- NOTICE OF CHANGENotice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 35 No. 32, August 14, 2009 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.
Subparagraph (5)(c)3. was amended to read:
3. Prior to receiving a scholarship payment, all parents of participating students must have on file with the Department Form IEPC AFF1, Affidavit, signed and notarized affirming the validity of the parents signature
that the parent understands and agrees to uphold the responsibilities of the parent and the student as outlined in Section 1002.39(9), F.S., including restrictive endorsement of the scholarship warrants. Form IEPC AFF1 is hereby incorporated by reference in this rule to become effective with the effective date of this rule and may be obtained from the Departments website at http://www.floridaschoolchoice.org/.In addition the Affidavit as incorporated by reference was substantially rewritten to read:
AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF _________
Before me this day personally appeared ________________ (Name of Parent), who being duly sworn, attests that he or she is the parent or legal guardian of __________________(Name of Student), and that the signature below is his or her true and correct signature and is the signature that will be used to endorse warrants issued on behalf of the above-named student under the McKay Scholarship Program.
_________________________
(SIGNATURE OF PARENT)
Sworn to (or affirmed) and subscribed before me this ______ day of ______, 20__, by _________ (Name of Parent).
Personally Known or Produced Identification
Type of Identification Produced __________________
NOTARY SEAL
_______________________________
(SIGNATURE OF NOTARY)
________________________________
(PRINTED NAME OF NOTARY)
Parents Address _________________________________
Parents Home Telephone ___-___-_____
Parents Work Telephone ___-_____-____
Please review the statutory parent and student responsibilities pursuant to Section 1002.39, Florida Statutes, which include, but are not limited to:
Any student participating in the program must remain in attendance at a McKay approved school a minimum of 170 actual school days at the schools physical location, unless excused by the school for illness or other good cause.
Each parent and each student has an obligation to comply with the private schools published policies.
The parent to whom the scholarship warrant is made must endorse the warrant to the private school for deposit into the account of the private school. The parent may not designate any entity or individual associated with the participating private school as the parents attorney in fact to endorse a scholarship warrant.
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