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18 Section 8. This act may be cited as the "Workforce
19 Development Implementation Act of 1998."
20 Section 9. The Legislature recognizes that the need
21 for school districts and community colleges to be able to
22 respond to emerging local or statewide economic development
23 needs is critical to the workforce development system. The
24 Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program
25 is created to provide grants to school districts and community
26 colleges on a competitive basis to fund some or all of the
27 costs associated with the creation or expansion of workforce
28 development programs that serve specific employment workforce
29 needs.
30 (a) Funds awarded for a workforce development
31 capitalization incentive grant may be used for instructional
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1 equipment, laboratory equipment, supplies, personnel, student
2 services, or other expenses associated with the creation or
3 expansion of a workforce development program. Expansion of a
4 program may include either the expansion of enrollments in a
5 program or expansion into new areas of specialization within a
6 program. No grant funds may be used for recurring
7 instructional costs or for institutions' indirect costs.
8 (b) The Postsecondary Education Planning Commission
9 shall accept applications from school districts or community
10 colleges for workforce development capitalization incentive
11 grants. Applications from school districts or community
12 colleges shall contain projected enrollments and projected
13 costs for the new or expanded workforce development program.
14 The Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, in
15 consultation with the Jobs and Education Partnership, the
16 Department of Education, and the State Board of Community
17 Colleges, shall review and rank each application for a grant
18 according to paragraph (c) and shall submit to the Legislature
19 a list in priority order of applications recommended for a
20 grant award.
21 (c) The commission shall give highest priority to
22 programs that train people to enter high-skill, high-wage
23 occupations identified by the occupational forecasting
24 conference and other programs approved by the Jobs and
25 Education Partnership; programs that train people to enter
26 occupations on the WAGES list; or programs that train for the
27 workforce adults who are eligible for public assistance,
28 economically disadvantaged, disabled, not proficient in
29 English, or dislocated workers. The commission shall consider
30 the statewide geographic dispersion of grant funds in ranking
31 the applications and shall give priority to applications from
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1 education agencies that are making maximum use of their
2 workforce development funding by offering high-performing,
3 high-demand programs.
4 Section 10. The Legislature finds that changes in
5 workforce development education required by chapter 97-307,
6 Laws of Florida, require the development of an information
7 infrastructure that has been adequately tested and
8 retrofitted. The Legislature further finds that, to be
9 adequate for calculating funding levels for programs conducted
10 by both school districts and community colleges, a single
11 Workforce Development Information System must be developed in
12 an orderly, phased process with resources adequate to make the
13 changes identified in the final report of the Commissioner's
14 Task Force on Workforce Development. Therefore, the Department
15 of Education, school districts, and community colleges shall
16 cooperate to implement the following schedule:
17 (1) By July 1, 1998, as recommended by the task force,
18 implement the additional reporting sequences, revised data
19 elements, and combined individually identifiable student
20 information from the student data bases maintained by the
21 Division of Community Colleges and the Division of Public
22 Schools. Individually identifiable student information shall
23 be reported only as required for making funding decisions as
24 required by section 239.115, Florida Statutes, the
25 recommendations of the Commissioner's Task Force on Workforce
26 Development, and the General Appropriations Act. These
27 divisions shall cooperate with the Office of Workforce
28 Education Outcome Information Services of the Department of
29 Education to conduct the joint data element review process
30 recommended in the task force report.
31 (2) On November 1, 1998, April 1, 1999, and June 1,
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1 1999, provide the Commissioner with a progress report on the
2 implementation of the recommendations of the Commissioner's
3 Task Force on Workforce Development. The report must identify
4 any problems that might impede implementation and describe
5 activities taken to correct them.
6 (3) By December 1, 1998:
7 (a) Design specifications for the collection and
8 reporting of data and performance specifications for the
9 Workforce Development Information System. This design must
10 enable parallel reporting and state-level access of workforce
11 data necessary to use the data reports as a basis for
12 calculating funding allocations. In addition, the design must
13 be capable of providing reports necessary to comply with other
14 program performance documentation required by state or federal
15 law, without requiring additional data collection or reporting
16 from local educational agencies.
17 (b) Develop the computer programs, software, and edit
18 processes necessary for local and state users to produce a
19 single, unified Workforce Development Information System.
20 (4) By May 15, 1999, complete pilot testing local and
21 state Workforce Development Information System processes.
22 (5) By July 1, 1999, complete design and development
23 of the Workforce Development Information System.
24 (6) On October 1, 1999, community colleges and school
25 districts shall complete the first reporting period applicable
26 to the Workforce Development Information System. To assure
27 that this implementation process is conducted successfully,
28 the implementation dates required in sections 239.115 and
29 239.117, Florida Statutes, are advanced by 1 year, to July 1,
30 1999, for implementation of the funding formula, and to the
31 2000-2001 school year for implementation of the fee schedule.
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1 During the 1998-1999 fiscal year, school districts and
2 community colleges shall conduct workforce development
3 education programs with state funding as provided in the
4 General Appropriations Act.
5 Section 11. Subsection (1) of section 229.551, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 229.551 Educational management.--
8 (1) The department is directed to identify all
9 functions which under the provisions of this act contribute
10 to, or comprise a part of, the state system of educational
11 accountability and to establish within the department the
12 necessary organizational structure, policies, and procedures
13 for effectively coordinating such functions. Such policies
14 and procedures shall clearly fix and delineate
15 responsibilities for various aspects of the system and for
16 overall coordination of the total system. The commissioner
17 shall perform the following duties and functions:
18 (a) Coordination of department plans for meeting
19 educational needs and for improving the quality of education
20 provided by the state system of public education;
21 (b) Coordination of management information system
22 development for all levels of education and for all divisions
23 of the department, to include the development and utilization
24 of cooperative education computing networks for the state
25 system of public education;
26 (c) Development of database definitions and all other
27 items necessary for full implementation of a comprehensive
28 management information system as required by s. 229.555;
29 (d) Coordination of all planning functions for all
30 levels and divisions within the department;
31 (e) Coordination of all cost accounting and cost
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1 reporting activities for all levels of education, including
2 public schools, vocational programs, community colleges, and
3 institutions in the State University System;
4 (f) Development and coordination of a common course
5 designation and numbering system for postsecondary education
6 in school districts, community colleges, participating
7 nonpublic postsecondary education institutions, and the State
8 University System which will improve program planning,
9 increase communication among all postsecondary delivery
10 systems community colleges and universities, and facilitate
11 the transfer of students. The system shall not encourage or
12 require course content prescription or standardization or
13 uniform course testing, and the continuing maintenance of the
14 system shall be accomplished by appropriate faculty committees
15 representing public and participating nonpublic institutions.
16 Also, the system shall be applied to all postsecondary and
17 certificate career education programs and courses offered in
18 school districts and community colleges. The Articulation
19 Coordinating Committee, whose membership represents public and
20 nonpublic postsecondary institutions, shall:
21 1. Identify the highest demand degree programs within
22 the State University System.
23 2. Conduct a study of courses offered by universities
24 and accepted for credit toward a degree. The study shall
25 identify courses designated as either general education or
26 required as a prerequisite for a degree. The study shall also
27 identify these courses as upper-division level or
28 lower-division level.
29 3. Appoint faculty committees representing both
30 community college and university faculties to recommend a
31 single level for each course included in the common course
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1 numbering and designation system. Any course designated as an
2 upper-division level course must be characterized by a need
3 for advanced academic preparation and skills that a student
4 would be unlikely to achieve without significant prior
5 coursework. A course that is offered as part of an associate
6 in science degree program and as an upper-division course for
7 a baccalaureate degree shall be designated for both the lower
8 and upper division. Of the courses required for each
9 baccalaureate degree, at least half of the credit hours
10 required for the degree shall be achievable through courses
11 designated as lower-division courses, except in degree
12 programs approved by the Board of Regents pursuant to s.
13 240.209(5)(e). A course designated as lower-division may be
14 offered by any community college. By January 1, 1996, The
15 Articulation Coordinating Committee shall recommend to the
16 State Board of Education the levels for the courses. By
17 January 1, 1996, The common course numbering and designation
18 system shall include the courses at the recommended levels,
19 and by fall semester of 1996, the registration process at each
20 state university and community college shall include the
21 courses at their designated levels and common course numbers.
22 4. Appoint faculty committees representing both
23 community college and university faculties to recommend those
24 courses identified to meet general education requirements
25 within the subject areas of communication, mathematics, social
26 sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. By January 1,
27 1996, The Articulation Coordinating Committee shall recommend
28 to the State Board of Education those courses identified to
29 meet these general education requirements by their common
30 course code number. By fall semester, 1996, All community
31 colleges and state universities shall accept these general
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1 education courses.
