FL H0655

Removes the option for receiving school districts to decline providing or contracting for educational instruction to exceptional students placed in private residential care facilities across district lines.

Requires agencies (Department of Children and Families, Agency for Persons with Disabilities, or Agency for Health Care Administration) or licensed facilities to notify both the student's current funding district and receiving school district within 10 business days of placement.

Mandates receiving school districts review the student's individual education plan (IEP) within 10 business days and either provide instruction directly, contract with another provider, or contract with the residential care facility; if the receiving district declines, the student's home school district must provide or contract for instruction.

Requires the Department of Education to develop procedures in consultation with agencies and school districts for written placement notifications, with the State Board of Education adopting rules for implementation.

Allows school districts to establish written agreements specifying each district's responsibility for services, but each agreement must include IEP review within 10 business days of receiving notification.

Takes effect July 1, 2017.