Senate Bill 2096

    Florida Senate - 1999                                  SB 2096

    By Senator Jones





    40-1218-99

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; amending s.

  3         229.601, F.S.; requiring the Commissioner of

  4         Education, through the career education

  5         program, to develop procedures and resources

  6         for school districts to provide students with a

  7         career plan for entry-level employment or

  8         postsecondary education; requiring certain

  9         counties to create a pilot project to serve as

10         a model; providing an effective date.

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12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (2) of

15  section 229.601, Florida Statutes, to read:

16         229.601  Career education program.--

17         (f)  Develop procedures and resources for use by all

18  school districts in providing a 4-year career plan that

19  outlines courses in grades 9 through 12 to assist in preparing

20  students for related entry-level employment or postsecondary

21  education. Counties with a population in excess of 2 million

22  shall create a pilot project that will develop a model for

23  statewide implementation.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1999.

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27                          SENATE SUMMARY

28    Requires the Commissioner of Education, through the
      career education program, to develop procedures and
29    resources for school districts to provide students with a
      career plan for entry-level employment or postsecondary
30    education. Requires counties with a population of more
      than 2 million to develop a pilot program.
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