2 5. Appoint faculty committees representing both
3 community colleges and universities to recommend common
4 prerequisite courses and identify course substitutions when
5 common prerequisites cannot be established for degree programs
6 across all institutions. Faculty work groups shall adopt a
7 strategy for addressing significant differences in
8 prerequisites, including course substitutions. The Board of
9 Regents shall be notified by the Articulation Coordinating
10 Committee when significant differences remain. By fall
11 semester, 1996, Common degree program prerequisites shall be
12 offered and accepted by all state universities and community
13 colleges, except in cases approved by the Board of Regents
14 pursuant to s. 240.209(5)(f). The Board of Regents shall work
15 with the State Board of Community Colleges on the development
16 of a centralized database containing the list of courses and
17 course substitutions that meet the prerequisite requirements
18 for each baccalaureate degree program; and
19 (g) Expansion and ongoing maintenance of the common
20 course designation and numbering system to include the
21 numbering and designation of college credit postsecondary
22 vocational courses and facilitate the transfer of credits
23 between public schools, and community colleges, and state
24 universities. The Articulation Coordinating Committee shall:
25 1. Adopt guidelines for the participation of public
26 school districts and community colleges in offering college
27 credit courses that may be transferred to a certificate,
28 diploma, or degree program. These guidelines shall establish
29 standards addressing faculty qualifications, admissions,
30 program curricula, participation in the common course
31 designation and numbering system, and other issues identified
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1 by the Task Force on Workforce Development and the
2 Commissioner of Education. Guidelines should also address the
3 role of accreditation in the designation of courses as
4 transferable college credit. Such guidelines must not
5 jeopardize the accreditation status of educational
6 institutions and must be based on data related to the history
7 of credit transfer among institutions in this state and
8 others.
9 2. Identify Conduct a study identifying postsecondary
10 vocational programs offered by community colleges and public
11 school districts. The list study shall also identify
12 postsecondary vocational courses designated as college credit
13 courses applicable toward a vocational diploma or degree.
14 Such college credit courses must be identified within the
15 common course numbering and designation system.
16 3. Appoint faculty committees representing both
17 community college and public school faculties to recommend a
18 standard program length and appropriate occupational
19 completion points for each postsecondary vocational
20 certificate program, diploma, and degree; and. A course
21 designated as college credit may be offered by a public school
22 district or community college, provided the standards
23 established in subparagraph 1. are met
24 (h) Development of common definitions necessary for
25 managing a uniform coordinated system of career education for
26 all levels of the state system of public education.
27 Section 12. Subsection (1) of section 229.8075,
28 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
29 229.8075 Florida Education and Training Placement
30 Information Program.--
31 (1) The Department of Education shall develop and
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1 maintain a continuing program of information management named
2 the "Florida Education and Training Placement Information
3 Program," the purpose of which is to compile, maintain, and
4 disseminate information concerning the educational histories,
5 placement and employment, enlistments in the United States
6 armed services, and other measures of success of former
7 participants in state educational and workforce development
8 programs. Placement and employment information shall contain
9 data appropriate to calculate job retention and job retention
10 rates.
11 Section 13. Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section
12 236.081, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 236.081 Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual
14 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
15 district for operation of schools is not determined in the
16 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
17 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
18 follows:
19 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
20 OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in
21 determining the annual allocation to each district for
22 operation:
23 (h) Instruction outside required number of school
24 days.--Students in grades 9 through 12 may be counted as
25 full-time equivalent students for instruction provided outside
26 the required number of school days or year if such instruction
27 counts as credit toward a high school graduation diploma.
28 However, if a high school student wishes to earn additional
29 high school credits from a community college and enrolls in
30 one or more adult secondary education courses at the community
31 college, the community college shall be reimbursed student's
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1 school district must pay the community college for the costs
2 incurred because of the high school student's coenrollment as
3 provided in the General Appropriations Act.
4 Section 14. Section 239.105, Florida Statutes, is
5 amended to read:
6 239.105 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the
7 term:
8 (1) "Adult basic education" means courses of
9 instruction designed to improve the employability of the
10 state's workforce through instruction in mathematics, reading,
11 language, and workforce readiness skills at grade level
12 equivalency 0-8.9. at or below a fifth grade educational level
13 in the language arts, including English for speakers of other
14 languages, mathematics, natural and social sciences, consumer
15 education and other courses that enable an adult to attain
16 basic or functional literacy.
17 (2) "Adult ESOL" or "adult ESL" means noncredit
18 English language courses designed to improve the employability
19 of the state's workforce through acquisition of communication
20 skills and cultural competencies which enhance ability to
21 read, write, speak, and listen in English. ESOL means English
22 for Speaker of Other Languages. ESL means English as a Second
23 Language. The two terms are interchangeable.
24 (3)(2) "Adult general education" means a comprehensive
25 instructional programs designed to improve the employability
26 of the state's workforce through program of adult basic
27 education, adult secondary education, English for Speakers of
28 Other Languages, vocational preparatory instruction, and
29 instruction for adults with disabilities. general educational
30 development test instruction, and vocational preparatory
31 instruction.
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1 (4) "Adult high school credit program" means the award
2 of credits upon completion of courses and passing of state
3 mandated assessments necessary to qualify for a high school
4 diploma. Except as provided elsewhere in law, the graduation
5 standards for adults shall be the same as those for secondary
6 students.
7 (5)(3) "Adult secondary education" means courses
8 through which a person receives high school credit that leads
9 to the award of a high school diploma or courses of
10 instruction through which a student prepares to take the
11 General Educational Development test. This includes grade
12 levels 9.0 through 12.9.
13 (6) "Adult student" is a student who is beyond the
14 compulsory school age and who has legally left elementary or
15 secondary school, or a high school student who is taking an
16 adult course required for high school graduation.
17 (7) "Adult with disability," for the purpose of
18 funding, means an individual who has a physical or mental
19 impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
20 activities, has a record of such impairment, or is regarded as
21 having such an impairment, and who requires modifications to
22 the educational program, adaptive equipment, or specialized
23 instructional methods and services in order to participate in
24 workforce development programs that lead to competitive
25 employment.
26 (8) "Applied technology diploma program" means a
27 course of study that is part of a degree vocational education
28 program, is less than 60 credit hours, and leads to employment
29 in a specific occupation. An applied technology diploma
30 program may consist of either vocational credit or college
31 credit. A public school district may offer an applied
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1 technology diploma program only as vocational credit, with
2 college credit awarded to a student upon articulation to a
3 community college. Statewide articulation among public schools
4 and community colleges is guaranteed by s. 240.115, and is
5 subject to guidelines and standards adopted by the
6 articulation coordinating committee pursuant to s.
7 229.551(1)(g).
8 (9)(4) "Basic literacy," which is also referred to as
9 "beginning adult basic education," means the demonstration of
10 academic competence from 2.0 through 5.9 educational grade
11 levels as measured by means approved for this purpose by the
12 State Board of Education.
13 (10)(5) "Beginning literacy" means the demonstration
14 of academic competence from 0 through 1.9 educational grade
15 levels as measured by means approved for this purpose by the
16 State Board of Education.
17 (11)(6) "College-preparatory instruction" means
18 courses through which a high school graduate who applies for
19 an associate in arts degree program or an associate in science
20 a degree program may attain the communication and computation
21 skills necessary to enroll in college credit instruction.
22 (12)(7) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
23 Education.
24 (13)(8) "Community education" means the use of a
25 school or other public facility as a community center operated
26 in conjunction with other public, private, and governmental
27 organizations for the purpose of providing educational,
28 recreational, social, cultural, health, and community services
29 for persons in the community in accordance with the needs,
30 interests, and concerns of that community, including lifelong
31 learning.
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1 (14) "Continuing workforce education" means
2 instruction that does not result in a vocational certificate,
3 diploma, associate in applied science degree, or associate in
4 science degree. Continuing workforce education is for:
5 (a) Individuals who are required to have training for
6 licensure renewal or certification renewal by a regulatory
7 agency or credentialing body;
8 (b) New or expanding businesses as described in
9 chapter 288;
10 (c) Business, industry, and government agencies whose
11 products or services are changing so that retraining of
12 employees is necessary or whose employees need training in
13 specific skills to increase efficiency and productivity; or
14 (d) Individuals who are enhancing occupational skills
15 necessary to maintain current employment, to cross train, or
16 to upgrade employment.
17 (15)(18) "Degree vocational education program" means a
18 course of study that leads to an associate in applied science
19 technology degree or an associate in science degree. A degree
20 vocational education program may contain within it one or more
21 occupational completion points and may lead to certificates or
22 diplomas within the course of study. The term is
23 interchangeable with the term "degree career education
24 program."
25 (16)(9) "Department" means the Department of
26 Education.
27 (10) "Document literacy" means the demonstration of
28 competence in identifying and using information located in
29 materials such as charts, forms, tables, and indexes.
30 (17)(11) "Family literacy" means a program for adults
31 with a literacy component for parents and children or other
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1 intergenerational literacy components.
2 (18)(12) "Functional literacy," which is also referred
3 to as "intermediate adult basic education," means the
4 demonstration of academic competence from 6.0 through 8.9
5 educational grade levels as measured by means approved for
6 this purpose by the State Board of Education.
