Florida Administrative Code › 65 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES › 65A - Economic Self-Sufficiency Program › Chapter 65A-4 - TEMPORARY CASH ASSISTANCE › Section 65A-4.2131 - Learnfare Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Learnfare
				Requirements. Temporary cash assistance (TCA) will be reduced when a
				participant's dependent school-age child(ren) is determined to be habitually
				truant or a school dropout or the parent or caretaker relative whose needs are
				included in the TCA assistance group fails to attend a school conference each
				semester.
(2) School Conference. A
				parent or caretaker relative with a child subject to school attendance
				requirements must have a conference with an appropriate school official during
				each semester. The parent's or caretaker relative's statement of completion of
				the school conference must be obtained at a regularly scheduled
				redetermination. If a redetermination is due during the summer when school is
				not in session, the conference verification from the previous semester will be
				sufficient documentation of compliance.
(3) Exemption from School Conference.
				Caretaker relatives whose needs are not included in the TCA assistance group
				and parents or caretaker relatives that home school their children with the
				approval of the local school district are exempt from the school conference
				requirement.
(4) Participants are
				notified at TCA application of their right to request a fair hearing using Your
				Rights and Responsibilities, CF-ES 2064, 07/2016, incorporated by reference in
				Rule  65A-1.204, F.A.C. Upon
				notification by the local school district that a participant's dependent child
				is habitually truant or a dropout or a parent or caretaker relative fails to
				attend a school conference, the Department must determine if good cause exists
				in accordance with Section
				 414.1251(1),
				F.S. If good cause does not exist, the Department will advise the participant
				and impose Learnfare penalties in accordance with Sections
				 414.1251(1) and
				(2), F.S.
(5) School-Age. Dependent children who are
				age 6, or who will be age 6 by February 1 of any school year, or who are over
				age 6 but under age 18 are subject to school attendance unless exempted from
				education participation requirements by the local school district.
(6) Referral to the Local Workforce
				Development Board. If a participant's dependent child is age 16 or 17 and is
				exempted from education participation by the school district, the child is to
				be referred to the local workforce development board or its designee to
				participate in TCA work or alternative requirement plan activities.
(7) Reinstatement of Benefits. Before
				benefits may be reinstated, the participant must notify the Department and
				provide verification that the participant's dependent child identified as a
				habitual truant or dropout is in compliance with Learnfare attendance
				requirements in accordance with Section
				 414.1251(1),
				F.S., or the parent or caretaker relative has met the school conference
				requirement.
Rulemaking Authority
					 414.45 FS. Law Implemented
					 414.1251
					 FS.
New 6-2-02, Amended 9-12-07,
					 3-13-24.