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By the Committee on Education and Senator Horne
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to education; providing intent
3 for certain high schools designated New
4 Millennium High Schools; requiring certain
5 components of a vocational program called the
6 Florida Tech Prep Pathway; requiring certain
7 activities of staff identified by schools and
8 local business enterprises; providing
9 requirements for students to enroll in certain
10 programs; requiring procedures and
11 certification of tech prep pathway programs;
12 providing for documentation by the Department
13 of Education; creating the Sunshine Technical
14 Skills Certificate; providing requirements;
15 requiring certain schools to be selected as
16 pilot projects; providing duties of the
17 Department of Education and the schools;
18 requiring certain programs and
19 career-development activities to assist
20 counselors at certain high schools; amending
21 ss. 228.041, 229.601, 229.602, 231.121, F.S.;
22 changing a personnel classification title;
23 amending s. 231.1725, F.S.; imposing certain
24 requirements for initial certification and
25 recertification of certain personnel; amending
26 s. 236.081, F.S.; providing for funding of
27 certain programs; prohibiting for certain
28 courses and programs from being reported for
29 funding or from being substituted for other
30 courses or programs; amending s. 239.121, F.S.;
31 changing a personnel classification title;
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1 providing for certain professional-development
2 activities; amending s. 239.229, F.S.;
3 providing certain responsibilities for school
4 boards and superintendents; repealing s.
5 233.068, F.S., which relates to job-related
6 vocational instruction; providing an effective
7 date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Florida Tech Prep Pathway, New Millennium
12 High Schools; intent.--
13 (1) The Legislature intends to advance high school
14 vocational education beyond the progress experienced during
15 the last decade of the 20th century. Initiatives in schools
16 designated as Tech Prep Schools, High Schools that Work,
17 Career Academies, and Blueprint Schools for Career Preparation
18 have proved the value of increasing the academic preparation
19 of vocational students and of assuring that all students are
20 prepared for both postsecondary education and a career. The
21 Legislature further intends to use the findings from these
22 programs to disseminate their benefits to all high schools and
23 all vocational programs.
24 (2) Therefore, the Florida Tech Prep Pathway shall be
25 developed during the 1999-2000 school year and implemented
26 during the 2000-2001 year in at least 10 high schools. By
27 2004, all high schools in the state shall implement the
28 pathway. These high schools are designated New Millennium High
29 Schools and must assure that all students have the opportunity
30 to earn a credential that guarantees their preparation for the
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1 new century's demands for career advancement through
2 education.
3 (3) The New Millennium High Schools must be founded
4 upon three principles proved effective at the turn of the
5 century:
6 (a) A challenging academic curriculum that demands a
7 high level of achievement and assures a direct path through
8 postsecondary education without the need for repetition or
9 remediation.
10 (b) A technical curriculum articulated with
11 postsecondary education programs and invigorated by a strong
12 linkage among schools, postsecondary education institutions,
13 and the local business sector.
14 (c) The power of a demonstrated return on investment
15 in education. The return is economic development that is
16 produced when public funds motivate a strategic investment by
17 the private sector in educational ventures that prove mutually
18 profitable.
19 Section 2. Florida Tech Prep Pathway; required
20 components.--The Florida Tech Prep Pathway is a curriculum
21 designed to provide the academic and technical skills,
22 knowledge, and values needed to succeed in work and
23 postsecondary education at a level that enables a person to
24 become self-sufficient and to contribute to the economic and
25 social community. The pathway consists of the following
26 components:
27 (1) An educational career plan provided for each
28 student in the pathway. This plan is a sequential journal
29 designed to guide students through the career development
30 process and to relate education to career interests,
31 aptitudes, and experiences as the students progress. A career
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1 specialist or guidance counselor shall work with each student
2 on the development of and each revision to the plan, which
3 must be approved by the student's parent.
4 (2) A one-credit core course called "Technical Systems
5 and Applications." By completing this course, a student meets
6 the graduation requirement for performing arts or practical
7 arts. The course must achieve competencies in:
8 (a) Information management, using critical and
9 creative thinking;
10 (b) Career assessment and exploration;
11 (c) Computer applications;
12 (d) Technical reading and writing;
13 (e) Communication; and
14 (f) Work ethics.
