Florida Senate - 2015                       CS for CS for SB 948
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Appropriations; and Higher Education; and
       Senator Gaetz
       
       
       
       
       576-04520A-15                                          2015948c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education; amending s. 282.0051,
    3         F.S.; requiring the Agency for State Technology to
    4         establish and publish information technology
    5         architecture standards for purposes of implementing
    6         digital classrooms by a specified date; requiring the
    7         agency to collaborate with the Department of Education
    8         and the Department of Management Services to identify
    9         certain state term contract or other local procurement
   10         options for services that support such standards and
   11         to identify certain shared services available through
   12         the State Data Center to facilitate the implementation
   13         of school district digital classrooms plans; requiring
   14         the agency’s annual assessment of the Department of
   15         Education to review specified issues with respect to
   16         school district digital classrooms plans and to
   17         provide planning assistance to address and reduce
   18         issues identified by the assessment; amending s.
   19         282.00515, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference to
   20         changes made by the act; creating s. 282.0052, F.S.;
   21         establishing requirements for the agency or a
   22         contracted organization with respect to the
   23         establishment and assessment of digital classrooms
   24         information technology architecture standards;
   25         requiring the agency or contracted organization to
   26         annually submit a report to the Governor and the
   27         Legislature; prescribing report requirements;
   28         requiring the agency to annually update the
   29         Commissioner of Education on the status of technology
   30         infrastructure; requiring the Department of Education
   31         to annually update school districts regarding
   32         compliance with information technology architecture
   33         standards and provide planning guidance; requiring a
   34         school district to take certain action in the event of
   35         noncompliance with information technology architecture
   36         standards; amending s. 402.56, F.S.; revising the
   37         membership of the Children and Youth Cabinet; amending
   38         s. 446.021, F.S.; revising terms; amending s. 446.032,
   39         F.S.; conforming a provision to changes made by the
   40         act; requiring the Department of Education, in
   41         collaboration with the Department of Economic
   42         Opportunity, to identify, develop, and register
   43         specified apprenticeship programs; requiring the
   44         department to annually submit an accountability report
   45         with specified requirements to the Governor, the
   46         Legislature, and the Higher Education Coordinating
   47         Council; requiring the department to post on its
   48         Internet website specified information regarding
   49         apprenticeship programs; amending s. 446.045, F.S.;
   50         clarifying State Apprenticeship Advisory Council
   51         membership; amending s. 446.052, F.S.; requiring the
   52         Department of Education, in collaboration with the
   53         Department of Economic Opportunity, to identify,
   54         develop, and register specified preapprenticeship
   55         programs; requiring the department to annually submit
   56         an accountability report with specified requirements
   57         to the Governor, the Legislature, and the Higher
   58         Education Coordinating Council; requiring the
   59         department to post on its Internet website specified
   60         information regarding preapprenticeship programs;
   61         requiring the Department of Education, in
   62         collaboration with the Department of Economic
   63         Opportunity and CareerSource Florida, Inc., to submit
   64         an operational report to the Governor, the
   65         Legislature, and the Higher Education Coordinating
   66         Council with specified information; providing for
   67         expiration; amending s. 446.081, F.S.; clarifying the
   68         limitations of certain provisions; amending s.
   69         446.091, F.S.; conforming a provision to a change made
   70         by the act; amending s. 446.092, F.S.; revising
   71         characteristics of an apprenticeable occupation;
   72         amending s. 1000.03, F.S.; revising the mission of the
   73         Florida K-20 education system; amending s. 1001.02,
   74         F.S.; revising the duties of the State Board of
   75         Education with respect to the supervision of the
   76         divisions of the Department of Education; amending s.
   77         1001.03, F.S.; revising requirements for the state
   78         board’s articulation accountability measures;
   79         authorizing the state board to take certain action in
   80         the event of noncompliance of a district school board
   81         or a Florida Community College System institution
   82         board of trustees; defining the term “college”;
   83         specifying authorized and prohibited uses of the term;
   84         conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
   85         amending s. 1001.20, F.S.; requiring the Office of
   86         Technology and Information Services of the Department
   87         of Education to consult with the Agency for State
   88         Technology in developing the 5-year strategic plan for
   89         Florida digital classrooms; removing an obsolete date;
   90         revising requirements for the 5-year strategic plan;
   91         expanding the list of responsibilities of the Office
   92         of Technology and Information Services; amending s.
   93         1001.42, F.S.; prohibiting a technical center
   94         governing board from approving specified courses and
   95         programs; amending s. 1001.43, F.S.; authorizing
   96         district school boards to adopt a standard student
   97         attire policy; establishing criteria for and the
   98         purpose of the policy; providing immunity from civil
   99         liability for district school boards that implement a
  100         standard student attire policy under certain
  101         conditions; amending s. 1001.44, F.S.; prescribing the
  102         mission and responsibilities of a career center
  103         operated by a district school board; specifying
  104         certain restrictions applicable to a career center;
  105         amending s. 1001.60, F.S.; redesignating the “Florida
  106         College System” as the “Florida Community College
  107         System”; amending s. 1001.705, F.S.; prescribing the
  108         mission and responsibilities of the State University
  109         System; amending s. 1001.7065, F.S.; revising a
  110         requirement that a specified state research university
  111         establish an institute for online learning; conforming
  112         provisions to changes made by the act; creating ss.
  113         1001.815 and 1001.92, F.S.; requiring the Board of
  114         Governors and the State Board of Education to base
  115         state performance funds for the State University
  116         System and the Florida College System, respectively,
  117         on specified metrics adopted by each board; specifying
  118         allocation of the funds; requiring certain funds to be
  119         withheld from an institution based on specified
  120         performance; requiring the boards to submit reports by
  121         a specified time to the Governor and the Legislature;
  122         requiring the boards to adopt rules; amending s.
  123         1002.20, F.S.; conforming cross-references; revising
  124         provisions related to participation in extracurricular
  125         activities; conforming provisions to changes made by
  126         the act; amending s. 1002.33, F.S.; conforming cross
  127         references; amending s. 1002.34, F.S.; prescribing the
  128         mission and responsibilities of a charter technical
  129         career center; specifying certain restrictions
  130         applicable to a charter technical career center;
  131         amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; requiring that
  132         instructional staff of public schools provide
  133         instruction to students about the terrorist attacks
  134         occurring on September 11, 2001, and the impact of
  135         those events; providing a short title; amending s.
  136         1004.015, F.S.; revising the composition of the Higher
  137         Education Coordinating Council; creating s. 1004.084,
  138         F.S.; requiring the Board of Governors and the State
  139         Board of Education to identify strategies and
  140         initiatives to reduce the cost of higher education;
  141         requiring the Board of Governors and the state board
  142         to annually submit a report to the Governor and the
  143         Legislature; amending s. 1004.085, F.S.; defining the
  144         term “instructional materials”; revising policies and
  145         procedures relating to textbooks; requiring a public
  146         postsecondary institution to post information relating
  147         to required and recommended textbooks and
  148         instructional materials and prices in its course
  149         registration system and on its website; requiring the
  150         state board and the Board of Governors to adopt
  151         textbook and instructional materials affordability
  152         policies, procedures, and guidelines; providing
  153         requirements for the use of adopted undergraduate
  154         textbooks and instructional materials; requiring
  155         annual reporting of textbook and instructional
  156         materials cost information and affordability policies
  157         and procedures to the Chancellor of the Florida
  158         College System or the Chancellor of the State
  159         University System; requiring electronic copies of the
  160         affordability policies and procedures be sent annually
  161         to the state board or the Board of Governors; amending
  162         s. 1004.65, F.S.; providing that Florida Community
  163         College System institutions may offer upper level
  164         instruction and award baccalaureate degrees, as
  165         authorized; conforming provisions to changes made by
  166         the act; amending s. 1004.92, F.S.; requiring the
  167         State Board of Education to adopt rules relating to
  168         accountability for career education; amending s.
  169         1006.15, F.S.; establishing guiding principles for
  170         extracurricular activities; defining terms; revising
  171         academic eligibility requirements; specifying grounds
  172         for student ineligibility for participation in
  173         interscholastic extracurricular activities; specifying
  174         conditions under which students who are enrolled in
  175         public schools, certain private schools, or home
  176         education programs may participate in the
  177         extracurricular activities of a public school;
  178         deleting obsolete provisions; amending s. 1006.16,
  179         F.S.; revising insurance requirements to include
  180         students who participate in nonathletic
  181         extracurricular activities; requiring that insurance
  182         coverage provided by district school boards for
  183         participants in extracurricular activities include
  184         certain students; amending s. 1006.19, F.S.; providing
  185         a period within which an audit of a nonprofit
  186         association’s records must be provided to the Auditor
  187         General; requiring the Auditor General to conduct
  188         operational audits of the nonprofit association’s
  189         accounts and records; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.;
  190         providing for review of the Florida High School
  191         Athletic Association (FHSAA) performance of duties;
  192         providing requirements regarding fees and admission
  193         prices; revising requirements for FHSAA membership and
  194         providing membership alternatives; revising provisions
  195         regarding student eligibility and transfer; providing
  196         procedures for resolving student eligibility disputes;
  197         revising the governing structure of the FHSAA;
  198         deleting provisions relating to the FHSAA’s board of
  199         directors, representative assembly, public liaison
  200         advisory committee, and appeals committees; deleting
  201         requirements with respect to amendments to the FHSAA’s
  202         bylaws; amending s. 1006.735, F.S.; establishing the
  203         Rapid Response Education and Training Program within
  204         the Complete Florida Plus Program; requiring the
  205         Complete Florida Plus Program to work with Enterprise
  206         Florida, Inc., to offer credible education and
  207         training commitments to businesses; specifying the
  208         duties of the Rapid Response Education and Training
  209         Program; requiring reports to the Legislature;
  210         requiring the Division of Career and Adult Education
  211         within the Department of Education to conduct an
  212         analysis and assessment of the effectiveness of the
  213         education and training programs; amending s. 1007.01,
  214         F.S.; revising required components for articulation
  215         policies established and adopted by the state board
  216         and the Board of Governors; amending s. 1007.23, F.S.;
  217         revising requirements for the statewide articulation
  218         agreement; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; exempting dual
  219         enrollment students from paying technology fees;
  220         requiring a home education secondary student to be
  221         responsible for his or her own instructional materials
  222         and transportation in order to participate in the dual
  223         enrollment program unless the articulation agreement
  224         provides otherwise; requiring a postsecondary
  225         institution that is eligible to participate in the
  226         dual enrollment program to enter into a home education
  227         articulation agreement; requiring the postsecondary
  228         institution to annually complete and submit the
  229         agreement to the Department of Education by a
  230         specified date; conforming provisions to changes made
  231         by the act; authorizing certain instructional
  232         materials to be made available free of charge to dual
  233         enrollment students in home education programs and
  234         private schools if provided for in the articulation
  235         agreement; requiring the department to review dual
  236         enrollment articulation agreements submitted for
  237         certain students, including home education students
  238         and private school students, to participate in a dual
  239         enrollment program; requiring the Commissioner of
  240         Education to notify the district school superintendent
  241         and the president of the postsecondary institution if
  242         the dual enrollment articulation agreement does not
  243         comply with statutory requirements; requiring a
  244         district school board and a Florida College System
  245         institution to annually complete and submit to the
  246         department by a specified date a dual enrollment
  247         articulation agreement with a state university and an
  248         eligible independent college or university, as
  249         applicable; providing requirements for a private
  250         school student to participate in a dual enrollment
  251         program; requiring a postsecondary institution
  252         eligible to participate in the dual enrollment program
  253         to enter into an articulation agreement with each
  254         private school student seeking enrollment in a dual
  255         enrollment course and his or her parent; requiring the
  256         postsecondary institution to annually complete and
  257         submit the articulation agreement to the department by
  258         a specified date; providing requirements for the
  259         articulation agreement; amending s. 1007.273, F.S.;
  260         revising requirements for a contract between a
  261         district school board and a Florida Community College
  262         System institution for the administration of
  263         collegiate high school programs; requiring school
  264         districts and Florida Community College System
  265         institutions to annually report specified information
  266         regarding collegiate high school programs to the
  267         Department of Education; amending s. 1007.33, F.S.;
  268         revising provisions regarding baccalaureate degree
  269         programs that may be offered by a Florida Community
  270         College System institution; prohibiting a Florida
  271         Community College System institution from offering a
  272         Bachelor of Arts degree program; removing obsolete
  273         language; revising provisions regarding the approval
  274         process for baccalaureate degree programs; restricting
  275         total upper-level, undergraduate full-time equivalent
  276         enrollment at a Florida Community College System
  277         institution; amending s. 1008.38, F.S.; revising
  278         minimum requirements for an articulation
  279         accountability process; amending s. 1009.22, F.S.;
  280         revising the amount by which tuition may vary for the
  281         combined total of the standard tuition and out-of
  282         state fees; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; prohibiting
  283         resident tuition at a Florida College System
  284         institution from exceeding a specified amount per
  285         credit hour; revising the amount by which tuition may
  286         vary for the combined total of the standard tuition
  287         and out-of-state fees; requiring a Florida College
  288         System institution to publicly notice meetings at
  289         which votes on proposed tuition or fee increases are
  290         scheduled; amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; prohibiting
  291         resident undergraduate tuition at a state university
  292         from exceeding a specified amount per credit hour;
  293         removing authority for a designee of the Board of
  294         Governors to establish graduate and professional
  295         tuition and out-of-state fees; prohibiting graduate
  296         and professional program tuition from exceeding a
  297         specified amount; requiring a state university to
  298         publicly notice meetings at which votes on proposed
  299         tuition or fee increases are scheduled; amending ss.
  300         1009.534, 1009.535, and 1009.536, F.S.; requiring a
  301         student, as a prerequisite for the Florida Academic
  302         Scholars award, the Florida Medallion Scholars award,
  303         or the Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award, to
  304         identify a social or civic issue or a professional
  305         area of interest and develop a plan for his or her
  306         personal involvement in addressing the issue or
  307         learning about the area; prohibiting the student from
  308         receiving remuneration or academic credit for the
  309         volunteer service work performed except in certain
  310         circumstances; requiring the hours of volunteer
  311         service work to be documented in writing and signed by
  312         the student, the student’s parent or guardian, and a
  313         representative of the organization for which the
  314         student performed the volunteer service work; amending
  315         s. 1009.893, F.S., changing the name of the “Florida
  316         National Merit Scholar Incentive Program” to the
  317         “Benacquisto Scholarship Program”; providing that a
  318         student who receives the scholarship award under the
  319         program be referred to as a Benacquisto Scholar;
  320         encouraging all eligible Florida public or independent
  321         postsecondary educational institutions, and requiring
  322         all eligible state universities, to become a college
  323         sponsor of the program; conforming provisions to
  324         changes made by the act; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.;
  325         requiring supplemental academic instruction
  326         categorical funds and research-based reading
  327         instruction allocation funds to be used by a school
  328         district that has one or more of the lowest-performing
  329         elementary schools for additional intensive reading
  330         instruction at such school during the summer program
  331         in addition to instruction during the school year;
  332         providing that the school must comply with additional
  333         instruction requirements the following year for
  334         certain students; requiring the Department of
  335         Education to provide a list of specified elementary
  336         schools by a specified date; encouraging schools
  337         districts to provide a summer program with a focus on
  338         reading for specified students; revising the formula
  339         for calculating the value of full-time equivalent
  340         student membership for students who earn CAPE industry
  341         certifications through dual enrollment; increasing the
  342         bonus awarded to teachers who provided instruction in
  343         courses that led to certain CAPE industry
  344         certifications; specifying a maximum bonus amount per
  345         teacher per school year; revising the calculation used
  346         to determine the discretionary millage compression
  347         supplement; revising the formula for computing the
  348         district sparsity index for districts with a specified
  349         full-time equivalent student membership; deleting
  350         obsolete language; revising the calculation of the
  351         virtual education contribution; revising the date by
  352         which district school boards must annually submit a
  353         digital classrooms plan to the Department of
  354         Education; requiring the department to contract with
  355         an independent auditing entity in the event of
  356         noncompliance with minimum protocols and requirements
  357         in the administration of online assessments; requiring
  358         a charter school to submit the school’s digital
  359         classrooms plan to the applicable school district;
  360         requiring that the plan be submitted in a specified
  361         format; specifying conditions for a school district to
  362         maintain eligibility for Florida digital classrooms
  363         allocation funds; requiring the Commissioner of
  364         Education to implement an online portal for electronic
  365         submission of digital classrooms plans by a specified
  366         date; requiring a charter school to annually report to
  367         the department regarding the use of specified funds;
  368         revising requirements for the commissioner’s annual
  369         report to the Governor and the Legislature regarding
  370         the digital classrooms plan; creating a federally
  371         connected student supplement for school districts;
  372         specifying eligibility requirements and calculations
  373         for the supplement; providing for the withholding of a
  374         district’s safe schools funding for failure to comply
  375         with certain reporting requirements with respect to
  376         school safety and student discipline; conforming
  377         provisions to changes made by the act; amending s.
  378         1011.71, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference;
  379         authorizing enterprise resource software to be
  380         acquired by certain fees and agreements; creating s.
  381         1011.802, F.S.; creating the Florida Apprenticeship
  382         Grant Program within the Department of Education to
  383         provide grants to specific centers and institutions
  384         for the creation of new apprenticeship programs or the
  385         expansion of existing apprenticeship programs;
  386         providing funding for the program; providing
  387         requirements related to applications, program
  388         priority, use of grant funds, and quarterly reports;
  389         amending s. 1012.34, F.S.; requiring that classroom
  390         teacher performance evaluations be based upon the
  391         performance of students with fewer than a specified
  392         number of absences; amending s. 1012.39, F.S.;
  393         providing requirements regarding liability insurance
  394         for students participating in a clinical field
  395         experience; amending s. 1012.71, F.S.; requiring a
  396         classroom teacher to provide the school district with
  397         receipts for the expenditure of certain funds;
  398         requiring a classroom teacher to return funds for
  399         which there are undocumented expenditures to the
  400         district school board; requiring such funds to be
  401         deposited into the school advisory council account;
  402         creating s. 1012.731, F.S.; providing legislative
  403         intent; establishing the Florida Best and Brightest
  404         Teacher Scholarship Program; providing eligibility
  405         criteria; requiring a school district to annually
  406         submit the number of eligible teachers to the
  407         department; providing for funding and the disbursement
  408         of funds; defining the term “school district” for
  409         purposes of the act; amending s. 1012.75, F.S.;
  410         requiring the department to administer an educator
  411         liability insurance program; defining terms;
  412         specifying program administration and eligibility
  413         requirements; creating s. 1013.385, F.S.; providing
  414         for school district construction flexibility;
  415         authorizing exceptions to educational facilities
  416         construction requirements under certain circumstances;
  417         amending s. 1013.40, F.S.; increasing the number of
  418         beds that may be in a dormitory constructed by certain
  419         Florida College System institutions; amending s.
  420         1013.74, F.S.; authorizing a university board of
  421         trustees to expend specified reserve or carry forward
  422         balances for academic instructional space or critical
  423         deferred maintenance needs; requiring the state board
  424         and the Board of Governors to submit a report to the
  425         Governor and the Legislature by a specified date;
  426         prescribing report requirements; providing a directive
  427         to the Division of Law Revision and Information;
  428         providing an effective date.
  429          
  430  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  431  
  432         Section 1. Subsections (2), (7), and (10) of section
  433  282.0051, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  434         282.0051 Agency for State Technology; powers, duties, and
  435  functions.—The Agency for State Technology shall have the
  436  following powers, duties, and functions:
  437         (2) Establish and publish information technology
  438  architecture standards that:
  439         (a)to Provide for the most efficient use of the state’s
  440  information technology resources and that to ensure
  441  compatibility and alignment with the needs of state agencies.
  442  The agency shall assist state agencies in complying with the
  443  standards.
  444         (b) Address for purposes of implementing digital classrooms
  445  under s. 1011.62(12) issues that include, but are not limited
  446  to, device recommendations, security requirements, connectivity
  447  requirements, and browser expectations. Such standards must be
  448  published by December 1, 2015.
  449         (7)(a) Participate with the Department of Management
  450  Services in evaluating, conducting, and negotiating competitive
  451  solicitations for state term contracts for information
  452  technology commodities, consultant services, or staff
  453  augmentation contractual services pursuant to s. 287.0591.
  454         (b) Collaborate with the Department of Management Services
  455  in information technology resource acquisition planning.
  456         (c) Collaborate with the Department of Education and the
  457  Department of Management Services to identify:
  458         1. State term contract or other local procurement options
  459  that are available to school districts which provide information
  460  technology commodities, consultant services, or staff
  461  augmentation contractual services that support the information
  462  technology architecture standards applicable to digital
  463  classrooms.
  464         2.Shared services available to school districts through
  465  the State Data Center to facilitate the implementation of school
  466  district digital classrooms plans.
  467         (10)(a) Beginning July 1, 2016, and annually thereafter,
  468  conduct annual assessments of state agencies to determine
  469  compliance with all information technology standards and
  470  guidelines developed and published by the agency, and beginning
  471  December 1, 2016, and annually thereafter, provide results of
  472  the assessments to the Executive Office of the Governor, the
  473  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
  474  Representatives.
  475         (b) Include in the annual assessment of the Department of
  476  Education under paragraph (a), the status of statewide
  477  implementation of digital classrooms and each school district’s
  478  status of compliance with the information technology
  479  architecture standards identified under paragraph (2)(b),
  480  planning guidance to address identified gaps, and
  481  recommendations for improving cost efficiencies pursuant to s.
  482  282.0052.
  483         Section 2. Section 282.00515, Florida Statutes, is amended
  484  to read:
  485         282.00515 Duties of Cabinet agencies.—The Department of
  486  Legal Affairs, the Department of Financial Services, and the
  487  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services shall adopt the
  488  standards established in s. 282.0051(2)(a) s. 282.0051(2), (3),
  489  and (8) or adopt alternative standards based on best practices
  490  and industry standards, and may contract with the Agency for
  491  State Technology to provide or perform any of the services and
  492  functions described in s. 282.0051 for the Department of Legal
  493  Affairs, the Department of Financial Services, or the Department
  494  of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
  495         Section 3. Section 282.0052, Florida Statutes, is created
  496  to read:
  497         282.0052 Digital classrooms information technology
  498  architecture standards.—
  499         (1) Beginning July 1, 2015, the Agency for State
  500  Technology, or an independent third-party professional
  501  organization that the agency contracts with, shall:
  502         (a) Consult with the Department of Education to identify
  503  information technology architecture standards pursuant to s.
  504  282.0051 for the successful implementation of digital
  505  classrooms, pursuant to s. 1011.62(12), in public schools within
  506  the state beginning in the 2016-2017 school year. Such standards
  507  must include, but are not limited to, device recommendations,
  508  security requirements, connectivity requirements, and browser
  509  expectations.
  510         (b) Perform an annual assessment of the state 5-year
  511  strategic plan developed pursuant to s. 1001.20 and school
  512  district digital classrooms plan adopted pursuant to s.
  513  1011.62(12) to determine the digital readiness of school
  514  districts and their compliance with the information technology
  515  architecture standards identified under paragraph (a). The
  516  digital readiness of school districts must be assessed using the
  517  digital readiness scorecard established under s. 1001.20(4)(a).
  518         (c) Provide prospective planning guidance and technical
  519  assistance to the Department of Education, school districts, and
  520  public schools regarding identified gaps in technology
  521  infrastructure and recommended improvements to meet the
  522  information technology architecture standards identified under
  523  paragraph (a).
  524         (d) Summarize and report, by May 1, 2016, for the 2015-2016
  525  school year, and by December 1 for each school year thereafter,
  526  to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of
  527  the House of Representatives:
  528         1. The status of technology infrastructure of school
  529  districts and public schools within the state.
  530         2. Recommendations for improving cost efficiencies and
  531  maximizing investments in technology by the state and school
  532  districts to establish digital classrooms.
  533         (2) For the 2015-2016 school year, the Agency for State
  534  Technology must provide the status of technology infrastructure
  535  information regarding implementation of digital classrooms
  536  statewide and by each school district to the Commissioner of
  537  Education by April 1, 2016. For each school year thereafter, the
  538  status of technology infrastructure information must be provided
  539  to the commissioner by November 1 of each year.
  540         (3) For the 2015-2016 school year, the Department of
  541  Education must provide to each school district the status of the
  542  statewide implementation of digital classrooms and the school
  543  district’s status regarding compliance with the information
  544  technology architecture standards identified under paragraph
  545  (1)(a) by June 1, 2016. For each school year thereafter, the
  546  Department of Education must notify a school district regarding
  547  compliance with the information technology architecture
  548  standards by January 1 of each year. In addition, the Department
  549  of Education must provide planning guidance to address
  550  identified gaps and recommendations for improving cost
  551  efficiencies in accordance with subsection (1) to each school
  552  district. If the annual assessment indicates that a school
  553  district is not in compliance with the information technology
  554  architecture standards identified under paragraph (1)(a), the
  555  school district must, within 60 days from the date of receipt of
  556  such notification from the Department of Education become
  557  compliant; obtain an exemption to waive compliance from the
  558  Department of Education; or procure services through the agency
  559  or the Department of Management Services to achieve compliance.
  560         Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
  561  402.56, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  562         402.56 Children’s cabinet; organization; responsibilities;
  563  annual report.—
  564         (4) MEMBERS.—The cabinet shall consist of 16 14 members
  565  including the Governor and the following persons:
  566         (a)1. The Secretary of Children and Families;
  567         2. The Secretary of Juvenile Justice;
  568         3. The director of the Agency for Persons with
  569  Disabilities;
  570         4. The director of the Office of Early Learning;
  571         5. The State Surgeon General;
  572         6. The Secretary of Health Care Administration;
  573         7. The Commissioner of Education;
  574         8. The director of the Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office;
  575         9. The director of the Office of Adoption and Child
  576  Protection Child Abuse Prevention; and
  577         10. A superintendent of schools, appointed by the Governor;
  578  and
  579         11.10. Five members who represent representing children and
  580  youth advocacy organizations and, who are not service providers,
  581  and who are appointed by the Governor.
  582         Section 5. Subsections (2), (4), (5), (6), and (9) of
  583  section 446.021, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  584         446.021 Definitions of terms used in ss. 446.011-446.092.
  585  As used in ss. 446.011-446.092, the term:
  586         (2) “Apprentice” means a person at least 16 years of age
  587  who is engaged in learning a recognized skilled trade through
  588  actual work experience under the supervision of journeyworker
  589  journeymen craftsmen, which training should be combined with
  590  properly coordinated studies of related technical and
  591  supplementary subjects, and who has entered into a written
  592  agreement, which may be cited as an apprentice agreement, with a
  593  registered apprenticeship sponsor who may be either an employer,
  594  an association of employers, or a local joint apprenticeship
  595  committee.
  596         (4) “Journeyworker” “Journeyman” means a worker who has
  597  attained certain skills, abilities, and competencies and who is
  598  recognized within an industry as having mastered the skills and
  599  competencies required for the occupation, including, but not
  600  limited to, attainment of a nationally recognized industry
  601  certification. The term includes a mentor, technician,
  602  specialist, or other skilled worker who has documented
  603  sufficient skills and knowledge of an occupation, through formal
  604  apprenticeship, attainment of a nationally recognized industry
  605  certification, or through practical, on-the-job experience or
  606  formal training a person working in an apprenticeable occupation
  607  who has successfully completed a registered apprenticeship
  608  program or who has worked the number of years required by
  609  established industry practices for the particular trade or
  610  occupation.
  611         (5) “Preapprenticeship program” means an organized course
  612  of instruction, including, but not limited to, industry
  613  certifications identified under s. 1008.44, in the public school
  614  system or elsewhere, which course is designed to prepare a
  615  person 16 years of age or older to become an apprentice and
  616  which course is approved by and registered with the department
  617  and sponsored by a registered apprenticeship program.
  618         (6) “Apprenticeship program” means an organized course of
  619  instruction, including, but not limited to, industry
  620  certifications identified under s. 1008.44, registered and
  621  approved by the department, which course shall contain all terms
  622  and conditions for the qualifications, recruitment, selection,
  623  employment, and training of apprentices including such matters
  624  as the requirements for a written apprenticeship agreement.
  625         (9) “Related instruction” means an organized and systematic
  626  form of instruction designed to provide the apprentice with
  627  knowledge of the theoretical and technical subjects related to a
  628  specific trade or occupation. Such instruction may be given in a
  629  classroom, through occupational or industrial courses, or by
  630  correspondence courses of equivalent value, including electronic
  631  media or other forms of self-study instruction approved by the
  632  department.
  633         Section 6. Section 446.032, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  634  read:
  635         446.032 General duties of the department for apprenticeship
  636  training.—The department shall:
  637         (1) Establish uniform minimum standards and policies
  638  governing apprentice programs and agreements. The standards and
  639  policies shall govern the terms and conditions of the
  640  apprentice’s employment and training, including the quality
  641  training of the apprentice for, but not limited to, such matters
  642  as ratios of apprentices to journeyworkers journeymen, safety,
  643  related instruction, and on-the-job training; but these
  644  standards and policies may not include rules, standards, or
  645  guidelines that require the use of apprentices and job trainees
  646  on state, county, or municipal contracts. The department may
  647  adopt rules necessary to administer the standards and policies.
