Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1246
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/20/2020           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Stargel) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 658 - 798
    4  and insert:
    5  programs. As used in this section, the term “early college
    6  program” means a structured high school acceleration program in
    7  which a cohort of students is taking postsecondary courses full
    8  time toward an associate degree. The early college program must
    9  prioritize courses applicable as general education core courses
   10  under s. 1007.25 for an associate degree or a baccalaureate
   11  degree.
   12         (2) At a minimum, collegiate high school programs must
   13  include an option for public school students in grade 11 or
   14  grade 12 participating in the program, for at least 1 full
   15  school year, to earn CAPE industry certifications pursuant to s.
   16  1008.44 and to successfully complete 30 credit hours through the
   17  dual enrollment program under s. 1007.271 toward the first year
   18  of college for an associate degree or baccalaureate degree while
   19  enrolled in the program.
   20         (2)(3) Each district school board and its local Florida
   21  College System institution shall execute a contract to establish
   22  one or more early college collegiate high school programs at a
   23  mutually agreed upon location or locations. Beginning with the
   24  2015-2016 school year, If the Florida College System institution
   25  does not establish an early college a program with a district
   26  school board in its designated service area, another Florida
   27  College System institution may execute a contract with that
   28  district school board to establish the early college program.
   29  The contract must be executed by January 1 of each school year
   30  for implementation of the program during the next school year.
   31  The contract must:
   32         (a) Identify the grade levels to be included in the early
   33  college program collegiate high school program which must, at a
   34  minimum, include grade 12.
   35         (b) Describe the early college collegiate high school
   36  program, including the delineation of courses that must, at a
   37  minimum, include general education core courses pursuant to s.
   38  1007.25; and industry certifications offered, including online
   39  course availability; the high school and college credits earned
   40  for each postsecondary course completed and industry
   41  certification earned; student eligibility criteria; and the
   42  enrollment process and relevant deadlines.
   43         (c) Describe the methods, medium, and process by which
   44  students and their parents or legal guardians are annually
   45  informed about the availability of the early college collegiate
   46  high school program, the return on investment associated with
   47  participation in the early college program, and the information
   48  described in paragraphs (a) and (b).
   49         (d) Identify the delivery methods for instruction and the
   50  instructors for all courses.
   51         (e) Identify student advising services and progress
   52  monitoring mechanisms.
   53         (f) Establish a program review and reporting mechanism
   54  regarding student performance outcomes.
   55         (g) Describe the terms of funding arrangements to implement
   56  the early college collegiate high school program pursuant to
   57  subsection (5).
   58         (3)(4) Each student participating in an early college a
   59  collegiate high school program must enter into a student
   60  performance contract, which must be signed by the student, the
   61  parent or legal guardian, and a representative of the school
   62  district and the applicable Florida College System institution
   63  partner, state university, or other eligible postsecondary
   64  institution partner participating pursuant to subsection (4)
   65  (5). The performance contract must, at a minimum, specify
   66  include the schedule of courses, by semester, and industry
   67  certifications to be taken by the student, if any; student
   68  attendance requirements;, and course grade requirements; and the
   69  applicability of such courses to an associate degree or a
   70  baccalaureate degree.
   71         (4)(5) In addition to executing a contract with the local
   72  Florida College System institution under this section, a
   73  district school board may execute a contract to establish an
   74  early college a collegiate high school program with a state
   75  university or an institution that is eligible to participate in
   76  the William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education
   77  Grant Program, that is a nonprofit independent college or
   78  university located and chartered in this state, and that is
   79  accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
   80  Association of Colleges and Schools to grant baccalaureate
   81  degrees. Such university or institution must meet the
   82  requirements specified under subsections (2) (3) and (3) (4). A
   83  charter school may execute a contract directly with the local
   84  Florida College System institution or another institution as
   85  authorized under this section to establish an early college
   86  program at a mutually agreed upon location.
   87         (5)(6) The early college collegiate high school program
   88  shall be funded pursuant to ss. 1007.271 and 1011.62. The State
   89  Board of Education shall enforce compliance with this section by
   90  withholding the transfer of funds for the school districts and
   91  the Florida College System institutions in accordance with s.
   92  1008.32.
   93         (6) By November 30, 2021, and annually thereafter, the
   94  commissioner must report the status of early college programs,
   95  including, at a minimum, a summary of student enrollment in
   96  public and private postsecondary institutions and completion
   97  information to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
   98  the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   99         Section 3. Section 1009.31, Florida Statutes, is created to
  100  read:
  101         1009.31Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program.—
  102         (1) The Legislature finds and declares that dual enrollment
  103  is an integral part of the education system in this state and
  104  should be available for all eligible secondary students without
  105  cost to the student. There is established the Dual Enrollment
  106  Scholarship Program to support public postsecondary institutions
  107  in providing dual enrollment.
  108         (2) The department shall administer the Dual Enrollment
  109  Scholarship Program in accordance with rules of the State Board
  110  of Education.
  111         (3)(a) Beginning in the 2020 fall term, the program shall
  112  reimburse eligible public postsecondary institutions for tuition
  113  and related instructional materials costs for dual enrollment
  114  courses taken by private school or home education program
  115  secondary students during the fall or spring terms.
  116         (b) Beginning in the 2021 summer term, the program shall
  117  reimburse eligible public institutions for tuition and related
  118  instructional materials costs for dual enrollment courses taken
  119  by public school, private school, or home education program
  120  secondary students during the summer terms.
  121         (4) A student participating in a dual enrollment program
  122  must meet the minimum eligibility requirements specified in s.
  123  1007.271 in order for the institution to receive a
  124  reimbursement.
  125         (5) Annually, by March 15, each participating public
  126  institution must report to the department its eligible secondary
  127  students from private schools or home education programs who
  128  were enrolled during the previous fall or spring terms.
  129  Annually, by July 15, each participating public institution must
  130  report to the department its eligible public school, private
  131  school, or home education program students who were enrolled
  132  during the summer terms. For each dual enrollment course in
  133  which the student is enrolled, the report must include a unique
  134  student identifier, the postsecondary institution name, the
  135  postsecondary course number, the postsecondary course name, and
  136  the number of postsecondary course credits earned by the
  137  student.
  138         (6)(a) Florida College System institutions shall be
  139  reimbursed for college credit instruction at the in-state
  140  resident tuition rate established in s. 1009.23(3)(a).
  141         (b) State universities shall be reimbursed at the standard
  142  tuition rate established in s. 1009.24(4)(a).
  143         (c) Workforce education instruction leading to a career
  144  certificate or an applied technology diploma shall be reimbursed
  145  at the standard tuition rate established in s. 1009.22(3)(c).
  146         (d) Institutions shall be reimbursed for instructional
  147  materials costs based on a rate as specified in the General
  148  Appropriations Act.