15 (3) A work-based learning experience that is related
16 to the student's career plan, progressively more advanced, and
17 documented throughout the program of study. Staff identified
18 by schools shall work with local business and industry firms
19 to locate work experience that will contribute relevant
20 progress toward the objectives in a student's educational
21 career plan. A comprehensive work-based learning experience
22 progresses through the following levels, but does not
23 necessarily include each one:
24 (a) Job shadowing, a career exploration activity in
25 which a student early in the Tech Prep Pathway follows an
26 employee at a firm for at least 1 day to learn about an
27 occupation or industry.
28 (b) Community service activities related to the
29 student's career path.
30 (c) A school-based enterprise in which students
31 operate a business enterprise to produce or provide goods or
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1 services, on or off the school site, as part of the school's
2 program.
3 (d) A business mentoring activity provided to a
4 student by an employee or other person who possesses skills
5 and knowledge identified for mastery in the student's career
6 education plan. The mentor works in consultation with the
7 classroom teachers to instruct the student, critique the
8 student's performance, and challenges the student to perform
9 well.
10 (e) A volunteer internship or clinical experience.
11 (f) An on-the-job training activity or cooperative
12 education.
13 (g) Youth apprenticeship, a planned program of
14 instruction for high school students at least 16 years old.
15 The program includes academic study, technical instruction,
16 and on-the-job training and leads to a high school diploma and
17 advanced standing in an adult apprenticeship program upon
18 graduation.
19 (4) A capstone activity that includes a project
20 related to a career. This activity is designed to apply the
21 competencies attained in the student's academic and technical
22 programs of study. It must include a demonstration before a
23 panel of representatives of businesses or industries that
24 employ people in occupations related to the student's chosen
25 career.
26 (5) A program articulation agreement or agreements for
27 continuing the curriculum into an apprenticeship or one or
28 more postsecondary education programs that lead to a
29 vocational certificate, an applied technology diploma, an
30 associate in science degree, or a baccalaureate degree.
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1 Section 3. Florida Tech Prep Pathway; requirements for
2 students.--A student may take a course within the Florida Tech
3 Prep Pathway as a participant in the pathway or as a
4 nonparticipant. However, only a participant may be reported
5 for full-time-equivalent funding in the category established
6 for the Florida Tech Prep Pathway in section 236.081, Florida
7 Statutes, and the annual general appropriations act. A school
8 district shall assure that the majority of students in any
9 course within the pathway are participants. To be a
10 participant in a Florida Tech Prep Pathway, a student and his
11 or her parent must agree that the student will:
12 (1) Earn the required credits in mathematics, science,
13 and communications through courses that are all at a level 2
14 or above.
15 (2) Demonstrate conversational proficiency in a
16 foreign language or enroll in 2 sequential years of foreign
17 language instruction.
18 (3) In the ninth or tenth grade, enroll in the
19 technical core course defined in section 2 of this act and,
20 before completing high school, enroll in at least two
21 sequential courses in a technical program of study. The
22 technical program must be:
23 (a) Defined at the state level.
24 (b) Certified and evaluated as required by section 4
25 of this act.
26 (c) Formally articulated with a continuing component
27 in postsecondary education. The program must culminate in an
28 apprenticeship or a credential at the level of a vocational
29 certificate, an applied technology diploma, an associate
30 degree, or a baccalaureate degree.
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1 (4) In collaboration with a career specialist or
2 guidance counselor, develop and progress through a sequential
3 career education plan that includes guided work experiences
4 and is documented through a portfolio or other demonstrations
5 of competencies attained.
6 Section 4. Tech prep pathway; certification of
7 programs of study.--
8 (1) To be included in a tech prep pathway, a program
9 must be certified by business and industry to assure the
10 relevance of its technical curriculum, equipment, related
11 work-based learning experiences, and application of
12 technology.