  648         (2) Establish procedures to be used by the State
  649  Apprenticeship Advisory Council.
  650         (3) Collaborate with the Department of Economic Opportunity
  651  to identify, develop, and register apprenticeship programs that
  652  are aligned with statewide demand for a skilled labor force in
  653  high-demand occupations and with regional workforce needs.
  654  Beginning in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the department shall
  655  annually, by December 31, submit an accountability report, which
  656  must include information related to program usage, student
  657  demographics and performance outcomes, and program requirements
  658  for the existing apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs
  659  and the development of new programs. The report must include
  660  regional information about program and student performance
  661  outcomes. The report must be submitted to the Governor, the
  662  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
  663  Representatives, and the Higher Education Coordinating Council.
  664         (4) Post on its Internet website information regarding
  665  apprenticeship programs, which must, at a minimum, include:
  666         (a) Program admission requirements;
  667         (b) Program standards and training requirements; and
  668         (c) A summary of program and student performance outcomes.
  669         Section 7. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
  670  446.045, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  671         446.045 State Apprenticeship Advisory Council.—
  672         (2)
  673         (b) The Commissioner of Education or the commissioner’s
  674  designee shall serve ex officio as chair of the State
  675  Apprenticeship Advisory Council, but may not vote. The state
  676  director of the Office of Apprenticeship of the United States
  677  Department of Labor shall serve ex officio as a nonvoting member
  678  of the council. The Governor shall appoint to the council four
  679  members representing employee organizations and four members
  680  representing employer organizations. Each of these eight members
  681  shall represent industries that have registered apprenticeship
  682  programs. The Governor shall also appoint two public members who
  683  are knowledgeable about registered apprenticeship and
  684  apprenticeable occupations, who are independent of any joint or
  685  nonjoint organization one of whom shall be recommended by joint
  686  organizations, and one of whom shall be recommended by nonjoint
  687  organizations. Members shall be appointed for 4-year staggered
  688  terms. A vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the
  689  unexpired term.
  690         Section 8. Subsections (5) and (6) are added to section
  691  446.052, Florida Statutes, to read:
  692         446.052 Preapprenticeship program.—
  693         (5) The department shall collaborate with the Department of
  694  Economic Opportunity to identify, develop, and register
  695  preapprenticeship programs that are aligned with statewide
  696  demand for a skilled labor force in high-demand occupations and
  697  with regional workforce needs. Beginning in the 2015-2016 fiscal
  698  year, the department shall annually, by December 31, submit an
  699  accountability report, which must include information related to
  700  program usage, student demographics and performance outcomes,
  701  and program requirements for the existing apprenticeship and
  702  preapprenticeship programs and the development of new programs.
  703  The report must include regional information about program and
  704  student performance outcomes. The report must be submitted to
  705  the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
  706  House of Representatives, and the Higher Education Coordinating
  707  Council.
  708         (6) The department shall post on its Internet website
  709  information regarding preapprenticeship programs, which must, at
  710  a minimum, include:
  711         (a) Program admission requirements;
  712         (b) Program standards and training requirements; and
  713         (c) A summary of program and student performance outcomes.
  714         Section 9. Preapprenticeship and apprenticeship operational
  715  report.—(1) By December 31, 2015, the Department of Education,
  716  in collaboration with the Department of Economic Opportunity and
  717  CareerSource Florida, Inc., shall submit an operational report
  718  to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the
  719  House of Representatives, and the Higher Education Coordinating
  720  Council providing:
  721         (a) A summary of the activities and coordination between
  722  the two agencies to identify, develop, register, and administer
  723  preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs over the last 5
  724  years.
  725         (b)The strategies employed by the two agencies to engage
  726  school districts, Florida College System institutions, technical
  727  centers, businesses, and other stakeholders as partners in the
  728  workforce system to expand employment opportunities for
  729  individuals, including, but not limited to, those individuals
  730  with unique abilities, which must include work-based learning
  731  experiences, such as preapprenticeships and apprenticeships.
  732         (c) Recommendations to maximize the resources of the two
  733  agencies to gain efficiency in program development,
  734  administration, and funding and make program governance changes
  735  to improve the delivery and management of preapprenticeship and
  736  apprenticeship programs based on workforce demands. These
  737  recommendations must take into account federal resources and
  738  must include any necessary or suggested changes to the programs
  739  ensuing from implementation of the Workforce Innovation and
  740  Opportunity Act of 2014 and related regulations.
  741         (d) Recommendations and strategies for the two agencies to
  742  communicate effectively with employers in this state and ensure
  743  that employers have access to information and consultative
  744  services, at no cost to the employers, regarding sponsorship of
  745  demand-driven, registered preapprenticeship and apprenticeship
  746  programs and information about the availability of program
  747  students for employment.
  748         (e) An evaluation of the feasibility of linking or
  749  incorporating, and of the resources necessary to link or
  750  incorporate, the Department of Education’s website information
  751  on preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs with the
  752  Department of Economic Opportunity and CareerSource Florida,
  753  Inc., workforce information system required under chapter 445,
  754  Florida Statutes.
  755         (2) This section expires on July 1, 2016.
  756         Section 10. Subsection (4) is added to section 446.081,
  757  Florida Statutes, to read:
  758         446.081 Limitation.—
  759         (4) Nothing in ss. 446.011-446.092 or the implementing
  760  rules in these sections shall operate to invalidate any special
  761  provision for veterans, minority persons, or women in the
  762  standards, qualifications, or operation of the apprenticeship
  763  program or in the apprenticeship agreement which is not
  764  otherwise prohibited by law, executive order, or authorized
  765  regulation.
  766         Section 11. Section 446.091, Florida Statutes, is amended
  767  to read:
  768         446.091 On-the-job training program.—All provisions of ss.
  769  446.011-446.092 relating to apprenticeship and
  770  preapprenticeship, including, but not limited to, programs,
  771  agreements, standards, administration, procedures, definitions,
  772  expenditures, local committees, powers and duties, limitations,
  773  grievances, and ratios of apprentices and job trainees to
  774  journeyworkers journeymen on state, county, and municipal
  775  contracts, shall be appropriately adapted and made applicable to
  776  a program of on-the-job training authorized under those
  777  provisions for persons other than apprentices.
  778         Section 12. Section 446.092, Florida Statutes, is amended
  779  to read:
  780         446.092 Criteria for apprenticeship occupations.—An
  781  apprenticeable occupation is a skilled trade which possesses all
  782  of the following characteristics:
  783         (1) It is customarily learned in a practical way through a
  784  structured, systematic program of on-the-job, supervised
  785  training.
  786         (2) It is clearly identified and commonly recognized
  787  throughout an the industry, and may be associated with a
  788  nationally recognized industry certification or recognized with
  789  a positive view towards changing technology.
  790         (3) It involves manual, mechanical, or technical skills and
  791  knowledge which, in accordance with the industry standard for
  792  the occupation, require a minimum of 2,000 hours of on-the-job
  793  work and training, which hours are excluded from the time spent
  794  at related instruction.
  795         (4) It requires related instruction to supplement on-the
  796  job training. Such instruction may be given in a classroom,
  797  through occupational or industrial courses, or through
  798  correspondence courses of equivalent value, including electronic
  799  media or other forms of self-study instruction approved by the
  800  department.
  801         (5) It involves the development of skill sufficiently broad
  802  to be applicable in like occupations throughout an industry,
  803  rather than of restricted application to the products or
  804  services of any one company.
  805         (6) It does not fall into any of the following categories:
  806         (a) Selling, retailing, or similar occupations in the
  807  distributive field.
  808         (b) Managerial occupations.
  809         (c) Professional and scientific vocations for which
  810  entrance requirements customarily require an academic degree.
  811         Section 13. Subsection (4) of section 1000.03, Florida
  812  Statutes, is amended to read:
  813         1000.03 Function, mission, and goals of the Florida K-20
  814  education system.—
  815         (4) The mission of Florida’s K-20 education system is to
  816  allow its students to increase their proficiency by allowing
  817  them the opportunity to expand their knowledge and skills
  818  through rigorous and relevant learning opportunities, in
  819  accordance with the mission of the applicable center or system
  820  statement and accountability requirements of s. 1008.31, and
  821  avoid wasteful duplication of programs offered by state
  822  universities; Florida Community College System institutions; and
  823  career centers and charter technical career centers that are
  824  operated by district school boards.
  825         Section 14. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
  826  1001.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  827         1001.02 General powers of State Board of Education.—
  828         (2) The State Board of Education has the following duties:
  829         (c) To exercise general supervision over the divisions of
  830  the Department of Education as necessary to ensure that programs
  831  offered by Florida Community College System institutions, and
  832  career centers and charter technical career centers that are
  833  operated by district school boards, are consistent with the
  834  mission of the applicable system or center to avoid wasteful
  835  duplication of programs; to ensure coordination of educational
  836  plans and programs and resolve controversies and to minimize
  837  problems of articulation and student transfers;, to ensure that
  838  students moving from one level of education to the next have
  839  acquired competencies necessary for satisfactory performance at
  840  that level;, and to ensure maximum utilization of facilities.
  841         Section 15. Subsections (7), (8), (12), and (15) of section
  842  1001.03, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  843         1001.03 Specific powers of State Board of Education.—
  844         (7) ARTICULATION ACCOUNTABILITY.—The State Board of
  845  Education shall develop articulation accountability measures
  846  that assess the status of systemwide articulation processes and
  847  preserve Florida’s “2+2” system of articulation, in conjunction
  848  with the Board of Governors regarding the State University
  849  System, and shall establish an articulation accountability
  850  process in accordance with the provisions of chapter 1008, in
  851  conjunction with the Board of Governors regarding the State
  852  University System.
  853         (8) SYSTEMWIDE ENFORCEMENT.—
  854         (a) The State Board of Education shall enforce compliance
  855  with law and state board rule by all school districts and public
  856  postsecondary educational institutions, except for the State
  857  University System, in accordance with this subsection and the
  858  provisions of s. 1008.32.
  859         (b) If the State Board of Education determines that a
  860  district school board or Florida Community College System
  861  institution board of trustees is unwilling or unable to comply
  862  with law or state board rule within the specified time, the
  863  state board is authorized to initiate any of the following
  864  actions:
  865         1. Report to the Legislature that the school district or
  866  Florida Community College System institution is unwilling or
  867  unable to comply with law or state board rule and recommend
  868  action to be taken by the Legislature.
  869         2. Withhold the transfer of state funds, discretionary
  870  grant funds, discretionary lottery funds, or any other funds
  871  specified as eligible for this purpose by the Legislature until
  872  the school district or Florida Community College System
  873  institution complies with the law or state board rule.
  874         3. Declare the school district or Florida Community College
  875  System institution ineligible for competitive grants.
  876         4. Require monthly or periodic reporting on the situation
  877  related to noncompliance until it is remedied.
  878         (12) COMMON POSTSECONDARY DEFINITIONS.—
  879         (a) The term “college” means any Florida Community College
  880  System institution offering a substantially complete program
  881  that confers at least an associate degree requiring at least 15
  882  semester hours or the equivalent of general education, or that
  883  furnishes or offers to furnish instruction leading toward, or
  884  prerequisite to, college credit. The use of the designation
  885  “college” in combination with any series of letters, numbers, or
  886  words is restricted in this state to Florida Community College
  887  System institutions and colleges as defined in s. 1005.03. An
  888  entity may not use the designation “college” in its name
  889  pursuant to s. 1005.03 without prior approval by the Legislature
  890  or the Commission for Independent Education, as applicable.
  891         (b) The State Board of Education shall adopt, by rule,
  892  common definitions for associate in science degrees and for
  893  certificates.
  894         (15) FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM INSTITUTION
  895  BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS.—The State Board of Education
  896  shall provide for the review and approval of proposals by
  897  Florida Community College System institutions to offer
  898  baccalaureate degree programs pursuant to s. 1007.33. A Florida
  899  Community College System institution, as defined in s. 1000.21,
  900  that is approved to offer baccalaureate degrees pursuant to s.
  901  1007.33 remains under the authority of the State Board of
  902  Education and the Florida Community College System institution’s
  903  board of trustees. The State Board of Education may not approve
  904  Florida College System institution baccalaureate degree program
  905  proposals from March 31, 2014, through May 31, 2015.
  906         Section 16. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
  907  1001.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  908         1001.20 Department under direction of state board.—
  909         (4) The Department of Education shall establish the
  910  following offices within the Office of the Commissioner of
  911  Education which shall coordinate their activities with all other
  912  divisions and offices:
  913         (a) Office of Technology and Information Services.—
  914         1. Responsible for developing a 5-year strategic plan, in
  915  consultation with the Agency for State Technology, to
  916  incorporate the minimum information technology architecture
  917  standards for the successful implementation of digital
  918  classrooms to improve student performance outcomes under s.
  919  1011.62(12) for establishing Florida digital classrooms by
  920  October 1, 2014, and annually updating the plan by January 1
  921  each year thereafter. The Florida digital classrooms plan shall
  922  be provided to each school district and published on the
  923  department’s website. The plan must:
  924         a. Describe how technology will be integrated into
  925  classroom teaching and learning to assist the state in improving
  926  student performance outcomes and enable all students in Florida
  927  to be digital learners with access to digital tools and
  928  resources.
  929         b. Identify minimum information technology architecture
  930  standards requirements, which that include specifications for
  931  hardware, software, devices, networking, security, and bandwidth
  932  capacity and guidelines for the ratio of students per device.
  933  The Office of Technology and Information Services shall consult
  934  with the Agency for State Technology in identifying minimum
  935  information technology architecture standards.
  936         c. Establish minimum requirements for professional
  937  development opportunities and training to assist district
  938  instructional personnel and staff with the integration of
  939  technology into classroom teaching.
  940         d. Identify the types of digital tools and resources that
  941  can assist district instructional personnel and staff in the
  942  management, assessment, and monitoring of student learning and
  943  performance.
  944         2. Responsible for making budget recommendations to the
  945  commissioner, providing data collection and management for the
  946  system, assisting school districts in securing Internet access
  947  and telecommunications services, including those eligible for
  948  funding under the Schools and Libraries Program of the federal
  949  Universal Service Fund, and coordinating services with other
  950  state, local, and private agencies.
  951         3. Responsible for coordinating with the Agency for State
  952  Technology to facilitate school districts’ access to state term
  953  contract procurement options and shared services pursuant to s.
  954  282.0051(7)(c).
  955         4. Responsible for consulting with the Agency for State
  956  Technology to establish uniform definitions of information
  957  technology architecture components which must be incorporated
  958  into the department’s 5-year strategic plan. The uniform
  959  definitions must be incorporated by each charter school that
  960  seeks Florida digital classrooms allocation funds and by each
  961  district school board in the technology information annually
  962  submitted to the department which includes, but is not limited
  963  to, digital classroom plans and technology resources inventory.
  964         5. Responsible for consulting with the Agency for State
  965  Technology to create a digital readiness scorecard to compare
  966  the digital readiness of school districts within the state. The
  967  scorecard must use the uniform definitions identified under this
  968  section and information technology architecture standards
  969  identified under s. 282.0052(1)(a). At a minimum, the scorecard
  970  must include the student-to-device ratio, the percentage of
  971  schools within each district that meet bandwidth standards, the
  972  percentage of classrooms within each district that meet wireless
  973  standards, the refresh rate of devices, network capacity,
  974  information storage capacity, and information security services.
  975         Section 17. Subsection (26) of section 1001.42, Florida
  976  Statutes, is amended to read:
  977         1001.42 Powers and duties of district school board.—The
  978  district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
  979  powers and perform all duties listed below:
  980         (26) TECHNICAL CENTER GOVERNING BOARD.—May appoint a
  981  governing board for a school district technical center or a
  982  system of technical centers for the purpose of aligning the
  983  educational programs of the technical center with the needs of
  984  local businesses and responding quickly to the needs of local
  985  businesses for employees holding industry certifications. A
  986  technical center governing board shall be comprised of seven
  987  members, three of whom must be members of the district school
  988  board or their designees and four of whom must be local business
  989  leaders. The district school board shall delegate to the
  990  technical center governing board decisions regarding entrance
  991  requirements for students, curriculum, program development,
  992  budget and funding allocations, and the development with local
  993  businesses of partnership agreements and appropriate industry
  994  certifications in order to meet local and regional economic
  995  needs. A technical center governing board may approve only
  996  courses and programs that contain industry certifications. A
  997  course may be continued if at least 25 percent of the students
  998  enrolled in the course attain an industry certification. If
  999  fewer than 25 percent of the students enrolled in a course
 1000  attain an industry certification, the course must be
 1001  discontinued the following year. However, notwithstanding the
 1002  authority to approve courses and programs under this subsection,
 1003  a technical center governing board may not approve college
 1004  credit courses or college credit certificate, associate degree,
 1005  or baccalaureate degree programs.
 1006         Section 18. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
 1007  1001.43, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1008         1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school
 1009  board.—The district school board may exercise the following
 1010  supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or
 1011  State Board of Education rule.
 1012         (1) STUDENT MANAGEMENT.—The district school board may adopt
 1013  programs and policies to ensure the safety and welfare of
 1014  individuals, the student body, and school personnel, which
 1015  programs and policies may:
 1016         (b) Require that the attire uniforms to be worn by the
 1017  student body conform to a standard student attire policy that
 1018  prohibits certain types or styles of clothing and requires solid
 1019  colored clothing and fabrics for pants, skirts, shorts, or
 1020  similar clothing and short or long sleeved shirts with collars.
 1021  The policy may authorize a small logo but may not authorize a
 1022  motto or slogan. The purpose of a standard student attire policy
 1023  is to provide a safe environment that fosters learning and
 1024  improves school safety and discipline by:
 1025         1. Encouraging students to express their individuality
 1026  through personality and academic achievements, rather than
 1027  outward appearance.
 1028         2. Enabling students to focus on academics, rather than
 1029  fashion, because they are able to project a neat, serious, and
 1030  studious image.
 1031         3. Minimizing disciplinary problems because students are
 1032  not distracted by clothing.
 1033         4. Reducing the time needed to correct dress code
 1034  violations through a readily available inventory of compliant
 1035  attire.
 1036         5. Minimizing visible differences and eliminating social
 1037  pressures to wear brand name clothing or “gang colors,” thereby
 1038  easing financial pressures on parents and enhancing school
 1039  safety.
 1040         6. Creating a sense of school pride and belonging.
 1041  
 1042  A district school board may implement a standard student attire
 1043  policy as part of an overall program to foster and promote
 1044  desirable school operating conditions and a safe and supportive
 1045  educational environment. A standard student attire policy must
 1046  allow a parent to opt his or her student out of the policy for
 1047  religious purposes or by reason of a disability. A district
 1048  school board that implements a districtwide standard student
 1049  attire policy for all students in at least kindergarten through
 1050  grade 8 is immune from civil liability resulting from adoption
 1051  of the policy in accordance with this paragraph, or impose other
 1052  dress-related requirements, if the district school board finds
 1053  that those requirements are necessary for the safety or welfare
 1054  of the student body or school personnel. However, Students may
 1055  wear sunglasses, hats, or other sun-protective wear while
 1056  outdoors during school hours, such as when students are at
 1057  recess.
 1058         Section 19. Section 1001.44, Florida Statutes is amended to
 1059  read:
 1060         1001.44 Career centers; governance, mission, and
 1061  responsibilities.—
 1062         (1) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MAY ESTABLISH OR ACQUIRE CAREER
 1063  CENTERS.—Any district school board, after first obtaining the
 1064  approval of the Department of Education, may, as a part of the
 1065  district school system, organize, establish and operate a career
 1066  center, or acquire and operate a career center previously
 1067  established.
 1068         (a) The primary mission of a career center that is operated
 1069  by a district school board is to promote advances and
 1070  innovations in workforce preparation and economic development. A
 1071  career center may provide a learning environment that serves the
 1072  needs of a specific population group or group of occupations,
 1073  thus promoting diversity and choices within the public technical
 1074  education community in this state.
 1075         (b) A career center that is operated by a district school
 1076  board may not:
 1077         1. Offer college credit courses or college credit
 1078  certificate, associate degree, or baccalaureate degree programs.
 1079         2. In its name, include the term “college” or indicate that
 1080  the center has the authority to offer college credit courses or
 1081  college credit certificate, associate degree, or baccalaureate
 1082  degree programs.
 1083         (2) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS OF CONTIGUOUS DISTRICTS MAY
 1084  ESTABLISH OR ACQUIRE CAREER CENTERS.—The district school boards
 1085  of any two or more contiguous districts may, upon first
 1086  obtaining the approval of the department, enter into an
 1087  agreement to organize, establish and operate, or acquire and
 1088  operate, a career center under this section.
 1089         (3) CAREER CENTER PART OF DISTRICT SCHOOL SYSTEM DIRECTED
 1090  BY A DIRECTOR.—
 1091         (a) A career center established or acquired under
 1092  provisions of law and minimum standards prescribed by the
 1093  commissioner shall comprise a part of the district school system
 1094  and shall mean an educational institution offering terminal
 1095  courses of a technical nature which are not for college credit,
 1096  and courses for out-of-school youth and adults; shall be subject
 1097  to all applicable provisions of this code; shall be under the
 1098  control of the district school board of the school district in
 1099  which it is located; and shall be directed by a director
 1100  responsible through the district school superintendent to the
 1101  district school board of the school district in which the center
 1102  is located.
 1103         (b) Each career center shall maintain an academic
 1104  transcript for each student enrolled in the center. Such
 1105  transcript shall delineate each course completed by the student.
 1106  Courses shall be delineated by the course prefix and title
 1107  assigned pursuant to s. 1007.24. The center shall make a copy of
 1108  a student’s transcript available to any student who requests it.
 1109         Section 20. Section 1001.60, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1110  to read:
 1111         1001.60 Florida Community College System.—
 1112         (1) PURPOSES.—In order to maximize open access for
 1113  students, respond to community needs for postsecondary academic
 1114  education and career degree education, and provide associate and
 1115  baccalaureate degrees that will best meet the state’s employment
 1116  needs, the Legislature establishes a system of governance for
 1117  the Florida Community College System.
 1118         (2) FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.—There shall be a
 1119  single Florida Community College System comprised of the Florida
 1120  Community College System institutions identified in s.
 1121  1000.21(3). A Florida Community College System institution may
 1122  not offer graduate degree programs.
 1123         (a) The programs and services offered by Florida Community
 1124  College System institutions in providing associate and
 1125  baccalaureate degrees shall be delivered in a cost-effective
 1126  manner that demonstrates substantial savings to the student and
 1127  to the state over the cost of providing the degree at a state
 1128  university.
 1129         (b)1. With the approval of its district board of trustees,
 1130  a Florida Community College System institution may change the
 1131  institution’s name set forth in s. 1000.21(3) and use the
 1132  designation “college” or “state college” if it has been
 1133  authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees pursuant to s. 1007.33
 1134  and has been accredited as a baccalaureate-degree-granting
 1135  institution by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
 1136  Association of Colleges and Schools.
 1137         2. With the approval of its district board of trustees, a
 1138  Florida Community College System institution that does not meet
 1139  the criteria in subparagraph 1. may request approval from the
 1140  State Board of Education to change the institution’s name set
 1141  forth in s. 1000.21(3) and use the designation “college.” The
 1142  State Board of Education may approve the request if the Florida
 1143  Community College System institution enters into an agreement
 1144  with the State Board of Education to do the following:
 1145         a. Maintain as its primary mission responsibility for
 1146  responding to community needs for postsecondary academic
 1147  education and career degree education as prescribed in s.
 1148  1004.65(5).
 1149         b. Maintain an open-door admissions policy for associate
 1150  level degree programs and workforce education programs.
 1151         c. Continue to provide outreach to underserved populations.
 1152         d. Continue to provide remedial education.
 1153         e. Comply with all provisions of the statewide articulation
 1154  agreement that relate to 2-year and 4-year public degree
 1155  granting institutions as adopted by the State Board of Education
 1156  pursuant to s. 1007.23.
 1157         (c) A district board of trustees that approves a change to
 1158  the name of an institution under paragraph (b) must seek
 1159  statutory codification of such name change in s. 1000.21(3)
 1160  during the next regular legislative session.
 1161         (d) A Florida Community College System institution may not
 1162  use the designation “university.”
 1163         (3) LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES.—Each institution within the
 1164  Florida Community College System shall be governed by a local
 1165  board of trustees as provided in s. 1001.64. The membership of
 1166  each local board of trustees shall be as provided in s. 1001.61.
 1167         Section 21. Subsection (4) is added to section 1001.705,
 1168  Florida Statutes, to read:
 1169         1001.705 Responsibility for the State University System
 1170  under s. 7, Art. IX of the State Constitution.—
 1171         (4)MISSION AND RESPONSIBILITIES.—The mission of the State
 1172  University System is to promote excellence through teaching
 1173  students, advancing research, and providing public service for
 1174  the benefit of Florida’s citizens and their communities and
 1175  economies. A state university may provide students undergraduate
 1176  and graduate level instruction leading to baccalaureate,
 1177  master’s, doctoral, or professional degrees or certificates in
 1178  accordance with the requirements of subsection (2).
 1179         Section 22. Subsection (4) of section 1001.7065, Florida
 1180  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1181         1001.7065 Preeminent state research universities program.—
 1182         (4) PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE FOR
 1183  ONLINE LEARNING.—A state research university that, as of July 1,
 1184  2013, met meets all 12 of the academic and research excellence
 1185  standards identified in subsection (2), as verified by the Board
 1186  of Governors, shall establish an institute for online learning.
 1187  The institute shall establish a robust offering of high-quality,
 1188  fully online baccalaureate degree programs at an affordable cost
 1189  in accordance with this subsection.
 1190         (a) By August 1, 2013, the Board of Governors shall convene
 1191  an advisory board to support the development of high-quality,
 1192  fully online baccalaureate degree programs at the university.
 1193         (b) The advisory board shall:
 1194         1. Offer expert advice, as requested by the university, in
 1195  the development and implementation of a business plan to expand
 1196  the offering of high-quality, fully online baccalaureate degree
 1197  programs.
 1198         2. Advise the Board of Governors on the release of funding
 1199  to the university upon approval by the Board of Governors of the
 1200  plan developed by the university.
 1201         3. Monitor, evaluate, and report on the implementation of
 1202  the plan to the Board of Governors, the Governor, the President
 1203  of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 1204         (c) The advisory board shall be composed of the following
 1205  five members:
 1206         1. The chair of the Board of Governors or the chair’s
 1207  permanent designee.
 1208         2. A member with expertise in online learning, appointed by
 1209  the Board of Governors.
 1210         3. A member with expertise in global marketing, appointed
 1211  by the Governor.
 1212         4. A member with expertise in cloud virtualization,
 1213  appointed by the President of the Senate.
 1214         5. A member with expertise in disruptive innovation,
 1215  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 1216         (d) The president of the university shall be consulted on
 1217  the advisory board member appointments.
 1218         (e) A majority of the advisory board shall constitute a
 1219  quorum, elect the chair, and appoint an executive director.
 1220         (f) By September 1, 2013, the university shall submit to
 1221  the advisory board a comprehensive plan to expand high-quality,
 1222  fully online baccalaureate degree program offerings. The plan
 1223  shall include:
 1224         1. Existing on-campus general education courses and
 1225  baccalaureate degree programs that will be offered online.
 1226         2. New courses that will be developed and offered online.
 1227         3. Support services that will be offered to students
 1228  enrolled in online baccalaureate degree programs.
 1229         4. A tuition and fee structure that meets the requirements
 1230  in paragraph (k) for online courses, baccalaureate degree
 1231  programs, and student support services.
 1232         5. A timeline for offering, marketing, and enrolling
 1233  students in the online baccalaureate degree programs.
 1234         6. A budget for developing and marketing the online
 1235  baccalaureate degree programs.
 1236         7. Detailed strategies for ensuring the success of students
 1237  and the sustainability of the online baccalaureate degree
 1238  programs.
 1239  
 1240  Upon recommendation of the plan by the advisory board and
 1241  approval by the Board of Governors, the Board of Governors shall
 1242  award the university $10 million in nonrecurring funds and $5
 1243  million in recurring funds for fiscal year 2013-2014 and $5
 1244  million annually thereafter, subject to appropriation in the
 1245  General Appropriations Act.
 1246         (g) Beginning in January 2014, the university shall offer
 1247  high-quality, fully online baccalaureate degree programs that:
 1248         1. Accept full-time, first-time-in-college students.
 1249         2. Have the same rigorous admissions criteria as equivalent
 1250  on-campus degree programs.
 1251         3. Offer curriculum of equivalent rigor to on-campus degree
 1252  programs.
 1253         4. Offer rolling enrollment or multiple opportunities for
 1254  enrollment throughout the year.
 1255         5. Do not require any on-campus courses. However, for
 1256  courses or programs that require clinical training or
 1257  laboratories that cannot be delivered online, the university
 1258  shall offer convenient locational options to the student, which
 1259  may include, but are not limited to, the option to complete such
 1260  requirements at a summer-in-residence on the university campus.
 1261  The university may provide a network of sites at convenient
 1262  locations and contract with commercial testing centers or
 1263  identify other secure testing services for the purpose of
 1264  proctoring assessments or testing.
 1265         6. Apply the university’s existing policy for accepting
 1266  credits for both freshman applicants and transfer applicants.
