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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB's 1124, 2048 & 1120

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Horne moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 54, between lines 13 and 14,

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17         Section 24.  There is established the Employment Task

18  Force for Adults with Disabilities, to be composed of an equal

19  number of members appointed by the Commissioner of Education

20  and the Executive Director of the State Board of Community

21  Colleges. The commissioner shall appoint an additional member

22  to serve as chairperson. Composition of the task force must

23  include representation from organizations and state agencies

24  that provide services to people with disabilities and people

25  who receive services through programs that enroll adults with

26  disabilities.

27         (1)  The task force shall:

28         (a)  Review current programs that provide education for

29  adults with disabilities and identify those that are

30  appropriately funded by the Workforce Development Education

31  Fund or the categorical fund created in Specific

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB's 1124, 2048 & 1120

    Amendment No.    





 1  Appropriations 119-A and 157-A of the Conference Report on

 2  House Bill 4201. If the task force identifies programs that

 3  are appropriate for funding from both sources, it shall define

 4  conditions of the programs or the students that make the dual

 5  funding appropriate.

 6         (b)  Identify and classify programs conducted for

 7  adults with disabilities and report the number of adults with

 8  disabilities enrolled in those programs and in other workforce

 9  development education programs during the 1997-1998 and

10  1998-1999 school years.

11         (c)  Review the expenditure of funds by school

12  districts and community colleges for educational programs for

13  adults with disabilities. This review includes identifying

14  programs in which funds are used with maximum efficiency and

15  an analysis of the characteristics of effective and efficient

16  funding methods.

17         (d)  Identify and recommend remedies for conditions

18  that could preclude the participation of people who are

19  capable of working toward competitive employment.

20         (2)  The Department of Education shall provide staff to

21  assist the task force. Task force members may be reimbursed

22  for travel expenses as provided in section 112.061, Florida

23  Statutes.

24         (3)  The task force shall submit a report to the

25  Commissioner of Education by December 1, 1998. The report may

26  include recommendations for changes in policy, rule, or law to

27  increase the effectiveness of programs that enroll adults with

28  disabilities.

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 2  And the title is amended as follows:

 3         On page 2, line 21, after the semicolon,

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 6         creating the Employment Task Force for Adults

 7         with Disabilities to review programs that

 8         provide education for adults with disabilities;

 9         providing for the appointment of members of the

10         task force; requiring that the Department of

11         Education provide staff to assist the task

12         force; providing for reimbursement for travel

13         expenses; requiring that the task force report

14         to the Commissioner of Education;

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