13 (2) The Department of Education, in collaboration with
14 the Jobs and Education Partnership of Enterprise Florida,
15 shall assure compliance with the requirements for
16 certification. A school district may not report a student for
17 funding as a tech prep pathway student until the program in
18 which the student is enrolled is industry-certified and
19 approved by the Department of Education as required by this
20 section.
21 (3) The Department of Education shall assure that each
22 program is certified and recertified, as required by advances
23 in an occupational cluster, at least every 5 years. The
24 department may adopt rules for the certification process, and
25 the rules must establish any necessary procedures for
26 obtaining appropriate business partners and requirements for
27 business and industry involvement in curriculum oversight and
28 equipment procurement.
29 (4) Each full-time equivalent student in such a
30 program, including a student enrolled in a pilot program
31 during the 1999-2000 school year, generates funds at double
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1 the cost factor for students enrolled in the basic program for
2 grades 9-12, as provided by section 236.081, Florida Statutes,
3 and the annual General Appropriations Act.
4 (5) A school district is eligible for a pro-rata share
5 of performance funding appropriated in any year for students
6 who successfully complete a tech prep pathway and earn a
7 Sunshine Technical Skills Certificate.
8 (6) A school district that generates funds as provided
9 in subsection (4) or subsection (5) shall expend the total
10 amount on the Florida Tech Prep Pathway program.
11 (7) Effective July 1, 2004, a student enrolled in a
12 vocational education course that is not part of a certified
13 Florida Tech Prep Pathway program may not be reported for
14 full-time-equivalent funding through the Florida Education
15 Finance Program unless the course is classified as
16 exploratory, orientation, or practical arts.
17 Section 5. Sunshine Technical Skills
18 Certificate.--Every New Millennium High School shall assure
19 that students who complete a Florida Tech Prep Pathway have
20 the opportunity to earn a credential that assures the
21 attainment of an advanced academic and technical education.
22 This credential is called a Sunshine Technical Skills
23 Certificate and must be awarded in addition to a standard high
24 school diploma to a student who:
25 (1) Completes the requirements for high school
26 graduation as provided in section 232.246, Florida Statutes.
27 (2) Earns all required credits in mathematics,
28 science, and communications in courses designated by the
29 Department of Education at level 2 or above.
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1 (3) Earns two credits in a foreign language or
2 demonstrates the ability to converse in foreign language as
3 provided by the Department of Education.
4 (4) Earns the required credit in practical arts or
5 performing arts through the technical core course as provided
6 in section 2 of this act.
7 (5) Completes a tech prep pathway including the
8 required academic, technical, and work-based learning required
9 by section 2 of this act.
10 (6) Passes the college entry level placement test or
11 an equivalent test identified by the department with a score
12 adequate to enroll in a public postsecondary education program
13 without the need for college-preparatory or
14 vocational-preparatory instruction.
15 Section 6. New Millennium High Schools; pilot projects
16 and implementation.--
17 (1) Prior to the 1999-2000 school year, the Department
18 of Education shall select at least 10 high schools to serve as
19 pilot project New Millennium High Schools. The department
20 shall issue a request for proposals that describes the
21 requirements of sections 1-5 of this act and may include any
22 additional requirements that will expedite the department's
23 selection of the pilot projects.
24 (2) The department shall select at least two schools
25 from each of the five educational planning regions of the
26 state and shall give priority to a school that has experience
27 as a Blueprint School for Career Development or a Career
28 Academy or is in partnership with a business firm and a
29 postsecondary education institution for specialized technical
30 or occupational education. The department may also give
31 priority to any other school that has attained experience with
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1 industry certification, student work experience, and the
2 involvement of career counselors and guidance counselors to
3 obtain the collaboration of local business or industry firms.
4 (3) The selected schools may receive designation and
5 funding as New Millennium High Schools for the 1999-2000
6 school year if they attain that status as provided in sections
7 1-5 of this act and if the general appropriations act for that
8 year includes funding for that purpose. If a selected school
9 is unable to achieve the designation as a New Millennium High
10 School by August 1, 1999, the school may participate and be
11 funded as a pilot project for planning, as authorized in the
12 1999 General Appropriations Act.