 1267         (h) The university may offer a fully online Master’s in
 1268  Business Administration degree program and other master’s degree
 1269  programs.
 1270         (i) The university may develop and offer degree programs
 1271  and courses that are competency based as appropriate for the
 1272  quality and success of the program.
 1273         (j) The university shall periodically expand its offering
 1274  of online baccalaureate degree programs to meet student and
 1275  market demands.
 1276         (k) The university shall establish a tuition structure for
 1277  its online institute in accordance with this paragraph,
 1278  notwithstanding any other provision of law.
 1279         1. For students classified as residents for tuition
 1280  purposes, tuition for an online baccalaureate degree program
 1281  shall be set at no more than 75 percent of the tuition rate as
 1282  specified in the General Appropriations Act pursuant to s.
 1283  1009.24(4) and 75 percent of the tuition differential pursuant
 1284  to s. 1009.24(16). No distance learning fee, fee for campus
 1285  facilities, or fee for on-campus services may be assessed,
 1286  except that online students shall pay the university’s
 1287  technology fee, financial aid fee, and Capital Improvement Trust
 1288  Fund fee. The revenues generated from the Capital Improvement
 1289  Trust Fund fee shall be dedicated to the university’s institute
 1290  for online learning.
 1291         2. For students classified as nonresidents for tuition
 1292  purposes, tuition may be set at market rates in accordance with
 1293  the business plan.
 1294         3. Tuition for an online degree program shall include all
 1295  costs associated with instruction, materials, and enrollment,
 1296  excluding costs associated with the provision of textbooks and
 1297  instructional materials pursuant to s. 1004.085 and physical
 1298  laboratory supplies.
 1299         4. Subject to the limitations in subparagraph 1., tuition
 1300  may be differentiated by degree program as appropriate to the
 1301  instructional and other costs of the program in accordance with
 1302  the business plan. Pricing must incorporate innovative
 1303  approaches that incentivize persistence and completion,
 1304  including, but not limited to, a fee for assessment, a bundled
 1305  or all-inclusive rate, and sliding scale features.
 1306         5. The university must accept advance payment contracts and
 1307  student financial aid.
 1308         6. Fifty percent of the net revenues generated from the
 1309  online institute of the university shall be used to enhance and
 1310  enrich the online institute offerings, and 50 percent of the net
 1311  revenues generated from the online institute shall be used to
 1312  enhance and enrich the university’s campus state-of-the-art
 1313  research programs and facilities.
 1314         7. The institute may charge additional local user fees
 1315  pursuant to s. 1009.24(14) upon the approval of the Board of
 1316  Governors.
 1317         8. The institute shall submit a proposal to the president
 1318  of the university authorizing additional user fees for the
 1319  provision of voluntary student participation in activities and
 1320  additional student services.
 1321         Section 23. Section 1001.815, Florida Statutes, is created
 1322  to read:
 1323         1001.815 Florida College System Performance-Based
 1324  Incentive.—
 1325         (1)The Florida College System Performance-Based Incentive
 1326  must be based on indicators of institutional attainment of
 1327  performance metrics adopted by the State Board of Education. The
 1328  performance-based funding metrics must be limited to metrics
 1329  that measure retention; program completion and graduation rates;
 1330  student loan default rates; job placement; and postgraduation
 1331  employment, salaries, or further education.
 1332         (2)The State Board of Education shall evaluate the
 1333  institutions’ performance on the metrics based on benchmarks
 1334  adopted by the board which measure the achievement of
 1335  institutional excellence or improvement. The amount of funds
 1336  available for allocation to the institutions each fiscal year
 1337  based on the performance funding model is composed of the
 1338  state’s investment in performance funding, plus an institutional
 1339  investment consisting of funds to be redistributed from the base
 1340  funding of the Florida College System Program Fund, as
 1341  determined in the General Appropriations Act. The board shall
 1342  establish a minimum performance threshold that institutions must
 1343  meet in order to be eligible for the state’s investment in
 1344  performance funds. The institutional investment shall be
 1345  restored for all institutions eligible for the state’s
 1346  investment under the performance funding model. An institution
 1347  that fails to meet the board’s minimum performance funding
 1348  threshold is not eligible for the state’s investment, shall have
 1349  a portion of its institutional investment withheld, and shall
 1350  submit an improvement plan to the board which specifies the
 1351  activities and strategies for improving the institution’s
 1352  performance.
 1353         (3)The State Board of Education shall review the
 1354  improvement plan, and if approved, must monitor the
 1355  institution’s progress in implementing the specified activities
 1356  and strategies. The institutions shall submit monitoring reports
 1357  to the board no later than December 31 and May 31 of each year.
 1358         (4)The Commissioner of Education shall withhold
 1359  disbursement of the institutional investment until such time as
 1360  the monitoring report for the institution is approved by the
 1361  State Board of Education. Any institution that fails to make
 1362  satisfactory progress will not have its full institutional
 1363  investment restored. If all institutional investment funds are
 1364  not restored, any remaining funds shall be redistributed in
 1365  accordance with the board’s performance funding model.
 1366         (5)By October 1 of each year, the State Board of Education
 1367  shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
 1368  the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report on the
 1369  previous year’s performance funding allocation which reflects
 1370  the rankings and award distributions.
 1371         (6)The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
 1372  implement this section.
 1373         Section 24. Section 1001.92, Florida Statutes, is created
 1374  to read:
 1375         1001.92 State University System Performance-Based
 1376  Incentive.—
 1377         (1)The State University System Performance-Based Incentive
 1378  must be based on indicators of institutional attainment of
 1379  performance metrics adopted by the Board of Governors. The
 1380  performance-based funding metrics must include metrics that
 1381  measure graduation and retention rates; degree production;
 1382  affordability; postgraduation employment, salaries, or further
 1383  education; student loan default rates; access; and any other
 1384  metrics approved by the board.
 1385         (2)The Board of Governors shall evaluate the institutions’
 1386  performance on the metrics based on benchmarks adopted by the
 1387  board which measure the achievement of institutional excellence
 1388  or improvement. The amount of funds available for allocation to
 1389  the institutions each fiscal year based on the performance
 1390  funding model is composed of the state investment in performance
 1391  funding, plus an institutional investment consisting of funds to
 1392  be redistributed from the base funding of the State University
 1393  System, as determined in the General Appropriations Act. The
 1394  state investment shall be distributed in accordance with the
 1395  performance funding model. The institutional investment shall be
 1396  restored for all institutions that meet the board’s minimum
 1397  performance threshold under the performance funding model. An
 1398  institution that is one of the bottom three institutions is not
 1399  eligible for the state investment. An institution that fails to
 1400  meet the board’s minimum performance funding threshold is not
 1401  eligible for the state investment, shall have a portion of its
 1402  institutional investment withheld, and shall submit an
 1403  improvement plan to the board which specifies the activities and
 1404  strategies for improving the institution’s performance. The
 1405  board shall review the improvement plan, and if approved,
 1406  monitor the institution’s progress in implementing the
 1407  activities and strategies specified in the improvement plan. The
 1408  Chancellor of the State University System shall withhold
 1409  disbursement of the institutional investment until such time as
 1410  the monitoring report for the institution is approved by the
 1411  board. Any institution that fails to make satisfactory progress
 1412  may not have its full institutional investment restored. If all
 1413  funds are not restored, any remaining funds shall be
 1414  redistributed to the top three scorers in accordance with the
 1415  board’s performance funding model. The ability of an institution
 1416  to submit an improvement plan to the board is limited to 1
 1417  fiscal year. If an institution subject to an improvement plan
 1418  fails to meet the board’s minimum performance funding threshold
 1419  during any future fiscal year, the institution’s institutional
 1420  investment will be withheld by the board and redistributed to
 1421  the top three scorers in accordance with the board’s performance
 1422  funding model.
 1423         (3)By October 1 of each year, the Board of Governors shall
 1424  submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
 1425  Speaker of the House of Representatives a report on the previous
 1426  year’s performance funding allocation which reflects the
 1427  rankings and award distributions.
 1428         (4)The Board of Governors shall adopt a regulation to
 1429  implement this section.
 1430         Section 25. Subsections (17) and (18) and paragraph (d) of
 1431  subsection (19) of section 1002.20, Florida Statutes, are
 1432  amended to read:
 1433         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
 1434  school students must receive accurate and timely information
 1435  regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
 1436  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
 1437  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
 1438  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
 1439         (17) ATHLETICS; PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.—
 1440         (a) Eligibility.—Eligibility requirements for all students
 1441  participating in high school athletic competition must allow a
 1442  student to be eligible in the school in which he or she first
 1443  enrolls each school year, the school in which the student makes
 1444  himself or herself a candidate for an athletic team by engaging
 1445  in practice before enrolling, or the school to which the student
 1446  has transferred with approval of the district school board, in
 1447  accordance with s. 1006.20 the provisions of s. 1006.20(2)(a).
 1448         (b) Medical evaluation.—Students must satisfactorily pass a
 1449  medical evaluation each year before participating in athletics,
 1450  unless the parent objects in writing based on religious tenets
 1451  or practices, in accordance with s. 1006.20 the provisions of s.
 1452  1006.20(2)(d).
 1453         (18) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.—In accordance with the
 1454  provisions of s. 1006.15:
 1455         (a) Eligibility.—Students who meet specified academic and
 1456  conduct requirements are eligible to participate in
 1457  extracurricular activities.
 1458         (b)Home education students.Home education students who
 1459  meet specified academic and conduct requirements are eligible to
 1460  participate in extracurricular activities at the public school
 1461  to which the student would be assigned or could choose to attend
 1462  according to district school board policies, or may develop an
 1463  agreement to participate at a private school.
 1464         (c)Charter school students.—Charter school students who
 1465  meet specified academic and conduct requirements are eligible to
 1466  participate in extracurricular activities at the public school
 1467  to which the student would be assigned or could choose to attend
 1468  according to district school board policies, unless such
 1469  activity is provided by the student’s charter school.
 1470         (d)Florida Virtual School full-time students.—Florida
 1471  Virtual School full-time students who meet specified academic
 1472  and conduct requirements are eligible to participate in
 1473  extracurricular activities at the public school to which the
 1474  student would be assigned or could choose to attend according to
 1475  district school board policies.
 1476         (b)(e)Discrimination prohibited.—Organizations that
 1477  regulate or govern extracurricular activities of public schools
 1478  shall not discriminate against any eligible student based on an
 1479  educational choice of public, private, or home education.
 1480         (19) INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.—
 1481         (d) Dual enrollment students.—Instructional materials
 1482  purchased by a district school board or Florida College System
 1483  institution board of trustees on behalf of public school dual
 1484  enrollment students shall be made available free of charge to
 1485  the dual enrollment students free of charge, in accordance with
 1486  s. 1007.271(17).
 1487         Section 26. Subsection (11) of section 1002.33, Florida
 1488  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1489         1002.33 Charter schools.—
 1490         (11) PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR
 1491  ACTIVITIES.—A charter school student is eligible to participate
 1492  in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at another the
 1493  public school to which the student would be otherwise assigned
 1494  to attend pursuant to s. 1006.15 s. 1006.15(3)(d).
 1495         Section 27. Section 42. Subsection (1) of section 1002.34,
 1496  Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1497         1002.34 Charter technical career centers; governance,
 1498  mission, and responsibilities.—
 1499         (1) AUTHORIZATION AND MISSION.—
 1500         (a) The primary mission of a charter technical career
 1501  center is to promote The Legislature finds that the
 1502  establishment of charter technical career centers can assist in
 1503  promoting advances and innovations in workforce preparation and
 1504  economic development. A charter technical career center may
 1505  provide a learning environment that better serves the needs of a
 1506  specific population group or a group of occupations, thus
 1507  promoting diversity and choices within the public education and
 1508  public postsecondary technical education community in this
 1509  state. Therefore, the creation of such centers is authorized as
 1510  part of the state’s program of public education. A charter
 1511  technical career center may be formed by creating a new school
 1512  or converting an existing school district or Florida Community
 1513  College System institution program to charter technical status.
 1514         (b) A charter technical career center that is operated by a
 1515  district school board may not:
 1516         1. Offer college credit courses or college credit
 1517  certificate, associate degree, or baccalaureate degree programs.
 1518         2. Include in its name the term “college” or indicate that
 1519  the center has the authority to offer college credit courses or
 1520  college credit certificate, associate degree, or baccalaureate
 1521  degree programs.
 1522         Section 28. Paragraph (u) is added to subsection (2) of
 1523  section 1003.42, Florida Statutes, to read:
 1524         1003.42 Required instruction.—
 1525         (2) Members of the instructional staff of the public
 1526  schools, subject to the rules of the State Board of Education
 1527  and the district school board, shall teach efficiently and
 1528  faithfully, using the books and materials required that meet the
 1529  highest standards for professionalism and historic accuracy,
 1530  following the prescribed courses of study, and employing
 1531  approved methods of instruction, the following:
 1532         (u)The events surrounding the terrorist attacks occurring
 1533  on September 11, 2001, and the impact of those events on the
 1534  nation. This paragraph may be cited as the “Representative Clay
 1535  Ford, Jr., Memorial Act.”
 1536  
 1537  The State Board of Education is encouraged to adopt standards
 1538  and pursue assessment of the requirements of this subsection.
 1539         Section 29. Subsection (2) of section 1004.015, Florida
 1540  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1541         1004.015 Higher Education Coordinating Council.—
 1542         (2) Members of the council shall include:
 1543         (a) One member of the Board of Governors, appointed by the
 1544  chair of the Board of Governors.
 1545         (b) The Chancellor of the State University System.
 1546         (c) The Chancellor of the Florida Community College System.
 1547         (d) The Chancellor of Career and Adult Education.
 1548         (e)(d) One member of the State Board of Education,
 1549  appointed by the chair of the State Board of Education.
 1550         (f)(e) The Executive Director of the Florida Association of
 1551  Postsecondary Schools and Colleges.
 1552         (g)(f) The president of the Independent Colleges and
 1553  Universities of Florida.
 1554         (h)(g) The president of Workforce Florida, Inc., or his or
 1555  her designee.
 1556         (i)(h) The president of Enterprise Florida, Inc., or a
 1557  designated member of the Stakeholders Council appointed by the
 1558  president.
 1559         (j)(i) Three representatives of the business community, one
 1560  appointed by the President of the Senate, one appointed by the
 1561  Speaker of the House of Representatives, and one appointed by
 1562  the Governor, who are committed to developing and enhancing
 1563  world class workforce infrastructure necessary for Florida’s
 1564  citizens to compete and prosper in the ever-changing economy of
 1565  the 21st century.
 1566         Section 30. Section 1004.084, Florida Statutes, is created
 1567  to read:
 1568         1004.084 College affordability.—The Board of Governors and
 1569  State Board of Education shall continue to identify strategies
 1570  and initiatives to further ensure college affordability for all
 1571  Floridians.
 1572         (1)Specific strategies and initiatives to reduce the cost
 1573  of higher education must include, at a minimum, consideration of
 1574  the following:
 1575         (a)The impact of tuition and fee increases at state
 1576  colleges and universities, including graduate, professional,
 1577  medical, and law schools.
 1578         (b)The total cost of fees to a student and family at a
 1579  state university or a state college, including orientation fees.
 1580         (c)The cost of textbooks and instructional materials for
 1581  all students. The Board of Governors and State Board of
 1582  Education shall use the information provided pursuant to s.
 1583  1004.085(5) and (6) and consult with students, faculty,
 1584  bookstores, and publishers, to determine the best methods to
 1585  reduce costs and must, at a minimum, consider the following:
 1586         1.Any existing Florida College System or State University
 1587  System initiatives to reduce the cost of textbooks and
 1588  instructional materials.
 1589         2.Purchasing e-textbooks in bulk.
 1590         3.Expanding the use of open-access textbooks and
 1591  instructional materials.
 1592         4.The rental options for textbook and instructional
 1593  materials.
 1594         5.Increasing the availability and use of affordable
 1595  digital textbooks and learning objects for faculty and students.
 1596         6.Supporting efficient used book sales, buy-back sales,
 1597  and student-to-student sales.
 1598         7.Developing online portals at each institution to assist
 1599  students in buying, renting, selling, and sharing textbooks and
 1600  instructional materials.
 1601         8. The feasibility of expanding and enhancing digital
 1602  access platforms that are used by campus stores to help students
 1603  acquire the correct and least expensive required course
 1604  materials.
 1605         9. The cost to school districts of instructional materials
 1606  for dual enrollment students.
 1607         (2) By December 31, 2015, and annually thereafter, the
 1608  Board of Governors and State Board of Education shall submit a
 1609  report on their respective college affordability efforts, which
 1610  must include recommendations, to the Governor, the President of
 1611  the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 1612         Section 31. Section 1004.085, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1613  to read:
 1614         1004.085 Textbook and instructional materials
 1615  affordability.—
 1616         (1)As used in this section, the term “instructional
 1617  materials” means educational materials, in printed or digital
 1618  format, which are required or recommended for use within a
 1619  course.
 1620         (2)(1)An No employee of a Florida College System
 1621  institution or a state university may not demand or receive any
 1622  payment, loan, subscription, advance, deposit of money, service,
 1623  or anything of value, present or promised, in exchange for
 1624  requiring students to purchase a specific textbook or
 1625  instructional material for coursework or instruction.
 1626         (3)(2) An employee may receive:
 1627         (a) Sample copies, instructor copies, or instructional
 1628  materials. These materials may not be sold for any type of
 1629  compensation if they are specifically marked as free samples not
 1630  for resale.
 1631         (b) Royalties or other compensation from sales of textbooks
 1632  or instructional materials that include the instructor’s own
 1633  writing or work.
 1634         (c) Honoraria for academic peer review of course materials.
 1635         (d) Fees associated with activities such as reviewing,
 1636  critiquing, or preparing support materials for textbooks or
 1637  instructional materials pursuant to guidelines adopted by the
 1638  State Board of Education or the Board of Governors.
 1639         (e) Training in the use of course materials and learning
 1640  technologies.
 1641         (4)(3)Each Florida College System institution institutions
 1642  and state university universities shall prominently post in the
 1643  course registration system and on its website on their websites,
 1644  as early as is feasible, but at least 14 not less than 30 days
 1645  before prior to the first day of student registration class for
 1646  each term, a hyperlink to lists list of each textbook required
 1647  and recommended textbooks and instructional materials for at
 1648  least 90 percent of the courses and course sections each course
 1649  offered at the institution during the upcoming term.
 1650         (a)These lists The posted list must include:
 1651         1. The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) for each
 1652  required and recommended textbook and instructional materials.
 1653         2. For a textbook or instructional materials for which an
 1654  ISBN is not available, textbook or other identifying
 1655  information, which must include, at a minimum, all of the
 1656  following: the title, all authors listed, publishers, edition
 1657  number, copyright date, published date, and other relevant
 1658  information necessary to identify the specific textbook or
 1659  instructional materials textbooks required and recommended for
 1660  each course.
 1661         3.The new and used retail price and the rental price, if
 1662  applicable, for a required or recommended textbook or
 1663  instructional materials for purchase at the institution’s
 1664  designated bookstore or other specified vendor, including the
 1665  website or other contact information for the bookstore.
 1666         (b) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors
 1667  shall include in the policies, procedures, and guidelines
 1668  adopted under subsection (5) (4) certain limited exceptions to
 1669  this notification requirement for courses classes added after
 1670  the notification deadline.
 1671         (c) An institution that is unable to comply with this
 1672  subsection by the 2015 fall semester must provide the
 1673  information required by this subsection to students, in a format
 1674  determined by the institution, at least 60 days before the first
 1675  day of classes. The institution must also submit a quarterly
 1676  report to the State Board of Education or to the Board of
 1677  Governors, as applicable, documenting the institution’s efforts
 1678  to comply with this subsection by the 2016 fall semester.
 1679         (5)(4) The State Board of Education and the Board of
 1680  Governors each shall adopt textbook and instructional materials
 1681  affordability policies, procedures, and guidelines for
 1682  implementation by Florida College System institutions and state
 1683  universities, respectively, which that further efforts to
 1684  minimize the cost of textbooks and instructional materials for
 1685  students attending such institutions, while maintaining the
 1686  quality of education and academic freedom. The policies,
 1687  procedures, and guidelines must, at a minimum, require shall
 1688  provide for the following:
 1689         (a) That textbook and instructional materials adoptions are
 1690  made with sufficient lead time to bookstores so as to confirm
 1691  availability of the requested materials and, if where possible,
 1692  ensure maximum availability of used textbooks and instructional
 1693  materials books.
 1694         (b) That, in the textbook and instructional material
 1695  adoption process, the intent to use all items ordered,
 1696  particularly each individual item sold as part of a bundled
 1697  package, is confirmed by the course instructor or the academic
 1698  department offering the course before the adoption is finalized.
 1699         (c) That a course instructor or the academic department
 1700  offering the course determine determines, before a textbook or
 1701  instructional materials are is adopted, the extent to which a
 1702  new edition differs significantly and substantively from earlier
 1703  versions and the value to the student of changing to a new
 1704  edition or the extent to which an open-access textbook or
 1705  instructional materials may exist and be used.
 1706         (d) That the establishment of policies shall address the
 1707  availability of required and recommended textbooks and
 1708  instructional materials to students otherwise unable to afford
 1709  the cost, including consideration of the extent to which an
 1710  open-access textbook or instructional materials may be used.
 1711         (e) That course instructors and academic departments are
 1712  encouraged to participate in the development, adaptation, and
 1713  review of open-access textbooks and instructional materials and,
 1714  in particular, open-access textbooks and instructional materials
 1715  for high-demand general education courses.
 1716         (f)That postsecondary institutions consult with school
 1717  districts with which they have a dual enrollment articulation
 1718  agreement to identify practices that impact the cost to school
 1719  districts of dual enrollment textbooks and instructional
 1720  materials, including, but not limited to, the length of time
 1721  that textbooks and instructional materials remain in use and the
 1722  costs associated with digital materials.
 1723         (g)That cost-benefit analyses be conducted regularly in
 1724  comparing options to ensure that students receive the highest
 1725  quality product at the lowest available price.
 1726         (6)Each Florida College System institution and each state
 1727  university shall report annually to the Chancellor of the
 1728  Florida College System or the Chancellor of the State University
 1729  System, as applicable, the cost of undergraduate textbooks and
 1730  instructional materials, by course and course section; the
 1731  textbook and instructional materials selection process for high
 1732  enrollment courses as determined by the chancellors; specific
 1733  initiatives of the institution which reduce the cost of
 1734  textbooks and instructional materials; the number of courses and
 1735  course sections that were not able to meet the textbook and
 1736  instructional materials posting deadline; and additional
 1737  information as determined by the chancellors. Annually, by
 1738  December 31, the chancellors shall compile the institution
 1739  reports and submit a comprehensive report to the Governor, the
 1740  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
 1741  Representatives.
 1742         (7)Each Florida College System institution and state
 1743  university shall annually send the State Board of Education or
 1744  the Board of Governors, as applicable, electronic copies of its
 1745  current textbook and instructional materials affordability
 1746  policies and procedures. The State Board of Education and the
 1747  Board of Governors shall provide a link to this information on
 1748  their respective websites.
 1749         Section 32. Section 1004.65, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1750  to read:
 1751         1004.65 Florida Community College System institutions;
 1752  governance, mission, and responsibilities.—
 1753         (1) Each Florida Community College System institution shall
 1754  be governed by a district board of trustees under statutory
 1755  authority and rules of the State Board of Education.
 1756         (2) Each Florida Community College System institution
 1757  district shall:
 1758         (a) Consist of the county or counties served by the Florida
 1759  Community College System institution pursuant to s. 1000.21(3).
 1760         (b) Be an independent, separate, legal entity created for
 1761  the operation of a Florida Community College System institution.
 1762         (3) Florida Community College System institutions are
 1763  locally based and governed entities with statutory and funding
 1764  ties to state government. As such, the mission for Florida
 1765  Community College System institutions reflects a commitment to
 1766  be responsive to local educational needs and challenges. In
 1767  achieving this mission, Florida Community College System
 1768  institutions strive to maintain sufficient local authority and
 1769  flexibility while preserving appropriate legal accountability to
 1770  the state.
 1771         (4) As comprehensive institutions, Florida Community
 1772  College System institutions shall provide high-quality,
 1773  affordable education and training opportunities, shall foster a
 1774  climate of excellence, and shall provide opportunities to all
 1775  while combining high standards with an open-door admission
 1776  policy for lower-division programs. Florida Community College
 1777  System institutions shall, as open-access institutions, serve
 1778  all who can benefit, without regard to age, race, gender, creed,
 1779  or ethnic or economic background, while emphasizing the
 1780  achievement of social and educational equity so that all can be
 1781  prepared for full participation in society.
 1782         (5) The primary mission and responsibility of Florida
 1783  Community College System institutions is responding to community
 1784  needs for postsecondary academic education and career degree
 1785  education. This mission and responsibility includes being
 1786  responsible for:
 1787         (a) Providing lower level undergraduate instruction and
 1788  awarding associate degrees.
 1789         (b) Preparing students directly for careers requiring less
 1790  than baccalaureate degrees. This may include preparing for job
 1791  entry, supplementing of skills and knowledge, and responding to
 1792  needs in new areas of technology. Career education in a Florida
 1793  Community College System institution shall consist of career
 1794  certificates, credit courses leading to associate in science
 1795  degrees and associate in applied science degrees, and other
 1796  programs in fields requiring substantial academic work,
 1797  background, or qualifications. A Florida Community College
 1798  System institution may offer career education programs in fields
 1799  having lesser academic or technical requirements.
 1800         (c) Providing student development services, including
 1801  assessment, student tracking, support for disabled students,
 1802  advisement, counseling, financial aid, career development, and
 1803  remedial and tutorial services, to ensure student success.
 1804         (d) Promoting economic development for the state within
 1805  each Florida Community College System institution district
 1806  through the provision of special programs, including, but not
 1807  limited to, the:
 1808         1. Enterprise Florida-related programs.
 1809         2. Technology transfer centers.
 1810         3. Economic development centers.
 1811         4. Workforce literacy programs.
 1812         (e) Providing dual enrollment instruction.
 1813         (f) Providing upper level instruction and awarding
 1814  baccalaureate degrees as specifically authorized by law.
 1815         (6) A separate and secondary role for Florida Community
 1816  College System institutions includes the offering of programs
 1817  in:
 1818         (a) Programs in community services that are not directly
 1819  related to academic or occupational advancement.
 1820         (b) Programs in adult education services, including adult
 1821  basic education, adult general education, adult secondary
 1822  education, and high school equivalency examination instruction.
 1823         (c) Programs in recreational and leisure services.
 1824         (d) Upper level instruction and awarding baccalaureate
 1825  degrees as specifically authorized by law.
 1826         (7) Funding for Florida Community College System
 1827  institutions shall reflect their mission as follows:
 1828         (a) Postsecondary academic and career education programs
 1829  and adult general education programs shall have first priority
 1830  in Florida Community College System institution funding.
 1831         (b) Community service programs shall be presented to the
 1832  Legislature with rationale for state funding. The Legislature
 1833  may identify priority areas for use of these funds.
 1834         (c) The resources of a Florida Community College System
 1835  institution, including staff, faculty, land, and facilities,
 1836  shall not be used to support the establishment of a new
 1837  independent nonpublic educational institution. If any
 1838  institution uses resources for such purpose, the Division of
 1839  Florida Community Colleges shall notify the President of the
 1840  Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
 1841         (8) Florida Community College System institutions are
 1842  authorized to:
 1843         (a) Offer such programs and courses as are necessary to
 1844  fulfill their mission.
 1845         (b) Grant associate in arts degrees, associate in science
 1846  degrees, associate in applied science degrees, certificates,
 1847  awards, and diplomas.
 1848         (c) Make provisions for the high school equivalency
 1849  examination.
 1850         (d) Provide access to and award baccalaureate degrees in
 1851  accordance with law.
 1852  
 1853  Authority to offer one or more baccalaureate degree programs
 1854  does not alter the governance relationship of the Florida
 1855  Community College System institution with its district board of
 1856  trustees or the State Board of Education.
 1857         Section 33. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
 1858  1004.92, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1859         1004.92 Purpose and responsibilities for career education.—
 1860         (2)
 1861         (b) Department of Education accountability for career
 1862  education includes, but is not limited to:
 1863         1. The provision of timely, accurate technical assistance
 1864  to school districts and Florida College System institutions.
 1865         2. The provision of timely, accurate information to the
 1866  State Board of Education, the Legislature, and the public.
 1867         3. The development of policies, rules, and procedures that
 1868  facilitate institutional attainment of the accountability
 1869  standards and coordinate the efforts of all divisions within the
 1870  department.
 1871         4. The development of program standards and industry-driven
 1872  benchmarks for career, adult, and community education programs,
 1873  which must be updated every 3 years. The standards must include
 1874  career, academic, and workplace skills; viability of distance
 1875  learning for instruction; and work/learn cycles that are
 1876  responsive to business and industry; and reflect the quality
 1877  components of a career and technical education program. The
 1878  State Board of Education shall adopt rules to administer this
 1879  section.
 1880         5. Overseeing school district and Florida College System
 1881  institution compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
 1882         6. Ensuring that the educational outcomes for the technical
 1883  component of career programs are uniform and designed to provide
 1884  a graduate who is capable of entering the workforce on an
 1885  equally competitive basis regardless of the institution of
 1886  choice.