7 (19)(13) "General Educational Development (GED) test
8 preparation instruction" means courses of instruction designed
9 to prepare adults for success on the five GED subject area
10 tests leading to qualification for a State of Florida high
11 school diploma. noncredit courses through which persons
12 prepare to take the general educational development test.
13 (20)(14) "Lifelong learning" means a noncredit course
14 or activity offered by a school district or community college
15 which seeks to address community social and economic issues
16 related to health and human relations, government, parenting,
17 consumer economics, and senior citizens. The course or
18 activity must have specific expected outcomes that relate to
19 one or more of these areas.
20 (21)(15) "Local educational agency" means a community
21 college or school district.
22 (22)(16) "Local sponsor" means a school board,
23 community college board of trustees, public library, other
24 public entity, or private nonprofit entity, or any combination
25 of these entities, that provides adult literacy instruction.
26 (23)(17) "Vocational certificate program" "Certificate
27 vocational education program" means a course of study that
28 leads to at least one occupational completion point. The
29 program may also confer credit that may articulate with a
30 diploma or degree career education program, if authorized by
31 rules of the Department of Education. Any college credit
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1 instruction designed to articulate to a degree program is
2 subject to guidelines and standards adopted by the
3 Articulation Coordinating Committee pursuant to s.
4 229.551(1)(g). The term is interchangeable with the term
5 "certificate career education program."
6 (24)(19) "Occupational completion point" means the
7 vocational competencies that qualify a person to enter an
8 occupation that is linked to a vocational program.
9 (20) "Prose literacy" means the demonstration of
10 competence in reading and interpreting materials such as
11 newspapers, magazines, and books.
12 (21) "Quantitative literacy" means the demonstration
13 of competence in the application of arithmetic operations to
14 materials such as loan documents, sale advertisements, order
15 forms, and checking accounts.
16 (25)(22) "Vocational education planning region" means
17 the geographic area in which career or adult education is
18 provided. Each vocational region is contiguous with one of
19 the 28 community college service areas. The term may be used
20 interchangeably with the term "career education planning
21 region."
22 (26)(23) "Vocational-preparatory instruction" means
23 adult general education through which persons attain academic
24 and workforce readiness skills at the level of functional
25 literacy (grade levels 6.0-8.9) or higher so that such persons
26 may pursue certificate career education or higher-level career
27 education.
28 (27) "Vocational program" means a group of identified
29 competencies leading to occupations identified by a
30 Classification of Instructional Programs number.
31 (28)(25) "Workforce development education" means adult
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1 general education or vocational education and may consist of a
2 continuing workforce education course single course or a
3 program course of study leading to an occupational completion
4 point, a vocational certificate, an applied technology
5 diploma, or a vocational education an associate in applied
6 technology degree, or an associate in science degree.
7 (29)(24) "Workforce literacy" means the basic skills
8 necessary to perform in entry-level occupations or the skills
9 necessary to adapt to technological advances in the workplace.
10 Section 15. Section 239.115, Florida Statutes, is
11 amended to read:
12 239.115 Funds for operation of adult general education
13 and vocational education programs.--
14 (1) As used in this section, the terms "workforce
15 development education" and "workforce development program"
16 include:
17 (a) Adult general education programs designed to
18 improve the employability skills of the state's workforce
19 through adult basic education, adult secondary education, GED
20 preparation, and vocational-preparatory education.;
21 (b) Certificate Vocational certificate education
22 programs, including courses that lead to an occupational
23 completion point within a program that terminates in either a
24 certificate, a diploma or a degree.;
25 (c) Applied technology diploma programs.
26 (d) Continuing workforce education courses.
27 (e)(c) Degree vocational education programs. that lead
28 to an associate in applied technology degree or an associate
29 in science degree; and
30 (f)(d) Apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs
31 as defined in s. 446.021.
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1 (2) Any workforce development education program may be
2 conducted by a community college or a school district, except
3 that college credit and an associate in science degree may be
4 awarded only by a community college. However, if an associate
5 in science degree program contains within it an occupational
6 completion point that confers a certificate or an associate in
7 applied technology diploma degree, that portion of the program
8 may be conducted by a school district technical center. Any
9 college credit instruction designed to articulate to a degree
10 program is subject to guidelines and standards adopted by the
11 Articulation Coordinating Committee pursuant to s.
12 229.551(1)(g).
13 (3) If a program for disabled adults pursuant to s.
14 239.301 is a workforce development program as defined in law
15 this section it must be funded as provided in this section.
16 (4) The Florida Workforce Development Education Fund
17 is created to provide performance-based funding for all
18 workforce development programs, whether the programs are
19 offered by a school district or a community college. Funding
20 for all workforce development education programs must be from
21 the Workforce Development Education Fund and must be based on
22 cost categories, performance output measures, and performance
23 outcome measures. This subsection takes effect July 1, 1999
24 1998.
25 (a) The cost categories must be calculated to identify
26 high-cost programs, medium-cost programs, and low-cost
27 programs. The cost analysis used to calculate and assign a
28 program course of study to a cost category must include at
29 least both direct and indirect instructional costs, consumable
30 supplies, equipment, and standard optimum program length.
31 (b)1. The performance output measure for a vocational
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1 education programs course of study is student completion of a
2 vocational a single course; a program of study that leads to
3 an occupational completion point associated with a
4 certificate; an apprenticeship program; or a program that
5 leads to an associate in applied technology diploma degree or
6 an associate in science degree. Performance output measures
7 for registered apprenticeship programs shall be based on
8 program lengths that coincide with lengths established
9 pursuant to the requirements of chapter 446.
10 2. The performance output measure for an adult general
11 education course of study is measurable improvement in student
12 skills. This measure shall include improvement in literacy
13 skills, grade level improvement as measured by an approved
14 test, or attainment of a general education development diploma
15 or an adult high school diploma.
16 (c) The performance outcome measures for programs
17 funded through the Workforce Development Education Fund are
18 associated with placement and retention of students after
19 reaching a completion point or completing of a program course
20 of study. These measures include placement or retention in
21 employment that is related to the program course of study;
22 placement into or retention in employment in an occupation on
23 the Occupational Forecasting Conference list of high-wage,
24 high-skill occupations with sufficient openings; and placement
25 and retention of WAGES clients or former WAGES clients; and
26 retention in employment of former WAGES clients. Continuing
27 postsecondary education at a level that will further enhance
28 employment is a performance outcome for adult general
29 education programs. Placement and retention must be reported
30 pursuant to ss. 229.8075 and 239.233.
31 (5) Effective July 1, 1999, for school districts
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1 providing adult basic education for the elderly to at least
2 10,000 students during fiscal year 1996-97, and to at least
3 10,000 students during subsequent fiscal years, funds for
4 these adult basic education courses for the elderly shall not
5 be provided from the Workforce Development Education Fund, but
6 shall be provided in a separate categorical subject to
7 provisions defined in the General Appropriations Act. Unless
8 exempt pursuant to s. 239.117, fees for these courses shall be
9 set at no less than 10 percent of the average cost of
10 instruction.
11 (6) State funding and student fees for workforce
12 development instruction funded through the Workforce
13 Development Education Fund shall be established as follows:
14 (a) For a continuing workforce education course, state
15 funding shall equal 50 percent of the cost of instruction,
16 with student fees, business support, quick-response training
17 funds, or other means making up the remaining 50 percent.
18 (b) For all other workforce development education
19 funded through the Workforce Development Education Fund, state
20 funding shall equal 75 percent of the average cost of
21 instruction with the remaining 25 percent made up from student
22 fees. Fees for courses within a program shall not vary
23 according to the cost of the individual program, but instead
24 shall be based on a uniform fee calculated and set at the
25 state level, as adopted by the State Board of Education,
26 unless otherwise specified in the General Appropriations Act.
27 (c) For fee-exempt students pursuant to s. 239.117,
28 unless otherwise provided for in law, state funding shall
29 equal 100 percent of the average cost of instruction.
30 (7) Beginning in fiscal year 1999-2000, a school
31 district or a community college that provides workforce
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1 development education funded through the Workforce Development
2 Education Fund shall receive funds in accordance with
3 distributions for base and performance funding established by
4 the Legislature in the General Appropriations Act, pursuant to
5 the following conditions:
6 (a) Base funding shall not exceed 85 percent of the
7 current fiscal year total Workforce Development Education Fund
8 allocation, which shall be distributed by the Legislature in
9 the General Appropriations Act based on a maximum of 85
10 percent of the institution's prior year's total allocation
11 from base and performance funds.
12 (b) Performance funding shall be at least 15 percent
13 of the current fiscal year total Workforce Development
14 Education Fund allocation, which shall be distributed by the
15 Legislature in the General Appropriations Act based on the
16 previous fiscal year's achievement of output and outcomes in
17 accordance with formulas adopted pursuant to subsection (9).
18 Performance funding must incorporate payments for at least
19 three levels of placements that reflect wages and workforce
20 demand. Payments for completions must not exceed 60 percent of
21 the payments for placement. For fiscal year 1999-2000, school
22 districts and community colleges shall be awarded funds
23 pursuant to this paragraph based on performance output data
24 generated for fiscal year 1998-1999 and performance outcome
25 data available in that year.
