Florida HB 1071: City of Clearwater, Pinellas County

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to education; creating s. 1001.325, 2
F.S.; prohibiting specified educational institutions 3
from expending funds for certain purposes; providing 4
exceptions; requiring the State Board of Education to 5
adopt rules; amending 1001.42, F.S.; revising the 6
requirements for certain district school board 7
procedures to include information about specified 8
virtual instruction rather than the Florida Virtual 9
School; removing certain schools from specified 10
contract restrictions; revising the conditions 11
considered an educational emergency; requiring school 12
districts to provide access to certain virtual 13
instruction programs; amending s. 1001.452, F.S.; 14
deleting certain requirements for the composition of 15
district and school advisory councils; amending s. 16
1002.20, F.S.; authorizing parents to opt students out 17
of instruction in human embryologic and fetal 18
development; revising provisions relating to the use 19
of epinephrine in K-12 public schools to require the 20
use of a United States Food and Drug Administration 21
(FDA)-approved devices; amending s. 1002.32, F.S.; 22
revising admission requirements for lab schools; 23
amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; providing that students may 24
not be dismissed from certain charter schools based on 25

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academic performance; amending s. 1002.42, F.S.; 26
revising provisions relating to the use of epinephrine 27
in K-12 private schools to require the use of a FDA-28
approved devices; providing that certain private 29
schools are considered a permitted use in certain 30
zoning districts; authorizing certain private schools 31
to operate in facilities that meet specified 32
requirements; requiring certain private schools 33
operating in such facilities to meet specified Florida 34
Fire Prevention Code standards; providing that 35
completion of a specified evaluation system with 36
certain ratings by specified persons constitutes 37
evidence of compliance with the Florida Fire 38
Prevention Code for such private schools; authorizing 39
the State Fire Marshal to adopt rules; amending s. 40
1002.421, F.S.; revising which private schools must 41
maintain a physical location in the state; amending s. 42
1002.55, 1002.61, and 1002.63, F.S.; revising the 43
period of time a prekindergarten provider loses 44
eligibility for participation in the Voluntary 45
Prekindergarten Program; amending s. 1002.68, F.S.; 46
removing obsolete language; removing a requirement 47
that the Department of Education confer with a certain 48
council before adopting a specified methodology; 49
revising the period of time a prekindergarten provider 50

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loses eligibility for participation in the Voluntary 51
Prekindergarten Program; amending s. 1002.82, F.S.; 52
revising the period of time specified providers are 53
excluded from certain state contracts; amending s. 54
1002.88, F.S.; revising the period of a time school 55
readiness program provider loses eligibility for 56
participation in the school readiness program; 57
amending s. 1002.91, F.S.; revising the period of time 58
early learning coalitions must refrain from working 59
with specified program providers; amending s. 60
1002.945, F.S.; revising the period of time an 61
accrediting association loses eligibility to 62
participate in the Gold Seal Quality Program; revising 63
the Gold Seal Quality Care provider criteria relating 64
to class I violations; deleting an exception; amending 65
s. 1003.25, F.S.; requiring schools to notify school 66
resource officers of specified information upon the 67
enrollment of certain students; authorizing such 68
officers to have access to specified records upon 69
request; amending s. 1003.26, F.S.; authorizing school 70
districts to enforce school attendance strategies 71
earlier than prescribed in law; amending s. 1003.42, 72
F.S.; requiring instruction in human embryologic and 73
fetal development; providing requirements for such 74
instruction; requiring students in specified grades to 75

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receive instruction in cursive writing; providing 76
requirements for such instruction; requiring students 77
to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing by the 78
end of a specified grade; defining the term