 1887         Section 34. Section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1888  to read:
 1889         1006.15 Student standards for eligibility to participate
 1890  participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
 1891  extracurricular student activities; regulation.—
 1892         (1) This section may be cited as the “Craig Dickinson Act.”
 1893         (2) District school board and nonprofit association
 1894  policies governing student eligibility for extracurricular
 1895  activities shall be guided by the following principles:
 1896         (a)Interscholastic Extracurricular student activities are
 1897  an important complement to the academic curriculum and provide
 1898  students with incentives to succeed academically.
 1899         (b) Participation in a comprehensive extracurricular and
 1900  academic program contributes to student development of the
 1901  social and intellectual skills necessary to become a well
 1902  rounded adult.
 1903         (c)Extracurricular activities promote teamwork and
 1904  collaboration, expose students to individuals from diverse
 1905  backgrounds, and enhance parental engagement in the school.
 1906         (d)Policies governing student eligibility for
 1907  extracurricular activities should not impede parental school
 1908  choice.
 1909         (3) As used in this part section, the term:
 1910         (a) “Extracurricular activity” means a any school
 1911  authorized or education-related activity occurring during or
 1912  outside the regular instructional school day.
 1913         (b)“Home education cooperative” means a parent-directed
 1914  group of individual home education students which provides
 1915  opportunities for interscholastic competition to those students.
 1916         (c)“Impermissible benefit” means a benefit or promise of
 1917  benefit that is based in any way on athletic interest,
 1918  potential, or performance, that is a benefit not generally
 1919  available to the school’s students or their family members, and
 1920  that induces a student athlete to participate in the athletic
 1921  programs of a member school. The term does not include
 1922  transportation arrangements.
 1923         (d)“Nonprofit association” means the nonprofit association
 1924  that governs interscholastic athletic competition in this state
 1925  pursuant to s. 1006.20.
 1926         (e)“Public school student” means a student who is
 1927  attending a traditional public school, charter school, magnet
 1928  school, alternative school, developmental research laboratory
 1929  school, other public school of choice, or public virtual school.
 1930         (f)“Recruiting” means an effort by a school employee or
 1931  athletic department staff member to pressure, urge, or entice a
 1932  student to attend that school for the purpose of participating
 1933  in interscholastic athletics.
 1934         (g)“Unaffiliated private school” means a private school
 1935  that has an enrollment of 125 or fewer students in grades 6
 1936  through 12 and that is not a member of the nonprofit
 1937  association.
 1938         (4)(3)(a) A student is To be eligible to participate in
 1939  interscholastic extracurricular student activities if the, a
 1940  student must:
 1941         1. Maintains Maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or above
 1942  on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the previous semester or a
 1943  cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale,
 1944  or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1002.3105(5) or
 1945  s. 1003.4282.
 1946         2. Executes Execute and fulfills fulfill the requirements
 1947  of an academic performance contract between the student, the
 1948  district school board or private school, the appropriate
 1949  governing association, and the student’s parents, if the
 1950  student’s cumulative grade point average falls below 2.0, or its
 1951  equivalent, on a 4.0 scale in the courses required by s.
 1952  1002.3105(5) or s. 1003.4282. At a minimum, the contract must
 1953  require that the student attend summer school, or its graded
 1954  equivalent, between grades 9 and 10 or grades 10 and 11, as
 1955  necessary.
 1956         3. Has Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or
 1957  above on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the courses required
 1958  by s. 1002.3105(5) or s. 1003.4282 during his or her junior or
 1959  senior year.
 1960         4. Maintains Maintain satisfactory conduct as prescribed by
 1961  the district school board’s or private school’s code, including
 1962  adherence to appropriate dress and other codes of student
 1963  conduct policies described in s. 1006.07(2). If a student is
 1964  convicted of, or is found to have committed, a felony or a
 1965  delinquent act that would have been a felony if committed by an
 1966  adult, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld, the
 1967  student’s participation in interscholastic extracurricular
 1968  activities is contingent upon established and published district
 1969  school board or private school policy.
 1970         5.Is a home education student who meets the requirements
 1971  of the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41, including
 1972  requirements relating to annual educational evaluations. The
 1973  evaluation processes or requirements placed on home education
 1974  student participants may not exceed those that apply under s.
 1975  1002.41 to home education students generally.
 1976         (b)1.A student may be declared ineligible to participate
 1977  in interscholastic extracurricular activities only if:
 1978         a.The student fails to achieve compliance with paragraph
 1979  (a);
 1980         b.The student or parent falsifies an enrollment or
 1981  eligibility document;
 1982         c.The student or parent accepts an impermissible benefit;
 1983         d.The student commits a flagrant act of unsportsmanlike
 1984  conduct toward a contest official, opponent, or other person
 1985  attending an athletic contest or violates substance abuse
 1986  policies established by the nonprofit association;
 1987         e.The student has exhausted 4 years of athletic
 1988  eligibility, graduated from high school, or attained the maximum
 1989  age established by the nonprofit association, whichever occurs
 1990  first;
 1991         f.The student does not pass a medical evaluation pursuant
 1992  to s. 1006.20(2)(c), except as otherwise provided in s.
 1993  1006.20(2)(d); or
 1994         g.The student forfeits his or her amateur status, as
 1995  defined by the nonprofit association.
 1996         2.A student may not be declared ineligible to participate
 1997  in interscholastic athletics based upon a violation of the
 1998  nonprofit association’s recruitment policy or otherwise because
 1999  the student participated on a nonschool team or nonschool team
 2000  affiliated with the school in which the student ultimately
 2001  enrolls; or the student participated in nonschool athletic
 2002  activities sponsored by a member school of the nonprofit
 2003  association if, after participating, the student registers for,
 2004  enrolls in, or applies to attend the sponsoring school. As used
 2005  in this subparagraph, the terms “nonschool team” and “nonschool
 2006  athletic activities” include, but are not limited to, club
 2007  teams, travel teams, grade school teams, recreational league
 2008  teams, personal instruction sessions, summer camp teams, and
 2009  summer camp nonschool athletic programs.
 2010         (c)1.(b)A Any student who is exempt from attending a full
 2011  school day based on rules adopted by the district school board
 2012  for double session schools or programs, experimental schools, or
 2013  schools operating under emergency conditions must maintain the
 2014  grade point average required by this section and pass each class
 2015  for which he or she is enrolled.
 2016         2.A student who transfers from a home education program to
 2017  a public or private school before or during the first semester
 2018  of the school year is academically eligible to participate in
 2019  extracurricular activities during the first semester if the
 2020  student has a successful evaluation from the previous school
 2021  year pursuant to subparagraph (a)5.
 2022         3.A public school or private school student who transfers
 2023  into a home education program after being declared ineligible
 2024  for participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to sub
 2025  subparagraph (b)1.a. is ineligible to participate in such
 2026  activities as a home education student until the student has
 2027  successfully completed one semester in a home education program
 2028  pursuant to s. 1002.41.
 2029         4.A public school student who transfers to a private
 2030  school or another public school, or a private school student who
 2031  transfers to a public school or another private school, after
 2032  being declared ineligible to participate in extracurricular
 2033  activities pursuant to sub-subparagraph (b)1.a. is ineligible to
 2034  participate in such activities until the student has
 2035  successfully completed one semester at the school to which he or
 2036  she transfers and meets the requirements of paragraph (a).
 2037         (d)(c) An individual home education student is eligible to
 2038  participate in an extracurricular activity that is not offered
 2039  by the student’s home education program. Participation may occur
 2040  at any the public school in the school district in which the
 2041  student resides to which the student would be assigned according
 2042  to district school board attendance area policies or a public
 2043  school in another school district which the student could choose
 2044  to attend pursuant to an district or interdistrict controlled
 2045  open enrollment policy. A home education student provisions, or
 2046  may also develop an agreement to participate at a private
 2047  school, in the interscholastic or extracurricular activities of
 2048  that school. In order to participate under this paragraph, a
 2049  student must meet, provided the following conditions are met:
 2050         1.The home education student must meet the requirements of
 2051  the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
 2052         2.During the period of participation at a school, the home
 2053  education student must demonstrate educational progress as
 2054  required in paragraph (b) in all subjects taken in the home
 2055  education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the
 2056  parent and the school principal which may include: review of the
 2057  student’s work by a certified teacher chosen by the parent;
 2058  grades earned through correspondence; grades earned in courses
 2059  taken at a Florida College System institution, university, or
 2060  trade school; standardized test scores above the 35th
 2061  percentile; or any other method designated in s. 1002.41.
 2062         3.The home education student must meet the same residency
 2063  requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
 2064  participates.
 2065         1.4. The home education student must meet the same
 2066  standards of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required
 2067  of other students in extracurricular activities.
 2068         2.5. The student must register with the school his or her
 2069  intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
 2070  activities as a representative of the school before the
 2071  beginning date of the nonathletic activity or season for the
 2072  athletic activity in which he or she wishes to participate. A
 2073  home education student must be able to participate in curricular
 2074  activities if that is a requirement for an extracurricular
 2075  activity.
 2076         3.A student who is enrolled in an unaffiliated private
 2077  school, a home education program, a full-time public virtual
 2078  school, or any public school that does not offer any
 2079  interscholastic athletic programs may only participate in
 2080  interscholastic athletics at the public school in which the
 2081  student is first registered.
 2082         4.The student’s parent is responsible for transporting the
 2083  student to and from the school at which the student
 2084  participates. The school the student attends, the school at
 2085  which the student participates in the extracurricular activity,
 2086  the district school board, and the nonprofit association are
 2087  exempt from civil liability arising from any injury to the
 2088  student which occurs during such transportation.
 2089         6.A student who transfers from a home education program to
 2090  a publicschool before or during the first grading period of the
 2091  school year is academically eligible to participate in
 2092  interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first
 2093  grading period provided the student has a successful evaluation
 2094  from the previous school year, pursuant to subparagraph 2.
 2095         7.Any public school or private school student who has been
 2096  unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
 2097  interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
 2098  participate in such activities as a home education student until
 2099  the student has successfully completed one grading period in
 2100  home education pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
 2101  participate as a home education student.
 2102         (d)An individual charter school student pursuant to s.
 2103  1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to which
 2104  the student would be assigned according to district school board
 2105  attendance area policies or which the student could choose to
 2106  attend, pursuant to district or interdistrict controlled open
 2107  enrollment provisions, in any interscholastic extracurricular
 2108  activity of that school, unless such activity is provided by the
 2109  student’s charter school, if the following conditions are met:
 2110         1.The charter school student must meet the requirements of
 2111  the charter school education program as determined by the
 2112  charter school governing board.
 2113         2.During the period of participation at a school, the
 2114  charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as
 2115  required in paragraph (b).
 2116         3.The charter school student must meet the same residency
 2117  requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
 2118  participates.
 2119         4.The charter school student must meet the same standards
 2120  of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of
 2121  other students in extracurricular activities.
 2122         5.The charter school student must register with the school
 2123  his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
 2124  extracurricular activities as a representative of the school
 2125  before the beginning date of the season for the activity in
 2126  which he or she wishes to participate. A charter school student
 2127  must be able to participate in curricular activities if that is
 2128  a requirement for an extracurricular activity.
 2129         6.A student who transfers from a charter school program to
 2130  a traditional public school before or during the first grading
 2131  period of the school year is academically eligible to
 2132  participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during
 2133  the first grading period if the student has a successful
 2134  evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to
 2135  subparagraph 2.
 2136         7.Any public school or private school student who has been
 2137  unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
 2138  interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
 2139  participate in such activities as a charter school student until
 2140  the student has successfully completed one grading period in a
 2141  charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
 2142  participate as a charter school student.
 2143         (e)A student of the Florida Virtual School full-time
 2144  program may participate in any interscholastic extracurricular
 2145  activity at the public school to which the student would be
 2146  assigned according to district school board attendance area
 2147  policies or which the student could choose to attend, pursuant
 2148  to district or interdistrict controlled open enrollment
 2149  policies, if the student:
 2150         1.During the period of participation in the
 2151  interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
 2152  in paragraph (a).
 2153         2.Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
 2154  board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School.
 2155         3.Meets the same residency requirements as other students
 2156  in the school at which he or she participates.
 2157         4.Meets the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and
 2158  performance that are required of other students in
 2159  extracurricular activities.
 2160         5.Registers his or her intent to participate in
 2161  interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
 2162  before the beginning date of the season for the activity in
 2163  which he or she wishes to participate. A Florida Virtual School
 2164  student must be able to participate in curricular activities if
 2165  that is a requirement for an extracurricular activity.
 2166         (f)A student who transfers from the Florida Virtual School
 2167  full-time program to a traditional public school before or
 2168  during the first grading period of the school year is
 2169  academically eligible to participate in interscholastic
 2170  extracurricular activities during the first grading period if
 2171  the student has a successful evaluation from the previous school
 2172  year pursuant to paragraph (a).
 2173         (g)A public school or private school student who has been
 2174  unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
 2175  interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
 2176  participate in such activities as a Florida Virtual School
 2177  student until the student successfully completes one grading
 2178  period in the Florida Virtual School pursuant to paragraph (a).
 2179         (5)(4) The student standards for participation in
 2180  interscholastic extracurricular activities must be applied
 2181  beginning with the student’s first semester of the 9th grade.
 2182  Each student must meet such other requirements for participation
 2183  as may be established by the district school board; however,
 2184  such requirements must apply on an equal basis to all students
 2185  and a district school board may not make establish requirements
 2186  for participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities
 2187  which make participation in such activities less accessible to a
 2188  transfer student or a student enrolled in a public school of
 2189  choice, an unaffiliated private school, or a home education
 2190  program students than to other students. A district school board
 2191  or private school may not establish policies regarding transfer
 2192  student eligibility for extracurricular activities which are
 2193  more stringent than the policies established by the nonprofit
 2194  association Except as set forth in paragraph (3)(c), evaluation
 2195  processes or requirements that are placed on home education
 2196  student participants may not go beyond those that apply under s.
 2197  1002.41 to home education students generally.
 2198         (6)(5)An Any organization or entity that regulates or
 2199  governs interscholastic extracurricular activities of public
 2200  schools:
 2201         (a) Shall permit home education associations or home
 2202  education cooperatives to join as member schools.
 2203         (b) Shall not discriminate against any eligible student
 2204  based on an educational choice of public, private, or home
 2205  education.
 2206         (7)(6) Public schools are prohibited from membership in any
 2207  organization or entity that which regulates or governs
 2208  interscholastic extracurricular activities and discriminates
 2209  against eligible students in public, private, or home education.
 2210         (7)Any insurance provided by district school boards for
 2211  participants in extracurricular activities shall cover the
 2212  participating home education student. If there is an additional
 2213  premium for such coverage, the participating home education
 2214  student shall pay the premium.
 2215         (8)(a)The Florida High School Athletic Association
 2216  (FHSAA), in cooperation with each district school board, shall
 2217  facilitate a program in which a middle school or high school
 2218  student who attends a private school shall be eligible to
 2219  participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic sport at a
 2220  public high school, a public middle school, or a 6-12 public
 2221  school that is zoned for the physical address at which the
 2222  student resides if:
 2223         1.The private school in which the student is enrolled is
 2224  not a member of the FHSAA and does not offer an interscholastic
 2225  or intrascholastic athletic program.
 2226         2.The private school student meets the guidelines for the
 2227  conduct of the program established by the FHSAA’s board of
 2228  directors and the district school board. At a minimum, such
 2229  guidelines shall provide:
 2230         a.A deadline for each sport by which the private school
 2231  student’s parents must register with the public school in
 2232  writing their intent for their child to participate at that
 2233  school in the sport.
 2234         b.Requirements for a private school student to
 2235  participate, including, but not limited to, meeting the same
 2236  standards of eligibility, acceptance, behavior, educational
 2237  progress, and performance which apply to other students
 2238  participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic sports at a
 2239  public school or FHSAA member private school.
 2240         (b)The parents of a private school student participating
 2241  in a public school sport under this subsection are responsible
 2242  for transporting their child to and from the public school at
 2243  which the student participates. The private school the student
 2244  attends, the public school at which the student participates in
 2245  a sport, the district school board, and the FHSAA are exempt
 2246  from civil liability arising from any injury that occurs to the
 2247  student during such transportation.
 2248         (c)For each academic year, a private school student may
 2249  only participate at the public school in which the student is
 2250  first registered under sub-subparagraph (a)2.a. or makes himself
 2251  or herself a candidate for an athletic team by engaging in a
 2252  practice.
 2253         (d)The athletic director of each participating FHSAA
 2254  member public school shall maintain the student records
 2255  necessary for eligibility, compliance, and participation in the
 2256  program.
 2257         (e)Any non-FHSAA member private school that has a student
 2258  who wishes to participate in this program must make all student
 2259  records, including, but not limited to, academic, financial,
 2260  disciplinary, and attendance records, available upon request of
 2261  the FHSAA.
 2262         (f)A student must apply to participate in this program
 2263  through the FHSAA program application process.
 2264         (g)Only students who are enrolled in non-FHSAA member
 2265  private schools consisting of 125 students or fewer are eligible
 2266  to participate in the program in any given academic year.
 2267         Section 35. Section 1006.16, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2268  to read:
 2269         1006.16 Insuring school students engaged in extracurricular
 2270  athletic activities against injury.—A Any district school board,
 2271  school athletic association, or school may formulate, conduct,
 2272  and purchase a plan or method of insuring, or may self-insure,
 2273  participants in extracurricular activities school students
 2274  against injury sustained by reason of such participation
 2275  students engaging and participating in the extracurricular
 2276  athletic activities conducted or sponsored by the district
 2277  school board, association, or school in which such students are
 2278  enrolled. A district school board, school athletic association,
 2279  or school may add a surcharge to the fee charged for admission
 2280  to athletic events as a means of producing revenue to purchase
 2281  such insurance or to provide self-insurance. A Any district
 2282  school board may pay for all or part of such plan or method of
 2283  insurance or self-insurance from available district school board
 2284  funds. Insurance provided by a district school board for
 2285  participants in extracurricular activities must cover home
 2286  education and unaffiliated private school students participating
 2287  in extracurricular activities at a district public school
 2288  pursuant to s. 1006.15 under the same terms and conditions that
 2289  apply to students enrolled in a district public school.
 2290         Section 36. Section 1006.19, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2291  to read:
 2292         1006.19 Audit of records of nonprofit corporations and
 2293  associations handling interscholastic activities.—
 2294         (1) Each nonprofit association or corporation that operates
 2295  for the purpose of supervising and controlling interscholastic
 2296  activities of public high schools and whose membership is
 2297  composed of duly certified representatives of public high
 2298  schools, and whose rules and regulations are established by
 2299  members thereof, shall have an annual financial audit of its
 2300  accounts and records conducted by an independent certified
 2301  public accountant retained by it and paid from its funds. The
 2302  accountant shall furnish a copy of the audit report to the
 2303  Auditor General within 30 days after completion of the audit. At
 2304  least every 3 years, the Auditor General shall conduct an
 2305  operational audit of the accounts and records of each nonprofit
 2306  association.
 2307         (2) Any such nonprofit association or corporation shall
 2308  keep adequate and complete records of all moneys received by it,
 2309  including the source and amount, and all moneys spent by it,
 2310  including salaries, fees, expenses, travel allowances, and all
 2311  other items of expense. All records of any such organization
 2312  shall be open for inspection by the Auditor General.
 2313         Section 37. Section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, is amended
 2314  to read:
 2315         1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
 2316         (1) GOVERNING NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATION.—The
 2317  Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) is designated
 2318  as the governing nonprofit association for purposes of
 2319  membership in the National Federation of State High School
 2320  Associations organization of athletics in Florida public
 2321  schools. Following completion of each operational audit
 2322  conducted pursuant to s. 1006.19, the Commissioner of Education
 2323  shall review the FHSAA’s performance in governing
 2324  interscholastic athletics in compliance with this part,
 2325  including the guiding principles for student eligibility for
 2326  extracurricular activities. If, at any time, the FHSAA fails to
 2327  meet the provisions of this part section, the commissioner, with
 2328  the approval of the State Board of Education, shall designate
 2329  another a nonprofit association organization to govern
 2330  interscholastic athletics in this state and serve as Florida’s
 2331  voting member association of the National Federation of State
 2332  High School Associations athletics with the approval of the
 2333  State Board of Education. The FHSAA is not a state agency as
 2334  defined in s. 120.52 but is. The FHSAA shall be subject to ss.
 2335  1006.15-1006.19. Any special event fees, sanctioning fees,
 2336  including third-party sanctioning fees, or contest receipts
 2337  collected annually by the FHSAA may not exceed its actual costs
 2338  to perform the function or duty that is the subject of or
 2339  justification for the fee the provisions of s. 1006.19. The
 2340  FHSAA shall offer a spectator seeking admission to athletic
 2341  competitions the option of purchasing a single-day pass or a
 2342  multiple-day pass that is at a cost below that which the
 2343  spectator would pay on a per-event basis for the same number of
 2344  contests A private school that wishes to engage in high school
 2345  athletic competition with a public high school may become a
 2346  member of the FHSAA. Any high school in the state, including
 2347  private schools, traditional public schools, charter schools,
 2348  virtual schools, and home education cooperatives, may become a
 2349  member of the FHSAA and participate in the activities of the
 2350  FHSAA. However, Membership in the FHSAA is not mandatory for any
 2351  school. FHSAA shall allow a school the option of joining the
 2352  association as a full-time member or on a per-sport basis and
 2353  may not prohibit or discourage any school from simultaneously
 2354  maintaining membership in FHSAA and another athletic
 2355  association. The FHSAA may not deny or discourage
 2356  interscholastic competition between its member schools and
 2357  nonmember non-FHSAA member Florida schools, including members of
 2358  another athletic association governing organization, and may not
 2359  take any retributory or discriminatory action against any of its
 2360  member schools that participate in interscholastic competition
 2361  with nonmember non-FHSAA member Florida schools. The FHSAA may
 2362  not unreasonably withhold its approval of an application to
 2363  become an affiliate member of the National Federation of State
 2364  High School Associations submitted by any other association
 2365  organization that governs interscholastic athletic competition
 2366  in this state which meets the requirements of this section. The
 2367  commissioner may identify other associations that govern
 2368  interscholastic athletic competition in compliance with this
 2369  section The bylaws of the FHSAA are the rules by which high
 2370  school athletic programs in its member schools, and the students
 2371  who participate in them, are governed, unless otherwise
 2372  specifically provided by statute. For the purposes of this
 2373  section, “high school” includes grades 6 through 12.
 2374         (2) STUDENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; RECRUITING ADOPTION
 2375  OF BYLAWS, POLICIES; ELIGIBILITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION, OR
 2376  GUIDELINES.—The FHSAA shall:
 2377         (a) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that, unless specifically
 2378  provided by statute, Establish eligibility requirements for all
 2379  students who participate in high school athletic competition in
 2380  its member schools. A The bylaws governing residence and
 2381  transfer shall allow the student is to be eligible in the school
 2382  in which he or she first enrolls each school year or the school
 2383  in which the student makes himself or herself a candidate for an
 2384  athletic team by engaging in a practice before prior to
 2385  enrolling in the school. A student who transfers The bylaws
 2386  shall also allow the student to be eligible in the school to
 2387  which the student has transferred during the school year is
 2388  eligible in the school to which he or she transfers if the
 2389  transfer is made by a deadline established by the FHSAA, which
 2390  may not be prior to the date authorized for the beginning of
 2391  practice for the sport. These transfers shall be allowed
 2392  pursuant to the district school board policies in the case of
 2393  transfer to a public school or pursuant to the private school
 2394  policies in the case of transfer to a private school. The
 2395  student shall be eligible in that school so long as he or she
 2396  remains enrolled in that school. Subsequent eligibility shall be
 2397  determined and enforced through the FHSAA’s bylaws. Requirements
 2398  governing eligibility and transfer between member schools shall
 2399  be applied similarly to public school students and private
 2400  school students.
 2401         (b) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that specifically Prohibit
 2402  the recruiting of students for athletic purposes and. The bylaws
 2403  shall prescribe penalties and an appeals process, which shall be
 2404  paid for by the FHSAA, for athletic recruiting violations. If it
 2405  is determined that a school has recruited a student in violation
 2406  of FHSAA bylaws, the FHSAA may require the school to participate
 2407  in a higher classification for the sport in which the recruited
 2408  student competes for a minimum of one classification cycle, in
 2409  addition to any other appropriate fine and sanction imposed on
 2410  the school, its coaches, or adult representatives who commit
 2411  violate recruiting violations rules. An initial recruiting
 2412  violation by an adult representative is punishable by a fine of
 2413  $5,000. A second recruiting violation by the adult
 2414  representative is punishable by a 1-year restriction of the
 2415  adult representative from teaching or coaching at the school. A
 2416  third recruiting violation by the adult representative is
 2417  punishable by a 5-year suspension of the representative’s
 2418  teaching license. A student may not be declared ineligible based
 2419  on a recruiting violation only if of recruiting rules unless the
 2420  student or parent has committed an act specified in s.
 2421  1006.15(4)(b)1.b. or the FHSAA has imposed sanctions against the
 2422  individuals or member school engaging in recruiting and the
 2423  student or the parent has committed an act specified in s.
 2424  1006.15(4)(b)1.c. The FHSAA may not limit the competition of a
 2425  student athlete prospectively for a rule violation by his or her
 2426  school, the school’s coach, or the student athlete’s adult
 2427  representative. The FHSAA may not punish a student athlete for
 2428  an eligibility or recruiting violation perpetrated by a
 2429  teammate, coach, or administrator. A contest may not be
 2430  forfeited for an inadvertent eligibility violation unless the
 2431  coach or a school administrator should have known of the
 2432  violation. Contests may not be forfeited for other eligibility
 2433  violations or recruiting violations in excess of the number of
 2434  contests from which the coaches and adult representatives
 2435  responsible for the violations are prospectively suspended. The
 2436  mass distribution of untargeted mailings, electronic mailings,
 2437  or printed guides or booklets by or on behalf of a member school
 2438  which include detailed information regarding the member school’s
 2439  interscholastic athletic programs may not be considered
 2440  violations of the FHSAA’s policies falsified any enrollment or
 2441  eligibility document or accepted any benefit or any promise of
 2442  benefit if such benefit is not generally available to the
 2443  school’s students or family members or is based in any way on
 2444  athletic interest, potential, or performance.
 2445         (c) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that Require all students
 2446  participating in interscholastic athletic competition or who are
 2447  candidates for an interscholastic athletic team to
 2448  satisfactorily pass a medical evaluation each year before prior
 2449  to participating in interscholastic athletic competition or
 2450  engaging in any practice, tryout, workout, or other physical
 2451  activity associated with the student’s candidacy for an
 2452  interscholastic athletic team. Such medical evaluation may be
 2453  administered only by a practitioner licensed under chapter 458,
 2454  chapter 459, chapter 460, or s. 464.012, and in good standing
 2455  with the practitioner’s regulatory board. The FHSAA bylaws shall
 2456  establish requirements for eliciting a student’s medical history
 2457  and performing the medical evaluation required under this
 2458  paragraph, which shall include a physical assessment of the
 2459  student’s physical capabilities to participate in
 2460  interscholastic athletic competition as contained in a uniform
 2461  preparticipation physical evaluation and history form. The
 2462  evaluation form shall incorporate the recommendations of the
 2463  American Heart Association for participation in cardiovascular
 2464  screening and shall provide a place for the signature of the
 2465  practitioner performing the evaluation with an attestation that
 2466  each examination procedure listed on the form was performed by
 2467  the practitioner or by someone under the direct supervision of
 2468  the practitioner. The form shall also contain a place for the
 2469  practitioner to indicate if a referral to another practitioner
 2470  was made in lieu of completion of a certain examination
 2471  procedure. The form shall provide a place for the practitioner
 2472  to whom the student was referred to complete the remaining
 2473  sections and attest to that portion of the examination. The
 2474  preparticipation physical evaluation form shall advise students
 2475  to complete a cardiovascular assessment and shall include
 2476  information concerning alternative cardiovascular evaluation and
 2477  diagnostic tests. Results of such medical evaluation must be
 2478  provided to the school. A No student is not shall be eligible to
 2479  participate in any interscholastic athletic competition or
 2480  engage in any practice, tryout, workout, or other physical
 2481  activity associated with the student’s candidacy for an
 2482  interscholastic athletic team until the results of the medical
 2483  evaluation are have been received and approved by the school.
 2484         (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c), allow
 2485  a student to may participate in interscholastic athletic
 2486  competition or be a candidate for an interscholastic athletic
 2487  team if the parent of the student objects in writing to the
 2488  student undergoing a medical evaluation because such evaluation
 2489  is contrary to his or her religious tenets or practices.
 2490  However, in such case, there shall be no liability on the part
 2491  of any person or entity in a position to otherwise rely on the
 2492  results of such medical evaluation for any damages resulting
 2493  from the student’s injury or death arising directly from the
 2494  student’s participation in interscholastic athletics where an
 2495  undisclosed medical condition that would have been revealed in
 2496  the medical evaluation is a proximate cause of the injury or
 2497  death.
