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| 3 | 3 | | HB 423 2025 |
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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 the Family Empowerment Scholarship 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Program; amending s. 1002.394, F.S.; requiring private 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | schools participating in the Family Empowerment 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Scholarship Program to provide specified information 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | in writing to parents before student enrollment in the 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | school; providing an effective date. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (9) of section 11 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1002.394, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1002.394 The Family Empowerment Scholarship Program. — 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (9) PRIVATE SCHOOL ELIGIBILITY AND OBLIGATIONS. —To be 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | eligible to participate in the Family Empowerment Scholarship 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Program, a private scho ol may be sectarian or nonsectarian and 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | must: 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) Before a student's enrollment, provide to the parent 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | in writing For a student determined eligible pursuant to 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | paragraph (3)(b), discuss the school's academic programs and 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | policies, specialized services, c ode of conduct, and attendance 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | policies, and specialized services and therapies offered at the 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | school. In addition, each parent of a student with an 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Individualized Education Plan, Education Plan, English Language 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Learner Plan, or 504 Plan must be informed of what 25 |
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| 40 | 40 | | HB 423 2025 |
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| 47 | 47 | | 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 | 51 | | modifications, accommodations, and therapies included in the 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | student's plan will be honored before enrollment with the parent 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | to determine which programs and services may meet the student's 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | individual needs. 29 |
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| 56 | 56 | | If a private school fails to meet the r equirements of this 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | subsection or s. 1002.421, the commissioner may determine that 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | the private school is ineligible to participate in the 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | scholarship program. 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 35 |
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