26 (c) If a local educational agency achieves a level of
27 performance sufficient to generate a full allocation as
28 authorized by the workforce development funding formula, the
29 agency may earn performance incentive funds as appropriated
30 for that purpose in a General Appropriations Act. If
31 performance incentive funds are funded and awarded, these
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1 funds must be added to the local educational agency's prior
2 year total allocation from the Workforce Development Education
3 Fund and shall be used to calculate the following year's base
4 funding.
5 (8) A school district or community college that earns
6 performance funding must use the money to benefit the
7 postsecondary vocational and adult education programs it
8 provides. The money may be used for equipment upgrades,
9 program expansions, or any other use that would result in
10 workforce development program improvement. The school board or
11 community college board of trustees may not withhold any
12 portion of the performance funding for indirect costs.
13 Notwithstanding s. 216.351, funds awarded pursuant to this
14 section may be carried across fiscal years and shall not
15 revert to any other fund maintained by the school board or
16 community college board of trustees.
17 (9) The Department of Education, the State Board of
18 Community Colleges, and the Jobs and Education Partnership
19 shall provide the Legislature with recommended formulas,
20 criteria, timeframes, and mechanisms for distributing
21 performance funds. The commissioner shall consolidate the
22 recommendations and develop a consensus proposal for funding.
23 The Legislature shall adopt a formula and distribute the
24 performance funds to the Division of Community Colleges and
25 the Division of Workforce Development through the General
26 Appropriations Act. These recommendations shall be based on
27 formulas that would discourage low-performing or low-demand
28 programs and encourage through performance-funding awards:
29 (a) Programs that prepare people to enter high-wage
30 occupations identified by the Occupational Forecasting
31 Conference created by s. 216.136 and other programs as
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1 approved by the Jobs and Education Partnership. At a minimum,
2 performance incentives shall be calculated for adults who
3 reach completion points or complete programs that lead to
4 specified high-wage employment and to their placement in that
5 employment.
6 (b) Programs that successfully prepare adults who are
7 eligible for public assistance, economically disadvantaged,
8 disabled, not proficient in English, or dislocated workers for
9 high-wage occupations. At a minimum, performance incentives
10 shall be calculated at an enhanced value for the completion of
11 adults identified in this paragraph and job placement of such
12 adults upon completion. In addition, adjustments may be made
13 in payments for job placements for areas of high unemployment.
14 (c) Programs identified by the Jobs and Education
15 Partnership as increasing the effectiveness and cost
16 efficiency of education.
17 (5) Initial state funding is generated by student
18 enrollment in a course of study. When the student completes
19 the course of study or the program, the agency may collect the
20 remaining state funding. This subsection takes effect July 1,
21 1998.
22 (6) The total state funding entitlement for each
23 course of study is determined by its length, the output
24 measures, and its cost category. The district cost
25 differential, as established annually in the General
26 Appropriations Act, must be applied to the appropriation for
27 the workforce development education fund.
28 (a)1. For a course that does not result in an
29 occupational completion point, state funding equals 50 percent
30 of the cost of the course, with student fees, business
31 support, quick-response training funds, or other means making
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1 up the remaining 50 percent.
2 2. For a program that results in an occupational
3 completion point, an educational agency may collect 100
4 percent of the cost of the program, with 85 percent generated
5 from a combination of student fees and state support during a
6 student's enrollment, and the remaining 15 percent generated
7 upon the student's reaching an occupational completion point
8 or completing the program.
9 (b) Student output measures for adult education
10 instruction consist of improvement in literacy skills, grade
11 level improvement as measured by an approved test, or
12 attainment of a general education development diploma or an
13 adult high school diploma.
14 (c) The cost category of a course that is part of a
15 vocational program or an adult general education program is
16 the same as that of the program. This subsection takes effect
17 July 1, 1998.
18 (7) When a student reaches an occupational completion
19 point or completes a program, the educational agency shall
20 first collect the remainder of the total state funding
21 entitlement and may be eligible for additional incentive funds
22 generated by student outcome measures. However, the total
23 funding earned by an educational agency under the formula,
24 including state funding and student fees, may not exceed 125
25 percent of the calculated program cost. Any funds earned in
26 excess of program cost must be expended to improve the
27 program. This subsection takes effect July 1, 1998.
28 (8) For each course of study, an educational agency
29 that serves students in workforce education programs shall
30 submit an enrollment count each semester, which shall replace
31 the full-time equivalent student enrollment used by the
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1 Florida Education Finance Program and the enrollment
2 calculation used by the Community College Program Fund. The
3 Division of Workforce Development shall calculate the funding
4 entitlement for that semester by a date established by the
5 Department of Education. This subsection takes effect July 1,
6 1998.
7 (9) A school district or a community college that
8 provides workforce development education shall receive initial
9 funding for each student in the semester in which the student
10 enrolls. During each subsequent semester, a funding
11 entitlement shall be calculated for each student by
12 subtracting the student fee amount from the total funding
13 amount for the course of study in its assigned cost category.
14 The semester funding amount is 85 percent of the cost of the
15 program, including student fees, divided by the number of
16 semesters in the course of study. When a student reaches an
17 occupational completion point or completes a course, the
18 educational agency shall collect the difference between the
19 total state funding entitlement and the amount in state
20 funding already paid. A student may not generate funding for
21 any semester in which the student is not enrolled. This
22 subsection takes effect July 1, 1998.
23 (10) A high school student dually enrolled under s.
24 240.116 in a workforce development program funded through the
25 Workforce Development Education Fund and operated by a
26 community college or school district technical center
27 generates the amount calculated by the Workforce Development
28 Education Fund, including any payment of performance funding
29 incentives, and the proportional share of full-time equivalent
30 enrollment generated through the Florida Education Finance
31 Program for the student's enrollment in a high school. If a
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1 high school student is dually enrolled in a community college
2 program, including a program conducted at a high school, the
3 community college earns the funds generated through the
4 Workforce Development Education Fund and the school district
5 earns the proportional share of full-time equivalent funding
6 from the Florida Education Finance Program. If a student is
7 dually enrolled in a technical center operated by the same
8 district as the district in which the student attends high
9 school, that district earns the funds generated through the
10 Workforce Development Education Fund and also earns the
11 proportional share of full-time equivalent funding from the
12 Florida Education Finance Program. If a student is dually
13 enrolled in a workforce development program provided by a
14 technical center operated by a different school district, the
15 funds must be divided between the two school districts
16 proportionally from the two funding sources. A student may not
17 be reported for funding in a dual enrollment workforce
18 development program unless the student has completed the basic
19 skills assessment pursuant to s. 239.213.
20 (11) The Department of Education may adopt rules to
21 administer this section.
22 (12) The Auditor General shall annually audit the
23 Workforce Development Education Fund. The Office of Program
24 Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall review the
25 workforce development program and provide a report to the
26 Legislature by December 31, 2000, and thereafter at the
27 direction of the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee. Such
28 audits and reviews shall be based on source data at the
29 community colleges and school districts.
30 Section 16. Subsections (1), (7), and (8), paragraphs
31 (c) and (d) of subsection (4), and paragraphs (a) and (c) of
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1 subsection (6) of section 239.117, Florida Statutes, are
2 amended to read:
3 239.117 Postsecondary student fees.--
4 (1) This section applies to students enrolled in
5 workforce development programs, including programs and courses
6 leading to an associate in applied technology degree or an
7 associate in science degree who are reported for funding
8 through the Workforce Development Education Fund, except that
9 college credit fees for the community colleges are governed by
10 s. 240.35.
11 (4) The following students are exempt from the payment
12 of registration, matriculation, and laboratory fees:
13 (c) A student for whom the state is paying a foster
14 care board payment pursuant to s. 409.145(3) or pursuant to
15 parts II III and III V of chapter 39, for whom the permanency
16 planning goal pursuant to part III V of chapter 39 is
17 long-term foster care or independent living, or who is adopted
18 from the Department of Children and Family Services after
19 December 31, 1997. Such exemption includes fees associated
20 with enrollment in vocational college-preparatory instruction
21 and completion of the college-level communication and
22 computation skills testing program. Such exemption shall be
23 available to any student adopted from the Department of
24 Children and Family Services after December 31, 1997; however,
25 the exemption shall be valid for no more than 4 years after
26 the date of graduation from high school.
27 (d) A student enrolled in an employment and training
28 program under the WAGES Program. Such a student may receive a
29 fee exemption only if the student applies for and does not
30 receive student financial aid, including Job Training
31 Partnership Act or Family Support Act funds. Schools and
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1 community colleges shall help such students apply for
2 financial aid, but may not deny such students program
3 participation during the financial aid application process.