 2498         (e) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that Regulate persons who
 2499  conduct investigations on behalf of the FHSAA. The bylaws shall
 2500  include provisions that require An investigator must to:
 2501         1. Undergo level 2 background screening under s. 435.04,
 2502  establishing that the investigator has not committed any
 2503  disqualifying offense listed in s. 435.04, unless the
 2504  investigator can provide proof of compliance with level 2
 2505  screening standards submitted within the previous 5 years to
 2506  meet any professional licensure requirements, provided:
 2507         a. The investigator has not had a break in service from a
 2508  position that requires level 2 screening for more than 90 days;
 2509  and
 2510         b. The investigator submits, under penalty of perjury, an
 2511  affidavit verifying that the investigator has not committed any
 2512  disqualifying offense listed in s. 435.04 and is in full
 2513  compliance with this paragraph.
 2514         2. Be appointed as an investigator by the FHSAA executive
 2515  director.
 2516         3. Carry a photo identification card that shows the FHSAA
 2517  name and, logo, and the investigator’s official title.
 2518         4. Adhere to the following guidelines:
 2519         a. Investigate only those alleged violations assigned by
 2520  the FHSAA executive director or the board of directors.
 2521         b. Conduct interviews on Monday through Friday between the
 2522  hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. only, unless previously agreed to by
 2523  the interviewee.
 2524         c. Allow the parent of any student being interviewed to be
 2525  present during the interview.
 2526         d. Search residences or other private areas only with the
 2527  permission of the FHSAA executive director and the written
 2528  consent of the student’s parent and only with a parent or a
 2529  representative of the parent present.
 2530         (f) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that Establish sanctions
 2531  for coaches who have committed major violations of the FHSAA’s
 2532  bylaws and policies.
 2533         1. Major violations include, but are not limited to,
 2534  knowingly allowing an ineligible student to participate in a
 2535  contest representing a member school in an interscholastic
 2536  contest or committing a violation of the FHSAA’s recruiting or
 2537  sports ethics sportsmanship policies.
 2538         2. Sanctions placed upon an individual coach may include,
 2539  but are not limited to, prohibiting or suspending the coach from
 2540  coaching, participating in, or attending any athletic activity
 2541  sponsored, recognized, or sanctioned by the FHSAA and the member
 2542  school for which the coach committed the violation. If a coach
 2543  is sanctioned by the FHSAA and the coach transfers to another
 2544  member school, those sanctions remain in full force and effect
 2545  during the term of the sanction.
 2546         3. If a member school is assessed a financial penalty as a
 2547  result of a coach committing a major violation, the coach shall
 2548  reimburse the member school before being allowed to coach,
 2549  participate in, or attend any athletic activity sponsored,
 2550  recognized, or sanctioned by the FHSAA and a member school.
 2551         4. The FHSAA shall establish a due process procedure for
 2552  coaches sanctioned under this paragraph, consistent with the
 2553  appeals procedures set forth in subsection (7).
 2554         (g) Provide a process for the resolution of student
 2555  eligibility disputes. The FHSAA shall provide an opportunity to
 2556  resolve eligibility issues through an informal conference
 2557  procedure. The FHSAA must provide written notice to the student
 2558  athlete, parent, and member school stating specific findings of
 2559  fact which support a determination of ineligibility. The student
 2560  athlete must request an informal conference if he or she intends
 2561  to contest the charges. The informal conference must be held
 2562  within 10 days after receipt of the student athlete’s request.
 2563  If the eligibility dispute is not resolved at the informal
 2564  conference, the FHSAA shall provide a process for the timely and
 2565  cost-effective resolution of an eligibility dispute using a
 2566  neutral third party, including the use of retired or former
 2567  judges, mediation, or arbitration. The neutral third party shall
 2568  be selected by the parent of the student athlete from a list
 2569  maintained by the FHSAA. A final determination regarding the
 2570  eligibility dispute must be issued no later than 30 days after
 2571  the informal conference. The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws
 2572  establishing the process for resolving eligibility disputes must
 2573  and standards by which FHSAA determinations of eligibility are
 2574  made. Such bylaws shall provide that:
 2575         1. Ineligibility must be established by clear and
 2576  convincing evidence.;
 2577         2. Student athletes, parents, and schools must have notice
 2578  of the initiation of any investigation or other inquiry into
 2579  eligibility and may present, to the investigator and to the
 2580  individual or body making the eligibility determination, any
 2581  information or evidence that is credible, persuasive, and of a
 2582  kind reasonably prudent persons rely upon in the conduct of
 2583  serious affairs.;
 2584         3. An investigator may not determine matters of eligibility
 2585  but must submit information and evidence to the individual or
 2586  body designated by the FHSAA executive director or a person
 2587  designated by the executive director or by the board of
 2588  directors for an unbiased and objective determination of
 2589  eligibility.; and
 2590         4. A determination of ineligibility must be made in
 2591  writing, setting forth the findings of fact and specific
 2592  violation upon which the decision is based.
 2593         5.Any proceedings concerning student athlete eligibility
 2594  must be held in the county in which the student athlete resides
 2595  and may be conducted by telephone, videoconference, or other
 2596  electronic means.
 2597         6.A student athlete may not be declared ineligible to
 2598  participate in athletic competition until a final decision is
 2599  issued by the neutral third party unless the determination of
 2600  ineligibility is based on s. 1006.15(4)(b)1.a., e., or f. It is
 2601  the responsibility of the member school to assess the facts
 2602  underlying the eligibility dispute and any potential penalties
 2603  that may result from a determination of ineligibility in
 2604  deciding whether to allow the student athlete to continue to
 2605  participate before a final eligibility determination. If a
 2606  student is determined ineligible by the neutral third party, the
 2607  school shall forfeit any contests in which the school won and in
 2608  which the student athlete played. For the purposes of this
 2609  subparagraph, the term “played” means the student athlete
 2610  dressed out and actively participated in the contest.
 2611         (h)In lieu of bylaws adopted under paragraph (g), the
 2612  FHSAA may adopt bylaws providing as a minimum the procedural
 2613  safeguards of ss. 120.569 and 120.57, making appropriate
 2614  provision for appointment of unbiased and qualified hearing
 2615  officers.
 2616         (i)The FHSAA bylaws may not limit the competition of
 2617  student athletes prospectively for rule violations of their
 2618  school or its coaches or their adult representatives. The FHSAA
 2619  bylaws may not unfairly punish student athletes for eligibility
 2620  or recruiting violations perpetrated by a teammate, coach, or
 2621  administrator. Contests may not be forfeited for inadvertent
 2622  eligibility violations unless the coach or a school
 2623  administrator should have known of the violation. Contests may
 2624  not be forfeited for other eligibility violations or recruiting
 2625  violations in excess of the number of contests that the coaches
 2626  and adult representatives responsible for the violations are
 2627  prospectively suspended.
 2628         (h)(j)The FHSAA shall Adopt guidelines to educate athletic
 2629  coaches, officials, administrators, and student athletes and
 2630  their parents about of the nature and risk of concussion and
 2631  head injury.
 2632         (i)(k)The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws or policies that
 2633  Require the parent of a student who is participating in
 2634  interscholastic athletic competition or who is a candidate for
 2635  an interscholastic athletic team to sign and return an informed
 2636  consent that explains the nature and risk of concussion and head
 2637  injury, including the risk of continuing to play after
 2638  concussion or head injury, each year before participating in
 2639  interscholastic athletic competition or engaging in any
 2640  practice, tryout, workout, or other physical activity associated
 2641  with the student’s candidacy for an interscholastic athletic
 2642  team.
 2643         (j)(l)The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws or policies that
 2644  Require each student athlete who is suspected of sustaining a
 2645  concussion or head injury in a practice or competition to be
 2646  immediately removed from the activity. A student athlete who has
 2647  been removed from an activity may not return to practice or
 2648  competition until the student submits to the school a written
 2649  medical clearance to return stating that the student athlete no
 2650  longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a
 2651  concussion or other head injury. Medical clearance must be
 2652  authorized by the appropriate health care practitioner trained
 2653  in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of concussions as
 2654  defined by the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee of the Florida
 2655  High School Athletic Association.
 2656         (k)(m)Establish The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws for the
 2657  establishment and duties of a sports medicine advisory committee
 2658  composed of the following members:
 2659         1. Eight physicians licensed under chapter 458 or chapter
 2660  459, with at least one member licensed under chapter 459.
 2661         2. One chiropractor licensed under chapter 460.
 2662         3. One podiatrist licensed under chapter 461.
 2663         4. One dentist licensed under chapter 466.
 2664         5. Three athletic trainers licensed under part XIII of
 2665  chapter 468.
 2666         6. One member who is a current or retired head coach of a
 2667  high school in the state.
 2668         (3) GOVERNING STRUCTURE OF THE FHSAA.—
 2669         (a) The FHSAA shall operate as a representative democracy
 2670  in which the sovereign authority is within its member schools
 2671  and the parents of students participating in interscholastic
 2672  athletics within those schools. Except as provided in this
 2673  section, the FHSAA shall govern its affairs through its bylaws.
 2674         (b) Each member school, on its annual application for
 2675  membership, shall name its official representative to the FHSAA.
 2676  This representative must be either the school principal or his
 2677  or her designee. That designee must either be an assistant
 2678  principal or athletic director housed within that same school.
 2679         (c) The governing board of the FHSAA shall consist of 16
 2680  members composed proportionately of representatives from
 2681  traditional public schools, public schools of choice, private
 2682  schools, home education cooperatives, and parents of student
 2683  athletes who are enrolled in such schools or programs. The
 2684  governing board must also be constituted in a manner that
 2685  provides for equitable representation among the various regions
 2686  of the state where the association’s member schools are located.
 2687  Any additional policymaking body established by the FHSAA must
 2688  provide for proportionate representation of schools, programs,
 2689  parents, and regions of the state as described in this paragraph
 2690  FHSAA’s membership shall be divided along existing county lines
 2691  into four contiguous and compact administrative regions, each
 2692  containing an equal or nearly equal number of member schools to
 2693  ensure equitable representation on the FHSAA’s board of
 2694  directors, representative assembly, and appeals committees.
 2695         (d)The FHSAA shall annually require each member of the
 2696  governing board or other policymaking body to attend nonprofit
 2697  governance training, which must include government in the
 2698  sunshine, conflicts of interest, ethics, and student athlete
 2699  centered decisionmaking consistent with the guiding principles
 2700  for participation in extracurricular activities under s.
 2701  1006.15.
 2702         (4)BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—
 2703         (a)The executive authority of the FHSAA shall be vested in
 2704  its board of directors. Any entity that appoints members to the
 2705  board of directors shall examine the ethnic and demographic
 2706  composition of the board when selecting candidates for
 2707  appointment and shall, to the greatest extent possible, make
 2708  appointments that reflect state demographic and population
 2709  trends. The board of directors shall be composed of 16 persons,
 2710  as follows:
 2711         1.Four public member school representatives, one elected
 2712  from among its public school representative members within each
 2713  of the four administrative regions.
 2714         2.Four nonpublic member school representatives, one
 2715  elected from among its nonpublic school representative members
 2716  within each of the four administrative regions.
 2717         3.Three representatives appointed by the commissioner, one
 2718  appointed from the two northernmost administrative regions and
 2719  one appointed from the two southernmost administrative regions.
 2720  The third representative shall be appointed to balance the board
 2721  for diversity or state population trends, or both.
 2722         4.Two district school superintendents, one elected from
 2723  the two northernmost administrative regions by the members in
 2724  those regions and one elected from the two southernmost
 2725  administrative regions by the members in those regions.
 2726         5.Two district school board members, one elected from the
 2727  two northernmost administrative regions by the members in those
 2728  regions and one elected from the two southernmost administrative
 2729  regions by the members in those regions.
 2730         6.The commissioner or his or her designee from the
 2731  department executive staff.
 2732         (b)A quorum of the board of directors shall consist of
 2733  nine members.
 2734         (c)The board of directors shall elect a president and a
 2735  vice president from among its members. These officers shall also
 2736  serve as officers of the FHSAA.
 2737         (d)Members of the board of directors shall serve terms of
 2738  3 years and are eligible to succeed themselves only once. A
 2739  member of the board of directors, other than the commissioner or
 2740  his or her designee, may serve a maximum of 6 consecutive years.
 2741  The FHSAA’s bylaws shall establish a rotation of terms to ensure
 2742  that a majority of the members’ terms do not expire
 2743  concurrently.
 2744         (e)The authority and duties of the board of directors,
 2745  acting as a body and in accordance with the FHSAA’s bylaws, are
 2746  as follows:
 2747         1.To act as the incorporated FHSAA’s board of directors
 2748  and to fulfill its obligations as required by the FHSAA’s
 2749  charter and articles of incorporation.
 2750         2.To establish such guidelines, regulations, policies, and
 2751  procedures as are authorized by the bylaws.
 2752         3.To employ an FHSAA executive director, who shall have
 2753  the authority to waive the bylaws of the FHSAA in order to
 2754  comply with statutory changes.
 2755         4.To levy annual dues and other fees and to set the
 2756  percentage of contest receipts to be collected by the FHSAA.
 2757         5.To approve the budget of the FHSAA.
 2758         6.To organize and conduct statewide interscholastic
 2759  competitions, which may or may not lead to state championships,
 2760  and to establish the terms and conditions for these
 2761  competitions.
 2762         7.To act as an administrative board in the interpretation
 2763  of, and final decision on, all questions and appeals arising
 2764  from the directing of interscholastic athletics of member
 2765  schools.
 2766         (5)REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY.—
 2767         (a)The legislative authority of the FHSAA is vested in its
 2768  representative assembly.
 2769         (b)The representative assembly shall be composed of the
 2770  following:
 2771         1.An equal number of member school representatives from
 2772  each of the four administrative regions.
 2773         2.Four district school superintendents, one elected from
 2774  each of the four administrative regions by the district school
 2775  superintendents in their respective administrative regions.
 2776         3.Four district school board members, one elected from
 2777  each of the four administrative regions by the district school
 2778  board members in their respective administrative regions.
 2779         4.The commissioner or his or her designee from the
 2780  department executive staff.
 2781         (c)The FHSAA’s bylaws shall establish the number of member
 2782  school representatives to serve in the representative assembly
 2783  from each of the four administrative regions and shall establish
 2784  the method for their selection.
 2785         (d)No member of the board of directors other than the
 2786  commissioner or his or her designee can serve in the
 2787  representative assembly.
 2788         (e)The representative assembly shall elect a chairperson
 2789  and a vice chairperson from among its members.
 2790         (f)Elected members of the representative assembly shall
 2791  serve terms of 2 years and are eligible to succeed themselves
 2792  for two additional terms. An elected member, other than the
 2793  commissioner or his or her designee, may serve a maximum of 6
 2794  consecutive years in the representative assembly.
 2795         (g)A quorum of the representative assembly consists of one
 2796  more than half of its members.
 2797         (h)The authority of the representative assembly is limited
 2798  to its sole duty, which is to consider, adopt, or reject any
 2799  proposed amendments to the FHSAA’s bylaws.
 2800         (i)The representative assembly shall meet as a body
 2801  annually. A two-thirds majority of the votes cast by members
 2802  present is required for passage of any proposal.
 2803         (6)PUBLIC LIAISON ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
 2804         (a)The FHSAA shall establish, sustain, fund, and provide
 2805  staff support to a public liaison advisory committee composed of
 2806  the following:
 2807         1.The commissioner or his or her designee.
 2808         2.A member public school principal.
 2809         3.A member private school principal.
 2810         4.A member school principal who is a member of a racial
 2811  minority.
 2812         5.An active athletic director.
 2813         6.An active coach, who is employed full time by a member
 2814  school.
 2815         7.A student athlete.
 2816         8.A district school superintendent.
 2817         9.A district school board member.
 2818         10.A member of the Florida House of Representatives.
 2819         11.A member of the Florida Senate.
 2820         12.A parent of a high school student.
 2821         13.A member of a home education association.
 2822         14.A representative of the business community.
 2823         15.A representative of the news media.
 2824         (b)No member of the board of directors, committee on
 2825  appeals, or representative assembly is eligible to serve on the
 2826  public liaison advisory committee.
 2827         (c)The public liaison advisory committee shall elect a
 2828  chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members.
 2829         (d)The authority and duties of the public liaison advisory
 2830  committee are as follows:
 2831         1.To act as a conduit through which the general public may
 2832  have input into the decisionmaking process of the FHSAA and to
 2833  assist the FHSAA in the development of procedures regarding the
 2834  receipt of public input and disposition of complaints related to
 2835  high school athletic and competition programs.
 2836         2.To conduct public hearings annually in each of the four
 2837  administrative regions during which interested parties may
 2838  address issues regarding the effectiveness of the rules,
 2839  operation, and management of the FHSAA.
 2840         3.To conduct an annual evaluation of the FHSAA as a whole
 2841  and present a report of its findings, conclusion, and
 2842  recommendations to the board of directors, to the commissioner,
 2843  and to the respective education committees of the Florida Senate
 2844  and the Florida House of Representatives. The recommendations
 2845  must delineate policies and procedures that will improve the
 2846  implementation and oversight of high school athletic programs by
 2847  the FHSAA.
 2848         (e)The public liaison advisory committee shall meet four
 2849  times annually. Additional meetings may be called by the
 2850  committee chairperson, the FHSAA president, or the FHSAA
 2851  executive director.
 2852         (7)APPEALS.—
 2853         (a)The FHSAA shall establish a procedure of due process
 2854  which ensures each student the opportunity to appeal an
 2855  unfavorable ruling with regard to his or her eligibility to
 2856  compete. The initial appeal shall be made to a committee on
 2857  appeals within the administrative region in which the student
 2858  lives. The FHSAA’s bylaws shall establish the number, size, and
 2859  composition of each committee on appeals.
 2860         (b)No member of the board of directors is eligible to
 2861  serve on a committee on appeals.
 2862         (c)Members of a committee on appeals shall serve terms of
 2863  3 years and are eligible to succeed themselves only once. A
 2864  member of a committee on appeals may serve a maximum of 6
 2865  consecutive years. The FHSAA’s bylaws shall establish a rotation
 2866  of terms to ensure that a majority of the members’ terms do not
 2867  expire concurrently.
 2868         (d)The authority and duties of a committee on appeals
 2869  shall be to consider requests by member schools seeking
 2870  exceptions to bylaws and regulations, to hear undue hardship
 2871  eligibility cases filed by member schools on behalf of student
 2872  athletes, and to hear appeals filed by member schools or student
 2873  athletes.
 2874         (e)A student athlete or member school that receives an
 2875  unfavorable ruling from a committee on appeals shall be entitled
 2876  to appeal that decision to the board of directors at its next
 2877  regularly scheduled meeting or called meeting. The board of
 2878  directors shall have the authority to uphold, reverse, or amend
 2879  the decision of the committee on appeals. In all such cases, the
 2880  decision of the board of directors shall be final.
 2881         (f)The FHSAA shall expedite the appeals process on
 2882  determinations of ineligibility so that disposition of the
 2883  appeal can be made before the end of the applicable sports
 2884  season, if possible.
 2885         (g)In any appeal from a decision on eligibility made by
 2886  the executive director or a designee, a school or student
 2887  athlete filing the appeal must be permitted to present
 2888  information and evidence that was not available at the time of
 2889  the initial determination or if the determination was not made
 2890  by an unbiased, objective individual using a process allowing
 2891  full due process rights to be heard and to present evidence. If
 2892  evidence is presented on appeal, a de novo decision must be made
 2893  by the committee or board hearing the appeal, or the
 2894  determination may be suspended and the matter remanded for a new
 2895  determination based on all the evidence. If a de novo decision
 2896  is made on appeal, the decision must be made in writing, setting
 2897  forth the findings of fact and specific violation upon which the
 2898  decision is based. If a de novo decision is not required, the
 2899  decision appealed must be set aside if the decision on
 2900  ineligibility was not based on clear and convincing evidence.
 2901  Any further appeal shall be considered on a record that includes
 2902  all evidence presented.
 2903         (8)AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS.—Each member school representative,
 2904  the board of directors acting as a whole or as members acting
 2905  individually, any advisory committee acting as a whole to be
 2906  established by the FHSAA, and the FHSAA’s executive director are
 2907  empowered to propose amendments to the bylaws. Any other
 2908  individual may propose an amendment by securing the sponsorship
 2909  of any of the aforementioned individuals or bodies. All proposed
 2910  amendments must be submitted directly to the representative
 2911  assembly for its consideration. The representative assembly,
 2912  while empowered to adopt, reject, or revise proposed amendments,
 2913  may not, in and of itself, as a body be allowed to propose any
 2914  amendment for its own consideration.
 2915         Section 38. Present subsections (5) and (6) of section
 2916  1006.735, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6)
 2917  and (7), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to that
 2918  section, to read:
 2919         1006.735 Complete Florida Plus Program.—The Complete
 2920  Florida Plus Program is created at the University of West
 2921  Florida.
 2922         (5) RAPID RESPONSE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.—The
 2923  Rapid Response Education and Training Program is established
 2924  within the Complete Florida Plus Program. Under the Rapid
 2925  Response Education and Training Program, the Complete Florida
 2926  Plus Program shall work directly with Enterprise Florida, Inc.,
 2927  in project-specific industry recruitment and retention efforts
 2928  to offer credible education and training commitments to
 2929  businesses.
 2930         (a) The Rapid Response Education and Training Program must:
 2931         1. Issue challenge grants through requests for proposals
 2932  that are open to all education and training providers, public or
 2933  private. These grants match state funding with education and
 2934  training provider funds to implement particular education and
 2935  training programs.
 2936         2. Generate periodic reports from an independent forensic
 2937  accounting or auditing entity to ensure transparency of the
 2938  program. These periodic reports must be submitted to the
 2939  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
 2940  Representatives.
 2941         3. Keep administrative costs to a minimum through the use
 2942  of existing organizational structures.
 2943         4. Work directly with businesses to recruit individuals for
 2944  education and training.
 2945         5. Be able to terminate an education and training program
 2946  by giving 30 days’ notice.
 2947         6. Survey employers after completion of an education and
 2948  training program to ascertain the effectiveness of the program.
 2949         (b) The Division of Career and Adult Education within the
 2950  Department of Education shall conduct an analysis and assessment
 2951  of the effectiveness of the education and training programs
 2952  under this section in meeting labor market and occupational
 2953  trends and gaps.
 2954         Section 39. Subsection (2) of section 1007.01, Florida
 2955  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2956         1007.01 Articulation; legislative intent; purpose; role of
 2957  the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors;
 2958  Articulation Coordinating Committee.—
 2959         (2) To preserve Florida’s “2+2” system of articulation and
 2960  improve and facilitate articulation systemwide, the State Board
 2961  of Education and the Board of Governors shall collaboratively
 2962  establish and adopt policies with input from statewide K-20
 2963  advisory groups established by the Commissioner of Education and
 2964  the Chancellor of the State University System and shall
 2965  recommend the policies to the Legislature. The policies shall
 2966  relate to:
 2967         (a) The alignment between the exit requirements of one
 2968  education system and the admissions requirements of another
 2969  education system into which students typically transfer.
 2970         (b) The identification of common courses, the level of
 2971  courses, institutional participation in a statewide course
 2972  numbering system, and the transferability of credits among such
 2973  institutions.
 2974         (c) Identification of courses that meet general education
 2975  or common degree program prerequisite requirements at public
 2976  postsecondary educational institutions.
 2977         (d) Dual enrollment course equivalencies.
 2978         (e) Articulation agreements.
 2979         (f)The application of credit hours earned through CAPE
 2980  industry certifications pursuant to s. 1008.44 and acceleration
 2981  mechanisms, including nationally standardized examinations, to
 2982  general education, associate degree, or baccalaureate degree
 2983  requirements.
 2984         (g) The application of credit hours earned at Florida
 2985  Community College System institutions to general education,
 2986  associate degree, or baccalaureate degree requirements at state
 2987  universities.
 2988         Section 40. Subsection (1) of section 1007.23, Florida
 2989  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2990         1007.23 Statewide articulation agreement.—
 2991         (1) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors
 2992  shall enter into a statewide articulation agreement which the
 2993  State Board of Education shall adopt by rule. The agreement must
 2994  preserve Florida’s “2+2” system of articulation, facilitate the
 2995  seamless articulation of student credit across and among
 2996  Florida’s educational entities, and reinforce the provisions of
 2997  this chapter by governing:
 2998         (a) Articulation between secondary and postsecondary
 2999  education;
 3000         (b) Admission of associate in arts degree graduates from
 3001  Florida Community College System institutions and state
 3002  universities;
 3003         (c) Admission of applied technology diploma program
 3004  graduates from Florida Community College System institutions or
 3005  career centers;
 3006         (d) Admission of associate in science degree and associate
 3007  in applied science degree graduates from Florida Community
 3008  College System institutions;
 3009         (e) The application use of credit hours earned through CAPE
 3010  industry certifications pursuant to s. 1008.44 and acceleration
 3011  mechanisms, including nationally standardized examinations, to
 3012  general education, associate degree, or baccalaureate degree
 3013  requirements through which students may earn credit;
 3014         (f) General education requirements and statewide course
 3015  numbers as provided for in ss. 1007.24 and 1007.25; and
 3016         (g) Articulation among programs in nursing; and
 3017         (h) The application of credit hours earned at Florida
 3018  Community College System institutions to general education,
 3019  associate degree, or baccalaureate degree requirements at state
 3020  universities.
 3021         Section 41. Subsections (2), (10), (11), (13), (16), (17),
 3022  (22), (23), and (24) of section 1007.271, Florida Statutes, are
 3023  amended to read:
 3024         1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.—
 3025         (2) For the purpose of this section, an eligible secondary
 3026  student is a student who is enrolled in any of grades 6 through
 3027  12 in a Florida public school or in a Florida private school
 3028  that is in compliance with s. 1002.42(2) and provides a
 3029  secondary curriculum pursuant to s. 1003. 4282. A student
 3030  Students who is are eligible for dual enrollment pursuant to
 3031  this section may enroll in dual enrollment courses conducted
 3032  during school hours, after school hours, and during the summer
 3033  term. However, if the student is projected to graduate from high
 3034  school before the scheduled completion date of a postsecondary
 3035  course, the student may not register for that course through
 3036  dual enrollment. The student may apply to the postsecondary
 3037  institution and pay the required registration, tuition, and fees
 3038  if the student meets the postsecondary institution’s admissions
 3039  requirements under s. 1007.263. Instructional time for dual
 3040  enrollment may vary from 900 hours; however, the full-time
 3041  equivalent student membership value is shall be subject to the
 3042  provisions in s. 1011.61(4). A student enrolled as a dual
 3043  enrollment student is exempt from the payment of registration,
 3044  tuition, technology, and laboratory fees. Applied academics for
 3045  adult education instruction, developmental education, and other
 3046  forms of precollegiate instruction, as well as physical
 3047  education courses that focus on the physical execution of a
 3048  skill, rather than the intellectual attributes of the activity,
 3049  are ineligible for inclusion in the dual enrollment program.
 3050  Recreation and leisure studies courses shall be evaluated
 3051  individually in the same manner as physical education courses
 3052  for potential inclusion in the program.
 3053         (10) Early admission is a form of dual enrollment through
 3054  which an eligible secondary student enrolls students enroll in a
 3055  postsecondary institution on a full-time basis in courses that
 3056  are creditable toward the high school diploma and the associate
 3057  or baccalaureate degree. A student must enroll in a minimum of
 3058  12 college credit hours per semester or the equivalent to
 3059  participate in the early admission program; however, a student
 3060  may not be required to enroll in more than 15 college credit
 3061  hours per semester or the equivalent. A student Students
 3062  enrolled pursuant to this subsection is are exempt from the
 3063  payment of registration, tuition, technology, and laboratory
 3064  fees.
 3065         (11) Career early admission is a form of career dual
 3066  enrollment through which an eligible secondary student enrolls
 3067  students enroll full time in a career center or a Florida
 3068  College System institution in postsecondary programs leading to
 3069  industry certifications, as listed in the Postsecondary Industry
 3070  Certification Funding List pursuant to s. 1008.44, which are
 3071  creditable toward the high school diploma and the certificate or
 3072  associate degree. Participation in the career early admission
 3073  program is limited to students who have completed a minimum of 4
 3074  semesters of full-time secondary enrollment, including studies
 3075  undertaken in the ninth grade 9. A student Students enrolled
 3076  pursuant to this section is are exempt from the payment of
 3077  registration, tuition, technology, and laboratory fees.
 3078         (13)(a) The dual enrollment program for a home education
 3079  student students consists of the enrollment of an eligible home
 3080  education secondary student in a postsecondary course creditable
 3081  toward an associate degree, a career certificate, or a
 3082  baccalaureate degree. To participate in the dual enrollment
 3083  program, an eligible home education secondary student must:
 3084         1. Provide proof of enrollment in a home education program
 3085  pursuant to s. 1002.41.
 3086         2. Be responsible for his or her own instructional
 3087  materials and transportation unless provided for in the
 3088  articulation agreement otherwise.
 3089         3. Sign a home education articulation agreement pursuant to
 3090  paragraph (b).
 3091         (b) Each postsecondary institution that is eligible to
 3092  participate in the dual enrollment program pursuant to s.
