Bill Text: FL S0092 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: English Language Instruction
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-09-10 - Withdrawn prior to introduction [S0092 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S0092-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2014 SB 92 By Senator Soto 14-00034-14 201492__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to English language instruction; 3 amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; providing that a student’s 4 parent has the right to request that the student be 5 exempted from instruction in English language 6 proficiency; amending s. 1003.56, F.S.; requiring a 7 school district to exempt a student from participating 8 in instruction in English language proficiency if the 9 student’s parent requests the exemption in writing; 10 providing an effective date. 11 12 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13 14 Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 1002.20, Florida 15 Statutes, is amended to read: 16 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public 17 school students must receive accurate and timely information 18 regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed 19 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12 20 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory 21 rights including, but not limited to, the following: 22 (10) LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT STUDENTS.—In accordance 23 withthe provisions ofs. 1003.56, a limited English proficient 24 student hasstudents havethe right to receive English for 25 Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)ESOL (English for Speakers of26Other Languages)instruction designed to develop the student’s 27 mastery of listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English 28 as rapidly as possible., andThe student’s parent hasstudents’29parents havethe right to be involvedof parental involvementin 30 the ESOL program and a right to request that the child be 31 exempted from participating in the ESOL program. 32 Section 2. Subsection (5) of section 1003.56, Florida 33 Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (6), and a new subsection 34 (5) is added to that section, to read: 35 1003.56 English language instruction for limited English 36 proficient students.— 37 (5) A school district shall exempt a student who is 38 assessed as a limited English proficient student from 39 participating in ESOL instruction if the student’s parent 40 requests the exemption in writing. 41 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.