4 Such a student may not be required to incur debt within the
5 financial aid package. The local WAGES coalition shall pay the
6 community college or school district for costs incurred for
7 WAGES clients.
8 (6)(a) The Commissioner of Education shall provide
9 recommend to the State Board of Education no later than
10 December 31 of each year a schedule of fees for workforce
11 development education. The fee schedule shall be based on the
12 amount of student fees necessary to produce 25 percent of the
13 prior year's average cost of a course of study leading to a
14 certificate or diploma degree and 50 percent of the prior
15 year's cost of a continuing workforce education course that
16 does not lead to an occupational completion point. At the
17 discretion of a school board or a community college, this fee
18 schedule may be implemented over a 3-year period, with full
19 implementation in the 1999-2000 school year. In years
20 preceding that year, if fee increases are necessary for some
21 programs or courses, the fees shall be raised in increments
22 designed to lessen their impact upon students already
23 enrolled. Fees for students who are not residents for tuition
24 purposes must offset the full cost of instruction.
25 Fee-nonexempt students enrolled in vocational preparatory
26 instruction shall be charged fees equal to the fees charged
27 for certificate career education instruction. Each community
28 college that conducts college-preparatory and
29 vocational-preparatory instruction in the same class section
30 may charge a single fee for both types of instruction.
31 (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt, by rule,
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1 the definitions and procedures that school boards shall use in
2 the calculation of cost borne by students. Such rule must
3 define the cost of educational programs as the product of
4 semester enrollment counts times the average instructional
5 cost for the course of study, divided by the number of
6 semesters in the course of study. A course of study is a
7 single course or a series of two or more courses leading to an
8 occupational completion point, an associate in applied
9 technology degree, or an associate in science degree. The
10 rule shall be developed in consultation with the Legislature.
11 (7)(a) Each year the State Board of Community Colleges
12 shall review and evaluate the percentage of the cost of adult
13 programs and certificate career education programs supported
14 through student fees. If this review indicates that student
15 fees generate less than the percentage targeted for the
16 program, the State Board of Community Colleges shall adopt a
17 schedule of fee increases by December 31 for the following
18 fall semester. For students who are residents for tuition
19 purposes, the schedule so adopted must produce revenues equal
20 to 25 percent of the prior year's average program cost for
21 college-preparatory and certificate-level workforce
22 development supplemental vocational programs and 50 10 percent
23 of the prior year's program cost for student enrollment in
24 continuing workforce education certificate career education
25 and vocational preparatory programs. The fee schedule for
26 lifelong learning programs shall be based on student fees and
27 nonstate funds necessary to produce 50 percent of the prior
28 year's cost of lifelong learning programs. State funds may not
29 exceed 50 percent of the prior year's cost of lifelong
30 learning programs. The state board may not increase fees more
31 than 10 percent for students who are residents for tuition
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1 purposes. Unless otherwise specified in the General
2 Appropriations Act, the fee schedule shall take effect and the
3 college shall expend student fees on instruction. If the
4 Legislature enacts a calculation different than that adopted
5 by the state board, the state board shall adopt a fee schedule
6 that generates the same revenues as the calculation contained
7 in the General Appropriations Act. Each community college
8 board of trustees shall establish matriculation, tuition, and
9 noncredit fees that may vary no more than 10 percent from the
10 schedule approved by the State Board of Education. Fees for
11 students who are not residents for tuition purposes must
12 offset the full cost of instruction.
13 (b) Students enrolled in college-preparatory
14 instruction shall pay fees equal to the fees charged for
15 college credit courses. Students enrolled in the same
16 college-preparatory class within a skill area more than one
17 time shall pay fees at 100 percent of the full cost of
18 instruction and shall not be included in calculations of
19 full-time equivalent enrollments for state funding purposes;
20 however, students who withdraw or fail a class due to
21 extenuating circumstances may be granted an exception only
22 once for each class, provided approval is granted according to
23 policy established by the board of trustees. Each community
24 college shall have the authority to review and reduce payment
25 for increased fees due to continued enrollment in a
26 college-preparatory class on an individual basis, contingent
27 upon a student's financial hardship, pursuant to definitions
28 and fee levels established by the State Board of Community
29 Colleges. Fee-nonexempt students enrolled in
30 vocational-preparatory instruction shall be charged fees equal
31 to the fees charged for certificate career education
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1 instruction. Each community college that conducts
2 college-preparatory and vocational-preparatory instruction in
3 the same class section may charge a single fee for both types
4 of instruction.
5 (8) Each school board and community college board of
6 trustees may collect, for financial aid purposes, up to an
7 additional 10 percent of the student fees collected for
8 workforce development programs funded through the Workforce
9 Development Education Fund. All fees collected shall be
10 deposited into a separate workforce development the student
11 financial aid fee trust fund of the district or community
12 college to support students enrolled in workforce development
13 programs. Any undisbursed balance remaining in the trust fund
14 and interest income accruing to investments from the trust
15 fund shall increase the total funds available for distribution
16 to workforce development education certificate career
17 education students. Awards shall be based on student
18 financial need and distributed in accordance with a nationally
19 recognized system of need analysis approved by the State Board
20 for Career Education. Fees collected pursuant to this
21 subsection shall be allocated in an expeditious manner.
22 Section 17. Subsection (2) of section 239.213, Florida
23 Statutes, is amended to read:
24 239.213 Vocational-preparatory instruction.--
25 (2) Students who enroll in a certificate career
26 education program of 450 hours or more shall complete an
27 entry-level examination within the first 6 weeks of admission
28 into the program. The state board shall designate
29 examinations that are currently in existence, the results of
30 which are comparable across institutions, to assess student
31 mastery of basic skills. Any student deemed to lack a minimal
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1 level of basic skills for such program shall be referred to
2 vocational-preparatory instruction or adult basic education
3 for a structured program of basic skills instruction. Such
4 instruction may include English for speakers of other
5 languages. A student may not receive a certificate of
6 vocational program completion prior to demonstrating the basic
7 skills required in the state curriculum frameworks for the
8 vocational program.
9 Section 18. Subsection (2) of section 239.229, Florida
10 Statutes, is amended to read:
11 239.229 Vocational standards.--
12 (2)(a) School board, superintendent, and school
13 accountability for career education within elementary and
14 secondary schools includes, but is not limited to:
15 1. Student exposure to a variety of careers and
16 provision of instruction to explore specific careers in
17 greater depth.
18 2. Student awareness of available vocational programs
19 and the corresponding occupations into which such programs
20 lead.
21 3. Student development of individual career plans.
22 4. Integration of academic and vocational skills in
23 the secondary curriculum.
24 5. Student preparation to enter the workforce and
25 enroll in postsecondary education without being required to
26 complete college-preparatory or vocational-preparatory
27 instruction.
28 6. Student retention in school through high school
29 graduation.
30 7. Vocational curriculum articulation with
31 corresponding postsecondary programs in the local area
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1 technical center or community college, or both.
2 (b) School board, superintendent, and area technical
3 center, and community college board of trustees and president,
4 accountability for certificate career education and diploma
5 programs includes, but is not limited to:
6 1. Student demonstration of the academic skills
7 necessary to enter an occupation.
8 2. Student preparation to enter an occupation in an
9 entry-level position or continue postsecondary study.
10 3. Vocational program articulation with other
11 corresponding postsecondary programs and job training
12 experiences.
13 4. Employer satisfaction with the performance of
14 students who complete workforce development education or reach
15 occupational completion points.
16 5. Student completion, and placement, and retention
17 rates as defined in s. 239.233.
18 (c) Department of Education accountability for career
19 education includes, but is not limited to:
20 1. The provision of timely, accurate technical
21 assistance to school districts and community colleges.
22 2. The provision of timely, accurate information to
23 the State Board for Career Education, the Legislature, and the
24 public.
25 3. The development of policies, rules, and procedures
26 that facilitate institutional attainment of the accountability
27 standards and coordinate the efforts of all divisions within
28 the department.
29 4. The development of program standards and
30 industry-driven benchmarks for vocational, adult, and
31 community education programs.
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1 5. Overseeing school district and community college
2 compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
3 6. Ensuring that the educational outcomes for the
4 technical component of workforce development programs the
5 associate in science degree, the associate in applied
6 technology degree, and secondary vocational job-preparatory
7 programs are shall be uniform and designed to provide a
8 graduate of high quality who is capable of entering the
9 workforce on an equally competitive basis regardless of the
10 institution of choice.
11 Section 19. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
12 239.233, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 239.233 Reporting requirements.--
14 (1)(a) The Department of Education shall develop a
15 system of performance measures in order to evaluate the
16 vocational and technical education programs as required in s.
17 239.229. This system must measure program enrollment,
18 completion rates, placement rates, and amount of earnings at
19 the time of placement. Placement and employment information,
20 where applicable, shall contain data relevant to job
21 retention, including retention rates. The State Board of
22 Education shall adopt by rule the specific measures and any
23 definitions needed to establish the system of performance
24 measures.
25 Section 20. Present subsections (6), (7), (8), and (9)
26 of section 239.301, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as (8),
27 (9), (10), and (11), respectively, and new subsections (6) and
28 (7) are added to that section to read:
29 239.301 Adult general education.--
30 (6) If students who have been determined to be adults
31 with disabilities are enrolled in workforce development
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1 programs, the funding formula must provide additional
2 incentives for their achievement of performance outputs and
3 outcomes.
