Florida Senate - 2024 SB 294



By Senator Davis





5-00736-24 2024294__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to instructional hours for the
3 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program; amending
4 ss. 1002.55, 1002.61, 1002.63, and 1002.71, F.S.;
5 revising the instructional hours required in the
6 Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program to provide
7 for an 8-hour program day in the school-year and
8 summer programs; providing an effective date.
9
10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
11
12 Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1002.55, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 1002.55 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by
15 private prekindergarten providers.—
16 (2) Each school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a
17 private prekindergarten provider must comprise at least 1,440
18 540 instructional hours.
19 Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 1002.61, Florida
20 Statutes, is amended to read:
21 1002.61 Summer prekindergarten program delivered by public
22 schools and private prekindergarten providers.—
23 (2) Each summer prekindergarten program delivered by a
24 public school or private prekindergarten provider must:
25 (a) Comprise at least 480 300 instructional hours;
26 (b) Not begin earlier than May 1 of the school year; and
27 (c) Not deliver the program for a child earlier than the
28 summer immediately before the school year for which the child is
29 eligible for admission to kindergarten in a public school under
30 s. 1003.21(1)(a)2.
31 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 1002.63, Florida
32 Statutes, is amended to read:
33 1002.63 School-year prekindergarten program delivered by
34 public schools.—
35 (2) Each school-year prekindergarten program delivered by a
36 public school must comprise at least 1,440 540 instructional
37 hours.
38 Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 1002.71, Florida
39 Statutes, is amended to read:
40 1002.71 Funding; financial and attendance reporting.—
41 (2) A full-time equivalent student in the Voluntary
42 Prekindergarten Education Program shall be calculated as
43 follows:
44 (a) For a student in a school-year prekindergarten program
45 delivered by a private prekindergarten provider: 1,440 540
46 instructional hours.
47 (b) For a student in a summer prekindergarten program
48 delivered by a public school or private prekindergarten
49 provider: 480 300 instructional hours.
50 (c) For a student in a school-year prekindergarten program
51 delivered by a public school: 1,440 540 instructional hours.
52
53 Except as provided in subsection (4), a student may not be
54 reported for funding purposes as more than one full-time
55 equivalent student.
56 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

Statutes affected:
S 294 Filed: 1002.55, 1002.61, 1002.63, 1002.71