13 (4) The New Millennium High Schools shall provide
14 assistance to other schools and the Department of Education in
15 their efforts to implement this act. The department shall
16 identify three working committees to coordinate implementation
17 issues with the pilot projects. These committees shall
18 consider issues related to curriculum, funding,
19 accountability, and guidance and counseling. By November 1,
20 1999, the Commissioner of Education shall report to the
21 Legislature on the progress of the pilot projects and may
22 recommend any changes in policy, rule, or law that would allow
23 this act to be more effectively implemented.
24 (5) By the 2000-2001 school year, the Department of
25 Education shall develop courses in foreign language which are
26 designed to meet the conversational and occupational needs of
27 the workforce. These courses shall be available in each New
28 Millenium High School and satisfy the foreign language
29 required to receive a Sunshine Technical Skills Certificate.
30 Section 7. New Millennium High Schools;
31 counselors.--The Legislature finds that, to adequately assist
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1 students in advanced technical and academic career planning,
2 high school guidance counselors require preservice and
3 inservice professional development programs that contain
4 sufficient information on career education.
5 (1) Each guidance counselor in a New Millennium High
6 School shall complete 6 semester credit hours or 60 inservice
7 points in career development which include:
8 (a) An emphasis on labor-market trends and
9 projections;
10 (b) A practicum that focuses on development of a
11 career-awareness program; and
12 (c) Content related to a career or employment within
13 the counselor's work experience.
14 (2) The Department of Education shall assist guidance
15 counselors in attaining the additional education required for
16 New Millennium High Schools. The State Board of Education
17 shall revise rules governing the certification and
18 recertification of guidance counselors to allow substitution
19 of personal work-based experiences and temporary-employment
20 opportunities in business and industry for the required
21 classroom instruction.
22 (3) To implement the requirements of this act through
23 preservice education, the Legislature encourages colleges of
24 education to provide for the additional courses required
25 without increasing the total number of credit hours needed to
26 complete a program. Instead, the colleges are encouraged to
27 infuse course content required for ethics courses into courses
28 required for introduction, theory, and practicum.
29 Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of section
30 228.041, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to
31 read:
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1 228.041 Definitions.--Specific definitions shall be as
2 follows, and wherever such defined words or terms are used in
3 the Florida School Code, they shall be used as follows:
4 (9) INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL.--"Instructional
5 personnel" means any staff member whose function includes the
6 provision of direct instructional services to students.
7 Instructional personnel also includes personnel whose
8 functions provide direct support in the learning process of
9 students. Included in the classification of instructional
10 personnel are:
11 (b) Pupil personnel services.--Pupil personnel
12 services include staff members responsible for: advising
13 students with regard to their abilities and aptitudes,
14 educational and occupational opportunities, and personal and
15 social adjustments; providing placement services; performing
16 educational evaluations; and similar functions. Included in
17 this classification are guidance counselors, social workers,
18 career occupational/placement specialists, and school
19 psychologists.
20 Section 9. Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
21 229.601, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
22 229.601 Career education program.--
23 (2) There is hereby established a career education
24 program in the state educational system. The Commissioner of
25 Education and his or her designated staff shall administer
26 this program. In developing and administering the career
27 education program, the purpose of which is to promote positive
28 career opportunities for all students regardless of their
29 race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, socioeconomic
30 status, or gender, the commissioner shall:
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1 (c) Develop programs for preservice and inservice
2 training for the purpose of infusing career education concepts
3 into the basic curricula of public schools and core curricula
4 of community colleges and state universities and programs for
5 preservice and inservice training for counselors and career
6 occupational and placement specialists to assist in career
7 counseling and placement and followup activities.
8 Section 10. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section
9 229.602, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
10 229.602 Florida private sector and education
11 partnerships.--
12 (5) Each school district shall designate one or more
13 persons to coordinate local private sector and education
14 partnership activities. The general activities of these
15 coordinators shall be to enhance private sector and education
16 partnership activities. The specific duties of the district
17 coordinators shall include, but not be limited to, the
18 following:
19 (a) Maintaining contact with local businesses and
20 industries, local chamber of commerce organizations, private
21 industry councils with Job Training Partnership Act programs,
22 district career occupational specialists, guidance personnel,
23 economics educators, volunteer coordinators, community
24 education coordinators, appropriate governmental personnel,
25 and any others interested in private sector and education
26 partnerships.
