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By Senator Kirkpatrick
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to adult workforce development
3 education; creating s. 239.214, F.S.; creating
4 the "Workforce Development Education
5 Unification Act of 2000"; providing legislative
6 intent; providing for the transfer of all
7 public adult workforce development programs and
8 area technical centers from school districts to
9 community colleges; providing for the transfer
10 of educational plants and related equipment;
11 providing for the transfer of staff; amending
12 s. 20.15, F.S.; revising the duties of the
13 Commissioner of Education, the Division of
14 Workforce Development, and the State Board of
15 Community Colleges; amending s. 228.053, F.S.,
16 relating to developmental research schools;
17 conforming cross-references; renumbering and
18 amending s. 229.133, F.S.; requiring the State
19 Board of Community Colleges to adopt rules
20 regarding career education programs to meet
21 workforce shortage needs; amending s. 229.551,
22 F.S., relating to educational management;
23 removing references to postsecondary vocational
24 education in school districts; revising
25 provisions relating to the transfer of credit
26 for general education courses; revising
27 requirements for guidelines for postsecondary
28 vocational courses adopted by the Articulation
29 Coordinating Committee; correcting terminology;
30 amending s. 229.592, F.S.; removing provisions
31 relating to area technical centers operated by
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1 district school boards; renumbering and
2 amending s. 230.63, F.S., relating to when area
3 technical centers may be organized; authorizing
4 community colleges, rather than school
5 districts, to organize area technical centers;
6 renumbering and amending s. 230.64, F.S.;
7 revising the definition of an area technical
8 center; requiring the State Board of Community
9 Colleges to adopt standards; renumbering and
10 amending s. 230.643, F.S., relating to academic
11 transcripts for vocational-technical center
12 students; revising terminology; amending s.
13 231.361, F.S.; revising provisions relating to
14 the status of vocational teachers to correct
15 terminology; amending s. 232.2466, F.S.,
16 relating to the college-ready diploma program;
17 deleting a reference to an applied technology
18 diploma; amending s. 232.435, F.S., relating to
19 extracurricular athletic activities; revising
20 terminology; amending s. 235.435, F.S.;
21 removing adult disabled students and students
22 enrolled in technical centers from
23 determinations of student membership for
24 purposes of educational plant funding; amending
25 s. 239.101, F.S.; providing legislative intent
26 regarding vocational, adult, and community
27 education; amending s. 239.105, F.S.; removing
28 the definition of the term "applied technology
29 diploma program"; restricting the offering of
30 degree vocational education programs to
31 community colleges; removing references to
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1 school boards, school districts, diploma career
2 education programs, and the Department of
3 Education from definitions of terms relating to
4 vocational, adult, and community education;
5 removing applied technology diplomas from the
6 definition of the term "workforce development
7 education"; amending s. 239.113, F.S.; removing
8 references to school districts and the State
9 Board for Career Education from provisions
10 relating to the registration of adult students;
11 amending s. 239.115, F.S., relating to adult
12 education funding; removing applied technology
13 diploma programs from the definitions of the
14 terms "workforce development education" and
15 "workforce development program"; restricting
16 the offering of workforce development programs
17 to community colleges; removing references to
18 school districts; revising types of education
19 authorized to be funded through the Workforce
20 Development Education Fund; revising the
21 performance output measure for vocational
22 education programs of study; requiring adult
23 basic education for the elderly to be provided
24 by community colleges, rather than school
25 districts; revising state funding and student
26 fees for all workforce development education,
27 other than continuing workforce education,
28 funded through the Workforce Development
29 Education Fund; requiring the State Board of
30 Community Colleges to adopt a uniform fee;
31 removing the Department of Education from those
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1 entities responsible for making certain
2 recommendations to the Legislature regarding
3 the distribution of workforce development
4 education performance funds; authorizing
5 additional occupations to be included in the
6 incentive funding program; deleting provisions
7 relating to funds generated by high school
8 students who attend programs at school district
9 technical centers; authorizing the State Board
10 of Community Colleges to adopt rules; amending
11 s. 239.117, F.S.; requiring the State Board of
12 Community Colleges to adopt a fee schedule for
13 workforce development postsecondary student
14 fees; removing references to workforce
15 development programs offered by school
16 districts; authorizing a community college to
17 waive a portion of student fees for workforce
18 development programs; deleting provisions
19 relating to a fee schedule adopted by the State
20 Board of Education; deleting a provision
21 requiring the State Board of Education to adopt
22 rules; removing a reference to the State Board
23 for Career Education; restricting certain fee
24 penalties from being charged against the
25 Community College Program Fund; deleting a
26 provision that restricts technology fees
27 established by community college district
28 boards of trustees to those for associate
29 degree programs and courses; amending s.
30 239.125, F.S., relating to computer-assisted
31 student advising; removing a reference to area
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1 technical centers; amending s. 239.205, F.S.;
2 requiring the State Board of Community
3 Colleges, rather than the State Board of
4 Education, to adopt rules regarding career
5 education programs; amending s. 239.213, F.S.,
6 relating to vocational-preparatory instruction;
7 requiring the State Board of Community
8 Colleges, rather than the State Board of
9 Education, to adopt rules; requiring students
10 who enroll in a certificate career education
11 program of 450 hours or more to complete an
12 entry-level examination; amending s. 239.229,
13 F.S.; deleting provisions relating to school
14 board, superintendent, and area technical
15 center accountability for diploma programs;
16 amending s. 239.241, F.S., relating to
17 vocational dual enrollment and early admission;
18 deleting references to vocational technical
19 centers and area technical centers; amending s.
20 239.245, F.S., relating to public information
21 on career education programs; deleting a
22 reference to degree career education programs
23 offered by school districts; amending s.
24 239.301, F.S., relating to adult general
25 education; deleting references to school boards
26 and school districts; deleting a provision
27 requiring the coordination of services offered
28 by community colleges and school districts;
29 replacing references to the State Board of
30 Education with the State Board of Community
31 Colleges; amending s. 239.501, F.S., relating
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1 to the Florida Literacy Corps; removing school
2 boards from those entities authorized to offer
3 adult literacy programs; amending s. 239.513,
4 F.S.; restricting school districts from
5 offering workforce literacy programs; amending
6 s. 239.514, F.S., relating to the Workforce
7 Development Capitalization Incentive Grant
8 Program; prohibiting the award of grants to
9 school districts; shifting grant review and
10 award responsibilities from the Postsecondary
11 Education Planning Commission to the State
12 Board of Community Colleges; amending s.
13 240.115, F.S., relating to articulation between
14 secondary and postsecondary education; deleting
15 references to school districts and applied
16 technology diploma programs; removing a
17 provision relating to the articulation of
18 applied technology diploma program graduates;
19 revising requirements for the articulation of
20 applied science degree programs and associate
21 in science degree programs; requiring the State
22 Board of Education to adopt core curricula for
23 associate in science programs; removing
24 obsolete language; amending s. 240.116, F.S.,
25 relating to articulated acceleration; revising
26 terminology; amending s. 240.118, F.S.,
27 relating to postsecondary feedback of
28 information to high schools; revising
29 terminology; amending s. 240.319, F.S.;
30 authorizing boards of trustees to enter into
31 contractual agreements for the provision of
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1 workforce development educational programs and
2 services; conforming cross-references; amending
3 s. 240.384, F.S., relating to the criminal
4 justice training school consolidation project;
5 conforming a cross-reference; amending s.