4 (7) If the plan for a program for adults with
5 disabilities pursuant to subsection (5) indicates that there
6 are students whose expected time to completion exceeds twice
7 that of a similar program for nondisabled students, or if
8 there are students enrolled whose individual education plan
9 does not include competitive employment, those students shall
10 generate funds in addition to funds from the workforce
11 development fund, as provided in the annual General
12 Appropriations Act.
13 Section 21. Subsections (1) and (2) of section
14 240.115, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
15 240.115 Articulation agreement; acceleration
16 mechanisms.--
17 (1)(a) Articulation between secondary and
18 postsecondary education; admission of associate in arts degree
19 graduates from Florida community colleges and state
20 universities; admission of applied technology diploma program
21 graduates from public community colleges or technical centers;
22 admission of associate in science degree and associate in
23 applied science degree graduates from Florida community
24 colleges; the use of acceleration mechanisms, including
25 nationally standardized examinations through which students
26 may earn credit; general education requirements and common
27 course code numbers as provided for in s. 229.551(1)(f)4.; and
28 articulation among programs in nursing shall be governed by
29 the articulation agreement, as established by the Department
30 of Education. The articulation agreement must specifically
31 provide that every associate in arts graduate of a Florida
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1 community college shall have met all general education
2 requirements and must be granted admission to the upper
3 division of a state university except to a limited access or
4 teacher certification program or a major program requiring an
5 audition. After admission has been granted to students under
6 provisions of this section and to university students who have
7 successfully completed 60 credit hours of coursework,
8 including 36 hours of general education, and met the
9 requirements of s. 240.107, admission shall be granted to
10 State University System and Florida community college students
11 who have successfully completed 60 credit hours of work,
12 including 36 hours of general education. Community college
13 associate in arts graduates shall receive priority for
14 admission to a state university over out-of-state students.
15 Orientation programs and student handbooks provided to
16 freshman enrollees and transfer students at state universities
17 must include an explanation of this provision of the
18 articulation agreement.
19 (b) Any student who transfers among regionally
20 accredited postsecondary institutions that are fully
21 accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency
22 recognized by the United States Department of Education and
23 that participate in the common course designation and
24 numbering system shall be awarded credit by the receiving
25 institution for courses satisfactorily completed by the
26 student at the previous institutions. Credit shall be awarded
27 if the courses are judged by the appropriate common course
28 designation and numbering system faculty task force
29 representing community colleges, public universities, and
30 participating nonpublic postsecondary education institutions
31 to be academically equivalent to courses offered at the
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1 receiving institution, including equivalency of faculty
2 credentials, regardless of the public or nonpublic control of
3 the previous institution. The Department of Education shall
4 ensure that credits to be accepted by a receiving institution
5 are generated in courses for which the faculty possess
6 credentials that are comparable to those required by the
7 accrediting association of the receiving institution. The
8 award of credit may be limited to courses that are entered in
9 the common course designation and numbering system. Credits
10 awarded pursuant to this subsection shall satisfy
11 institutional requirements on the same basis as credits
12 awarded to native students.
13 (c) The articulation agreement must guarantee the
14 statewide articulation of appropriate workforce development
15 programs and courses between school districts and community
16 colleges and specifically provide that every applied
17 technology diploma graduate must be granted the same amount of
18 credit upon admission to an associate in science degree or
19 associate in applied science degree program unless it is a
20 limited access program. Preference for admission must be given
21 to graduates who are residents of Florida.
22 (d) By fall semester 1998, the articulation agreement
23 must guarantee the statewide articulation of appropriate
24 courses within associate in science degree programs to
25 baccalaureate degree programs, according to standards
26 established by the Articulation Coordinating Committee after
27 consultation with the Board of Regents and the State Board of
28 Community Colleges. Courses within an associate in applied
29 science degree program may articulate into a baccalaureate
30 degree program on an individual or block basis as authorized
31 in local inter-institutional articulation agreements.
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1 (2) The universities, community college district
2 boards of trustees, and district school boards are authorized
3 to establish intrainstitutional and interinstitutional
4 programs to maximize this articulation. Programs may include
5 upper-division-level courses offered at the community college,
6 distance learning, transfer agreements that facilitate the
7 transfer of credits between public and nonpublic postsecondary
8 institutions, and the concurrent enrollment of students at a
9 community college and a state university to enable students to
10 take any level of baccalaureate degree coursework. Should the
11 establishment of these programs necessitate the waiver of
12 existing State Board of Education rules, reallocation of
13 funds, or revision or modification of student fees, each
14 college or university shall submit the proposed articulation
15 program to the State Board of Education for review and
16 approval. The State Board of Education is authorized to waive
17 its rules and make appropriate reallocations, revisions, or
18 modifications in accordance with the above.
19 Section 22. Section 240.3031, Florida Statutes, is
20 amended to read:
21 240.3031 Florida State Community College System
22 defined.--The Florida State Community College System shall
23 consist of the following:
24 (1) The State Board of Community Colleges of the
25 Division of Community Colleges of the Department of Education.
26 (2) Brevard Community College.
27 (3) Broward Community College.
28 (4) Central Florida Community College.
29 (5) Chipola Junior College.
30 (6) Daytona Beach Community College.
31 (7) Edison Community College.
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1 (8) Florida Community College at Jacksonville.
2 (9) Florida Keys Community College.
3 (10) Gulf Coast Community College.
4 (11) Hillsborough Community College.
5 (12) Indian River Community College.
6 (13) Lake City Community College.
7 (14) Lake-Sumter Community College.
8 (15) Manatee Community College.
9 (16) Miami-Dade Community College.
10 (17) North Florida Community College.
11 (18) Okaloosa-Walton Community College.
12 (19) Palm Beach Community College.
13 (20) Pasco-Hernando Community College.
14 (21) Pensacola Junior College.
15 (22) Polk Community College.
16 (23) St. Johns River Community College.
17 (24) St. Petersburg Junior College.
18 (25) Santa Fe Community College.
19 (26) Seminole Community College.
20 (27) South Florida Community College.
21 (28) Tallahassee Community College.
22 (29) Valencia Community College.
23 Section 23. Paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3)
24 and paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 240.311,
25 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
26 240.311 State Board of Community Colleges; powers and
27 duties.--
28 (3) The State Board of Community Colleges shall:
29 (b) Provide, through rule, for the coordination of the
30 Florida state community college system.
31 (c) Review new associate degree, diploma, and or
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1 certificate programs for relationship to student demand;
2 conduct periodic reviews of existing programs; and provide
3 rules for termination of associate degree or certificate
4 programs when excessive duplication exists.
5 (5) The State Board of Community Colleges is
6 responsible for reviewing and administering the state program
7 of support for the Florida state community college system and,
8 subject to existing law, shall:
9 (a) Review and approve all budgets and recommended
10 budget amendments in the Florida state community college
11 system.
12 Section 24. Section 240.35, Florida Statutes, as
13 amended by chapter 97-383, Laws of Florida, is amended to
14 read:
15 240.35 Student fees.--Unless otherwise provided, the
16 provisions of this section apply only to fees charged for
17 college credit instruction leading to an associate in arts
18 degree, an associate in applied science degree, or an
19 associate in science degree and noncollege credit, including
20 college-preparatory courses defined in s. 239.105.
21 (1) The State Board of Community Colleges shall
22 establish the matriculation and tuition fees for
23 college-preparatory instruction and for credit instruction
24 which may be counted toward an associate in arts degree, an
25 associate in applied science degree, or an associate in
26 science degree. This instruction includes advanced programs
27 and professional programs.
28 (2)(a) Any student for whom the state is paying a
29 foster care board payment pursuant to s. 409.145(3) or parts
30 II III and III V of chapter 39, for whom the permanency
31 planning goal pursuant to part III V of chapter 39 is
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1 long-term foster care or independent living, or who is adopted
2 from the Department of Children and Family Services after
3 December 31, 1997, shall be exempt from the payment of all
4 undergraduate fees, including fees associated with enrollment
5 in college-preparatory instruction or completion of the
6 college-level communication and computation skills testing
7 program. Before a fee exemption can be given, the student
8 shall have applied for and been denied financial aid, pursuant
9 to s. 240.404, which would have provided, at a minimum,
10 payment of all student fees. Such exemption shall be available
11 to any student adopted from the Department of Children and
12 Family Services after December 31, 1997; however, the
13 exemption shall be valid for no more than 4 years after the
14 date of graduation from high school.
15 (b) Any student qualifying for a fee exemption under
16 this subsection shall receive such an exemption for not more
17 than 2 consecutive years or 4 semesters, unless the student is
18 participating in college-preparatory instruction or requires
19 additional time to complete the college-level communication
20 and computation skills testing program. Such a student is
21 eligible to receive a fee exemption for a maximum of 3
22 consecutive years or 6 semesters.
