	identified in paragraph (d). 443
661	661	(f) The disciplinary data for such schools, including the 444
662	662	number of students expelled or suspended and the reasons for 445
663	663	such expulsions or suspensions. 446
664	664	(g) The quality of the cu rricula and instructional 447
665	665	materials of such schools and the parental access to such 448
666	666	curricula and instructional materials. 449
667	667	(h) The experience and credentials of educators at such 450
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681	681	(i) Data of students enrolled at such schools, including 452
682	682	student achievement, learning gains, and acceleration success 453
683	683	data. 454
684	684	(j) Any information or data provided from parents of 455
685	685	students enrolled at such schools. 456
686	686	(k) Possible accountability measures for nontraditional 457
687	687	schools that fail to meet accountability measur es. 458
688	688	(5) The task force shall, beginning October 1, 2025, and 459
689	689	annually on October 1 thereafter, provide a report to the 460
690	690	Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House 461
691	691	of Representatives, and the Minority Leaders of the Senate and 462
692	692	the House of Representatives and make such report available to 463
693	693	the public. The report must include: 464
694	694	(a) A summary of the task force's activities and progress 465
695	695	in identifying and examining the information in subsection (4). 466
696	696	(b) Any statutory or rule changes nece ssary to accomplish 467
697	697	the goals of the task force. 468
698	698	(c) Proposed accountability measures for nontraditional 469
699	699	schools that receive state funds, including, but not limited to, 470
700	700	bond or surety requirements, assigning property to the state, 471
701	701	and the imposition of liens. 472
702	702	Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 473