Bill Text: FL S0190 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Interscholastic Extracurricular Activities

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-25 - Chapter No. 2023-113, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 225 (Ch. 2023-97) [S0190 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S0190-Enrolled.html

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    2         An act relating to interscholastic extracurricular
    3         activities; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.; authorizing
    4         charter school students and Florida Virtual School
    5         full-time students to participate in extracurricular
    6         activities at a private school under certain
    7         circumstances; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; authorizing
    8         charter school students to participate in
    9         interscholastic extracurricular activities at a
   10         private school under certain circumstances; amending
   11         s. 1006.15, F.S.; authorizing charter school students
   12         and Florida Virtual School full-time program students
   13         to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
   14         activities at a private school under certain
   15         circumstances; providing an effective date.
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   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (18) of
   20  section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   21         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
   22  school students must receive accurate and timely information
   23  regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
   24  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
   25  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
   26  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
   27         (18) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.—In accordance with the
   28  provisions of s. 1006.15:
   29         (c) Charter school students.—Charter school students who
   30  meet specified academic and conduct requirements are eligible to
   31  participate in extracurricular activities at the public school
   32  to which the student would be assigned or could choose to attend
   33  according to district school board policies, or may develop an
   34  agreement to participate at a private school, unless such
   35  activity is provided by the student’s charter school.
   36         (d) Florida Virtual School full-time students.—Florida
   37  Virtual School full-time students who meet specified academic
   38  and conduct requirements are eligible to participate in
   39  extracurricular activities at the public school to which the
   40  student would be assigned or could choose to attend according to
   41  district school board policies, or may develop an agreement to
   42  participate at a private school.
   43         Section 2. Subsection (11) of section 1002.33, Florida
   44  Statutes, is amended to read:
   45         1002.33 Charter schools.—
   46         (11) PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR
   47  ACTIVITIES.—A charter school student is eligible to participate
   48  in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at the public
   49  school to which the student would be otherwise assigned to
   50  attend, or may develop an agreement to participate at a private
   51  school, pursuant to s. 1006.15(3)(d).
   52         Section 3. Paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (3) of
   53  section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   54         1006.15 Student standards for participation in
   55  interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student
   56  activities; regulation.—
   57         (3)
   58         (d) An individual charter school student pursuant to s.
   59  1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to which
   60  the student would be assigned according to district school board
   61  attendance area policies or which the student could attend, or
   62  may develop an agreement to participate at a private school, in
   63  any interscholastic extracurricular activity of that school,
   64  unless such activity is provided by the student’s charter
   65  school, if the following conditions are met:
   66         1. The charter school student must meet the requirements of
   67  the charter school education program as determined by the
   68  charter school governing board.
   69         2. During the period of participation at a school, the
   70  charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as
   71  required in paragraph (b).
   72         3. The charter school student must meet the same residency
   73  requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
   74  participates.
   75         4. The charter school student must meet the same standards
   76  of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of
   77  other students in extracurricular activities.
   78         5. The charter school student must register with the school
   79  his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
   80  extracurricular activities as a representative of the school
   81  before participation. A charter school student must be able to
   82  participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement
   83  for an extracurricular activity.
   84         6. A student who transfers from a charter school program to
   85  a traditional public school before or during the first grading
   86  period of the school year is academically eligible to
   87  participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during
   88  the first grading period if the student has a successful
   89  evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to
   90  subparagraph 2.
   91         7. Any public school or private school student who has been
   92  unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
   93  interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
   94  participate in such activities as a charter school student until
   95  the student has successfully completed one grading period in a
   96  charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
   97  participate as a charter school student.
   98         (e) A student of the Florida Virtual School full-time
   99  program may participate in any interscholastic extracurricular
  100  activity at the public school to which the student would be
  101  assigned according to district school board attendance area
  102  policies or which the student could choose to attend pursuant to
  103  s. 1002.31, or may develop an agreement to participate at a
  104  private school, if the student:
  105         1. During the period of participation in the
  106  interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
  107  in paragraph (a).
  108         2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
  109  board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School.
  110         3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students
  111  in the school at which he or she participates.
  112         4. Meets the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and
  113  performance that are required of other students in
  114  extracurricular activities.
  115         5. Registers his or her intent to participate in
  116  interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
  117  before participation. A Florida Virtual school student must be
  118  able to participate in curricular activities if that is a
  119  requirement for an extracurricular activity.
  120         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.