27 Section 11. Section 231.1725, Florida Statutes, 1998
28 Supplement, is amended to read:
29 231.1725 Employment of substitute teachers, career
30 specialists, teachers of adult education, and nondegreed
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1 teachers of career education; students performing clinical
2 field experience.--
3 (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 231.02,
4 231.15, and 231.17, or any other provision of law or rule to
5 the contrary, each school board shall establish the minimal
6 qualifications for:
7 (a) Substitute teachers to be employed pursuant to s.
8 231.47. The qualifications shall require the filing of a
9 complete set of fingerprints in the same manner as required by
10 s. 231.02.
11 (b) Part-time and full-time teachers in adult
12 education programs. The qualifications shall require the
13 filing of a complete set of fingerprints in the same manner as
14 required by s. 231.02. Faculty employed solely to conduct
15 postsecondary instruction may be exempted from this
16 requirement.
17 (c) Part-time and full-time nondegreed teachers of
18 vocational programs. Qualifications shall be established for
19 agriculture, business, health occupations, family and consumer
20 sciences, industrial, marketing, and public service education
21 teachers, based primarily on successful occupational
22 experience rather than academic training. The qualifications
23 for such teachers shall require:
24 1. The filing of a complete set of fingerprints in the
25 same manner as required by s. 231.02. Faculty employed solely
26 to conduct postsecondary instruction may be exempted from this
27 requirement.
28 2. Documentation of education and successful
29 occupational experience including documentation of:
30 a. A high school diploma or the equivalent.
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1 b. Completion of 6 years of full-time successful
2 occupational experience or the equivalent of part-time
3 experience in the teaching specialization area. Alternate
4 means of determining successful occupational experience may be
5 established by the school board.
6 c. Completion of career education training conducted
7 through the local school district inservice master plan.
8 d. For full-time teachers, completion of professional
9 education training in teaching methods, course construction,
10 lesson planning and evaluation, and teaching special needs
11 students. This training may be completed through coursework
12 from a standard institution or an approved district teacher
13 education program.
14 e. Demonstration of successful teaching performance.
15 (2) Substitute, adult education, and nondegreed career
16 education teachers who are employed pursuant to this section
17 shall have the same rights and protection of laws as certified
18 teachers.
19 (3) Beginning with the 2000-2001 school year, to
20 receive initial certification, a career specialist as defined
21 in s. 239.121 must have:
22 (a) At least 6 years of documented work experience
23 that:
24 1. Occurred within the last 15 years;
25 2. Consisted of paid employment outside the
26 educational system; and
27 3. Included leadership or management responsibilities
28 and decision-making skills.
29 (b) A college degree at least at the level of an
30 associate's degree or a minimum of 60 transferable credits.
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1 Education may not be substituted for the required work
2 experience.
3 (4) As a condition of certification, a career
4 specialist employed after July 1, 2000, must complete, within
5 the first 2 years of employment, at least four college-level
6 courses that include:
7 (a) At least one course in career development,
8 labor-market information, assessment instruments, goal
9 setting, and job-search training.
10 (b) Three courses in any of the following areas:
11 communications, vocational and technical education, public
12 relations and marketing, career development, counseling or
13 human-resource management, or computer technology.
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15 A career specialist who has attained the required coursework
16 through preservice education and who holds a baccalaureate
17 degree is not required to comply with this subsection.
