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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ SECTION 2 - EDUCATION (ALL OTHER FUNDS) the General Revenue Fund shall be allocated as follows: Auditory-Oral Education Grant Funding (recurring base appropriations project)................................. 750,000 Florida Diagnostic and Learning Resources System Associate Centers as provided in section 1006.03, Florida Statutes........................................ 577,758 Learning Through Listening (recurring base appropriations project)................................................ 1,141,704 Special Olympics (recurring base appropriations project).. 250,000 The Family Cafe (recurring base appropriations project)... 350,000 From the funds in Specific Appropriation 106, $1,750,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue fund is provided for the Bridge to Speech Program pursuant to section 1002.391, Florida Statutes. These funds are contingent upon HB 5101 or similar legislation becoming law. Funds provided for the Bridge to Speech Program shall only be awarded to Florida nonprofit schools or programs serving children who are deaf or hard of hearing in multiple counties, from age 2.9 through age six, including rural and underserved areas. These schools or programs must solely offer auditory-oral education programs, as defined in section 1002.391, Florida Statutes, and have a supervisor and faculty members who are credentialed as Certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialists each day the child is in attendance or has letter of endorsement for this project from Deaf Kids Can. Grants to be awarded and first payment received by September 1st of each year and payments monthly thereafter. From the funds in Specific Appropriation 106, nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund shall be allocated as follows: Autism Therapeutic Wellness Program (HF 2072) (SF 1529)... 200,000 Miami Lighthouse Academy (HF 2539) (SF 1717).............. 197,979 Special Olympics Florida - Unified Champions Schools (HF 3638) (SF 2242)......................................... 350,000 The Family Cafe (HF 2779) (SF 1245)....................... 850,000 Funds in Specific Appropriation 106 for The Family Cafe are supplemental and shall not be used to replace or supplant current funds awarded for The Family Cafe project. Funds in Specific Appropriation 106 from the Federal Grants Trust Fund shall be allocated as follows: Florida Instructional Materials Center for the Visually Impaired as provided in section 1003.55, Florida Statutes................................................ 270,987 Multi-Agency Service Network for Students with Severe Emotional/Behavioral Disturbance as provided in section 1006.04, Florida Statutes............................... 750,322 Portal to Exceptional Education Resources as provided in section 1003.576, Florida Statutes...................... 786,217 Resource Materials Technology Center for Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing as provided in section 1003.55, Florida Statutes........................................ 191,828 Very Special Arts (recurring base appropriations project). 334,000 Funds provided in Specific Appropriation 106 for Auditory-Oral Education Grants shall only be awarded to Florida public or private nonprofit school programs serving deaf children in multiple counties, from birth to age seven, including rural and underserved areas. These schools must solely offer auditory-oral education programs, as defined in section 1002.391, Florida Statutes, and have a supervisor and faculty members who are credentialed as Certified Listening and Spoken Language Specialists. The amount of the grants shall be based on the specific needs of each eligible student. Each eligible school that has insufficient public funds to provide the educational and related services specified in the Individual Education Plan (IEP) or Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) of eligible students aged birth to seven years may submit grant applications to the Department of Education. Applications must include an itemized list of total costs, the amount of public funds available for those students without the grant, and the additional amount needed for the services identified in each student’s respective IEP or IFSP. The department shall develop an appropriate application, provide 33