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J.J.L., a Child, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
    No. 1D03-3558.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    March 31, 2004.
    Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit; P. Douglas Brink-meyer, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
    Charlie Crist, Attorney General; Felicia A. Wilcox, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
   PER CURIAM.

J.J.L., a child, appeals from her adjudication of delinquency and commitment to the Department of Juvenile Justice. We reverse J.J.L.’s commitment to a high risk residential program because the trial court proceeded with J.J.L.’s disposition with an incomplete predisposition report in which the Department failed to recommend a commitment level as required by section 985.23(3)(b), Florida Statutes (2003) and J.E.W. v. State, 672 So.2d 72, 73-74 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996) (reversing a juvenile’s commitment to a moderate risk facility where the trial court considered a predisposition report that did not recommend a commitment level, but rather recommended continuing the disposition). There is no evidence that the child knowingly waived the requirement of a predisposition report that complies with the statute. Therefore, we vacate J.J.L’s commitment and remand for a new disposition hearing.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

ALLEN, KAHN and POLSTON, JJ., concur.