18 Section 12. Paragraphs (c), (d), and (l) of subsection
19 (1) of section 236.081, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are
20 amended, present paragraphs (m) through (p) of that subsection
21 are redesignated as paragraphs (n) through (q), respectively,
22 and a new paragraph (m) is added to that subsection, and
23 paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of that section is amended, to
24 read:
25 236.081 Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual
26 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
27 district for operation of schools is not determined in the
28 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
29 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
30 follows:
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1 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
2 OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in
3 determining the annual allocation to each district for
4 operation:
5 (c) Determination of programs.--Cost factors based on
6 desired relative cost differences between the following
7 programs shall be established in the annual General
8 Appropriations Act. A secondary vocational or career education
9 program included within a Florida Tech Prep Pathway certified
10 as required by section 4 of this act generates funding as
11 provided in paragraph (m). Effective July 1, 2004, a
12 full-time-equivalent student in a vocational education or
13 career education program that is not so certified generates no
14 state funding, unless the student is in a course classified as
15 exploration, orientation, or practical arts and the general
16 appropriations act contains a cost factor for such courses.
17 The Commissioner of Education shall specify a matrix of
18 services and intensity levels to be used by districts in the
19 determination of funding support for each exceptional student.
20 The funding support level for each exceptional student shall
21 fund the exceptional student's total education program.
22 1. Basic programs.--
23 a. Kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3.
24 b. Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
25 c. Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.
26 2. Programs for exceptional students.--
27 a. Support Level I.
28 b. Support Level II.
29 c. Support Level III.
30 d. Support Level IV.
31 e. Support Level V.
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1 3. Secondary career education programs.--
2 4. Students-at-risk programs.--
3 a. Dropout prevention and teenage parents.
4 b. English for Speakers of Other Languages.
5 (d) Annual allocation calculation.--
6 1. The Department of Education is authorized and
7 directed to review all district programs and enrollment
8 projections and calculate a maximum total weighted full-time
9 equivalent student enrollment for each district for the K-12
10 FEFP.
11 2. Maximum enrollments calculated by the department
12 shall be derived from enrollment estimates used by the
13 Legislature to calculate the FEFP. If two or more districts
14 enter into an agreement under the provisions of s.
15 230.23(4)(d), after the final enrollment estimate is agreed
16 upon, the amount of FTE specified in the agreement, not to
17 exceed the estimate for the specific program as identified in
18 paragraph (c), may be transferred from the participating
19 districts to the district providing the program.
20 3. As part of its calculation of each district's
21 maximum total weighted full-time equivalent student
22 enrollment, the department shall establish separate enrollment
23 ceilings for each of two program groups. Group 1 shall be
24 composed of grades K-3, grades 4-8, and grades 9-12. Group 2
25 shall be composed of students in exceptional student education
26 programs, students-at-risk programs, all basic programs other
27 than the programs in group 1, and all vocational programs in
28 grades 7-12. Beginning July 1, 2004, a vocational program is
29 not a weighted program unless it is in a Florida Tech Prep
30 Pathway certified as required in section 4 of this act and is
31 funded as provided in paragraph (m).
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1 a. The weighted enrollment ceiling for group 2
2 programs shall be calculated by multiplying the final
3 enrollment conference estimate for each program by the
4 appropriate program weight. The weighted enrollment ceiling
5 for program group 2 shall be the sum of the weighted
6 enrollment ceilings for each program in the program group,
7 plus the increase in weighted full-time equivalent student
8 membership from the prior year for clients of the Department
9 of Children and Family Services and the Department of Juvenile
10 Justice.
11 b. If, for any calculation of the FEFP, the weighted
12 enrollment for program group 2, derived by multiplying actual
13 enrollments by appropriate program weights, exceeds the
14 enrollment ceiling for that group, the following procedure
15 shall be followed to reduce the weighted enrollment for that
16 group to equal the enrollment ceiling:
17 (I) The weighted enrollment ceiling for each program
18 in the program group shall be subtracted from the weighted
19 enrollment for that program derived from actual enrollments.
20 (II) If the difference calculated under
21 sub-sub-subparagraph (I) is greater than zero for any program,
22 a reduction proportion shall be computed for the program by
23 dividing the absolute value of the difference by the total
24 amount by which the weighted enrollment for the program group
25 exceeds the weighted enrollment ceiling for the program group.