6 339.0805, F.S., relating to funds for
7 disadvantaged business enterprises; revising
8 terminology; amending s. 376.0705, F.S.,
9 relating to development of training programs
10 for pollution discharge prevention and cleanup
11 activities; revising terminology; amending s.
12 403.716, F.S., relating to training of
13 operators of solid waste management and other
14 facilities; revising terminology; amending s.
15 411.222, F.S., relating to intraagency and
16 interagency coordination regarding parent
17 education and child care courses; revising
18 terminology; amending s. 420.0004, F.S.,
19 relating to state housing; revising
20 terminology; amending s. 420.524, F.S.,
21 relating to the Predevelopment Loan Program
22 Act; revising terminology; amending s. 420.602,
23 F.S., relating to the Affordable Housing
24 Planning and Community Assistance Act; revising
25 terminology; amending s. 440.16, F.S., relating
26 to compensation for death; revising
27 terminology; conforming a cross-reference;
28 amending s. 446.011, F.S., relating to
29 apprenticeship training; providing legislative
30 intent regarding preapprenticeship programs in
31 the State Community College System; amending s.
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1 446.041, F.S.; requiring the Division of Jobs
2 and Benefits to cooperate with and assist the
3 State Board of Community Colleges in the
4 development of apprenticeship and
5 preapprenticeship programs; amending s. 943.14,
6 F.S., relating to criminal justice training
7 schools; revising terminology; repealing s.
8 235.199, F.S., relating to cooperative funding
9 of vocational educational facilities; repealing
10 s. 239.249, F.S., relating to performance-based
11 incentive funding for vocational and technical
12 education programs; repealing s. 239.5142,
13 F.S., relating to a standard fee implementation
14 schedule; amending s. 240.40685, F.S., relating
15 to the Certified Education Paraprofessional
16 Welfare Transition Program; conforming
17 terminology; deleting obsolete provisions
18 relating to the Performance Based Incentive
19 Funding Program; amending s. 246.50, F.S.,
20 relating to the Certified Teacher-Aide Welfare
21 Transition Program; deleting obsolete
22 provisions relating to the Performance Based
23 Incentive Funding Program; repealing s.
24 288.9952(5), F.S., relating to the Workforce
25 Development Board; deleting obsolete provisions
26 relating to the Performance Based Incentive
27 Funding Program; providing an effective date.
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29 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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1 Section 1. Section 239.214, Florida Statutes, is
2 created to read:
3 239.214 Workforce development education.--
4 (1) SHORT TITLE.--This section may be cited as the
5 "Workforce Development Education Unification Act of 2000."
6 (2) LEGISLATIVE INTENT.--It is the intent of the
7 Legislature to unify and consolidate the delivery of adult
8 workforce development education programs to accomplish the
9 following state-level priorities:
10 (a) Focus public schools on the mission of educating
11 K-12 students.
12 (b) Strengthen high school vocational education
13 programs that prepare students for postsecondary workforce
14 education opportunities.
15 (c) Eliminate duplicative adult workforce development
16 education programs and services.
17 (d) Reduce administrative costs associated with the
18 delivery of adult workforce development education.
19 (e) Identify single points of entry for businesses and
20 students for vocational certificate, adult education, and
21 continuing workforce education.
22 (f) Provide one point of accountability relating to
23 return on the investment of public dollars.
24 (g) Minimize waste by maximizing the transfer of
25 credit hours without jeopardizing institutional accreditation.
26 (h) Unify facilities' planning, funding, and
27 construction.
28 (3) TRANSFER OF EXISTING ADULT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
29 PROGRAMS.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the
30 contrary, all public adult workforce development programs and
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1 all area technical centers shall be transferred to community
2 colleges effective July 1, 2000, at which time:
3 (a) Responsibility for the provision of all public
4 adult workforce development education will be shifted from the
5 school district to the community college in whose service area
6 the adult workforce development education program is located.
7 (b) The certification and accreditation status of an
8 adult workforce development education program shall be
9 unaffected by the transfer of the program to the respective
10 community college, which shall maintain all standards
11 necessary to continue to meet requirements for certification
12 and accreditation.
13 (c) Area technical center and adult vocational program
14 facilities or educational plants and related equipment, as
15 defined in s. 235.011(6) and (7), which are owned by the state
16 and paid for with only state funds, shall be transferred to
17 the community college in whose service area the area technical
18 center is located. If an educational facility or plant is used
19 for purposes in addition to adult vocational education, the
20 State Board of Education shall mediate the transfer or the
21 development and implementation of a suitable and equitable
22 multiuse arrangement between the local district school board
23 and the community college board of trustees.
24 (d) Area technical center and adult vocational program
25 educational facilities or plants and related equipment, as
26 defined in s. 235.011(6) and (7), which are owned by the
27 school district and paid for in whole or in part with local
28 tax funds shall be leased to the community college in whose
29 service area the area technical center is located. However, if
30 such educational facility or plant, or part of such facility
31 or plant, is used for other purposes in addition to adult
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1 vocational education, the State Board of Education shall
2 mediate a suitable and equitable lease agreement between the
3 local school board and the community college board of
4 trustees. If a school district and a community college cannot
5 agree on the terms and conditions of the lease agreement, the
6 State Board of Education shall finalize the agreement and
7 report its decision to the Legislature.
8 (e) The community college board of trustees may
9 provide for school district area technical center or adult
10 vocational center staff employed in full-time budgeted
11 positions to be transferred into the community college
12 personnel system at the same rate of salary. Retirement and
13 leave provisions shall be transferred according to law. In
14 transferring staff from school districts to the community
15 college, the community college shall make every effort
16 possible to place current school district adult vocational
17 education program staff in the community college and to assist
18 such staff in acquiring training and certification necessary
19 to be employed in the community college's adult vocational
20 education programs.
21 (4) STUDY.--By December 31, 2000, the Bureau of
22 Educational Facilities of the Department of Education shall
23 conduct an analysis to determine the amount of local tax
24 contribution used in the construction of a
25 school-district-owned area technical center or other adult
26 vocational educational center, or educational plant affected
27 by the transfer. The local community college district board
28 of trustees may make a legislative budget request through the
29 State Board of Community Colleges to purchase the area
30 technical center educational facility or plant, or the
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1 community college may continue to lease the facility from the
2 local school district.
3 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and
4 paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (5) of section 20.15,
5 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
6 20.15 Department of Education.--There is created a
7 Department of Education.
8 (2) COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.--The head of the
9 Department of Education is the Commissioner of Education who
10 shall be elected by vote of the qualified electors of the
11 state pursuant to s. 5, Art. IV of the State Constitution.
12 (a) The Commissioner of Education shall appoint a
13 Deputy Commissioner for Educational Programs who has such
14 powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions as are
15 necessary to ensure the greatest possible coordination,
16 efficiency, and effectiveness of kindergarten through
17 12th-grade education and vocational and continuing education
18 programs, including workforce development.
19 (5) POWERS AND DUTIES.--The State Board of Education
20 and the Commissioner of Education:
21 (b) Shall assign to the Division of Workforce
22 Development such powers, duties, responsibilities, and
23 functions as are necessary to ensure the greatest possible
24 coordination, efficiency, and effectiveness of federally
25 funded workforce development education and kindergarten
26 through 12th grade vocational education.
