Florida Senate - 2014                             CS for SB 1394
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Appropriations; and Senator Legg
       
       
       
       
       
       576-04545-14                                          20141394c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education; amending s. 402.56,
    3         F.S.; adding a superintendent of schools to the
    4         membership of the Children and Youth Cabinet; amending
    5         s. 1003.4285, F.S.; revising the requirements to earn
    6         a Merit designation on a standard high school diploma;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
   12  402.56, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         402.56 Children’s cabinet; organization; responsibilities;
   14  annual report.—
   15         (4) MEMBERS.—The cabinet shall consist of 16 14 members
   16  including the Governor and the following persons:
   17         (a)1. The Secretary of Children and Family Services;
   18         2. The Secretary of Juvenile Justice;
   19         3. The director of the Agency for Persons with
   20  Disabilities;
   21         4. The director of the Office of Early Learning;
   22         5. The State Surgeon General;
   23         6. The Secretary of Health Care Administration;
   24         7. The Commissioner of Education;
   25         8. The director of the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office;
   26         9. The director of the Office of Child Abuse Prevention;
   27  and
   28         10. A superintendent of schools, appointed by the Governor;
   29  and
   30         11.10. Five members representing children and youth
   31  advocacy organizations, who are not service providers and who
   32  are appointed by the Governor.
   33         Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
   34  1003.4285, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   35         1003.4285 Standard high school diploma designations.—
   36         (1) Each standard high school diploma shall include, as
   37  applicable, the following designations if the student meets the
   38  criteria set forth for the designation:
   39         (b) Merit designation.—In addition to the requirements of
   40  ss. 1003.428 and 1003.4282, as applicable, in order to earn the
   41  Merit designation, a student must attain two one or more
   42  industry certifications from the list established under s.
   43  1003.492.
   44         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.