26 (III) The reduction proportion calculated under
27 sub-sub-subparagraph (II) shall be multiplied by the total
28 amount of the program group's enrollment over the ceiling as
29 calculated under sub-sub-subparagraph (I).
30 (IV) The prorated reduction amount calculated under
31 sub-sub-subparagraph (III) shall be subtracted from the
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1 program's weighted enrollment. For any calculation of the
2 FEFP, the enrollment ceiling for group 1 shall be calculated
3 by multiplying the actual enrollment for each program in the
4 program group by its appropriate program weight.
5 c. For program group 2, the weighted enrollment
6 ceiling shall be a number not less than the sum obtained by:
7 (I) Multiplying the sum of reported FTE for all
8 programs in the program group that have a cost factor of 1.0
9 or more by 1.0, and
10 (II) By adding this number to the sum obtained by
11 multiplying the projected FTE for all programs with a cost
12 factor less than 1.0 by the actual cost factor.
13 4. Following completion of the weighted enrollment
14 ceiling calculation as provided in subparagraph 3., a
15 supplemental capping calculation shall be employed for those
16 districts that are over their weighted enrollment ceiling. For
17 each such district, the total reported unweighted FTE
18 enrollment for group 2 programs shall be compared with the
19 total appropriated unweighted FTE enrollment for group 2
20 programs. If the total reported unweighted FTE for group 2 is
21 greater than the appropriated unweighted FTE, then the excess
22 unweighted FTE up to the unweighted FTE transferred from group
23 2 to group 1 for each district by the Public School FTE
24 Estimating Conference shall be funded at a weight of 1.0 and
25 added to the funded weighted FTE computed in subparagraph 3.
26 This adjustment shall be calculated beginning with the third
27 calculation of the 1998-1999 FEFP.
28 (l) Instruction in career education.--Effective for
29 the 1985-1986 school year and thereafter, District pupil
30 progression plans shall provide for the substitution of
31 vocational courses for the nonelective courses required for
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1 high school graduation pursuant to s. 232.246. Beginning July
2 1, 2004, however, a vocational course may not be substituted
3 for another required course unless it is in a program in a
4 Florida Tech Prep Pathway that is certified as provided in
5 section 4 of this act. A student in grades 9 through 12 who
6 enrolls in and satisfactorily completes a job-preparatory
7 program may substitute credit for a portion of the required
8 four credits in English, three credits in mathematics, and
9 three credits in science. The credit substituted for English,
10 mathematics, or science earned through the vocational
11 job-preparatory program shall be on a curriculum equivalency
12 basis as provided for in the State Course Code Directory. The
13 State Board of Education shall authorize by rule vocational
14 course substitutions not to exceed two credits in each of the
15 nonelective academic subject areas of English, mathematics,
16 and science. School districts shall provide for vocational
17 course substitutions not to exceed two credits in each of the
18 nonelective academic subject areas of English, mathematics,
19 and science, upon adoption of vocational student performance
20 standards by the school board pursuant to s. 232.2454. A
21 vocational program which has been used as a substitute for a
22 nonelective academic credit in one subject area may not be
23 used as a substitute for any other subject area. The credit
24 in practical arts or exploratory career education required for
25 high school graduation pursuant to s. 232.246(1) shall be
26 funded as a career education course. Such a course is eligible
27 for funding at double the base student allocation for grades
28 9-12 only if it is within a Florida Tech Prep Pathway
29 certified as required by section 4 of this act.
30 (m) Calculation of full-time-equivalent membership for
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1 in a Florida Tech Prep Pathway program is calculated by
2 doubling the base student allocation and multiplying that
3 number by the number of full-time-equivalent Florida Tech Prep
4 Pathway students. A student enrolled in a course within such a
5 program may be reported for funding in this category only if
6 the student is a participant in the program as provided in
7 section 3 of this act. Nonparticipants must be reported for
8 funding at the basic program allocation for students in grades
9 9-12. A student who earns the Sunshine Technical Skills
10 Certificate generates additional funding for the program, as
11 provided in subsection (5).