27 (c) Shall assign to the State Board of Community
28 Colleges such powers, duties, responsibilities, and functions
29 as are necessary to ensure the coordination, efficiency, and
30 effectiveness of community colleges, including all adult
31 workforce development programs, except those duties
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1 specifically assigned to the Commissioner of Education in ss.
2 229.512 and 229.551, and the duties concerning physical
3 facilities in chapter 235, and the duties assigned to the
4 Division of Workforce Development in chapter 239.
5 Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (12) of section
6 228.053, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 228.053 Developmental research schools.--
8 (12) EXCEPTIONS TO LAW.--To encourage innovative
9 practices and facilitate the mission of the developmental
10 research schools, in addition to the exceptions to law
11 specified in s. 229.592, the following exceptions shall be
12 permitted for developmental research schools:
13 (a) The methods and requirements of the following
14 statutes shall be held in abeyance: ss. 230.01; 230.02;
15 230.03; 230.04; 230.05; 230.061; 230.10; 230.105; 230.11;
16 230.12; 230.15; 230.16; 230.17; 230.173; 230.18; 230.19;
17 230.201; 230.202; 230.21; 230.22; 230.2215; 230.2318; 230.232;
18 230.24; 230.241; 230.26; 230.28; 230.30; 230.303; 230.31;
19 230.32; 230.321; 230.33; 230.35; 230.39; 230.63; 230.64;
20 230.643; 234.01; 234.021; 234.112; 236.25; 236.261; 236.29;
21 236.31; 236.32; 236.35; 236.36; 236.37; 236.38; 236.39;
22 236.40; 236.41; 236.42; 236.43; 236.44; 236.45; 236.46;
23 236.47; 236.48; 236.49; 236.50; 236.51; 236.52; 236.55;
24 236.56; 237.051; 237.071; 237.091; 237.201; 237.40; and
25 316.75. With the exception of subsection (16) of s. 230.23, s.
26 230.23 shall be held in abeyance. Reference to school boards
27 in s. 230.23(16) shall mean the president of the university or
28 the president's designee.
29 Section 4. Section 229.133, Florida Statutes, is
30 renumbered as section 239.219, Florida Statutes, and amended
31 to read:
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1 239.219 229.133 Career education programs to meet
2 workforce shortages; rulemaking.--The State Board of Community
3 Colleges Education shall adopt rules pursuant to which an area
4 technical center or community college may conduct career
5 education programs to meet statewide workforce shortage needs.
6 Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 229.551, Florida
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 229.551 Educational management.--
9 (1) The department is directed to identify all
10 functions which under the provisions of this act contribute
11 to, or comprise a part of, the state system of educational
12 accountability and to establish within the department the
13 necessary organizational structure, policies, and procedures
14 for effectively coordinating such functions. Such policies
15 and procedures shall clearly fix and delineate
16 responsibilities for various aspects of the system and for
17 overall coordination of the total system. The commissioner
18 shall perform the following duties and functions:
19 (a) Coordination of department plans for meeting
20 educational needs and for improving the quality of education
21 provided by the state system of public education.;
22 (b) Coordination of management information system
23 development for all levels of education and for all divisions
24 of the department, to include the development and utilization
25 of cooperative education computing networks for the state
26 system of public education.;
27 (c) Development of database definitions and all other
28 items necessary for full implementation of a comprehensive
29 management information system as required by s. 229.555.;
30 (d) Coordination of all planning functions for all
31 levels and divisions within the department.;
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1 (e) Coordination of all cost accounting and cost
2 reporting activities for all levels of education, including
3 public schools, vocational programs, community colleges, and
4 institutions in the State University System.;
5 (f) Development and coordination of a common course
6 designation and numbering system for postsecondary education
7 in school districts, community colleges, participating
8 nonpublic postsecondary education institutions, and the State
9 University System which will improve program planning,
10 increase communication among all postsecondary delivery
11 systems, and facilitate the transfer of students. The system
12 shall not encourage or require course content prescription or
13 standardization or uniform course testing, and the continuing
14 maintenance of the system shall be accomplished by appropriate
15 faculty committees representing public and participating
16 nonpublic institutions. The Articulation Coordinating
17 Committee, whose membership represents public and nonpublic
18 postsecondary institutions, shall:
19 1. Identify the highest demand degree programs within
20 the State University System.
21 2. Conduct a study of courses offered by universities
22 and accepted for credit toward a degree. The study shall
23 identify courses designated as either general education or
24 required as a prerequisite for a degree. The study shall also
25 identify these courses as upper-division level or
26 lower-division level.
27 3. Appoint faculty committees representing both
28 community college and university faculties to recommend a
29 single level for each course included in the common course
30 numbering and designation system. Any course designated as an
31 upper-division level course must be characterized by a need
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1 for advanced academic preparation and skills that a student
2 would be unlikely to achieve without significant prior
3 coursework. A course that is offered as part of an associate
4 in science degree program and as an upper-division course for
5 a baccalaureate degree shall be designated for both the lower
6 and upper division. Of the courses required for each
7 baccalaureate degree, at least half of the credit hours
8 required for the degree shall be achievable through courses
9 designated as lower-division courses, except in degree
10 programs approved by the Board of Regents pursuant to s.
11 240.209(5)(e). A course designated as lower-division may be
12 offered by any community college. The Articulation
13 Coordinating Committee shall recommend to the State Board of
14 Education the levels for the courses. The common course
15 numbering and designation system shall include the courses at
16 the recommended levels, and, by fall semester of 1996, the
17 registration process at each state university and community
18 college shall include the courses at their designated levels
19 and common course numbers.
20 4. Appoint faculty committees representing both
21 community college and university faculties to recommend those
22 courses identified to meet general education requirements
23 within the subject areas of communication, mathematics, social
24 sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. The Articulation
25 Coordinating Committee shall recommend to the State Board of
26 Education those courses identified to meet these general
27 education requirements by their common course code number. All
28 community colleges and state universities shall accept the
29 transfer of these general education courses on an individual
30 course basis.
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1 5. Appoint faculty committees representing both
2 community colleges and universities to recommend common
3 prerequisite courses and identify course substitutions when
4 common prerequisites cannot be established for degree programs
5 across all institutions. Faculty work groups shall adopt a
6 strategy for addressing significant differences in
7 prerequisites, including course substitutions. The Board of
8 Regents shall be notified by the Articulation Coordinating
9 Committee when significant differences remain. Common degree
10 program prerequisites shall be offered and accepted by all
11 state universities and community colleges, except in cases
12 approved by the Board of Regents pursuant to s. 240.209(5)(f).
13 The Board of Regents shall work with the State Board of
14 Community Colleges on the development of a centralized
15 database containing the list of courses and course
16 substitutions that meet the prerequisite requirements for each
17 baccalaureate degree program.;
18 (g) Expansion and ongoing maintenance of the common
19 course designation and numbering system to include the
20 numbering and designation of postsecondary vocational courses
21 and facilitate the transfer of credits between public schools,
22 community colleges, and state universities. The Articulation
23 Coordinating Committee shall:
24 1. Adopt guidelines for the participation of public
25 school districts and community colleges in offering courses
26 that may be transferred to a certificate, diploma, or degree
27 program. These guidelines shall establish standards
28 addressing faculty qualifications, admissions, program
29 curricula, participation in the common course designation and
30 numbering system, and other issues identified by the State
31 Board of Community Colleges Task Force on Workforce
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1 Development and the Commissioner of Education. Guidelines
2 should also address the role of accreditation in the
3 designation of courses as transferable credit. Such guidelines
4 must not jeopardize the accreditation status of educational
5 institutions and must be based on data related to the history
6 of credit transfer among institutions in this state and
7 others.
