The Florida Senate

229.52  State Board of Education; assistance in economic development.--

(1)  To assist in the economic development of the state, the State Board of Education shall develop a state-level planning process to identify future training needs for industries, especially high-technology industry.

(2)  To assist in this planning and to assist in the economic development of the state, the state board shall establish a clearinghouse for information on educational programs of value to the economic development of the state. This clearinghouse should provide access to information on expertise of faculty and staff in public and independent institutions of postsecondary education and data on the quality and number of postsecondary education programs in areas critical to economic development.

History.--s. 2, ch. 83-325.