12 (5) CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS.--The Legislature hereby
13 provides for the establishment of selected categorical
14 programs to assist in the development and maintenance of
15 activities giving indirect support to the programs previously
16 funded. These categorical appropriations may be funded as
17 general and transitional categorical programs. It is the
18 intent of the Legislature that no transitional categorical
19 program be funded for more than 4 fiscal years from the date
20 of original authorization. Such programs are as follows:
21 (a) General.--
22 1. Comprehensive school construction and debt service
23 as provided by law.
24 2. Community schools as provided by law.
25 3. School lunch programs as provided by law.
26 4. Instructional material funds as provided by law.
27 5. Student transportation as provided by law.
28 6. Student development services as provided by law.
29 7. Diagnostic and learning resource centers as
30 provided by law.
31 8. Comprehensive health education as provided by law.
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1 9. Excellent Teaching Program as provided by law.
2 10. Attainment of the Sunshine Technical Skills
3 Certificate as provided by law.
4 Section 13. Section 239.121, Florida Statutes, is
5 amended to read:
6 239.121 Career Occupational specialists.--
7 (1) District school boards and community college
8 boards of trustees may employ career occupational specialists
9 to provide student counseling services and occupational
10 information to students and to provide information to local
11 business and industry regarding the availability of vocational
12 programs through local educational institutions. Under the
13 supervision of a certified counselor, career occupational
14 specialists may undertake special assignments that include,
15 but are not limited to, the identification and intensive
16 counseling of current and former students and the parents of
17 such students, as well as counseling students and all
18 education personnel regarding job and career opportunities.
19 (2) Career Occupational specialists shall receive
20 certification pursuant to State Board of Education rule and s.
21 231.1725. A career No occupational specialist may not be paid
22 less than any other member of the instructional personnel who
23 has equivalent qualifications and provides similar services.
24 Career Occupational specialists may receive salary supplements
25 upon documentation that such supplements are necessary for
26 recruiting or retaining suitable personnel.
27 (3) The Department of Education and each school
28 district that employs a career specialist shall assist that
29 person to prepare a professional development plan designed to
30 provide the skills necessary to perform the duties associated
31 with implementation of a Florida Tech Prep Pathway within a
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1 New Millennium High School. This plan must set time limits for
2 the attainment of any necessary coursework, demonstration of
3 competencies, and testing required by rules of the State Board
4 of Education.
5 Section 14. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
6 239.229, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to
7 read:
8 239.229 Vocational standards.--
9 (2)(a) Each school board and superintendent shall
10 direct the smooth transition of high school vocational
11 programs and career education to Florida Tech Prep Pathways as
12 provided in sections 1-7 and section 12 of this act. School
13 board, superintendent, and school accountability for career
14 education within elementary and secondary schools includes,
15 but is not limited to:
16 1. Student exposure to a variety of careers and
17 provision of instruction to explore specific careers in
18 greater depth.
19 2. Student awareness of available vocational programs
20 and the corresponding occupations into which such programs
21 lead.
22 3. Student development of individual career plans.
23 4. Integration of academic and vocational skills in
24 the secondary curriculum.
25 5. Student preparation to enter the workforce and
26 enroll in postsecondary education without being required to
27 complete college-preparatory or vocational-preparatory
28 instruction.
29 6. Student retention in school through high school
30 graduation.
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1 7. Vocational curriculum articulation with
2 corresponding postsecondary programs in the local area
3 technical center or community college, or both.
4 Section 15. Section 233.068, Florida Statutes, is
5 repealed.
6 Section 16. Except as otherwise provided in this act,
7 this act shall take effect July 1, 1999.
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9 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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13 Authorizes rather than requires the Department of Education to
adopt rules for the certification of high school tech prep
14 programs.
15 Authorizes a student to earn the graduation requirement for
foreign language proficiency by taking two courses in
16 conversational or occupational foreign language, as developed
by the Department of Education. These courses will be a third
17 option for achieving the competency required; the others are
demonstrating competency by testing or by earning two credits
18 in regular foreign language courses.
19 Requires guidance counselors to complete a total of 6 credit
hours in course work related to career education.
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21 career-related education for career specialists.
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