8 2. Identify within the common course numbering and
9 designation system all courses applicable toward a vocational
10 certificate or degree postsecondary vocational programs
11 offered by community colleges and public school districts. The
12 list shall also identify vocational courses designated as
13 college credit courses applicable toward a vocational diploma
14 or degree. Such courses must be identified within the common
15 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
21 (h) Development of common definitions necessary for
22 managing a uniform coordinated system of workforce development
23 career education for all levels of the state system of
24 postsecondary public education.
25 Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 229.592, Florida
26 Statutes, is amended to read:
27 229.592 Implementation of state system of school
28 improvement and education accountability.--
29 (1) DEVELOPMENT.--It is the intent of the Legislature
30 that every public school in the state, including schools
31 operating for the purpose of providing educational services to
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1 youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs, shall have a
2 school improvement plan, as required by s. 230.23(16).
3 Vocational standards considered pursuant to s. 239.229 shall
4 be incorporated into the school improvement plan for each area
5 technical center operated by a school board, and area
6 technical centers shall prepare school report cards
7 incorporating such standards, pursuant to s. 230.23(16). In
8 order to accomplish this, the Commissioner of Education and
9 the school districts and schools shall carry out the duties
10 assigned to them by s. 230.23(16).
11 Section 7. Section 230.63, Florida Statutes, is
12 renumbered as section 239.215, Florida Statutes, and amended
13 to read:
14 239.215 230.63 When area technical centers may be
15 organized.--
16 (1) SCHOOL BOARD MAY ESTABLISH OR ACQUIRE AREA
17 TECHNICAL CENTERS.--Any community college school board, after
18 first obtaining the approval of the State Board of Community
19 Colleges, Department of Education may, as a part of the
20 district school system under the provisions of s. 228.061,
21 organize, establish and operate an area technical center, or
22 acquire and operate a vocational-technical school previously
23 established.
24 (2) SCHOOL BOARDS OF CONTIGUOUS DISTRICTS MAY
25 ESTABLISH OR ACQUIRE AREA TECHNICAL CENTERS.--The school
26 boards of any two or more contiguous districts may, upon first
27 obtaining the approval of the department, enter into an
28 agreement to organize, establish and operate, or acquire and
29 operate, an area technical center under this section.
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1 Section 8. Section 230.64, Florida Statutes, is
2 renumbered as section 239.216, Florida Statutes, and amended
3 to read:
4 239.216 230.64 Area technical center part of district
5 school system; minimum standards.--
6 (1) AREA TECHNICAL CENTER PART OF DISTRICT SCHOOL
7 SYSTEM DIRECTED BY A DIRECTOR.--An area technical center
8 established or acquired under provisions of law, shall
9 comprise a part of the district school system of the state and
10 shall be mean an educational institution offering terminal
11 courses of a technical and vocational nature, and courses for
12 out-of-school youth and adults, shall be subject to the
13 general school laws of the state insofar as such laws are
14 applicable, shall be under the control of the school board of
15 the district in which it is located and shall be directed by a
16 director, who shall be responsible to the president of a
17 community college, through the district board of trustees of
18 the community college in whose service area superintendent to
19 the school board of the district in which the center is
20 located.
21 (2) COMMISSIONER SHALL PRESCRIBE MINIMUM
22 STANDARDS.--The State Board of Community Colleges commissioner
23 shall prescribe minimum standards that must be met before an
24 area technical center is organized, acquired, or operated, and
25 that will assure that the purposes of the center are attained.
26 Section 9. Section 230.643, Florida Statutes, is
27 renumbered as section 239.218, Florida Statutes, and amended
28 to read:
29 239.218 230.643 Academic transcript for area technical
30 vocational-technical center student; requirement.--Each area
31 technical vocational-technical center shall maintain an
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1 academic transcript for each student enrolled in the center.
2 Such transcript shall delineate each course completed by the
3 student. Courses shall be delineated by the course prefix and
4 title assigned pursuant to s. 229.551(1)(f). The center shall
5 make a copy of a student's transcript available to any student
6 who requests such copy.
7 Section 10. Subsection (2) of section 231.361, Florida
8 Statutes, is amended to read:
9 231.361 Vocational teachers; status.--
10 (2) A holder of a certificate based on nonacademic
11 preparation which entitled him or her to employment to teach
12 classes in career or adult education shall not be assigned to
13 teach in a regular academic field of the kindergarten through
14 grade 12 school program.
15 Section 11. Subsection (2) of section 232.2466,
16 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
17 232.2466 College-ready diploma program.--
18 (2) A college-ready diploma entitles a student to
19 admission without additional placement testing to a public
20 postsecondary education program that terminates in a technical
21 certificate, an applied technology diploma, an associate in
22 applied science degree, an associate in science degree, or an
23 associate in arts degree, if the student enters postsecondary
24 education within 2 years after earning the college-ready
25 diploma.
26 Section 12. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
27 232.435, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
28 232.435 Extracurricular athletic activities; athletic
29 trainers.--
30 (4) The Department of Education shall have the
31 following responsibilities:
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1 (b) To singly, or collectively with school districts,
2 develop and implement one or more inservice education programs
3 in conjunction with teacher education centers, area technical
4 vocational-technical centers, community colleges, or state
5 universities that assist instructional personnel in the
6 attainment of standards required for designation as a teacher
7 athletic trainer. Such programs may be conducted at the
8 district, regional, or state level.
9 Section 13. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
10 235.435, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
11 235.435 Funds for comprehensive educational plant
12 needs; construction cost maximums for school district capital
13 projects.--Allocations from the Public Education Capital
14 Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for
15 capital outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
16 (3)(a) Each district school board shall receive an
17 amount from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt
18 Service Trust Fund to be calculated by computing the capital
19 outlay full-time equivalent membership as determined by the
20 department. Such membership must include, but is not limited
21 to:
22 1. K-12 students, except hospital and homebound
23 part-time students; and
24 2. Students who are workforce development education
25 students, and adult disabled students and who are enrolled in
26 school district technical centers. The capital outlay
27 full-time equivalent membership shall be determined for
28 kindergarten through the 12th grade and for
29 vocational-technical centers by averaging the unweighted
30 full-time equivalent student membership for the second and
31 third surveys and comparing the results on a school-by-school
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1 basis with the Florida Inventory for School Houses. The
2 capital outlay full-time equivalent membership by grade level
3 organization shall be used in making the following
4 calculations: The capital outlay full-time equivalent
5 membership by grade level organization for the 1981-1982
6 fiscal year shall be computed as the base year. The capital
7 outlay full-time equivalent membership by grade level
8 organization for the 1984-1985 fiscal year shall be computed
9 with the positive increase over the base year constituting
10 growth. From the total amount appropriated by the Legislature
11 pursuant to this subsection, 40 percent shall be allocated
12 among the base capital outlay full-time equivalent membership
13 and 60 percent among the growth capital outlay full-time
14 equivalent membership. The allocation within each of these
15 groups shall be prorated to the districts based upon each
16 district's percentage of base and growth capital outlay
17 full-time membership. The most recent 4-year capital outlay
18 full-time equivalent membership data shall be used in each
19 subsequent year's calculation for the allocation of funds
20 pursuant to this subsection. If the growth capital outlay
21 full-time equivalent membership for a district declines in any
22 year used in their calculation after the initial allocation
23 pursuant to this subsection, no allocation for growth capital
24 outlay full-time equivalent membership shall be made for any
25 subsequent year until the number of capital outlay full-time
26 equivalent membership has exceeded the number for which an
27 allocation has already been made. If a change, correction, or
28 recomputation of data during any year results in a reduction
29 or increase of the calculated amount previously allocated to a
30 district, the allocation to that district shall be adjusted
31 correspondingly. If such recomputation results in an increase
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1 or decrease of the calculated amount, such additional or
2 reduced amounts shall be added to or reduced from the
3 district's future appropriations. However, no change,
4 correction, or recomputation of data shall be made subsequent
5 to 2 years following the initial annual allocation.