23 (c) As a condition for continued fee exemption, a
24 student shall earn a grade point average of at least 2.0 on a
25 4.0 scale for the previous term, maintain at least an overall
26 2.0 average for college work, or have an average below 2.0 for
27 only the previous term and be eligible for continued
28 enrollment in the institution.
29 (3) Students enrolled in dual enrollment and early
30 admission programs under s. 240.116 and students enrolled in
31 employment and training programs under the WAGES Program are
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1 exempt from the payment of registration, matriculation, and
2 laboratory fees; however, such students may not be included
3 within calculations of fee-waived enrollments. The community
4 college shall assist a student under the WAGES Program in
5 obtaining financial aid as it would any other student. A
6 student under the WAGES Program may not be denied
7 participation in programs during the application process for
8 financial aid. If financial aid is denied, The local WAGES
9 coalition shall pay the community college for costs incurred
10 by that WAGES participant related to that person's classes or
11 program. Other fee-exempt instruction provided under this
12 subsection generates an additional one-fourth full-time
13 equivalent enrollment.
14 (4)(a) Fees shall be waived for certain members of the
15 active Florida National Guard pursuant to s. 250.10(8).
16 (b) Community colleges may waive fees for any
17 fee-nonexempt student. A student whose fees are waived in
18 excess of the amount authorized annually in the General
19 Appropriations Act may not be included in calculations of
20 full-time equivalent enrollments for state funding purposes.
21 Any community college that waives fees and requests state
22 funding for a student in violation of the provisions of this
23 subsection shall be penalized at a rate equal to two times the
24 value of the full-time equivalent student enrollment reported
25 served. Such penalty shall be charged against the following
26 year's allocation from the Community College Program Fund.
27 (5) Subject to review and final approval by the State
28 Board of Education, the State Board of Community Colleges
29 shall adopt by December 31 of each year a resident fee
30 schedule for the following fall for advanced and professional,
31 associate in science degree, and college-preparatory programs
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1 that produce revenues in the amount of 25 percent of the full
2 prior year's cost of these programs. However, the board may
3 not adopt an annual fee increase in any program for resident
4 students which exceeds 10 percent. Fees for courses in
5 college-preparatory programs and associate in arts and
6 associate in science degree programs may be established at the
7 same level. In the absence of a provision to the contrary in
8 an appropriations act, the fee schedule shall take effect and
9 the colleges shall expend the funds on instruction. If the
10 Legislature provides for an alternative fee calculation in an
11 appropriations act, the board shall establish a fee schedule
12 that produces the fee revenue established in the
13 appropriations act based on the assigned enrollment.
14 (6) Each community college board of trustees shall
15 establish matriculation and tuition fees, which may vary no
16 more than 10 percent from the fee schedule adopted by the
17 State Board of Community Colleges.
18 (7) The sum of nonresident student matriculation and
19 tuition fees must be sufficient to defray the full cost of
20 each program. The annual fee increases for nonresident
21 students established by the board, in the absence of
22 legislative action to the contrary in an appropriations act,
23 may not exceed 25 percent.
24 (8) The State Board of Community Colleges shall adopt
25 a rule specifying the definitions and procedures to be used in
26 the calculation of the percentage of cost paid by students.
27 The rule must provide for the calculation of the full cost of
28 educational programs based on the allocation of all funds
29 provided through the general current fund to programs of
30 instruction, and other activities as provided in the annual
31 expenditure analysis. The rule shall be developed in
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1 consultation with the Legislature.
2 (9) Each community college district board of trustees
3 may establish a separate activity and service fee not to
4 exceed 10 percent of the matriculation fee, according to rules
5 of the State Board of Education. The student activity and
6 service fee shall be collected as a component part of the
7 registration and tuition fees. The student activity and
8 service fees shall be paid into a student activity and service
9 fund at the community college and shall be expended for lawful
10 purposes to benefit the student body in general. These
11 purposes include, but are not limited to, student publications
12 and grants to duly recognized student organizations, the
13 membership of which is open to all students at the community
14 college without regard to race, sex, or religion.
15 (10)(a) Each community college is authorized to
16 collect for financial aid purposes an additional amount up to,
17 but not to exceed, 5 percent of the total student tuition or
18 matriculation fees collected. Each community college may
19 collect up to an additional 2 percent if the amount generated
20 by the total financial aid fee is less than $250,000. If the
21 amount generated is less than $250,000, a community college
22 that charges tuition and matriculation fees at least equal to
23 the average fees established by rule may transfer from the
24 general current fund to the scholarship fund an amount equal
25 to the difference between $250,000 and the amount generated by
26 the total financial aid fee assessment. No other transfer
27 from the general current fund to the loan, endowment, or
28 scholarship fund, by whatever name known, is authorized.
29 (b) All funds collected under this program shall be
30 placed in the loan and endowment fund or scholarship fund of
31 the college, by whatever name known. Such funds shall be
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1 disbursed to students as quickly as possible. An amount not
2 greater than 40 percent of the fees collected in a fiscal year
3 may be carried forward unexpended to the following fiscal
4 year. However, funds collected prior to July 1, 1989, and
5 placed in an endowment fund may not be considered part of the
6 balance of funds carried forward unexpended to the following
7 fiscal year.
8 (c) Up to 25 percent or $300,000 $250,000, whichever
9 is greater, of the fees collected may be used to assist
10 students who demonstrate academic merit, who participate in
11 athletics, public service, cultural arts, and other
12 extracurricular programs as determined by the institution, or
13 who are identified as members of a targeted gender or ethnic
14 minority population. The financial aid fee revenues allocated
15 for athletic scholarships and fee exemptions provided pursuant
16 to subsection (14) for athletes shall be distributed equitably
17 as required by s. 228.2001(3)(d). A minimum of 50 percent of
18 the balance of these funds shall be used to provide financial
19 aid based on absolute need, and the remainder of the funds
20 shall be used for academic merit purposes and other purposes
21 approved by the district boards of trustees. Such other
22 purposes shall include the payment of child care fees for
23 students with financial need. The State Board of Community
24 Colleges shall develop criteria for making financial aid
25 awards. Each college shall report annually to the Department
26 of Education on the criteria used to make awards, the amount
27 and number of awards for each criterion, and a delineation of
28 the distribution of such awards. Awards which are based on
29 financial need shall be distributed in accordance with a
30 nationally recognized system of need analysis approved by the
31 State Board of Community Colleges. An award for academic merit
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1 shall require a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0 on
2 a 4.0 scale or the equivalent for both initial receipt of the
3 award and renewal of the award.
4 (d) These funds may not be used for direct or indirect
5 administrative purposes or salaries.
6 (11) Any community college that reports students who
7 have not paid fees in an approved manner in calculations of
8 full-time equivalent enrollments for state funding purposes
9 shall be penalized at a rate equal to two times the value of
10 such enrollments. Such penalty shall be charged against the
11 following year's allocation from the Community College Program
12 Fund and shall revert to the General Revenue Fund. The State
13 Board of Education shall specify, as necessary, by rule,
14 approved methods of student fee payment. Such methods shall
15 include, but not be limited to, student fee payment; payment
16 through federal, state, or institutional financial aid; and
17 employer fee payments. A community college may not charge any
18 fee except as authorized by law or rules of the State Board of
19 Education.
20 (12) Each community college shall report only those
21 students who have actually enrolled in instruction provided or
22 supervised by instructional personnel under contract with the
23 community college in calculations of actual full-time
24 equivalent enrollments for state funding purposes. No student
25 who has been exempted from taking a course or who has been
26 granted academic or vocational credit through means other than
27 actual coursework completed at the granting institution shall
28 be calculated for enrollment in the course from which he or
29 she has been exempted or granted credit. Community colleges
30 that report enrollments in violation of this subsection shall
31 be penalized at a rate equal to two times the value of such
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1 enrollments. Such penalty shall be charged against the
2 following year's allocation from the Community College Program
3 Fund and shall revert to the General Revenue Fund.
4 (13) Each community college board of trustees may
5 establish a separate fee for capital improvements or equipping
6 student buildings which may not exceed $1 per credit hour or
7 credit-hour equivalent for residents and which equals or
8 exceeds $3 per credit hour for nonresidents. Funds collected
9 by community colleges through these fees may be bonded only
10 for the purpose of financing or refinancing new construction
11 of educational facilities. The fee shall be collected as a
12 component part of the registration and tuition fees, paid into
13 a separate account, and expended only to construct and equip,
14 maintain, improve, or enhance the educational facilities of
15 the community college. Projects funded through the use of the
16 capital improvement fee shall meet the survey and construction
17 requirements of chapter 235. Pursuant to s. 216.0158, each
18 community college shall identify each project, including
19 maintenance projects, proposed to be funded in whole or in
20 part by such fee. Capital improvement fee revenues may be
21 pledged by a board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source
22 to the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements
23 and revenue bonds, with a term not to exceed 20 years, only
24 for the new construction of educational facilities. Community
25 colleges may use the services of the Division of Bond Finance
26 of the State Board of Administration to issue any bonds
27 authorized through the provisions of this subsection. Any such
28 bonds issued by the Division of Bond Finance shall be in
29 compliance with the provisions of the State Bond Act. Bonds
30 issued pursuant to the State Bond Act shall be validated in
31 the manner provided by chapter 75. The complaint for such
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1 validation shall be filed in the circuit court of the county
2 where the seat of state government is situated, the notice
3 required to be published by s. 75.06 shall be published only
4 in the county where the complaint is filed, and the complaint
5 and order of the circuit court shall be served only on the
6 state attorney of the circuit in which the action is pending.