 3093  1011.62(1)(i) must shall enter into a home education
 3094  articulation agreement with each home education student seeking
 3095  enrollment in a dual enrollment course and the student’s parent.
 3096  By August 1 of each year, the applicable postsecondary
 3097  institution shall complete and submit the home education
 3098  articulation agreement to the Department of Education. The home
 3099  education articulation agreement must shall include, at a
 3100  minimum:
 3101         1. A delineation of courses and programs available to a
 3102  dually enrolled home education student who participates in a
 3103  dual enrollment program students. The postsecondary institution
 3104  may add, revise, or delete courses and programs may be added,
 3105  revised, or deleted at any time by the postsecondary
 3106  institution.
 3107         2. The initial and continued eligibility requirements for
 3108  home education student participation, not to exceed those
 3109  required of other dual enrollment dually enrolled students.
 3110         3. A provision expressing whether the postsecondary
 3111  institution or the student is responsible The student’s
 3112  responsibilities for providing his or her own instructional
 3113  materials and transportation.
 3114         4. A copy of the statement on transfer guarantees developed
 3115  by the Department of Education under subsection (15).
 3116         (16) A student Students who meets meet the eligibility
 3117  requirements of this section and who chooses choose to
 3118  participate in dual enrollment programs is are exempt from the
 3119  payment of registration, tuition, technology, and laboratory
 3120  fees.
 3121         (17) Instructional materials assigned for use in within
 3122  dual enrollment courses shall be made available to dual
 3123  enrollment students from Florida public high schools free of
 3124  charge. This subsection does not prohibit a postsecondary
 3125  Florida College System institution from providing instructional
 3126  materials at no cost to a home education student or student from
 3127  a private school, if provided for in the articulation agreement.
 3128  Instructional materials purchased by a district school board or
 3129  Florida College System institution board of trustees on behalf
 3130  of dual enrollment students are shall be the property of the
 3131  board against which the purchase is charged.
 3132         (22) The Department of Education shall develop an
 3133  electronic submission system for dual enrollment articulation
 3134  agreements and shall review, for compliance, each dual
 3135  enrollment articulation agreement submitted pursuant to
 3136  subsections (13), subsection (21), and (24). The Commissioner of
 3137  Education shall notify the district school superintendent and
 3138  the president of the postsecondary institution that is eligible
 3139  to participate in the dual enrollment program pursuant to s.
 3140  1011.62(1)(i) Florida College System institution president if
 3141  the dual enrollment articulation agreement does not comply with
 3142  statutory requirements and shall submit any dual enrollment
 3143  articulation agreement with unresolved issues of noncompliance
 3144  to the State Board of Education.
 3145         (23) A district school board boards and a Florida College
 3146  System institution institutions may enter into an additional
 3147  dual enrollment articulation agreement agreements with a state
 3148  university universities for the purposes of this section. A
 3149  school district districts may also enter into a dual enrollment
 3150  articulation agreement agreements with an eligible independent
 3151  college or university colleges and universities pursuant to s.
 3152  1011.62(1)(i). By August 1 of each year, the district school
 3153  board and the Florida College System institution shall complete
 3154  and submit the dual enrollment articulation agreement with the
 3155  state university and an eligible independent college or
 3156  university, as applicable, to the Department of Education.
 3157         (24)(a) The dual enrollment program for a private school
 3158  student consists of the enrollment of an eligible private school
 3159  student in a postsecondary course creditable toward an associate
 3160  degree, a career certificate, or a baccalaureate degree. In
 3161  addition, the private school in which the student is enrolled
 3162  must award credit toward high school completion for the
 3163  postsecondary course under the dual enrollment program. To
 3164  participate in the dual enrollment program, an eligible private
 3165  school student shall:
 3166         1. Provide proof of enrollment in a private school pursuant
 3167  to subsection (2).
 3168         2. Be responsible for his or her own instructional
 3169  materials and transportation unless provided for in the
 3170  articulation agreement.
 3171         3. Sign a private school articulation agreement pursuant to
 3172  paragraph (b).
 3173         (b) Each postsecondary institution that is eligible to
 3174  participate in the dual enrollment program pursuant to s.
 3175  1011.62(1)(i) must enter into a private school articulation
 3176  agreement with each private school student seeking enrollment in
 3177  a dual enrollment course and the student’s parent. By August 1
 3178  of each year, the applicable postsecondary institution shall
 3179  complete and submit the private school articulation agreement to
 3180  the Department of Education. The articulation agreement must
 3181  include, at a minimum:
 3182         1. A delineation of courses and programs available to a
 3183  private school student who participates in a dual enrollment
 3184  program. The postsecondary institution may add, revise, or
 3185  delete courses and programs at any time.
 3186         2. The initial and continued eligibility requirements for
 3187  private school student participation, not to exceed those
 3188  required of other dual enrollment students.
 3189         3. A provision expressing whether the postsecondary
 3190  institution or the student is responsible for providing
 3191  instructional materials and transportation.
 3192         4. A copy of the statement on transfer guarantees developed
 3193  by the Department of Education under subsection (15)
 3194  Postsecondary institutions may enter into dual enrollment
 3195  articulation agreements with private secondary schools pursuant
 3196  to subsection (2).
 3197         Section 42. Subsection (3) of section 1007.273, Florida
 3198  Statutes, is amended to read:
 3199         1007.273 Collegiate high school program.—
 3200         (3) Each district school board and its local Florida
 3201  Community College System institution shall execute a contract to
 3202  establish one or more collegiate high school programs at a
 3203  mutually agreed upon location or locations. The contract between
 3204  the district school board and the Florida Community College
 3205  System institution may not establish an enrollment cap for the
 3206  collegiate high school program. Each school district must
 3207  document and annually report to the department the number of
 3208  students accepted into or denied access to the collegiate high
 3209  school program. Each Florida Community College System
 3210  institution must document and annually report to the department
 3211  the percent of collegiate high school program students in its
 3212  institution relative to the total lower level full-time
 3213  equivalent enrollment at that institution. Beginning with the
 3214  2015-2016 school year, if the institution does not establish a
 3215  program with a district school board in its designated service
 3216  area, another Florida Community College System institution may
 3217  execute a contract with that district school board to establish
 3218  the program. The contract must be executed by January 1 of each
 3219  school year for implementation of the program during the next
 3220  school year. The contract must:
 3221         (a) Identify the grade levels to be included in the
 3222  collegiate high school program which must, at a minimum, include
 3223  grade 12.
 3224         (b) Describe the collegiate high school program, including
 3225  the delineation of courses and industry certifications offered,
 3226  including online course availability; the high school and
 3227  college credits earned for each postsecondary course completed
 3228  and industry certification earned; student eligibility criteria;
 3229  and the enrollment process and relevant deadlines.
 3230         (c) Describe the methods, medium, and process by which
 3231  students and their parents are annually informed about the
 3232  availability of the collegiate high school program, the return
 3233  on investment associated with participation in the program, and
 3234  the information described in paragraphs (a) and (b).
 3235         (d) Identify the delivery methods for instruction and the
 3236  instructors for all courses.
 3237         (e) Identify student advising services and progress
 3238  monitoring mechanisms.
 3239         (f) Establish a program review and reporting mechanism
 3240  regarding student performance outcomes.
 3241         (g) Describe the terms of funding arrangements to implement
 3242  the collegiate high school program.
 3243         Section 43. Subsections (1), (4), and (5) of section
 3244  1007.33, Florida Statutes, are amended, present subsection (6)
 3245  of that section is redesignated as subsection (7), and a new
 3246  subsection (6) is added to that section, to read:
 3247         1007.33 Site-determined baccalaureate degree access.—
 3248         (1)(a) The Legislature recognizes that public and private
 3249  postsecondary educational institutions play an essential role in
 3250  improving the quality of life and economic well-being of the
 3251  state and its residents. The Legislature also recognizes that
 3252  economic development needs and the educational needs of place
 3253  bound, nontraditional students have increased the demand for
 3254  local access to baccalaureate degree programs. It is therefore
 3255  the intent of the Legislature to further expand access to
 3256  baccalaureate degree programs through the use of Florida
 3257  Community College System institutions.
 3258         (b) For purposes of this section, the term “district”
 3259  refers to the county or counties served by a Florida Community
 3260  College System institution pursuant to s. 1000.21(3).
 3261         (4) A Florida Community College System institution may:
 3262         (a) Offer specified baccalaureate degree programs through
 3263  formal agreements between the Florida Community College System
 3264  institution and other regionally accredited postsecondary
 3265  educational institutions pursuant to s. 1007.22.
 3266         (b) Offer baccalaureate degree programs that are were
 3267  authorized by law prior to July 1, 2009.
 3268         (c) Beginning July 1, 2009, establish a first or subsequent
 3269  baccalaureate degree program for purposes of meeting district,
 3270  regional, or statewide workforce needs if approved by the State
 3271  Board of Education under this section. However, a Florida
 3272  Community College System institution may not offer a Bachelor of
 3273  Arts degree program.
 3274  
 3275  Beginning July 1, 2009, the Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg
 3276  College is authorized to establish one or more bachelor of
 3277  applied science degree programs based on an analysis of
 3278  workforce needs in Pinellas, Pasco, and Hernando Counties and
 3279  other counties approved by the Department of Education. For each
 3280  program selected, St. Petersburg College must offer a related
 3281  associate in science or associate in applied science degree
 3282  program, and the baccalaureate degree level program must be
 3283  designed to articulate fully with at least one associate in
 3284  science degree program. The college is encouraged to develop
 3285  articulation agreements for enrollment of graduates of related
 3286  associate in applied science degree programs. The Board of
 3287  Trustees of St. Petersburg College is authorized to establish
 3288  additional baccalaureate degree programs if it determines a
 3289  program is warranted and feasible based on each of the factors
 3290  in paragraph (5)(d). However, the Board of Trustees of St.
 3291  Petersburg College may not establish any new baccalaureate
 3292  degree programs from March 31, 2014, through May 31, 2015. Prior
 3293  to developing or proposing a new baccalaureate degree program,
 3294  St. Petersburg College shall engage in need, demand, and impact
 3295  discussions with the state university in its service district
 3296  and other local and regional, accredited postsecondary providers
 3297  in its region. Documentation, data, and other information from
 3298  inter-institutional discussions regarding program need, demand,
 3299  and impact shall be provided to the college’s board of trustees
 3300  to inform the program approval process. Employment at St.
 3301  Petersburg College is governed by the same laws that govern
 3302  Florida College System institutions, except that upper-division
 3303  faculty are eligible for continuing contracts upon the
 3304  completion of the fifth year of teaching. Employee records for
 3305  all personnel shall be maintained as required by s. 1012.81.
 3306         (5) The approval process for baccalaureate degree programs
 3307  requires shall require:
 3308         (a) Each Florida Community College System institution to
 3309  submit a notice of its intent to propose a baccalaureate degree
 3310  program to the Division of Florida Community Colleges at least
 3311  120 100 days before the submission of its proposal under
 3312  paragraph (c)(d). The notice must include a brief description of
 3313  the program, the workforce demand and unmet need for graduates
 3314  of the program to include evidence from entities independent of
 3315  the institution, the geographic region to be served, and an
 3316  estimated timeframe for implementation. Notices of intent may be
 3317  submitted by a Florida Community College System institution at
 3318  any time throughout the year. The notice must also include
 3319  evidence that the Florida Community College System institution
 3320  engaged in need, demand, and impact discussions with the state
 3321  university and other regionally accredited postsecondary
 3322  education providers in its service district.
 3323         (b) The Division of Florida Community Colleges to forward
 3324  the notice of intent submitted pursuant to paragraph (a) and the
 3325  justification for the proposed baccalaureate degree program
 3326  submitted pursuant to paragraph (c) within 10 business days
 3327  after receiving such notice and justification to the Chancellor
 3328  of the State University System, the President of the Independent
 3329  Colleges and Universities of Florida, and the Executive Director
 3330  of the Commission for Independent Education. State universities
 3331  shall have 90 60 days following receipt of the justification
 3332  notice by the Chancellor of the State University System to
 3333  submit an objection, including a reason for such objection,
 3334  objections to the proposed new program or submit an alternative
 3335  proposal to offer the baccalaureate degree program. The
 3336  chancellor shall review the objection raised by a state
 3337  university and inform the Board of Governors of such objection
 3338  before the university submits its objection to the State Board
 3339  of Education. The State Board of Education must consult with the
 3340  Chancellor of the State University System to consider the
 3341  objection raised by a state university in making its decision to
 3342  approve or deny a Florida Community College System institution’s
 3343  proposal. If a proposal from a state university is not received
 3344  within the 60-day period, The State Board of Education shall
 3345  also provide regionally accredited private colleges and
 3346  universities 90 30 days to submit objections to the proposed new
 3347  program or submit an alternative proposal. Objections or
 3348  alternative proposals shall be submitted to the Division of
 3349  Florida Community Colleges and must be considered by the State
 3350  Board of Education in making its decision to approve or deny a
 3351  Florida Community College System institution’s proposal.
 3352         (c) An alternative proposal submitted by a state university
 3353  or private college or university to adequately address:
 3354         1. The extent to which the workforce demand and unmet need
 3355  described in the notice of intent will be met.
 3356         2. The extent to which students will be able to complete
 3357  the degree in the geographic region proposed to be served by the
 3358  Florida College System institution.
 3359         3. The level of financial commitment of the college or
 3360  university to the development, implementation, and maintenance
 3361  of the specified degree program, including timelines.
 3362         4. The extent to which faculty at both the Florida College
 3363  System institution and the college or university will
 3364  collaborate in the development and offering of the curriculum.
 3365         5. The ability of the Florida College System institution
 3366  and the college or university to develop and approve the
 3367  curriculum for the specified degree program within 6 months
 3368  after an agreement between the Florida College System
 3369  institution and the college or university is signed.
 3370         6. The extent to which the student may incur additional
 3371  costs above what the student would expect to incur if the
 3372  program were offered by the Florida College System institution.
 3373         (d) Each proposal submitted by a Florida Community College
 3374  System institution to, at a minimum, include:
 3375         1. A description of the planning process and timeline for
 3376  implementation.
 3377         2. A justification for the proposed baccalaureate degree
 3378  program including, at a minimum, a data-driven An analysis of
 3379  workforce demand and unmet need for graduates of the program on
 3380  a district, regional, or statewide basis, as appropriate, and
 3381  the extent to which the proposed program will meet the workforce
 3382  demand and unmet need. The analysis must include workforce and
 3383  employment data for the most recent 5 years and projections for
 3384  the next 3 years, and a summary of degree programs, similar to
 3385  the proposed degree program, which are currently offered by
 3386  state universities or by independent nonprofit colleges or
 3387  universities that are eligible to participate in the William L.
 3388  Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program, which are
 3389  located in the Florida Community College System institution’s
 3390  regional service area. The analysis must be verified by a third
 3391  party professional entity that is including evidence from
 3392  entities independent of the Florida Community College System
 3393  institution. A Florida Community College System institution must
 3394  submit the justification to the Division of Florida Community
 3395  Colleges within 30 days after forwarding the institution’s
 3396  intent to propose a baccalaureate degree program. The division
 3397  must forward the justification for the proposed baccalaureate
 3398  degree program within 10 business days after receiving such
 3399  justification to the Chancellor of the State University System,
 3400  the President of the Independent Colleges and Universities of
 3401  Florida, and the Executive Director of the Commission for
 3402  Independent Education.
 3403         3. Identification of the facilities, equipment, and library
 3404  and academic resources that will be used to deliver the program.
 3405         4. The program cost analysis of creating a new
 3406  baccalaureate degree when compared to alternative proposals and
 3407  other program delivery options.
 3408         5. The program’s admission requirements, academic content,
 3409  curriculum, faculty credentials, student-to-teacher ratios, and
 3410  accreditation plan.
 3411         6. The program’s enrollment projections and funding
 3412  requirements, including the institution’s efforts to sustain the
 3413  program at the cost of tuition and fees for students who are
 3414  classified as residents for tuition purposes under s. 1009.21,
 3415  not to exceed $10,000 for the entire degree program, including
 3416  utilization of waivers pursuant to s. 1009.26(11).
 3417         7. A plan of action if the program is terminated.
 3418         (d)(e) The Division of Florida Community Colleges to review
 3419  the proposal, notify the Florida Community College System
 3420  institution of any deficiencies in writing within 30 days
 3421  following receipt of the proposal, and provide the Florida
 3422  Community College System institution with an opportunity to
 3423  correct the deficiencies. Within 45 days following receipt of a
 3424  completed proposal by the Division of Florida Community
 3425  Colleges, after consultation with the Chancellor of the State
 3426  University System and the President of the Independent Colleges
 3427  and Universities of Florida, the Commissioner of Education shall
 3428  recommend approval or disapproval of the proposal to the State
 3429  Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall consider
 3430  such recommendation, the proposal, input from the chancellor and
 3431  the president, and any objections or alternative proposals at
 3432  its next meeting. If the State Board of Education disapproves
 3433  the Florida Community College System institution’s proposal, it
 3434  shall provide the Florida Community College System institution
 3435  with written reasons for that determination.
 3436         (e)(f) The Florida Community College System institution to
 3437  obtain from the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
 3438  Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation as a
 3439  baccalaureate-degree-granting institution if approved by the
 3440  State Board of Education to offer its first baccalaureate degree
 3441  program.
 3442         (f)(g) The Florida Community College System institution to
 3443  notify the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
 3444  Colleges and Schools of subsequent degree programs that are
 3445  approved by the State Board of Education and to comply with the
 3446  association’s required substantive change protocols for
 3447  accreditation purposes.
 3448         (g)(h) The Florida Community College System institution to
 3449  annually report to, and upon request of the State Board of
 3450  Education, the Commissioner of Education, the Chancellor of the
 3451  Florida Community College System, the Chancellor of the State
 3452  University System, and or the Legislature, report its status
 3453  using the following performance and compliance indicators:
 3454         1. Obtaining and maintaining appropriate Southern
 3455  Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation;
 3456         2. Maintaining qualified faculty and institutional
 3457  resources;
 3458         3. Maintaining enrollment in previously approved programs;
 3459         4. Managing fiscal resources appropriately;
 3460         5. Complying with the primary mission and responsibility
 3461  requirements in subsections (2) and (3); and
 3462         6. Other indicators of success, including program
 3463  completions, employment and earnings outcomes, acceptance into
 3464  and performance in graduate programs placements, and surveys of
 3465  graduates and employers; and
 3466         7. Continuing to meet workforce demand, as provided in
 3467  subparagraph (c)2., as demonstrated through a data-driven needs
 3468  assessment by the Florida Community College System institution,
 3469  which is verified by a third-party professional entity that is
 3470  independent of the institution.
 3471  
 3472  The State Board of Education, upon annual review of the
 3473  baccalaureate degree program performance and compliance
 3474  indicators and needs assessment, may require a Florida Community
 3475  College System institution’s board of trustees to modify or
 3476  terminate a baccalaureate degree program authorized under this
 3477  section. However, if the annual review indicates negative
 3478  program performance and compliance results and the needs
 3479  assessment fails to demonstrate a need for the program, the
 3480  State Board of Education shall require a Florida Community
 3481  College System institution’s board of trustees to terminate that
 3482  baccalaureate degree program.
 3483         (6)(a) If the current total upper level, undergraduate
 3484  full-time equivalent enrollment at a Florida Community College
 3485  System institution is at or above 10 percent of the 2014-2015
 3486  combined total lower level and upper level full-time equivalent
 3487  enrollment at that institution reported for state funding
 3488  purposes, annually the total upper level enrollment, as a
 3489  percentage of the 2014-2015 combined enrollment, may not
 3490  increase by more than 5 percentage points.
 3491         (b) If the current total upper level, undergraduate full
 3492  time equivalent enrollment at a Florida Community College System
 3493  institution is below 10 percent of the 2014-2015 combined total
 3494  lower level and upper level full-time equivalent enrollment at
 3495  that institution reported for state funding purposes, annually
 3496  the total upper level enrollment, as a percentage of the 2014
 3497  2015 combined enrollment, may not increase by more than 7
 3498  percentage points.
 3499         (c) This subsection expires July 1, 2018.
 3500         Section 44. Section 1008.38, Florida Statutes, is amended
 3501  to read:
 3502         1008.38 Articulation accountability process.—The State
 3503  Board of Education, in conjunction with the Board of Governors,
 3504  shall develop articulation accountability measures which assess
 3505  the status of systemwide articulation processes authorized under
 3506  s. 1007.23, preserve Florida’s “2+2” system of articulation, and
 3507  establish an articulation accountability process which at a
 3508  minimum shall address:
 3509         (1) The impact of articulation processes on ensuring
 3510  educational continuity and the orderly and unobstructed
 3511  transition of students between public secondary and
 3512  postsecondary education systems and facilitating the transition
 3513  of students between the public and private sectors.
 3514         (2) The adequacy of preparation of public secondary
 3515  students to smoothly articulate to a public postsecondary
 3516  institution.
 3517         (3) The effectiveness of articulated acceleration
 3518  mechanisms available to secondary students and the application
 3519  of credit hours earned through CAPE industry certifications
 3520  pursuant to s. 1008.44 and acceleration mechanisms, including
 3521  nationally standardized examinations, to general education,
 3522  associate degree, or baccalaureate degree requirements.
 3523         (4) The smooth transfer of Florida Community College System
 3524  associate degree graduates to a Florida Community College System
 3525  institution or a state university, and the application of credit
 3526  hours earned at Florida Community College System institutions to
 3527  general education, associate degree, or baccalaureate degree
 3528  requirements at state universities.
 3529         (5) An examination of degree requirements that exceed the
 3530  parameters of 60 credit hours for an associate degree and 120
 3531  hours for a baccalaureate degree in public postsecondary
 3532  programs.
 3533         (6) The relationship between student attainment of college
 3534  level academic skills and articulation to the upper division in
 3535  public postsecondary institutions.
 3536         Section 45. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
 3537  1009.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 3538         1009.22 Workforce education postsecondary student fees.—
 3539         (3)
 3540         (d) Each district school board and each Florida College
 3541  System institution board of trustees may adopt tuition and out
 3542  of-state fees that vary no more than 5 percent below or no more
 3543  than 5 percent above the combined total of the standard tuition
 3544  and out-of-state fees established in paragraph (c).
 3545         Section 46. Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and subsection
 3546  (4) of section 1009.23, Florida Statutes, are amended, and
 3547  subsection (20) is added to that section, to read:
 3548         1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.—
 3549         (3)
 3550         (b) Effective July 1, 2014, For baccalaureate degree
 3551  programs, the following tuition and fee rates shall apply:
 3552         1. The tuition may not exceed shall be $91.79 per credit
 3553  hour for students who are residents for tuition purposes.
 3554         2. The sum of the tuition and the he out-of-state fee per
 3555  credit hour for students who are nonresidents for tuition
 3556  purposes shall be no more than 85 percent of the sum of the
 3557  tuition and the out-of-state fee at the state university nearest
 3558  the Florida College System institution.
 3559         (4) Each Florida College System institution board of
 3560  trustees shall establish tuition and out-of-state fees, which
 3561  may vary no more than 10 percent below and no more than 15
 3562  percent above the combined total of the standard tuition and
 3563  fees established in subsection (3).
 3564         (20) Each Florida College System institution shall notice
 3565  to the public and to all enrolled students any board of trustees
 3566  meeting that votes on proposed increases in tuition or fees. The
 3567  noticed meeting must allow for public comment on the proposed
 3568  increase and must:
 3569         (a) Be posted 28 days before the board of trustees meeting
 3570  takes place.
 3571         (b) Include the date and time of the meeting.
 3572         (c) Be clear and specifically outline the details of the
 3573  original tuition or fee, the rationale for the proposed
 3574  increase, and what the proposed increase will fund.
 3575         (d) Be posted on the institution’s website homepage and
 3576  issued in a press release.
 3577         Section 47. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (4) of
 3578  section 1009.24, Florida Statutes, are amended, present
 3579  subsection (19) of that section is redesignated as subsection
 3580  (20), and a new subsection (19) is added to that section, to
 3581  read:
 3582         1009.24 State university student fees.—
 3583         (4)(a) Effective July 1, 2014, The resident undergraduate
 3584  tuition for lower-level and upper-level coursework may not
 3585  exceed shall be $105.07 per credit hour.
 3586         (b) The Board of Governors, or the board’s designee, may
 3587  establish tuition for graduate and professional programs, and
 3588  out-of-state fees for all programs. Except as otherwise provided
 3589  in this section, the sum of tuition and out-of-state fees
 3590  assessed to nonresident students must be sufficient to offset
 3591  the full instructional cost of serving such students. However,
 3592  adjustments to out-of-state fees or tuition for graduate
 3593  programs and professional programs may not exceed 15 percent in
 3594  any year. Adjustments to the resident tuition for graduate
 3595  programs and professional programs may not exceed the tuition
 3596  amount set on July 1, 2015.
 3597         (19)Each university shall publicly notice to the public
 3598  and to all enrolled students any board of trustees meeting that
 3599  votes on proposed increases in tuition or fees. The noticed
 3600  meeting must allow for public comment on the proposed increase
 3601  and must:
 3602         (a)Be posted 28 days before the board of trustees meeting
 3603  takes place.
 3604         (b)Include the date and time of the meeting.
 3605         (c)Be clear and specifically outline the details of the
 3606  original tuition or fee, the rationale for the proposed
 3607  increase, and what the proposed increase will fund.
 3608         (d)Be posted on the institution’s website homepage and
 3609  issued in a press release.
 3610         Section 48. Subsection (1) of section 1009.534, Florida
 3611  Statutes, is amended to read:
 3612         1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award.—
 3613         (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars
 3614  award if he or she the student meets the general eligibility
 3615  requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
 3616  and the student:
 3617         (a) Has achieved a 3.5 weighted grade point average as
 3618  calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or its equivalent, in high
 3619  school courses that are designated by the State Board of
 3620  Education as college-preparatory academic courses; and has
 3621  attained at least the score required under pursuant to s.
 3622  1009.531(6)(a) on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of
 3623  the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or
 3624  the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College
 3625  Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT
 3626  Assessment Program;
 3627         (b) Has attended a home education program according to s.
 3628  1002.41 during grades 11 and 12, or has completed the
 3629  International Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the
 3630  International Baccalaureate Diploma, or has completed the
 3631  Advanced International Certificate of Education curriculum but
 3632  failed to earn the Advanced International Certificate of
 3633  Education Diploma, and has attained at least the score required
 3634  under pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(a) on the combined verbal and
 3635  quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the
 3636  Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic
 3637  Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an
 3638  equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
 3639         (c) Has been awarded an International Baccalaureate Diploma
 3640  from the International Baccalaureate Office or an Advanced
 3641  International Certificate of Education Diploma from the
 3642  University of Cambridge International Examinations Office;
 3643         (d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement
 3644  programs of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a
 3645  scholar or finalist; or
 3646         (e) Has been recognized by the National Hispanic
 3647  Recognition Program as a scholar recipient.
 3648  
 3649  The A student must complete a program of volunteer community
 3650  service work, as approved by the district school board, the
 3651  administrators of a nonpublic school, or the Department of
 3652  Education for home education program students, which must shall
 3653  include a minimum of 75 hours of service work for high school
 3654  students graduating in the 2010-2011 academic year and 100 hours
 3655  of service work for high school students graduating in the 2011
 3656  2012 academic year and thereafter. The student, and must
 3657  identify a social or civic issue or a professional area problem
 3658  that interests him or her, develop a plan for his or her
 3659  personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about
 3660  the area problem, and, through papers or other presentations,
 3661  evaluate and reflect upon his or her experience. Except for
 3662  credit earned through service-learning courses adopted pursuant
 3663  to s. 1003.497, the student may not receive remuneration or
 3664  academic credit for the volunteer service work performed. Such
 3665  work may include, but is not limited to, a business or
 3666  government internship, work for a nonprofit community service
 3667  organization, or activity on behalf of a candidate for public
 3668  office. The hours of volunteer service must be documented in
 3669  writing, and the document must be signed by the student, the
 3670  student’s parent or guardian, and a representative of the
 3671  organization for which the student performed the volunteer
 3672  service work.
 3673         Section 49. Subsection (1) of section 1009.535, Florida
 3674  Statutes, is amended to read:
 3675         1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award.—
 3676         (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars
 3677  award if he or she the student meets the general eligibility
 3678  requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program
 3679  and the student:
 3680         (a) Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as
 3681  calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high
 3682  school courses that are designated by the State Board of
 3683  Education as college-preparatory academic courses; and has
 3684  attained at least the score required under pursuant to s.
 3685  1009.531(6)(b) on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of
 3686  the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or
 3687  the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College
 3688  Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT
 3689  Assessment Program;
 3690         (b) Has completed the International Baccalaureate
 3691  curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate
 3692  Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate
 3693  of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced
 3694  International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained
 3695  at least the score required under pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(b)
 3696  on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
 3697  Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
 3698  Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
 3699  or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
 3700         (c) Has attended a home education program according to s.
 3701  1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 and has attained at least the
 3702  score required under pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the
 3703  combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
 3704  Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
 3705  Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
 3706  or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program, if the
 3707  student’s parent cannot document a college-preparatory
 3708  curriculum as described in paragraph (a);
 3709         (d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement program
 3710  of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a scholar or
 3711  finalist but has not completed the a program of volunteer
 3712  community service work required under as provided in s.