6 Section 14. Subsection (1) of section 239.101, Florida
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 239.101 Legislative intent.--
9 (1) The Legislature recognizes that education is a
10 function of both knowledge and the application of knowledge.
11 In this context, career education assumes a paramount role.
12 The Legislature finds that career and academic education are
13 complementary, rather than exclusive. Students are better
14 served by a curriculum that incorporates both forms of
15 education than one that is vested in either area exclusively.
16 The Legislature intends that public secondary schools focus
17 their resources toward, and be primarily responsible for, the
18 provision of K-12 education. The Legislature further intends
19 that community colleges serve as the only public postsecondary
20 education providers of adult workforce development education.
21 Section 15. Subsections (8) through (29) of section
22 239.105, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
23 239.105 Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the
24 term:
25 (8) "Applied technology diploma program" means a
26 course of study that is part of a degree vocational education
27 program, is less than 60 credit hours, and leads to employment
28 in a specific occupation. An applied technology diploma
29 program may consist of either vocational credit or college
30 credit. A public school district may offer an applied
31 technology diploma program only as vocational credit, with
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1 college credit awarded to a student upon articulation to a
2 community college. Statewide articulation among public schools
3 and community colleges is guaranteed by s. 240.115, and is
4 subject to guidelines and standards adopted by the
5 articulation coordinating committee pursuant to s.
6 229.551(1)(g).
7 (8)(9) "Basic literacy," which is also referred to as
8 "beginning adult basic education," means the demonstration of
9 academic competence from 2.0 through 5.9 educational grade
10 levels as measured by means approved for this purpose by the
11 State Board of Education.
12 (9)(10) "Beginning literacy" means the demonstration
13 of academic competence from 0 through 1.9 educational grade
14 levels as measured by means approved for this purpose by the
15 State Board of Education.
16 (10)(11) "College-preparatory instruction" means
17 courses through which a high school graduate who applies for
18 an associate in arts degree program or an associate in science
19 degree program may attain the communication and computation
20 skills necessary to enroll in college credit instruction.
21 (11)(12) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
22 Education.
23 (12)(13) "Community education" means the use of a
24 school or other public facility as a community center operated
25 in conjunction with other public, private, and governmental
26 organizations for the purpose of providing educational,
27 recreational, social, cultural, health, and community services
28 for persons in the community in accordance with the needs,
29 interests, and concerns of that community, including lifelong
30 learning.
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1 (13)(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 (14)(15) "Degree vocational education program" means a
18 course of study that leads to an associate in applied science
19 degree or an associate in science degree. A degree vocational
20 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. Community colleges are
23 the only public postsecondary education institutions
24 authorized to offer these degrees. The term is interchangeable
25 with the term "degree career education program."
26 (15)(16) "Department" means the Department of
27 Education.
28 (16)(17) "Family literacy" means a program for adults
29 with a literacy component for parents and children or other
30 intergenerational literacy components.
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1 (17)(18) "Functional literacy," which is also referred
2 to as "intermediate adult basic education," means the
3 demonstration of academic competence from 6.0 through 8.9
4 educational grade levels as measured by means approved for
5 this purpose by the State Board of Education.
6 (18)(19) "General Educational Development (GED) test
7 preparation" means courses of instruction designed to prepare
8 adults for success on the five GED subject area tests leading
9 to qualification for a State of Florida high school diploma.
10 (19)(20) "Lifelong learning" means a noncredit course
11 or activity offered by a school district or community college
12 which seeks to address community social and economic issues
13 related to health and human relations, government, parenting,
14 consumer economics, and senior citizens. The course or
15 activity must have specific expected outcomes that relate to
16 one or more of these areas.
17 (20)(21) "Local educational agency" means a community
18 college or school district.
19 (21)(22) "Local sponsor" means a school board,
20 community college board of trustees, public library, other
21 public entity, or private nonprofit entity, or any combination
22 of these entities, that provides adult literacy instruction.
23 (22)(23) "Vocational certificate program" means a
24 course of study that leads to at least one occupational
25 completion point. The program may also confer credit that may
26 articulate with a diploma or degree career education program,
27 if authorized by rules of the State Board of Community
28 Colleges Department of Education. Any credit instruction
29 designed to articulate to a vocational education or
30 baccalaureate degree program is subject to guidelines and
31 standards adopted by the Articulation Coordinating Committee
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1 pursuant to s. 229.551(1)(g). The term is interchangeable with
2 the term "certificate career education program."
3 (23)(24) "Occupational completion point" means the
4 vocational competencies that qualify a person to enter an
5 occupation that is linked to a vocational program.
6 (24)(25) "Vocational education planning region" means
7 the geographic area in which career or adult education is
8 provided. Each vocational region is contiguous with one of
9 the 28 community college service areas. The term may be used
10 interchangeably with the term "career education planning
11 region."
12 (25)(26) "Vocational-preparatory instruction" means
13 adult general education through which persons attain academic
14 and workforce readiness skills at the level of functional
15 literacy (grade levels 6.0-8.9) or higher so that such persons
16 may pursue certificate career education or higher-level career
17 education.
18 (26)(27) "Vocational program" means a group of
19 identified competencies leading to occupations identified by a
20 Classification of Instructional Programs number.
21 (27)(28) "Workforce development education" means adult
22 general education or vocational education and may consist of a
23 continuing workforce education course or a program of study
24 leading to an occupational completion point, a vocational
25 certificate, an applied technology diploma, or a vocational
26 education degree.
27 (28)(29) "Workforce literacy" means the basic skills
28 necessary to perform in entry-level occupations or the skills
29 necessary to adapt to technological advances in the workplace.
30 Section 16. Section 239.113, Florida Statutes, is
31 amended to read:
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1 239.113 Registration of adult students.--Each school
2 district and community college shall maintain sufficient
3 information for each student enrolled in workforce development
4 education or lifelong learning courses to allow local and
5 state administrators to locate such student upon the
6 termination of instruction and to determine the
7 appropriateness of student placement in specific instructional
8 programs. The State Board of Community Colleges for Career
9 Education shall adopt, in rule, specific information that must
10 be maintained and acceptable means of maintaining that
11 information.
12 Section 17. Section 239.115, Florida Statutes, is
13 amended to read:
14 239.115 Funds for operation of adult general education
15 and adult vocational education programs.--
16 (1) As used in this section, the terms "workforce
17 development education" and "workforce development program"
18 include:
19 (a) Adult general education programs designed to
20 improve the employability skills of the state's workforce
21 through adult basic education, adult secondary education, GED
22 preparation, and vocational-preparatory education.
23 (b) Vocational certificate programs, including courses
24 that lead to an occupational completion point within a program
25 that terminates in either a certificate, a diploma or a
26 vocational education degree.
27 (c) Applied technology diploma programs.
