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11 Senators Clary and Cowin moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 2. Subsections (21) through (29) of section
18 239.105, Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are renumbered as
19 subsections (22) through (30), respectively, and a new
20 subsection (21) is added to said section to read:
21 239.105 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the
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23 (21) "Literacy completion point" means the academic or
24 workforce readiness competencies that qualify a person for
25 further basic education, vocational education, or for
26 employment.
27 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1), paragraph
28 (b) of subsection (4), and subsection (9) of section 239.115,
29 Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended to read:
30 239.115 Funds for operation of adult general education
31 and vocational education programs.--
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1 (1) As used in this section, the terms "workforce
2 development education" and "workforce development program"
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4 (a) Adult general education programs, including
5 courses that lead to a literacy completion point within a
6 program, designed to improve the employability skills of the
7 state's workforce through adult basic education, adult
8 secondary education, GED preparation, and
9 vocational-preparatory education.
10 (4) The Florida Workforce Development Education Fund
11 is created to provide performance-based funding for all
12 workforce development programs, whether the programs are
13 offered by a school district or a community college. Funding
14 for all workforce development education programs must be from
15 the Workforce Development Education Fund and must be based on
16 cost categories, performance output measures, and performance
17 outcome measures. This subsection takes effect July 1, 1999.
18 (b)1. The performance output measure for vocational
19 education programs of study is student completion of a
20 vocational program of study that leads to an occupational
21 completion point associated with a certificate; an
22 apprenticeship program; or a program that leads to an applied
23 technology diploma or an associate in science degree.
24 Performance output measures for registered apprenticeship
25 programs shall be based on program lengths that coincide with
26 lengths established pursuant to the requirements of chapter
27 446.
28 2. The performance output measure for an adult general
29 education course of study is measurable improvement in student
30 skills. This measure shall include student completion of an
31 adult general education program of study that leads to a
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1 literacy completion point improvement in literacy skills,
2 grade level improvement as measured by an approved test, or
3 attainment of a general education development diploma or an
4 adult high school diploma.
5 (9) The Department of Education, the State Board of
6 Community Colleges, and the Jobs and Education Partnership
7 shall provide the Legislature with recommended formulas,
8 criteria, timeframes, and mechanisms for distributing
9 performance funds. Such formulas may provide performance
10 exemptions for new workforce development education programs,
11 as defined in s. 239.105, for a period of time not to exceed 2
12 years from the addition of the new program. The commissioner
13 shall consolidate the recommendations and develop a consensus
14 proposal for funding. The Legislature shall adopt a formula
15 and distribute the performance funds to the Division of
16 Community Colleges and the Division of Workforce Development
17 through the General Appropriations Act. These recommendations
18 shall be based on formulas that would discourage
19 low-performing or low-demand programs and encourage through
20 performance-funding awards:
21 (a) Programs that prepare people to enter high-wage
22 occupations identified by the Occupational Forecasting
23 Conference created by s. 216.136 and other programs as
24 approved by the Jobs and Education Partnership. At a minimum,
25 performance incentives shall be calculated for adults who
26 reach completion points or complete programs that lead to
27 specified high-wage employment and to their placement in that
28 employment.
29 (b) Programs that successfully prepare adults who are
30 eligible for public assistance, economically disadvantaged,
31 disabled, not proficient in English, or dislocated workers for
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1 high-wage occupations. At a minimum, performance incentives
2 shall be calculated at an enhanced value for the completion of
3 adults identified in this paragraph and job placement of such
4 adults upon completion. In addition, adjustments may be made
5 in payments for job placements for areas of high unemployment.
6 (c) Programs identified by the Jobs and Education
7 Partnership as increasing the effectiveness and cost
8 efficiency of education.
9 Section 4. Subsections (6) and (7) of section 239.117,
10 Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended to read:
11 239.117 Postsecondary student fees.--
12 (6)(a) The Commissioner of Education shall provide to
13 the State Board of Education no later than December 31 of each
14 year a schedule of fees for workforce development education,
15 excluding continuing workforce education, for school districts
16 and community colleges. The fee schedule shall be based on the
17 amount of student fees necessary to produce 25 percent of the
18 prior year's average cost of a course of study leading to a
19 certificate or diploma and 50 percent of the prior year's cost
20 of a continuing workforce education course. At the discretion
21 of a school board or a community college, this fee schedule
22 may be implemented over a 3-year period, with full
23 implementation in the 1999-2000 school year. In years
24 preceding that year, if fee increases are necessary for some
25 programs or courses, the fees shall be raised in increments
26 designed to lessen their impact upon students already
27 enrolled. Fees for students who are not residents for tuition
28 purposes must offset the full cost of instruction.
29 Fee-nonexempt students enrolled in vocational-preparatory
30 instruction shall be charged fees equal to the fees charged
31 for certificate career education instruction. Each community
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1 college that conducts college-preparatory and
2 vocational-preparatory instruction in the same class section
3 may charge a single fee for both types of instruction.
4 (b) Fees for continuing workforce education shall be
5 locally determined by the school board or community college.
6 (c)(b) The State Board of Education shall adopt a fee
7 schedule for school districts that produces the fee revenues
8 calculated pursuant to paragraph (a). The schedule so
9 calculated shall take effect, unless otherwise specified in
10 the General Appropriations Act.
11 (d)(c) The State Board of Education shall adopt, by
12 rule, the definitions and procedures that school boards shall
13 use in the calculation of cost borne by students.
14 (7) Each year the State Board of Community Colleges
15 shall review and evaluate the percentage of the cost of adult
16 programs and certificate career education programs supported
17 through student fees. For students who are residents for
18 tuition purposes, the schedule so adopted must produce
19 revenues equal to 25 percent of the prior year's average
20 program cost for college-preparatory and certificate-level
21 workforce development programs and 50 percent of the prior
22 year's program cost for student enrollment in continuing
23 workforce education. Fees for continuing workforce education
24 shall be locally determined by the school board or community
25 college. Fees for students who are not residents for tuition
26 purposes must offset the full cost of instruction.
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2 And the title is amended as follows:
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6 amending s. 239.105, F.S.; defining the term
7 "literacy completion point"; amending s.
8 239.115, F.S.; providing for adult general
9 education programs to include courses that lead
10 to a literacy completion point; revising
11 performance output measures for adult general
12 education courses of study; authorizing
13 formulas for the distribution of workforce
14 development education performance funds to
15 provide performance exemptions for new
16 programs; amending s. 239.117, F.S.; revising
17 requirements regarding fee schedules for
18 workforce development education; requiring that
19 fees for continuing workforce education be
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