 3713  1009.534; or
 3714         (e) Has been recognized by the National Hispanic
 3715  Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed the a
 3716  program of volunteer community service work required under as
 3717  provided in s. 1009.534.
 3718  
 3719  A high school student graduating in the 2011-2012 academic year
 3720  and thereafter must complete at least 75 hours a program of
 3721  volunteer community service work approved by the district school
 3722  board, the administrators of a nonpublic school, or the
 3723  Department of Education for home education program students. The
 3724  student, which shall include a minimum of 75 hours of service
 3725  work, and must identify a social or civic issue or a
 3726  professional area problem that interests him or her, develop a
 3727  plan for his or her personal involvement in addressing the issue
 3728  or learning about the area problem, and, through papers or other
 3729  presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her experience.
 3730  Except for credit earned through service-learning courses
 3731  adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student may not receive
 3732  remuneration or academic credit for volunteer service work
 3733  performed. Such work may include, but is not limited to, a
 3734  business or government internship, work for a nonprofit
 3735  community service organization, or activity on behalf of a
 3736  candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer service must
 3737  be documented in writing, and the document must be signed by the
 3738  student, the student’s parent or guardian, and a representative
 3739  of the organization for which the student performed the
 3740  volunteer service work.
 3741         Section 50. Subsection (1) of section 1009.536, Florida
 3742  Statutes, is amended to read:
 3743         1009.536 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award.—The
 3744  Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award is created within
 3745  the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to recognize and
 3746  reward academic achievement and career preparation by high
 3747  school students who wish to continue their education.
 3748         (1) A student is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal
 3749  Vocational Scholars award if he or she the student meets the
 3750  general eligibility requirements for the Florida Bright Futures
 3751  Scholarship Program and the student:
 3752         (a) Completes the secondary school portion of a sequential
 3753  program of studies that requires at least three secondary school
 3754  career credits. On-the-job training may not be substituted for
 3755  any of the three required career credits.
 3756         (b) Demonstrates readiness for postsecondary education by
 3757  earning a passing score on the Florida College Entry Level
 3758  Placement Test or its equivalent as identified by the Department
 3759  of Education.
 3760         (c) Earns a minimum cumulative weighted grade point average
 3761  of 3.0, as calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, on all subjects
 3762  required for a standard high school diploma, excluding elective
 3763  courses.
 3764         (d) Earns a minimum unweighted grade point average of 3.5
 3765  on a 4.0 scale for secondary career courses that compose
 3766  comprising the career program.
 3767         (e) Beginning with high school students graduating in the
 3768  2011-2012 academic year and thereafter, completes at least 30
 3769  hours a program of volunteer community service work approved by
 3770  the district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic
 3771  school, or the Department of Education for home education
 3772  program students. The student must identify, which shall include
 3773  a minimum of 30 hours of service work, and identifies a social
 3774  or civic issue or a professional area problem that interests him
 3775  or her, develop develops a plan for his or her personal
 3776  involvement in addressing the issue or learning about the area
 3777  problem, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate
 3778  evaluates and reflect reflects upon his or her experience.
 3779  Except for credit earned through service-learning courses
 3780  adopted pursuant to s. 1003.497, the student may not receive
 3781  remuneration or academic credit for the volunteer service work
 3782  performed. Such work may include, but is not limited to, a
 3783  business or government internship, work for a nonprofit
 3784  community service organization, or activity on behalf of a
 3785  candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer service must
 3786  be documented in writing, and the document must be signed by the
 3787  student, the student’s parent or guardian, and a representative
 3788  of the organization for which the student performed the
 3789  volunteer service work.
 3790         Section 51. Section 1009.893, Florida Statutes, is amended
 3791  to read:
 3792         1009.893 Benacquisto Scholarship Florida National Merit
 3793  Scholar Incentive Program.—
 3794         (1) As used in this section, the term:
 3795         (a) “Department” means the Department of Education.
 3796         (b) “Scholarship Incentive program” means the Benacquisto
 3797  Scholarship Florida National Merit Scholar Incentive Program.
 3798         (2) The Benacquisto Scholarship Florida National Merit
 3799  Scholar Incentive Program is created to reward any Florida high
 3800  school graduate who receives recognition as a National Merit
 3801  Scholar or National Achievement Scholar and who initially
 3802  enrolls in the 2014-2015 academic year or, later, in a
 3803  baccalaureate degree program at an eligible Florida public or
 3804  independent postsecondary educational institution.
 3805         (3) The department shall administer the scholarship
 3806  incentive program according to rules and procedures established
 3807  by the State Board of Education. The department shall advertise
 3808  the availability of the scholarship incentive program and notify
 3809  students, teachers, parents, certified school counselors, and
 3810  principals or other relevant school administrators of the
 3811  criteria.
 3812         (4) In order to be eligible for an award under the
 3813  scholarship incentive program, a student must:
 3814         (a) Be a state resident as determined in s. 1009.40 and
 3815  rules of the State Board of Education;
 3816         (b) Earn a standard Florida high school diploma or its
 3817  equivalent pursuant to s. 1002.3105, s. 1003.4281, s. 1003.4282,
 3818  or s. 1003.435 unless:
 3819         1. The student completes a home education program according
 3820  to s. 1002.41; or
 3821         2. The student earns a high school diploma from a non
 3822  Florida school while living with a parent who is on military or
 3823  public service assignment out of this state;
 3824         (c) Be accepted by and enroll in a Florida public or
 3825  independent postsecondary educational institution that is
 3826  regionally accredited; and
 3827         (d) Be enrolled full-time in a baccalaureate degree program
 3828  at an eligible regionally accredited Florida public or
 3829  independent postsecondary educational institution during the
 3830  fall academic term following high school graduation.
 3831         (5)(a) An eligible student who is a National Merit Scholar
 3832  or National Achievement Scholar and who attends a Florida public
 3833  postsecondary educational institution shall receive a
 3834  scholarship an incentive award equal to the institutional cost
 3835  of attendance minus the sum of the student’s Florida Bright
 3836  Futures Scholarship and National Merit Scholarship or National
 3837  Achievement Scholarship.
 3838         (b) An eligible student who is a National Merit Scholar or
 3839  National Achievement Scholar and who attends a Florida
 3840  independent postsecondary educational institution shall receive
 3841  a scholarship an incentive award equal to the highest cost of
 3842  attendance at a Florida public university, as reported by the
 3843  Board of Governors of the State University System, minus the sum
 3844  of the student’s Florida Bright Futures Scholarship and National
 3845  Merit Scholarship or National Achievement Scholarship.
 3846         (6)(a) To be eligible for a renewal award, a student must
 3847  earn all credits for which he or she was enrolled and maintain a
 3848  3.0 or higher grade point average.
 3849         (b) A student may receive the scholarship incentive award
 3850  for a maximum of 100 percent of the number of credit hours
 3851  required to complete a baccalaureate degree program, or until
 3852  completion of a baccalaureate degree program, whichever comes
 3853  first.
 3854         (7) The department shall annually issue awards from the
 3855  scholarship incentive program. Before the registration period
 3856  each semester, the department shall transmit payment for each
 3857  award to the president or director of the postsecondary
 3858  educational institution, or his or her representative, except
 3859  that the department may withhold payment if the receiving
 3860  institution fails to report or to make refunds to the department
 3861  as required in this section.
 3862         (a) Each institution shall certify to the department the
 3863  eligibility status of each student to receive a disbursement
 3864  within 30 days before the end of its regular registration
 3865  period, inclusive of a drop and add period. An institution is
 3866  not required to reevaluate the student eligibility after the end
 3867  of the drop and add period.
 3868         (b) An institution that receives funds from the scholarship
 3869  incentive program must certify to the department the amount of
 3870  funds disbursed to each student and remit to the department any
 3871  undisbursed advances within 60 days after the end of regular
 3872  registration.
 3873         (c) If funds appropriated are not adequate to provide the
 3874  maximum allowable award to each eligible student, awards must be
 3875  prorated using the same percentage reduction.
 3876         (8) Funds from any award within the scholarship incentive
 3877  program may not be used to pay for remedial coursework or
 3878  developmental education.
 3879         (9) A student may use an award for a summer term if funds
 3880  are available and appropriated by the Legislature.
 3881         (10) The department shall allocate funds to the appropriate
 3882  institutions and collect and maintain data regarding the
 3883  scholarship incentive program within the student financial
 3884  assistance database as specified in s. 1009.94.
 3885         (11) Section 1009.40(4) does not apply to awards issued
 3886  under this section.
 3887         (12) A student who receives an award under the scholarship
 3888  program shall be known as a Benacquisto Scholar.
 3889         (13) All eligible Florida public or independent
 3890  postsecondary educational institutions are encouraged to become,
 3891  and all eligible state universities shall become, a college
 3892  sponsor of the National Merit Scholarship Program.
 3893         (14)(12) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
 3894  necessary to administer this section.
 3895         Section 52. Paragraphs (f), (i), and (o) of subsection (1),
 3896  paragraph (a) of subsection (4), subsection (5), paragraph (b)
 3897  of subsection (7), paragraph (a) of subsection (9), subsection
 3898  (11), paragraphs (b) through (e) of subsection (12), and present
 3899  subsection (13) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are
 3900  amended, present subsections (13), (14), and (15) of that
 3901  section are redesignated as subsections (14), (15), and (16),
 3902  respectively, and a new subsection (13) is added to that
 3903  section, to read:
 3904         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
 3905  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
 3906  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
 3907  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
 3908  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
 3909  follows:
 3910         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
 3911  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
 3912  determining the annual allocation to each district for
 3913  operation:
 3914         (f) Supplemental academic instruction; categorical fund.—
 3915         1. There is created a categorical fund to provide
 3916  supplemental academic instruction to students in kindergarten
 3917  through grade 12. This paragraph may be cited as the
 3918  “Supplemental Academic Instruction Categorical Fund.”
 3919         2. Categorical funds for supplemental academic instruction
 3920  shall be allocated annually to each school district in the
 3921  amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. These funds
 3922  shall be in addition to the funds appropriated on the basis of
 3923  FTE student membership in the Florida Education Finance Program
 3924  and shall be included in the total potential funds of each
 3925  district. These funds shall be used to provide supplemental
 3926  academic instruction to students enrolled in the K-12 program.
 3927  For the 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2017-2018 2014-2015 fiscal
 3928  years year, each school district that has one or more of the 300
 3929  lowest-performing elementary schools based on the state reading
 3930  assessment shall use these funds, together with the funds
 3931  provided in the district’s research-based reading instruction
 3932  allocation and other available funds, to provide an additional
 3933  hour of instruction beyond the normal school day for each day of
 3934  the entire school year for intensive reading instruction for the
 3935  students in each of the 300 lowest-performing these schools.
 3936  Students enrolled in these schools who have Level 5 assessment
 3937  scores may participate in the additional hour of instruction on
 3938  an optional basis. In addition, the 300 lowest-performing
 3939  schools must provide at least 80 hours of instruction in a
 3940  summer program with a focus on reading for students who have
 3941  Level 1 or Level 2 reading assessment scores in these schools.
 3942  For the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the 300 lowest-performing schools
 3943  shall be the same schools as identified for the 2014-2015 fiscal
 3944  year. Even if a participating school is no longer classified as
 3945  one of the 300 lowest-performing elementary schools in the
 3946  subsequent year, the school must continue to provide the
 3947  additional hour of intensive reading instruction and must
 3948  provide at least 80 hours of instruction in a summer program
 3949  with a focus on reading to all students who have Level 1 or
 3950  Level 2 reading assessment scores. The This additional hour of
 3951  instruction must be provided by teachers or reading specialists
 3952  who are effective in teaching reading or by a K-5 mentoring
 3953  reading program that is supervised by a teacher who is effective
 3954  at teaching reading. Students enrolled in these schools who have
 3955  level 5 assessment scores may participate in the additional hour
 3956  of instruction on an optional basis. Exceptional student
 3957  education centers may shall not be included in the 300 schools.
 3958  Beginning in the 2016-2017 fiscal year, the Department of
 3959  Education shall provide a list of the 300 lowest-performing
 3960  elementary schools to such schools no later than July 1. School
 3961  districts are encouraged to provide a summer program in 2015
 3962  with a focus on reading for students who have Level 1 or Level 2
 3963  reading assessment scores in these schools. After this
 3964  requirement has been met, supplemental instruction strategies
 3965  may include, but are not limited to: modified curriculum,
 3966  reading instruction, after-school instruction, tutoring,
 3967  mentoring, class size reduction, extended school year, intensive
 3968  skills development in summer school, and other methods for
 3969  improving student achievement. Supplemental instruction may be
 3970  provided to a student in any manner and at any time during or
 3971  beyond the regular 180-day term identified by the school as
 3972  being the most effective and efficient way to best help that
 3973  student progress from grade to grade and to graduate.
 3974         3. Effective with the 1999-2000 fiscal year, funding on the
 3975  basis of FTE membership beyond the 180-day regular term shall be
 3976  provided in the FEFP only for students enrolled in juvenile
 3977  justice education programs or in education programs for
 3978  juveniles placed in secure facilities or programs under s.
 3979  985.19. Funding for instruction beyond the regular 180-day
 3980  school year for all other K-12 students shall be provided
 3981  through the supplemental academic instruction categorical fund
 3982  and other state, federal, and local fund sources with ample
 3983  flexibility for schools to provide supplemental instruction to
 3984  assist students in progressing from grade to grade and
 3985  graduating.
 3986         4. The Florida State University School, as a lab school, is
 3987  authorized to expend from its FEFP or Lottery Enhancement Trust
 3988  Fund allocation the cost to the student of remediation in
 3989  reading, writing, or mathematics for any graduate who requires
 3990  remediation at a postsecondary educational institution.
 3991         5. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, dropout
 3992  prevention programs as defined in ss. 1003.52, 1003.53(1)(a),
 3993  (b), and (c), and 1003.54 shall be included in group 1 programs
 3994  under subparagraph (d)3.
 3995         (i) Calculation of full-time equivalent membership with
 3996  respect to dual enrollment instruction.—Students enrolled in
 3997  dual enrollment instruction pursuant to s. 1007.271 may be
 3998  included in calculations of full-time equivalent student
 3999  memberships for basic programs for grades 9 through 12 by a
 4000  district school board. Instructional time for dual enrollment
 4001  may vary from 900 hours; however, the full-time equivalent
 4002  student membership value shall be subject to the provisions in
 4003  s. 1011.61(4). Dual enrollment full-time equivalent student
 4004  membership shall be calculated in an amount equal to the hours
 4005  of instruction that would be necessary to earn the full-time
 4006  equivalent student membership for an equivalent course if it
 4007  were taught in the school district. Students in dual enrollment
 4008  courses may also be calculated as the proportional shares of
 4009  full-time equivalent enrollments they generate for a Florida
 4010  College System institution or university conducting the dual
 4011  enrollment instruction. Early admission students shall be
 4012  considered dual enrollments for funding purposes. Students may
 4013  be enrolled in dual enrollment instruction provided by an
 4014  eligible independent college or university and may be included
 4015  in calculations of full-time equivalent student memberships for
 4016  basic programs for grades 9 through 12 by a district school
 4017  board. However, those provisions of law which exempt dual
 4018  enrollment students dual enrolled and early admission students
 4019  from payment of instructional materials and tuition and fees,
 4020  including technology, registration, and laboratory fees, do
 4021  shall not apply to students who select the option of enrolling
 4022  in an eligible independent institution. An independent college
 4023  or university that which is located and chartered in Florida, is
 4024  not for profit, is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of
 4025  the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or the
 4026  Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, and
 4027  confers degrees as defined in s. 1005.02 is shall be eligible
 4028  for inclusion in the dual enrollment or early admission program.
 4029  Students enrolled in dual enrollment instruction are shall be
 4030  exempt from the payment of tuition and fees, including
 4031  technology, registration, and laboratory fees. A No student
 4032  enrolled in college credit mathematics or English dual
 4033  enrollment instruction may not shall be funded as a dual
 4034  enrollment unless the student has successfully completed the
 4035  relevant section of the entry-level examination required
 4036  pursuant to s. 1008.30.
 4037         (o) Calculation of additional full-time equivalent
 4038  membership based on successful completion of a career-themed
 4039  course pursuant to ss. 1003.491, 1003.492, and 1003.493, or
 4040  courses with embedded CAPE industry certifications or CAPE
 4041  Digital Tool certificates, and issuance of industry
 4042  certification identified on the CAPE Industry Certification
 4043  Funding List pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of
 4044  Education or CAPE Digital Tool certificates pursuant to s.
 4045  1003.4203.—
 4046         1.a. A value of 0.025 full-time equivalent student
 4047  membership shall be calculated for CAPE Digital Tool
 4048  certificates earned by students in elementary and middle school
 4049  grades.
 4050         b. A value of 0.1 or 0.2 full-time equivalent student
 4051  membership shall be calculated for each student who completes a
 4052  course as defined in s. 1003.493(1)(b) or courses with embedded
 4053  CAPE industry certifications and who is issued an industry
 4054  certification identified annually on the CAPE Industry
 4055  Certification Funding List approved under rules adopted by the
 4056  State Board of Education. A value of 0.2 full-time equivalent
 4057  membership shall be calculated for each student who is issued a
 4058  CAPE industry certification that has a statewide articulation
 4059  agreement for college credit approved by the State Board of
 4060  Education. For CAPE industry certifications that do not
 4061  articulate for college credit, the Department of Education shall
 4062  assign a full-time equivalent value of 0.1 for each
 4063  certification. Middle grades students who earn additional FTE
 4064  membership for a CAPE Digital Tool certificate pursuant to sub
 4065  subparagraph a. may not use the previously funded examination to
 4066  satisfy the requirements for earning an industry certification
 4067  under this sub-subparagraph. Additional FTE membership for an
 4068  elementary or middle grades student may shall not exceed 0.1 for
 4069  certificates or certifications earned within the same fiscal
 4070  year. The State Board of Education shall include the assigned
 4071  values on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List under
 4072  rules adopted by the state board. Such value shall be added to
 4073  the total full-time equivalent student membership for grades 6
 4074  through 12 in the subsequent year for courses that were not
 4075  provided through dual enrollment. CAPE industry certifications
 4076  earned through dual enrollment must be reported and funded
 4077  pursuant to s. 1011.80. However, if a student earns a
 4078  certification through a dual enrollment course and the
 4079  certification is not a fundable certification on the
 4080  postsecondary certification funding list, or the dual enrollment
 4081  certification is earned as a result of an agreement between a
 4082  school district and a nonpublic postsecondary institution, the
 4083  bonus value shall be funded in the same manner as for other
 4084  nondual enrollment course industry certifications. In such
 4085  cases, the school district may provide for an agreement between
 4086  the high school and the technical center, or the school district
 4087  and the postsecondary institution may enter into an agreement
 4088  for equitable distribution of the bonus funds.
 4089         c. A value of 0.3 full-time equivalent student membership
 4090  shall be calculated for student completion of the courses and
 4091  the embedded certifications identified on the CAPE Industry
 4092  Certification Funding List and approved by the commissioner
 4093  pursuant to ss. 1003.4203(5)(a) and 1008.44.
 4094         d. A value of 0.5 full-time equivalent student membership
 4095  shall be calculated for CAPE Acceleration Industry
 4096  Certifications that articulate for 15 to 29 college credit
 4097  hours, and 1.0 full-time equivalent student membership shall be
 4098  calculated for CAPE Acceleration Industry Certifications that
 4099  articulate for 30 or more college credit hours pursuant to CAPE
 4100  Acceleration Industry Certifications approved by the
 4101  commissioner pursuant to ss. 1003.4203(5)(b) and 1008.44.
 4102         2. Each district must allocate at least 80 percent of the
 4103  funds provided for CAPE industry certification, in accordance
 4104  with this paragraph, to the program that generated the funds.
 4105  This allocation may not be used to supplant funds provided for
 4106  basic operation of the program.
 4107         3. For CAPE industry certifications earned in the 2013-2014
 4108  school year and in subsequent years, the school district shall
 4109  distribute to each classroom teacher who provided direct
 4110  instruction toward the attainment of a CAPE industry
 4111  certification that qualified for additional full-time equivalent
 4112  membership under subparagraph 1.:
 4113         a. A bonus in the amount of $25 for each student taught by
 4114  a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the
 4115  attainment of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry
 4116  Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.1.
 4117         b. A bonus in the amount of $50 for each student taught by
 4118  a teacher who provided instruction in a course that led to the
 4119  attainment of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry
 4120  Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.2, 0.3, 0.5, and
 4121  1.0.
 4122         c.A bonus of $75 for each student taught by a teacher who
 4123  provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of a
 4124  CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certification
 4125  Funding List with a weight of 0.3.
 4126         d. A bonus of $100 for each student taught by a teacher who
 4127  provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of a
 4128  CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certification
 4129  Funding List with a weight of 0.5 or 1.0.
 4130  
 4131  Bonuses awarded pursuant to this paragraph shall be provided to
 4132  teachers who are employed by the district in the year in which
 4133  the additional FTE membership calculation is included in the
 4134  calculation. Bonuses shall be calculated based upon the
 4135  associated weight of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE
 4136  Industry Certification Funding List for the year in which the
 4137  certification is earned by the student. In a single school year,
 4138  a Any bonus awarded to a teacher under sub-subparagraph 3.a. or
 4139  sub-subparagraph 3.b. this paragraph may not exceed $2,000 or
 4140  under sub-subparagraph 3.c. or sub-subparagraph 3.d. may not
 4141  exceed $4,000. The maximum bonus that may be awarded to a
 4142  teacher under this paragraph is $4,000 in a single school year.
 4143  This bonus in any given school year and is in addition to any
 4144  regular wage or other bonus the teacher received or is scheduled
 4145  to receive.
 4146         (4) COMPUTATION OF DISTRICT REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT.—The
 4147  Legislature shall prescribe the aggregate required local effort
 4148  for all school districts collectively as an item in the General
 4149  Appropriations Act for each fiscal year. The amount that each
 4150  district shall provide annually toward the cost of the Florida
 4151  Education Finance Program for kindergarten through grade 12
 4152  programs shall be calculated as follows:
 4153         (a) Estimated taxable value calculations.—
 4154         1.a. Not later than 2 working days prior to July 19, the
 4155  Department of Revenue shall certify to the Commissioner of
 4156  Education its most recent estimate of the taxable value for
 4157  school purposes in each school district and the total for all
 4158  school districts in the state for the current calendar year
 4159  based on the latest available data obtained from the local
 4160  property appraisers. The value certified shall be the taxable
 4161  value for school purposes for that year, and no further
 4162  adjustments shall be made, except those made pursuant to
 4163  paragraphs (c) and (d), or an assessment roll change required by
 4164  final judicial decisions as specified in paragraph (15)(b)
 4165  (14)(b). Not later than July 19, the Commissioner of Education
 4166  shall compute a millage rate, rounded to the next highest one
 4167  one-thousandth of a mill, which, when applied to 96 percent of
 4168  the estimated state total taxable value for school purposes,
 4169  would generate the prescribed aggregate required local effort
 4170  for that year for all districts. The Commissioner of Education
 4171  shall certify to each district school board the millage rate,
 4172  computed as prescribed in this subparagraph, as the minimum
 4173  millage rate necessary to provide the district required local
 4174  effort for that year.
 4175         b. The General Appropriations Act shall direct the
 4176  computation of the statewide adjusted aggregate amount for
 4177  required local effort for all school districts collectively from
 4178  ad valorem taxes to ensure that no school district’s revenue
 4179  from required local effort millage will produce more than 90
 4180  percent of the district’s total Florida Education Finance
 4181  Program calculation as calculated and adopted by the
 4182  Legislature, and the adjustment of the required local effort
 4183  millage rate of each district that produces more than 90 percent
 4184  of its total Florida Education Finance Program entitlement to a
 4185  level that will produce only 90 percent of its total Florida
 4186  Education Finance Program entitlement in the July calculation.
 4187         2. On the same date as the certification in sub
 4188  subparagraph 1.a., the Department of Revenue shall certify to
 4189  the Commissioner of Education for each district:
 4190         a. Each year for which the property appraiser has certified
 4191  the taxable value pursuant to s. 193.122(2) or (3), if
 4192  applicable, since the prior certification under sub-subparagraph
 4193  1.a.
 4194         b. For each year identified in sub-subparagraph a., the
 4195  taxable value certified by the appraiser pursuant to s.
 4196  193.122(2) or (3), if applicable, since the prior certification
 4197  under sub-subparagraph 1.a. This is the certification that
 4198  reflects all final administrative actions of the value
 4199  adjustment board.
 4200         (5) DISCRETIONARY MILLAGE COMPRESSION SUPPLEMENT.—The
 4201  Legislature shall prescribe in the General Appropriations Act,
 4202  pursuant to s. 1011.71(1), the rate of nonvoted current
 4203  operating discretionary millage that shall be used to calculate
 4204  a discretionary millage compression supplement. If the
 4205  prescribed millage generates an amount of funds per unweighted
 4206  FTE for the district that is less than 105 percent of the state
 4207  average, the district shall receive an amount per FTE that, when
 4208  added to the funds per FTE generated by the designated levy,
 4209  shall equal 105 percent of the state average.
 4210         (7) DETERMINATION OF SPARSITY SUPPLEMENT.—
 4211         (b) The district sparsity index shall be computed by
 4212  dividing the total number of full-time equivalent students in
 4213  all programs in the district by the number of senior high school
 4214  centers in the district, not in excess of three, which centers
 4215  are approved as permanent centers by a survey made by the
 4216  Department of Education. For districts with a full-time
 4217  equivalent student membership of at least 20,000, but no more
 4218  than 24,000, the index shall be computed by dividing the total
 4219  number of full-time equivalent students in all programs by the
 4220  number of permanent senior high school centers in the district,
 4221  not to exceed four.
 4222         (9) RESEARCH-BASED READING INSTRUCTION ALLOCATION.—
 4223         (a) The research-based reading instruction allocation is
 4224  created to provide comprehensive reading instruction to students
 4225  in kindergarten through grade 12. For the 2015-2016, 2016-2017,
 4226  and 2017-2018 2014-2015 fiscal years year, in each school
 4227  district that has one or more of the 300 lowest-performing
 4228  elementary schools based on the state reading assessment,
 4229  priority shall be given to providing an additional hour per day
 4230  of intensive reading instruction beyond the normal school day
 4231  for each day of the entire school year for the students in each
 4232  of the 300 lowest-performing schools. Students enrolled in these
 4233  schools who have Level 5 assessment scores may participate in
 4234  the additional hour of instruction on an optional basis. In
 4235  addition, the 300 lowest-performing schools must provide at
 4236  least 80 hours of instruction in a summer program with a focus
 4237  on reading for students who have Level 1 or Level 2 reading
 4238  assessment scores in these schools. For the 2015-2016 fiscal
 4239  year, the 300 lowest-performing schools shall be the same
 4240  schools as identified for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Even if a
 4241  participating school is no longer classified as one of the 300
 4242  lowest-performing elementary schools in the subsequent year, the
 4243  school must continue to provide the additional hour of intensive
 4244  reading instruction and must provide at least 80 hours of
 4245  instruction in a summer program with a focus on reading to all
 4246  students who have Level 1 or Level 2 reading assessment scores
 4247  school. Students enrolled in these schools who have level 5
 4248  assessment scores may participate in the additional hour of
 4249  instruction on an optional basis. Exceptional student education
 4250  centers may shall not be included in the 300 schools. The
 4251  intensive reading instruction delivered in this additional hour
 4252  and for other students shall include: research-based reading
 4253  instruction that has been proven to accelerate progress of
 4254  students exhibiting a reading deficiency; differentiated
 4255  instruction based on student assessment data to meet students’
 4256  specific reading needs; explicit and systematic reading
 4257  development in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary,
 4258  and comprehension, with more extensive opportunities for guided
 4259  practice, error correction, and feedback; and the integration of
 4260  social studies, science, and mathematics-text reading, text
 4261  discussion, and writing in response to reading. For the 2012
 4262  2013 and 2013-2014 fiscal years, a school district may not hire
 4263  more reading coaches than were hired during the 2011-2012 fiscal
 4264  year unless all students in kindergarten through grade 5 who
 4265  demonstrate a reading deficiency, as determined by district and
 4266  state assessments, including students scoring Level 1 or Level 2
 4267  on the statewide, standardized reading assessment or, upon
 4268  implementation, the English Language Arts assessment, are
 4269  provided an additional hour per day of intensive reading
 4270  instruction beyond the normal school day for each day of the
 4271  entire school year.
 4272         (11) VIRTUAL EDUCATION CONTRIBUTION.—The Legislature may
 4273  annually provide in the Florida Education Finance Program a
 4274  virtual education contribution. The amount of the virtual
 4275  education contribution shall be the difference between the
 4276  amount per FTE established in the General Appropriations Act for
 4277  virtual education and the amount per FTE for each district and
 4278  the Florida Virtual School, which may be calculated by taking
 4279  the sum of the base FEFP allocation, the declining enrollment
 4280  supplement, the discretionary local effort, the state-funded
 4281  discretionary contribution, the discretionary millage
 4282  compression supplement, the research-based reading instruction
 4283  allocation, the exceptional student education guaranteed
 4284  allocation, and the instructional materials allocation, and then
 4285  dividing by the total unweighted FTE. This difference shall be
 4286  multiplied by the virtual education unweighted FTE for programs
 4287  and options identified in s. 1002.455(3) and the Florida Virtual
 4288  School and its franchises to equal the virtual education
 4289  contribution and shall be included as a separate allocation in
 4290  the funding formula.