28 (c)(d) Continuing workforce education courses.
29 (d)(e) Degree vocational education programs.
30 (e)(f) Apprenticeship and preapprenticeship 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 applied
7 technology diploma, that portion of the program may be
8 conducted by a school district technical center. Any
9 instruction designed to articulate to a vocational education
10 or baccalaureate degree program is subject to guidelines and
11 standards adopted by the Articulation Coordinating Committee
12 pursuant to s. 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 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 adult
18 workforce development programs, whether the programs are
19 offered by a school district or a community college. Funding
20 for all adult workforce development education programs must be
21 from the Workforce Development Education Fund and must be
22 based on cost categories, performance output measures, and
23 performance outcome measures. This subsection takes effect
24 July 1, 2000 1999.
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 of study to a cost category must include at least both
29 direct and indirect instructional costs, consumable supplies,
30 equipment, and standard program length.
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1 (b)1. The performance output measure for vocational
2 education programs of study is student completion of a
3 vocational program of study that leads to an occupational
4 completion point associated with a certificate; an
5 apprenticeship program; or a program that leads to an applied
6 technology diploma or an associate in science or associate in
7 applied science degree. Performance output measures for
8 registered apprenticeship programs shall be based on program
9 lengths that coincide with lengths established pursuant to the
10 requirements of chapter 446.
11 2. The performance output measure for an adult general
12 education course of study is measurable improvement in student
13 skills. This measure shall include improvement in literacy
14 skills, grade level improvement as measured by an approved
15 test, or attainment of a general education development diploma
16 or an adult high school diploma.
17 (c) The performance outcome measures for programs
18 funded through the Workforce Development Education Fund are
19 associated with placement and retention of students after
20 reaching a completion point or completing a program of study.
21 These measures include placement or retention in employment
22 that is related to the program of study; placement into or
23 retention in employment in an occupation on the Occupational
24 Forecasting Conference list of high-wage, high-skill
25 occupations with sufficient openings; and placement and
26 retention of WAGES clients or former WAGES clients in
27 employment. Continuing postsecondary education at a level that
28 will further enhance employment is a performance outcome for
29 adult general education programs. Placement and retention must
30 be reported pursuant to ss. 229.8075 and 239.233.
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1 (5) Effective July 1, 2000 1999, for community
2 colleges school districts providing adult basic education for
3 the elderly to at least 10,000 students during fiscal year
4 1996-1997, and to at least 10,000 students during subsequent
5 fiscal years, funds for these adult basic education courses
6 for the elderly may be provided in a separate categorical
7 subject to provisions defined in the General Appropriations
8 Act. Unless exempt pursuant to s. 239.117, fees for these
9 courses shall be set at no less than 10 percent of the average
10 cost of 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 no less than 75 percent of the average
21 cost of instruction with the remaining percentage 25 percent
22 made up from student fees. Fees for courses within a program
23 shall not vary according to the cost of the individual
24 program, but instead shall be based on a uniform fee
25 calculated and set at the state level, as adopted by the State
26 Board of Community Colleges Education, unless otherwise
27 specified in the General Appropriations Act.
28 (c) For fee-exempt students pursuant to s. 239.117,
29 unless otherwise provided for in law, state funding shall
30 equal 100 percent of the average cost of instruction.
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1 (7) Beginning in fiscal year 2000-2001 1999-2000, a
2 school district or a community college that provides workforce
3 development education funded through the Workforce Development
4 Education Fund shall receive funds in accordance with
5 distributions for base and performance funding established by
6 the Legislature in the General Appropriations Act, pursuant to
7 the following conditions:
8 (a) Base funding shall not exceed 85 percent of the
9 current fiscal year total Workforce Development Education Fund
10 allocation, which shall be distributed by the Legislature in
11 the General Appropriations Act based on a maximum of 85
12 percent of the institution's prior year total allocation from
13 base and performance funds.
14 (b) Performance funding shall be at least 15 percent
15 of the current fiscal year total Workforce Development
16 Education Fund allocation, which shall be distributed by the
17 Legislature in the General Appropriations Act based on the
18 previous fiscal year's achievement of output and outcomes in
19 accordance with formulas adopted pursuant to subsection (9).
20 Performance funding must incorporate payments for at least
21 three levels of placements that reflect wages and workforce
22 demand. Payments for completions must not exceed 60 percent of
23 the payments for placement. For fiscal year 2000-2001
24 1999-2000, school districts and community colleges shall be
25 awarded funds pursuant to this paragraph based on performance
26 output data generated for fiscal year 1998-1999 and
27 performance outcome data available in fiscal year 1997-1998
28 that year.
29 (c) If a community college local educational agency
30 achieves a level of performance sufficient to generate a full
31 allocation as authorized by the workforce development funding
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1 formula, the community college agency may earn performance
2 incentive funds as appropriated for that purpose in a General
3 Appropriations Act. If performance incentive funds are funded
4 and awarded, these funds must be added to the community
5 college's local educational agency's prior year total
6 allocation from the Workforce Development Education Fund and
7 shall be used to calculate the following year's base funding.
8 (8) A school district or community college that earns
9 performance funding must use the money to benefit the
10 postsecondary vocational and adult education programs it
11 provides. The money may be used for equipment upgrades,
12 program expansions, or any other use that would result in
13 workforce development program improvement. The school board or
14 community college board of trustees may not withhold any
15 portion of the performance funding for indirect costs.
16 Notwithstanding s. 216.351, funds awarded pursuant to this
17 section may be carried across fiscal years and shall not
18 revert to any other fund maintained by the school board or
19 community college board of trustees.
20 (9) The Department of Education, the State Board of
21 Community Colleges, in consultation with and the Jobs and
22 Education Partnership and the Department of Education, shall
23 provide the Legislature with recommended formulas, criteria,
24 timeframes, and mechanisms for distributing performance funds.
25 Such recommendations may provide performance exemptions for
26 new workforce development education programs and workforce
27 development education programs transferred from school
28 districts to community colleges, as defined in s. 239.105, for
29 a period not to exceed 2 years from the implementation of the
30 new program. The commissioner shall consolidate the
31 recommendations and develop a consensus proposal for funding.
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1 The Legislature shall adopt a formula and distribute the
2 performance funds to the Division of Community Colleges and
3 the Division of Workforce Development through the General
4 Appropriations Act. These recommendations shall be based on
5 formulas that would discourage low-performing or low-demand
6 programs and encourage through performance-funding awards:
7 (a) Programs that prepare people to enter high-wage
8 occupations identified by the Occupational Forecasting
9 Conference created by s. 216.136 and other programs as
10 approved by the Jobs and Education Partnership. At a minimum,
11 performance incentives shall be calculated for adults who
12 reach completion points or complete programs that lead to
13 specified high-wage employment and to their placement in that
14 employment.
15 (b) Programs that successfully prepare adults who are
16 eligible for public assistance, economically disadvantaged,
17 disabled, not proficient in English, or dislocated workers for
18 high-wage occupations. At a minimum, performance incentives
19 shall be calculated at an enhanced value for the completion of
20 adults identified in this paragraph and job placement of such
21 adults upon completion. In addition, adjustments may be made
22 in payments for job placements for areas of high unemployment.
23 (c) Programs identified by the Jobs and Education
24 Partnership as increasing the effectiveness and cost
25 efficiency of education.