7 A maximum of 15 cents per credit hour may be allocated from
8 the capital improvement fee for child care centers conducted
9 by the community college.
10 (14) Each community college is authorized to grant
11 student fee exemptions from all fees adopted by the State
12 Board of Community Colleges and the community college board of
13 trustees for up to 40 full-time equivalent students at each
14 institution.
15 Section 25. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
16 240.359, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17 240.359 Procedure for determining state financial
18 support and annual apportionment of state funds to each
19 community college district.--The procedure for determining
20 state financial support and the annual apportionment to each
21 community college district authorized to operate a community
22 college under the provisions of s. 240.313 shall be as
23 follows:
24 (1) DETERMINING THE AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE
25 COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM FUND FOR THE CURRENT OPERATING
26 PROGRAM.--
27 (b) The allocation of funds for community colleges
28 shall be based on advanced and professional disciplines,
29 college-preparatory programs, and on other programs for adults
30 funded pursuant to s. 239.115.
31 Section 26. Subsection (1) of section 246.013, Florida
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1 Statutes, is amended to read:
2 246.013 Participation in the common course designation
3 and numbering system.--
4 (1) Nonpublic colleges and schools that have been
5 issued a regular license pursuant to s. 246.081(2), or
6 nonpublic postsecondary colleges that are exempt from state
7 licensure pursuant to s. 246.085(1)(a) and that are fully
8 accredited by a regional or national accrediting agency
9 recognized by the United States Department of Education, by a
10 member of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
11 Association of Colleges and Schools and accredited nonpublic
12 postsecondary colleges exempt from state licensure pursuant to
13 s. 246.085(1)(a) may participate in the common course
14 designation and numbering system pursuant to s. 229.551.
15 Participating colleges and schools shall bear the costs
16 associated with inclusion in the system and shall meet the
17 terms and conditions for institutional participation in the
18 system. The department shall adopt a fee schedule that
19 includes the expenses incurred through data processing,
20 faculty task force travel and per diem, and staff and clerical
21 support time. Such fee schedule may differentiate between the
22 costs associated with initial course inclusion in the system
23 and costs associated with subsequent course maintenance in the
24 system. Decisions regarding initial course inclusion and
25 subsequent course maintenance must be made within 360 days
26 after submission of the required materials and fees by the
27 institution. The Department of Education may select a date by
28 which colleges must submit requests for new courses to be
29 included, and may delay review of courses submitted after that
30 date until the next year's cycle. Any college that currently
31 participates in the system, and that participated in the
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1 system prior to July 1, 1986, shall not be required to pay the
2 costs associated with initial course inclusion in the system.
3 Fees collected for participation in the common course
4 designation and numbering system pursuant to the provisions of
5 this section shall be deposited in the Institutional
6 Assessment Trust Fund created by s. 246.31. Any nonpublic,
7 nonprofit college or university that is eligible to
8 participate in the common course designation and numbering
9 system shall not be required to pay the costs associated with
10 participation in the system. The Legislature finds and
11 declares that independent nonprofit colleges and universities
12 eligible to participate in the Florida resident access grant
13 program pursuant to s. 240.605 are an integral part of the
14 higher education system in this state and that a significant
15 number of state residents choose this form of higher
16 education. Any independent college or university that is
17 eligible to participate in the Florida resident access grant
18 program shall not be required to pay the costs associated with
19 participation in the common course designation and numbering
20 system.
21 Section 27. Subsection (2) of section 446.011, Florida
22 Statutes, is amended to read:
23 446.011 Declaration of legislative intent with respect
24 to apprenticeship training.--
25 (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the
26 Division of Jobs and Benefits of the Department of Labor and
27 Employment Security have responsibility for the development of
28 the apprenticeship and preapprenticeship uniform minimum
29 standards for the apprenticeable trades and that the Division
30 of Workforce Development and the Division of Public Schools
31 and Community Education of the Department of Education have
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1 responsibility for assisting district school boards and
2 community college district boards of trustees in developing
3 preapprenticeship programs in compliance with the standards
4 established by the Division of Jobs and Benefits.
5 Section 28. Subsection (8) of section 446.041, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 446.041 Apprenticeship program, duties of
8 division.--The Division of Jobs and Benefits shall:
9 (8) Cooperate with and assist the Division of
10 Workforce Development and the Division of Public Schools and
11 Community Education of the Department of Education and
12 appropriate education institutions in the development of
13 viable apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs.
14 Section 29. Subsections (2) and (3) of section
15 446.052, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
16 446.052 Preapprenticeship program.--
17 (2) The Division of Workforce Development Public
18 Schools and Community Education of the Department of
19 Education, under regulations established by the State Board of
20 Education, is authorized to administer the provisions of ss.
21 446.011-446.092 that relate to preapprenticeship programs in
22 cooperation with district school boards and community college
23 district boards of trustees. District school boards, community
24 college district boards of trustees, and registered program
25 sponsors shall cooperate in developing and establishing
26 programs that include vocational instruction and general
27 education courses required to obtain a high school diploma.
28 (3) The Division of Workforce Development Public
29 Schools and Community Education, the district school boards,
30 the community college district boards of trustees, and the
31 Division of Jobs and Benefits shall work together with
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1 existing registered apprenticeship programs so that
2 individuals completing such preapprenticeship programs may be
3 able to receive credit towards completing a registered
4 apprenticeship program.
5 Section 30. (1) As referenced in section 239.117,
6 Florida Statutes, the base resident fee charged by school
7 districts and community colleges for 1998-1999 shall be at
8 least $0.86 per contact hour or credit hour equivalent for
9 vocational certificate programs and $1.43 per contact hour or
10 credit hour equivalent for continuing workforce education
11 programs. Students who are not fee-exempt in adult general
12 education programs shall be charged the same fee as vocational
13 certificate students.
14 (2) The base non-resident fee amount charged by both
15 school districts and community colleges for 1998-1999 is based
16 on the full cost of instruction and shall be at least $5.73
17 per contact hour or credit hour equivalent for both vocational
18 certificates or continuing workforce education. Students who
19 are not fee-exempt in adult general education programs shall
20 be charged the same fee as vocational certificate programs.
21 (3) A local educational agency may waive fees, as
22 designated in section 239.117(5), Florida Statutes, up to an
23 amount equal to 8 percent of the agency's total Workforce
24 Development enrollment hours.
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30 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 insert:
2 creating an incentive grant program; requiring
3 certain administrative procedures; requiring
4 certain data analysis and reports; providing an
5 implementation schedule; providing a
6 definition; amending s. 229.551, F.S.;
7 providing for nonpublic postsecondary education
8 institutions to use the common course
9 designation and numbering system used by public
10 institutions; amending s. 229.8075, F.S.;
11 requiring job retention data to be collected;
12 amending s. 236.081, F.S.; deleting a school
13 district responsibility for funding certain
14 community college programs; amending s.
15 239.105, F.S.; amending definitions; amending
16 s. 239.115, F.S., relating to funds for
17 operation of adult general education and
18 vocational education programs; revising
19 provisions relating to workforce development
20 education programs; changing the name of the
21 associate in applied technology degree to the
22 applied technology diploma; revising provisions
23 relating to funding through the Workforce
24 Development Education Fund; providing duties
25 relating to workforce development programs and
26 funding; providing for use of funds; amending
27 s. 239.117, F.S.; revising calculation of fees
28 required of students in workforce development
29 programs; deleting certain requirements for
30 application for student financial assistance;
31 amending ss. 240.3031, 240.311, F.S.; renaming
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1 the State Community College System; amending s.
2 239.213, F.S., relating to
3 vocational-preparatory instruction; deleting
4 obsolete provisions; amending s. 239.229, F.S.,
5 relating to vocational standards; conforming
6 provisions; amending s. 239.233, F.S.;
7 requiring job-retention data; amending s.
8 239.301, F.S.; revising adult general education
9 provisions; amending s. 240.115, F.S.;
10 providing guidelines for awarding credit for
11 transfer students; revising s. 240.35, F.S.;
12 revising calculation of fees required of
13 students in community college programs;
14 amending s. 240.359, F.S.; providing funding
15 for college preparatory coursework; amending
16 ss. 446.011, 446.041, 446.052, F.S.; deleting
17 responsibilities of the Division of Public
18 Schools and Community Education; providing a
19 1998-1999 fee schedule for certain programs;
20 authorizing waivers;
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