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FL S1608
Bill
Status
Failed
6/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jonathan Martin
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AI Summary
- Full-time virtual students at private schools may participate in the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program with enrollment caps of 1% of statewide PreK-12 enrollment for 2025-2026, 2% for 2026-2027, and no maximum enrollment restriction beginning in 2027-2028
- Expands the definition of "eligible private school" under the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program to include schools offering full-time virtual instruction, and defines "instructional activities" to encompass online logins, offline activities, assignment completion, testing, and weekly direct contact with teachers
- Requires eligible private schools enrolling full-time virtual scholarship students to offer a student orientation course and notify enrolling students of the opportunity to participate
- Private schools enrolling full-time virtual scholarship students must develop and adopt a policy addressing failure to participate in instructional activities, including consequences up to disenrollment after parental notification and failed intervention strategies
- Allows private schools participating in scholarship programs to satisfy the requirement for regular and direct contact with teachers for online students through weekly emails, telephone calls, or virtual meetings, and updates the definition of "regular school attendance" to include students participating remotely or through virtual instruction
Legislative Description
Private Schools
Last Action
Died in Education Pre-K - 12
6/16/2025
Full Bill Text
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