26 (d) Upon the joint recommendation of local elected
27 officials, a regional workforce development board, and a
28 community college, the Jobs and Education Partnership may
29 expand the occupations that are included in the performance
30 funding program. Occupations so identified must meet needs
31 created by local emergencies or plant closings.
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1 (e) The Jobs and Education Partnership may add
2 occupations recommended by the Quick-Response Advisory
3 Committee as emerging occupations according to s. 288.047 to
4 the list of recommendations produced by the Occupational
5 Forecasting Conference.
6 (10) A high school student dually enrolled under s.
7 240.116 in a workforce development program funded through the
8 Workforce Development Education Fund and operated by a
9 community college or school district technical center
10 generates the amount calculated by the Workforce Development
11 Education Fund, including any payment of performance funding,
12 and the proportional share of full-time equivalent enrollment
13 generated through the Florida Education Finance Program for
14 the student's enrollment in a high school. If a high school
15 student is dually enrolled in a community college program,
16 including a program conducted at a high school, the community
17 college earns the funds generated through the Workforce
18 Development Education Fund and the school district earns the
19 proportional share of full-time equivalent funding from the
20 Florida Education Finance Program. If a student is dually
21 enrolled in a technical center operated by the same district
22 as the district in which the student attends high school, that
23 district earns the funds generated through the Workforce
24 Development Education Fund and also earns the proportional
25 share of full-time equivalent funding from the Florida
26 Education Finance Program. If a student is dually enrolled in
27 a workforce development program provided by a technical center
28 operated by a different school district, the funds must be
29 divided between the two school districts proportionally from
30 the two funding sources. A student may not be reported for
31 funding in a dual enrollment workforce development program
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1 unless the student has completed the basic skills assessment
2 pursuant to s. 239.213.
3 (11) The State Board of Community Colleges Department
4 of Education may adopt rules to administer this section.
5 (12) The Auditor General shall annually audit the
6 Workforce Development Education Fund. The Office of Program
7 Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall review the
8 workforce development program and provide a report to the
9 Legislature by December 31, 2000, and thereafter at the
10 direction of the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee. Such
11 audits and reviews shall be based on source data at the
12 community colleges and school districts, until such time as
13 all workforce development programs are offered only by
14 community colleges, when such audits and reviews shall be
15 based on source data at the community colleges only.
16 Section 18. Section 239.117, Florida Statutes, is
17 amended to read:
18 239.117 Workforce development postsecondary student
19 fees.--
20 (1) This section applies to students enrolled in
21 workforce development programs who are reported for funding
22 through the Workforce Development Education Fund, except that
23 college credit fees for the community colleges are governed by
24 s. 240.35.
25 (2) All students shall be charged fees in accordance
26 with a fee schedule adopted by the State Board of Community
27 Colleges except students who are exempt from fees or students
28 whose fees are waived.
29 (3) The following students are exempt from any
30 requirement for the payment of registration, matriculation,
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1 and laboratory fees for adult basic, adult secondary, or
2 vocational-preparatory instruction:
3 (a) A student who does not have a high school diploma
4 or its equivalent.
5 (b) A student who has a high school diploma or its
6 equivalent and who has academic skills at or below the eighth
7 grade level pursuant to state board rule. A student is
8 eligible for this exemption from fees if the student's skills
9 are at or below the eighth grade level as measured by a test
10 administered in the English language and approved by the
11 Department of Education, even if the student has skills above
12 that level when tested in the student's native language.
13 (4) The following students are exempt from the payment
14 of registration, matriculation, and laboratory fees:
15 (a) A student enrolled in a dual enrollment or early
16 admission program pursuant to s. 239.241.
17 (b) A student enrolled in an approved apprenticeship
18 program, as defined in s. 446.021.
19 (c) A student for whom the state is paying a foster
20 care board payment pursuant to s. 409.145(3) or pursuant to
21 parts II and III of chapter 39, for whom the permanency
22 planning goal pursuant to part III of chapter 39 is long-term
23 foster care or independent living, or who is adopted from the
24 Department of Children and Family Services after May 5, 1997.
25 Such exemption includes fees associated with enrollment in
26 vocational-preparatory instruction and completion of the
27 college-level communication and computation skills testing
28 program. Such exemption shall be available to any student
29 adopted from the Department of Children and Family Services
30 after May 5, 1997; however, the exemption shall be valid for
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1 no more than 4 years after the date of graduation from high
2 school.
3 (d) A student enrolled in an employment and training
4 program under the WAGES Program. The local WAGES coalition
5 shall pay the community college or school district for costs
6 incurred for WAGES clients.
7 (e) A student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
8 nighttime residence or whose primary nighttime residence is a
9 public or private shelter designed to provide temporary
10 residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or
11 a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used
12 as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
13 (f) A student who is a proprietor, owner, or worker of
14 a company whose business has been at least 50 percent
15 negatively financially impacted by the buy-out of property
16 around Lake Apopka by the State of Florida. Such a student may
17 receive a fee exemption only if the student has not received
18 compensation because of the buy-out, the student is designated
19 a Florida resident for tuition purposes, pursuant to s.
20 240.1201, and the student has applied for and been denied
21 financial aid, pursuant to s. 240.404, which would have
22 provided, at a minimum, payment of all student fees. The
23 student is responsible for providing evidence to the
24 postsecondary education institution verifying that the
25 conditions of this paragraph have been met, including support
26 documentation provided by the Department of Revenue. The
27 student must be currently enrolled in, or begin coursework
28 within, a program area by fall semester 2000. The exemption
29 is valid for a period of 4 years from the date that the
30 postsecondary education institution confirms that the
31 conditions of this paragraph have been met.
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1 (5) School districts and Community colleges may waive
2 fees for any fee-nonexempt student. A community college may
3 waive fees up to an amount equal to 8 percent of the community
4 college's total workforce development enrollment hours. The
5 total value of fee waivers granted by the school district or
6 community college may not exceed the amount established
7 annually in the General Appropriations Act. Any student whose
8 fees are waived in excess of the authorized amount may not be
9 reported for state funding purposes. Any school district or
10 community college that waives fees and requests state funding
11 for a student in violation of the provisions of this section
12 shall be penalized at a rate equal to 2 times the value of the
13 full-time student enrollment reported.
14 (6)(a) The State Board of Community Colleges
15 Commissioner of Education shall provide to the Legislature
16 State Board of Education no later than December 31 of each
17 year a schedule of fees for workforce development education,
18 excluding continuing workforce education, for school districts
19 and community colleges. The fee schedule shall be based on the
20 amount of student fees necessary to produce no more than 25
21 percent of the prior year's average cost of a course of study
22 leading to a certificate or diploma. The schedule so
23 calculated shall be implemented, unless otherwise specified in
24 the General Appropriations Act. At the discretion of a school
25 board or a community college, this fee schedule may be
26 implemented over a 3-year period, with full implementation in
27 the 1999-2000 school year. In years preceding that year, if
28 fee increases are necessary for some programs or courses, the
29 fees shall be raised in increments designed to lessen their
30 impact upon students already enrolled. Fees for students who
31 are not residents for tuition purposes must offset the full
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1 cost of instruction. Fee-nonexempt students enrolled in
2 vocational-preparatory instruction shall be charged fees equal
3 to the fees charged for certificate career education
4 instruction. Each community college that conducts
5 college-preparatory and vocational-preparatory instruction in
6 the same class section may charge a single fee for both types
7 of instruction.
8 (b) Fees for continuing workforce education shall be
9 locally determined by the school board or community college.
