Due an amendment pertaining to the funding of dual enrollment, which states that school districts will have to assume the costs of the dual enrollment program, Miami-Dade County Public Schools has implemented a policy hindering the dual enrollment program. This policy has made it so that students will be restricted to enroll in only two college dual-enrollment courses per semester.

The bill affects thousands of students in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools system negatively, stripping them of the opportunity to push themselves academically. Senate Bill 1514 does not affect all of the students in the Miami-Dade equally however, the most serious impact this new legislation will have will be on specialized programs such as School for Advanced Studies (SAS) and Academy for Advanced Academics (AAA), which are renowned for their academic achievement by providing accelerated classes and college courses as a supplement to secondary education, unfortunately these programs may cease to exist as a result of this legislation.

But the effects of this legislation far exceed the boundaries of the Miami-Dade county however, posing a serious threat to dual enrollment programs in all counties across the state of Florida.

Please support this petition to allow the students of the Miami-Dade county and students all over the state of Florida to challenge themselves with college classes and to improve their lives through a college education.