 4291         (12) FLORIDA DIGITAL CLASSROOMS ALLOCATION.—
 4292         (b) Each district school board shall adopt a district
 4293  digital classrooms plan that meets the unique needs of students,
 4294  schools, and personnel and submit the plan for approval to the
 4295  Department of Education. In addition, each district school board
 4296  must, at a minimum, seek input from the district’s
 4297  instructional, curriculum, and information technology staff to
 4298  develop the district digital classrooms plan. The district’s
 4299  plan must be within the general parameters established in the
 4300  Florida digital classrooms plan pursuant to s. 1001.20. In
 4301  addition, if the district participates in federal technology
 4302  initiatives and grant programs, the district digital classrooms
 4303  plan must include a plan for meeting requirements of such
 4304  initiatives and grant programs. Funds allocated under this
 4305  subsection must be used to support implementation of district
 4306  digital classrooms plans. By August October 1, 2014, and by
 4307  March 1 of each year thereafter, on a date determined by the
 4308  department, each district school board shall submit to the
 4309  department, in a format prescribed by the department, a digital
 4310  classrooms plan. At a minimum, such plan must include, and be
 4311  annually updated to reflect, the following:
 4312         1. Measurable student performance outcomes. Outcomes
 4313  related to student performance, including outcomes for students
 4314  with disabilities, must be tied to the efforts and strategies to
 4315  improve outcomes related to student performance by integrating
 4316  technology in classroom teaching and learning. Results of the
 4317  outcomes shall be reported at least annually for the current
 4318  school year and subsequent 3 years and be accompanied by an
 4319  independent evaluation and validation of the reported results.
 4320         2. Digital learning and technology infrastructure purchases
 4321  and operational activities. Such purchases and activities must
 4322  be tied to the measurable outcomes under subparagraph 1.,
 4323  including, but not limited to, connectivity, broadband access,
 4324  wireless capacity, Internet speed, and data security, all of
 4325  which must meet or exceed minimum requirements and protocols
 4326  established by the department. For each year that the district
 4327  uses funds for infrastructure, a third-party, independent
 4328  evaluation of the district’s technology inventory and
 4329  infrastructure needs must accompany the district’s plan.
 4330         3. Professional development purchases and operational
 4331  activities. Such purchases and activities must be tied to the
 4332  measurable outcomes under subparagraph 1., including, but not
 4333  limited to, using technology in the classroom and improving
 4334  digital literacy and competency.
 4335         4. Digital tool purchases and operational activities. Such
 4336  purchases and activities must be tied to the measurable outcomes
 4337  under subparagraph 1., including, but not limited to,
 4338  competency-based credentials that measure and demonstrate
 4339  digital competency and certifications; third-party assessments
 4340  that demonstrate acquired knowledge and use of digital
 4341  applications; and devices that meet or exceed minimum
 4342  requirements and protocols established by the department.
 4343         5. Online assessment-related purchases and operational
 4344  activities. Such purchases and activities must be tied to the
 4345  measurable outcomes under subparagraph 1., including, but not
 4346  limited to, expanding the capacity to administer assessments and
 4347  compatibility with minimum assessment protocols and requirements
 4348  established by the department. If the administration of online
 4349  assessments after January 1, 2015, does not comply with the
 4350  minimum assessment protocols and requirements established by the
 4351  department, the department shall contract with an independent
 4352  auditing entity that has expertise in the area of the
 4353  noncompliance to evaluate the extent of the noncompliance and
 4354  provide recommendations to remediate the noncompliance in future
 4355  administrations of online assessments.
 4356         (c) The Legislature shall annually provide in the General
 4357  Appropriations Act the FEFP allocation for implementation of the
 4358  Florida digital classrooms plan to be calculated in an amount up
 4359  to 1 percent of the base student allocation multiplied by the
 4360  total K-12 full-time equivalent student enrollment included in
 4361  the FEFP calculations for the legislative appropriation or as
 4362  provided in the General Appropriations Act. Each school district
 4363  shall be provided a minimum of $250,000, with the remaining
 4364  balance of the allocation to be distributed based on each
 4365  district’s proportion of the total K-12 full-time equivalent
 4366  student enrollment. Distribution of funds for the Florida
 4367  digital classrooms allocation shall begin following submittal of
 4368  each district’s digital classrooms plan, which must include
 4369  formal verification of the superintendent’s approval of the
 4370  digital classrooms plan of each charter school in the district,
 4371  and approval of the plan by the department. A charter school
 4372  shall submit the school’s digital classrooms plan, in a
 4373  streamlined format prescribed by the department, to the
 4374  applicable school district. Prior to the distribution of the
 4375  Florida digital classrooms allocation funds, each district
 4376  school superintendent shall certify to the Commissioner of
 4377  Education that the district school board has approved a
 4378  comprehensive district digital classrooms plan that supports the
 4379  fidelity of implementation of the Florida digital classrooms
 4380  allocation. District allocations shall be recalculated during
 4381  the fiscal year consistent with the periodic recalculation of
 4382  the FEFP. School districts shall provide a proportionate share
 4383  of the digital classrooms allocation to each charter school in
 4384  the district, as required for categorical programs in s.
 4385  1002.33(17)(b). A school district may use a competitive process
 4386  to distribute funds for the Florida digital classrooms
 4387  allocation to the schools within the school district. Beginning
 4388  in the 2016-2017 school year, to be eligible to receive Florida
 4389  digital classrooms allocation funds, a school district must
 4390  undergo an annual assessment pursuant to s. 282.0052 and an
 4391  annual independent verification of its use of Florida digital
 4392  classrooms allocation funds pursuant to paragraph (e).
 4393         (d) To facilitate the implementation of the district
 4394  digital classrooms plans and charter school digital classrooms
 4395  plans, the commissioner shall support statewide, coordinated
 4396  partnerships and efforts of this state’s education practitioners
 4397  in the field, including, but not limited to, superintendents,
 4398  principals, and teachers, to identify and share best practices,
 4399  corrective actions, and other identified needs. By August 1,
 4400  2016, the commissioner shall implement an online, web-based
 4401  portal for school districts and charter schools to submit their
 4402  digital classrooms plan.
 4403         (e) Beginning in the 2015-2016 fiscal year and each year
 4404  thereafter, each district school board and charter school shall
 4405  report to the department its use of funds provided through the
 4406  Florida digital classrooms allocation and student performance
 4407  outcomes in accordance with the district’s digital classrooms
 4408  plan. The department may contract with an independent third
 4409  party entity to conduct an annual independent verification of
 4410  the district’s use of Florida digital classrooms allocation
 4411  funds in accordance with the district’s digital classrooms plan.
 4412  In the event an independent third-party verification is not
 4413  conducted, the Auditor General shall, during scheduled
 4414  operational audits of the school districts, verify compliance of
 4415  the use of Florida digital classrooms allocation funds in
 4416  accordance with the district’s digital classrooms plan. No later
 4417  than October 1 of each year, beginning in the 2015-2016 fiscal
 4418  year, the commissioner shall provide to the Governor, the
 4419  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
 4420  Representatives a summary of each district’s student performance
 4421  goals and outcomes, use of funds, in support of such student
 4422  performance goals and outcomes, and progress toward meeting
 4423  statutory requirements and timelines.
 4424         (13)FEDERALLY CONNECTED STUDENT SUPPLEMENT.—The federally
 4425  connected student supplement is created to provide supplemental
 4426  funding for school districts to support the education of
 4427  students connected with federally owned military installations,
 4428  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) property,
 4429  and Indian lands. To be eligible for this supplement, the
 4430  district must be eligible for federal Impact Aid Program funds
 4431  under s. 8003, Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary
 4432  Education Act of 1965. The supplement shall be the sum of the
 4433  student allocation and an exempt property allocation.
 4434         (a) The student allocation shall be calculated based on the
 4435  number of students reported for federal Impact Aid Program
 4436  funds, including students with disabilities, who meet one of the
 4437  following criteria:
 4438         1. Resides with a parent who is on active duty in the
 4439  uniformed services or is an accredited foreign government
 4440  official and military officer. Students with disabilities shall
 4441  also be reported separately for this condition.
 4442         2. Resides on eligible federally owned Indian lands.
 4443  Students with disabilities shall also be reported separately for
 4444  this condition.
 4445         3. Resides with a civilian parent who lives or works on
 4446  eligible federal property connected with a military installation
 4447  or NASA. The number of these students shall be multiplied by a
 4448  factor of 0.5.
 4449         (b) The total number of federally connected students
 4450  calculated under paragraph (a) shall be multiplied by a
 4451  percentage of the base student allocation as provided in the
 4452  General Appropriations Act. The total of the number of students
 4453  with disabilities as reported separately under subparagraphs
 4454  (a)1. and (a)2. shall be multiplied by an additional percentage
 4455  of the base student allocation as provided in the General
 4456  Appropriations Act. The base amount and the amount for students
 4457  with disabilities shall be summed to provide the student
 4458  allocation.
 4459         (c) The exempt-property allocation shall be equal to the
 4460  tax-exempt value of federal Impact Aid lands reserved as
 4461  military installations, real property owned by NASA, or eligible
 4462  federally owned Indian lands located in the district, as of
 4463  January 1 of the previous year, multiplied by the millage
 4464  authorized and levied under s. 1011.71(2).
 4465         (14)(13) QUALITY ASSURANCE GUARANTEE.—The Legislature may
 4466  annually in the General Appropriations Act determine a
 4467  percentage increase in funds per K-12 unweighted FTE as a
 4468  minimum guarantee to each school district. The guarantee shall
 4469  be calculated from prior year base funding per unweighted FTE
 4470  student which shall include the adjusted FTE dollars as provided
 4471  in subsection (15)(14), quality guarantee funds, and actual
 4472  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. From the base
 4473  funding per unweighted FTE, the increase shall be calculated for
 4474  the current year. The current year funds from which the
 4475  guarantee shall be determined shall include the adjusted FTE
 4476  dollars as provided in subsection (15)(14) and potential
 4477  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. A comparison of
 4478  current year funds per unweighted FTE to prior year funds per
 4479  unweighted FTE shall be computed. For those school districts
 4480  which have less than the legislatively assigned percentage
 4481  increase, funds shall be provided to guarantee the assigned
 4482  percentage increase in funds per unweighted FTE student. Should
 4483  appropriated funds be less than the sum of this calculated
 4484  amount for all districts, the commissioner shall prorate each
 4485  district’s allocation. This provision shall be implemented to
 4486  the extent specifically funded.
 4487         Section 53. Subsection (1) and paragraph (d) of subsection
 4488  (2) of section 1011.71, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 4489         1011.71 District school tax.—
 4490         (1) If the district school tax is not provided in the
 4491  General Appropriations Act or the substantive bill implementing
 4492  the General Appropriations Act, each district school board
 4493  desiring to participate in the state allocation of funds for
 4494  current operation as prescribed by s. 1011.62(15) s. 1011.62(14)
 4495  shall levy on the taxable value for school purposes of the
 4496  district, exclusive of millage voted under the provisions of s.
 4497  9(b) or s. 12, Art. VII of the State Constitution, a millage
 4498  rate not to exceed the amount certified by the commissioner as
 4499  the minimum millage rate necessary to provide the district
 4500  required local effort for the current year, pursuant to s.
 4501  1011.62(4)(a)1. In addition to the required local effort millage
 4502  levy, each district school board may levy a nonvoted current
 4503  operating discretionary millage. The Legislature shall prescribe
 4504  annually in the appropriations act the maximum amount of millage
 4505  a district may levy.
 4506         (2) In addition to the maximum millage levy as provided in
 4507  subsection (1), each school board may levy not more than 1.5
 4508  mills against the taxable value for school purposes for district
 4509  schools, including charter schools at the discretion of the
 4510  school board, to fund:
 4511         (d) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of new and
 4512  replacement equipment; computer hardware, including electronic
 4513  hardware and other hardware devices necessary for gaining access
 4514  to or enhancing the use of electronic content and resources or
 4515  to facilitate the access to and the use of a school district’s
 4516  digital classrooms plan pursuant to s. 1011.62, excluding
 4517  software other than the operating system necessary to operate
 4518  the hardware or device; and enterprise resource software
 4519  applications that are classified as capital assets in accordance
 4520  with definitions of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board,
 4521  have a useful life of at least 5 years, and are used to support
 4522  districtwide administration or state-mandated reporting
 4523  requirements. Enterprise resource software may be acquired by
 4524  annual license fees, maintenance fees, or lease agreements.
 4525         Section 54. Section 1011.802, Florida Statutes, is created
 4526  to read:
 4527         1011.802 Florida Apprenticeship Grant Program.—
 4528         (1) The Florida Apprenticeship Grant Program is created to
 4529  provide grants, as provided in the General Appropriations Act,
 4530  to career centers, charter technical career centers, and Florida
 4531  College System institutions on a competitive basis to establish
 4532  new apprenticeship programs and expand existing apprenticeship
 4533  programs. The Division of Career and Adult Education within the
 4534  Department of Education shall administer the grant program.
 4535         (2) Applications from career centers, charter technical
 4536  career centers, and Florida College System institutions must
 4537  contain projected enrollment and projected costs for the new or
 4538  expanded apprenticeship program.
 4539         (3) The department shall give priority to apprenticeship
 4540  programs in the areas of information technology, health, and
 4541  machining and manufacturing. Grant funds may be used for
 4542  instructional equipment, supplies, personnel, student services,
 4543  and other expenses associated with the creation or expansion of
 4544  an apprenticeship program. Grant funds may not be used for
 4545  recurring instructional costs or for a center’s or an
 4546  institution’s indirect costs. Grant recipients must submit
 4547  quarterly reports in a format prescribed by the department.
 4548         Section 55. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (3) of
 4549  section 1012.34, Florida Statutes, as amended by ch. 2015-6,
 4550  Laws of Florida, to read:
 4551         1012.34 Personnel evaluation procedures and criteria.—
 4552         (3) EVALUATION PROCEDURES AND CRITERIA.—Instructional
 4553  personnel and school administrator performance evaluations must
 4554  be based upon the performance of students assigned to their
 4555  classrooms or schools, as provided in this section. Pursuant to
 4556  this section, a school district’s performance evaluation system
 4557  is not limited to basing unsatisfactory performance of
 4558  instructional personnel and school administrators solely upon
 4559  student performance, but may include other criteria to evaluate
 4560  instructional personnel and school administrators’ performance,
 4561  or any combination of student performance and other criteria.
 4562  Evaluation procedures and criteria must comply with, but are not
 4563  limited to, the following:
 4564         (e) A classroom teacher’s performance evaluation must be
 4565  based upon the performance of students with fewer than 25
 4566  absences within the school year, or, for schools with block
 4567  scheduling, fewer than 10 absences within the school year,
 4568  assigned to their classrooms, as provided in this section.
 4569         Section 56. Subsection (3) of section 1012.39, Florida
 4570  Statutes, is amended to read:
 4571         1012.39 Employment of substitute teachers, teachers of
 4572  adult education, nondegreed teachers of career education, and
 4573  career specialists; students performing clinical field
 4574  experience.—
 4575         (3) A student who is enrolled in a state-approved teacher
 4576  preparation program in a postsecondary educational institution
 4577  that is approved by rules of the State Board of Education and
 4578  who is jointly assigned by the postsecondary educational
 4579  institution and a district school board to perform a clinical
 4580  field experience under the direction of a regularly employed and
 4581  certified educator shall, while serving such supervised clinical
 4582  field experience, be accorded the same protection of law as that
 4583  accorded to the certified educator except for the right to
 4584  bargain collectively as an employee of the district school
 4585  board. The district school board providing the clinical field
 4586  experience shall notify the student electronically or in writing
 4587  of the availability of educator liability insurance under s.
 4588  1012.75. A postsecondary educational institution or district
 4589  school board may not require a student enrolled in a state
 4590  approved teacher preparation program to purchase liability
 4591  insurance as a condition of participation in any clinical field
 4592  experience or related activity on the premises of an elementary
 4593  or secondary school.
 4594         Section 57. Subsections (4), (5), and (6) of section
 4595  1012.71, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 4596         1012.71 The Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance
 4597  Program.—
 4598         (4) Each classroom teacher must provide the school district
 4599  with receipts for the expenditure of the funds. If the classroom
 4600  teacher is provided funds in advance of expenditure, the Each
 4601  classroom teacher must sign a statement acknowledging receipt of
 4602  the funds, provide keep receipts as requested by the school
 4603  district for no less than 4 years to show that funds expended
 4604  meet the requirements of this section, and return any unused
 4605  funds or funds for which there are undocumented expenditures to
 4606  the district school board by at the end of the regular school
 4607  year. Any unused funds or funds for which there are undocumented
 4608  expenditures which that are returned to the district school
 4609  board shall be deposited into the school advisory council
 4610  account of the school at which the classroom teacher returning
 4611  the funds was employed when that teacher received the funds or
 4612  deposited into the Florida Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance
 4613  Program account of the school district in which a charter school
 4614  is sponsored, as applicable.
 4615         (5) The statement must be signed and dated by each
 4616  classroom teacher before receipt of the Florida Teachers
 4617  Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds and shall include the
 4618  wording: “I, ...(name of teacher)..., am employed by the
 4619  ....County District School Board or by the ....Charter School as
 4620  a full-time classroom teacher. I acknowledge that Florida
 4621  Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Program funds are
 4622  appropriated by the Legislature for the sole purpose of
 4623  purchasing classroom materials and supplies to be used in the
 4624  instruction of students assigned to me. In accepting custody of
 4625  these funds, I agree to keep the receipts for all expenditures
 4626  for no less than 4 years. I understand that if I do not keep the
 4627  receipts, it will be my personal responsibility to pay any
 4628  federal taxes due on these funds. I also agree to return any
 4629  unexpended funds to the district school board at the end of the
 4630  regular school year for deposit into the school advisory council
 4631  account of the school where I was employed at the time I
 4632  received the funds or for deposit into the Florida Teachers
 4633  Classroom Supply Assistance Program account of the school
 4634  district in which the charter school is sponsored, as
 4635  applicable.”
 4636         (5)(6) The Department of Education and district school
 4637  boards may, and are encouraged to, enter into public-private
 4638  partnerships in order to increase the total amount of Florida
 4639  Teachers Classroom Supply Assistance Programs funds available to
 4640  classroom teachers.
 4641         Section 58. Section 1012.731, Florida Statutes, is created
 4642  to read:
 4643         1012.731 The Florida Best and Brightest Teacher Scholarship
 4644  Program.—
 4645         (1) The Legislature recognizes that, second only to
 4646  parents, teachers play the most critical role within schools in
 4647  preparing students to achieve a high level of academic
 4648  performance. The Legislature further recognizes that research
 4649  has linked student outcomes to a teacher’s own academic
 4650  achievement. Therefore, it is the intent of the Legislature to
 4651  designate teachers who have achieved high academic standards
 4652  during their own education as Florida’s best and brightest
 4653  teacher scholars.
 4654         (2) There is created the Florida Best and Brightest Teacher
 4655  Scholarship Program to be administered by the Department of
 4656  Education. Beginning in the 2015-2016 school year, the
 4657  scholarship program shall provide categorical funding for
 4658  scholarships to be awarded to teachers who have demonstrated a
 4659  high level of academic achievement.
 4660         (3)(a) To be eligible for a scholarship, a teacher:
 4661         1. Must have scored at or above the 80th percentile on
 4662  either the SAT or the ACT based upon the percentile ranks in
 4663  effect when the teacher took the assessment and have been
 4664  evaluated as highly effective pursuant to s. 1012.34; or
 4665         2. If the teacher is a first-year teacher who has not been
 4666  evaluated pursuant to s. 1012.34, must have scored at or above
 4667  the 80th percentile on either the SAT or the ACT based upon the
 4668  percentile ranks in effect when the teacher took the assessment.
 4669         (b) In order to demonstrate eligibility for an award, an
 4670  eligible teacher must submit to the school district, no later
 4671  than October 1, an official record of his or her SAT or ACT
 4672  score demonstrating that the teacher scored at or above the 80th
 4673  percentile based upon the percentile ranks in effect when the
 4674  teacher took the assessment. Once a teacher is deemed eligible
 4675  by the school district, the teacher shall remain eligible as
 4676  long as he or she is employed by the school district and
 4677  maintains or, if the teacher is a first-year teacher, earns the
 4678  evaluation designation of highly effective pursuant to s.
 4679  1012.34.
 4680         (4) Annually, by December 1, each school district shall
 4681  submit to the department the number of eligible teachers who
 4682  qualify for the scholarship.
 4683         (5) Annually, by February 1, the department shall disburse
 4684  scholarship funds, in an amount prescribed annually by the
 4685  Legislature in the General Appropriations Act, to each school
 4686  district for each eligible teacher to receive a scholarship. If
 4687  the number of eligible teachers exceeds the total appropriation
 4688  authorized in the General Appropriation Act, the department
 4689  shall prorate the per teacher scholarship amount.
 4690         (6) Annually, by April 1, each school district shall
 4691  provide payment of the scholarship to each eligible teacher.
 4692         (7) For purposes of this section, the term “school
 4693  district” includes the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind
 4694  and charter school governing boards.
 4695         Section 59. Section 1012.75, Florida Statutes, is amended
 4696  to read:
 4697         1012.75 Liability of teacher or principal; excessive
 4698  force.—
 4699         (1) Except in the case of excessive force or cruel and
 4700  unusual punishment, a teacher or other member of the
 4701  instructional staff, a principal or the principal’s designated
 4702  representative, or a bus driver shall not be civilly or
 4703  criminally liable for any action carried out in conformity with
 4704  State Board of Education and district school board rules
 4705  regarding the control, discipline, suspension, and expulsion of
 4706  students, including, but not limited to, any exercise of
 4707  authority under s. 1003.32 or s. 1006.09.
 4708         (2) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that
 4709  outline administrative standards for the use of reasonable force
 4710  by school personnel to maintain a safe and orderly learning
 4711  environment. Such standards shall be distributed to each school
 4712  in the state and shall provide guidance to school personnel in
 4713  receiving the limitations on liability specified in this
 4714  section.
 4715         (3) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, the
 4716  Department of Education shall administer an educator liability
 4717  insurance program, as provided in the General Appropriation Act,
 4718  to protect full-time instructional personnel from liability for
 4719  monetary damages and the costs of defending actions resulting
 4720  from claims made against the instructional personnel arising out
 4721  of occurrences in the course of activities within the
 4722  instructional personnel’s professional capacity. For purposes of
 4723  this subsection, the terms “full-time,” “part-time,” and
 4724  “administrative personnel” shall be defined by the individual
 4725  district school board. For purposes of this subsection, the term
 4726  “instructional personnel” has the same meaning as provided in s.
 4727  1012.01(2).
 4728         (a) Liability coverage of at least $2 million shall be
 4729  provided to all full-time instructional personnel. Liability
 4730  coverage may be provided to the following individuals who choose
 4731  to participate in the program, at cost: part-time instructional
 4732  personnel, administrative personnel, and students enrolled in a
 4733  state-approved teacher preparation program pursuant to s.
 4734  1012.39(3).
 4735         (b) Annually, by August 1, each district school board shall
 4736  notify personnel specified in paragraph (a) of the liability
 4737  coverage provided pursuant to this subsection. The department
 4738  shall develop the form of the notice which each district school
 4739  board must use. The notice must be on an 8 1/2-inch by 5 1/2
 4740  inch postcard and include the amount of coverage, a general
 4741  description of the nature of the coverage, and the contact
 4742  information for coverage and claims questions. The notification
 4743  must be provided separately from any other correspondence. Each
 4744  district school board shall certify to the department, by August
 4745  5 of each year, that the notification required by this paragraph
 4746  has been provided.
 4747         (c) The department shall consult with the Department of
 4748  Financial Services to select the most economically prudent and
 4749  cost-effective means of implementing the program through self
 4750  insurance, a risk management program, or competitive
 4751  procurement.
 4752         Section 60. Section 1013.385, Florida Statutes, is created
 4753  to read:
 4754         1013.385 School district construction flexibility.—
 4755         (1) A district school board may, with a supermajority vote
 4756  at a public meeting that begins no earlier than 5 p.m., adopt a
 4757  resolution to implement one or more of the exceptions to the
 4758  educational facilities construction requirements provided in
 4759  this section. Before voting on the resolution, a district school
 4760  board must conduct a cost-benefit analysis prepared according to
 4761  a professionally accepted methodology that describes how each
 4762  exception selected by the district school board achieves cost
 4763  savings, improves the efficient use of school district
 4764  resources, and impacts the life-cycle costs and life span for
 4765  each educational facility to be constructed, as applicable, and
 4766  demonstrates that implementation of the exception will not
 4767  compromise student safety or the quality of student instruction.
 4768  The district school board must conduct at least one public
 4769  workshop to discuss and receive public comment on the proposed
 4770  resolution and cost-benefit analysis, which must begin no
 4771  earlier than 5 p.m. and may occur at the same meeting at which
 4772  the resolution will be voted upon.
 4773         (2) A resolution adopted under this section may propose
 4774  implementation of exceptions to requirements relating to:
 4775         (a) Interior nonload-bearing walls, as specified in s.
 4776  423.8.3.1.1 of the Florida Building Code, by approving the use
 4777  of fire-rated wood stud walls in new construction or remodeling
 4778  for interior nonload-bearing wall assemblies that will not be
 4779  exposed to water or located in wet areas.
 4780         (b) Walkways, roadways, driveways, and parking areas, as
 4781  specified in s. 423.10.2 of the Florida Building Code, by
 4782  approving the use of designated, stabilized, and well-drained
 4783  gravel or grassed student parking areas.
 4784         (c) Standards for relocatables used as classroom space, as
 4785  specified in s. 1013.20, by approving construction
 4786  specifications for installation of relocatable buildings that do
 4787  not have covered walkways leading to the permanent buildings
 4788  onsite.
 4789         (d) Site lighting, as specified in s. 423.10.3 of the
 4790  Florida Building Code, by approving construction specifications
 4791  regarding site lighting which:
 4792         1. Do not provide for lighting of gravel or grassed
 4793  auxiliary or student parking areas.
 4794         2. Provide lighting for walkways, roadways, driveways,
 4795  paved parking lots, exterior stairs, ramps, and walkways from
 4796  the exterior of the building to a public walkway through
 4797  installation of a timer that is set to provide lighting only
 4798  during periods when the site is occupied.
 4799         3. Allow lighting for building entrances and exits to be
 4800  installed with a timer that is set to provide lighting only
 4801  during periods in which the building is occupied. The minimum
 4802  illumination level at single-door exits may be reduced to no
 4803  less than 1 footcandle.
 4804         Section 61. Subsection (4) of section 1013.40, Florida
 4805  Statutes, is amended to read:
 4806         1013.40 Planning and construction of Florida College System
 4807  institution facilities; property acquisition.—
 4808         (4) The campus of a Florida College System institution
 4809  within a municipality designated as an area of critical state
 4810  concern, as defined in s. 380.05, and having a comprehensive
 4811  plan and land development regulations containing a building
 4812  permit allocation system that limits annual growth, may
 4813  construct dormitories for up to 400 100 beds for Florida College
 4814  System institution students. Such dormitories are shall be
 4815  exempt from the building permit allocation system and may be
 4816  constructed up to 45 feet in height if the dormitories provided
 4817  that they are otherwise consistent with the comprehensive plan,
 4818  the Florida College System institution has a hurricane
 4819  evacuation plan that requires all dormitory occupants to be
 4820  evacuated 48 hours in advance of tropical force winds, and that
 4821  transportation is provided for dormitory occupants during an
 4822  evacuation.
 4823         Section 62. Subsection (7) is added to section 1013.74,
 4824  Florida Statutes, to read:
 4825         1013.74 University authorization for fixed capital outlay
 4826  projects.—
 4827         (7) A university board of trustees may expend reserve or
 4828  carry forward balances from prior year operational and
 4829  programmatic appropriations for fixed capital outlay projects
 4830  authorized for academic instructional space or critical deferred
 4831  maintenance needs in this area as approved by the Board of
 4832  Governors.
 4833         Section 63. The State Board of Education, in collaboration
 4834  with the Board of Governors, shall evaluate and report on the
 4835  status of Florida’s “2+2” system of articulation using the
 4836  accountability measures required under this section or any other
 4837  state law. By November 1, 2016, the state board and the Board of
 4838  Governors shall submit their report to the Governor, the
 4839  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
 4840  Representatives. The report must include findings regarding the
 4841  status of Florida’s “2+2” system of articulation and
 4842  recommendations for improvement.
 4843         Section 64. The Division of Law Revision and Information is
 4844  directed to prepare a reviser’s bill for the 2016 Regular
 4845  Session to conform the Florida Statutes to the changes in
 4846  terminology made by this act. The reviser’s bill must substitute
 4847  the term “Division of Florida Community Colleges” for “Division
 4848  of Florida Colleges”; “Florida Community College System” for
 4849  “Florida College System”; and “Florida Community College System
 4850  institution” for “Florida College System institution” where
 4851  those terms appear in the Florida Statutes.
 4852         Section 65. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.