10 However, at least 50 percent of the expenditures for the
11 continuing workforce education program provided by the
12 community college or school district must be derived from
13 fees.
14 (c) The State Board of Education shall adopt a fee
15 schedule for school districts that produces the fee revenues
16 calculated pursuant to paragraph (a). The schedule so
17 calculated shall take effect, unless otherwise specified in
18 the General Appropriations Act.
19 (d) The State Board of Education shall adopt, by rule,
20 the definitions and procedures that school boards shall use in
21 the calculation of cost borne by students.
22 (7) Each year the State Board of Community Colleges
23 shall review and evaluate the percentage of the cost of adult
24 programs and certificate career education programs supported
25 through student fees. For students who are residents for
26 tuition purposes, the schedule so adopted must produce
27 revenues equal to 25 percent of the prior year's average
28 program cost for college-preparatory and certificate-level
29 workforce development programs. Fees for continuing workforce
30 education shall be locally determined by the school board or
31 community college. However, at least 50 percent of the
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1 expenditures for the continuing workforce education program
2 provided by the community college or school district must be
3 derived from fees. Fees for students who are not residents for
4 tuition purposes must offset the full cost of instruction.
5 (7)(8) Each school board and community college board
6 of trustees may establish a separate fee for financial aid
7 purposes in an additional amount of up to 10 percent of the
8 student fees collected for workforce development programs
9 funded through the Workforce Development Education Fund. All
10 fees collected shall be deposited into a separate workforce
11 development student financial aid fee trust fund of the
12 district or community college to support students enrolled in
13 workforce development programs. Any undisbursed balance
14 remaining in the trust fund and interest income accruing to
15 investments from the trust fund shall increase the total funds
16 available for distribution to workforce development education
17 students. Awards shall be based on student financial need and
18 distributed in accordance with a nationally recognized system
19 of need analysis approved by the State Board of Community
20 Colleges for Career Education. Fees collected pursuant to this
21 subsection shall be allocated in an expeditious manner.
22 (8)(9) The State Board of Education and the State
23 Board of Community Colleges shall adopt rules to allow the
24 deferral of registration and tuition fees for students
25 receiving financial aid from a federal or state assistance
26 program when such aid is delayed in being transmitted to the
27 student through circumstances beyond the control of the
28 student. The failure to make timely application for such aid
29 is an insufficient reason to receive a deferral of fees. The
30 rules must provide for the enforcement and collection or other
31 settlement of delinquent accounts.
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1 (9)(10) Any veteran or other eligible student who
2 receives benefits under chapter 30, chapter 31, chapter 32,
3 chapter 34, or chapter 35 of Title 38, U.S.C., or chapter 106
4 of Title 10, U.S.C., is entitled to one deferment each
5 academic year and an additional deferment each time there is a
6 delay in the receipt of benefits.
7 (10)(11) Each school district and community college
8 shall be responsible for collecting all deferred fees. If a
9 school district or community college has not collected a
10 deferred fee, the student may not earn state funding for any
11 course for which the student subsequently registers until the
12 fee has been paid.
13 (11)(12) Any school district or community college that
14 reports students who have not paid fees in an approved manner
15 in calculations of full-time equivalent enrollments for state
16 funding purposes shall be penalized at a rate equal to 2 times
17 the value of such enrollments. Such penalty shall be charged
18 against the following year's allocation from the Florida
19 Workforce Development Education Fund or the Community College
20 Program Fund and shall revert to the General Revenue Fund.
21 The State Board of Education shall specify, in rule, approved
22 methods of student fee payment. Such methods must include,
23 but need not be limited to, student fee payment; payment
24 through federal, state, or institutional financial aid; and
25 employer fee payments.
26 (12)(13) Each school district and community college
27 shall report only those students who have actually enrolled in
28 instruction provided or supervised by instructional personnel
29 under contract with the district or community college in
30 calculations of actual full-time enrollments for state funding
31 purposes. A student who has been exempted from taking a
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1 course or who has been granted academic or vocational credit
2 through means other than actual coursework completed at the
3 granting institution may not be calculated for enrollment in
4 the course from which the student has been exempted or for
5 which the student has been granted credit. School districts
6 and Community colleges that report enrollments in violation of
7 this subsection shall be penalized at a rate equal to 2 times
8 the value of such enrollments. Such penalty shall be charged
9 against the following year's allocation from the Workforce
10 Development Education Fund and shall revert to the General
11 Revenue Fund.
12 (13)(14) School boards and Community college boards of
13 trustees may establish scholarship funds using donations. If
14 such funds are established, school boards and community
15 college boards of trustees shall adopt rules that provide for
16 the criteria and methods for awarding scholarships from the
17 fund.
18 (14)(15) Each school board and community college board
19 of trustees may establish a separate fee for capital
20 improvements, technology enhancements, or equipping buildings
21 which may not exceed 5 percent of the matriculation fee for
22 resident students or 5 percent of the matriculation and
23 tuition fee for nonresident students. Funds collected by
24 community colleges through these fees may be bonded only for
25 the purpose of financing or refinancing new construction and
26 equipment, renovation, or remodeling of educational
27 facilities. The fee shall be collected as a component part of
28 the registration and tuition fees, paid into a separate
29 account, and expended only to construct and equip, maintain,
30 improve, or enhance the certificate career education or adult
31 education facilities of the school district or community
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1 college. Projects funded through the use of the capital
2 improvement fee must meet the survey and construction
3 requirements of chapter 235. Pursuant to s. 216.0158, each
4 school board and community college board of trustees shall
5 identify each project, including maintenance projects,
6 proposed to be funded in whole or in part by such fee. Capital
7 improvement fee revenues may be pledged by a board of trustees
8 as a dedicated revenue source to the repayment of debt,
9 including lease-purchase agreements and revenue bonds, with a
10 term not to exceed 20 years, and not to exceed the useful life
11 of the asset being financed, only for the new construction and
12 equipment, renovation, or remodeling of educational
13 facilities. Community colleges may use the services of the
14 Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration
15 to issue any bonds authorized through the provisions of this
16 subsection. Any such bonds issued by the Division of Bond
17 Finance shall be in compliance with the provisions of the
18 State Bond Act. Bonds issued pursuant to the State Bond Act
19 shall be validated in the manner provided by chapter 75. The
20 complaint for such validation shall be filed in the circuit
21 court of the county where the seat of state government is
22 situated, the notice required to be published by s. 75.06
23 shall be published only in the county where the complaint is
24 filed, and the complaint and order of the circuit court shall
25 be served only on the state attorney of the circuit in which
26 the action is pending. A maximum of 15 cents per credit hour
27 may be allocated from the capital improvement fee for child
28 care centers conducted by the school board or community
29 college board of trustees.
30 (15)(16) Community colleges and district school boards
31 are not authorized to charge students enrolled in workforce
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1 development programs any fee that is not specifically
2 authorized by statute. In addition to matriculation, tuition,
3 financial aid, capital improvement, and technology fees, as
4 authorized in this section, community colleges and district
5 school boards are authorized to establish fee schedules for
6 the following user fees and fines: laboratory fees; parking
7 fees and fines; library fees and fines; fees and fines
8 relating to facilities and equipment use or damage; access or
9 identification card fees; duplicating, photocopying, binding,
10 or microfilming fees; standardized testing fees; diploma
11 replacement fees; transcript fees; application fees;
12 graduation fees; and late fees related to registration and
13 payment. Such user fees and fines shall not exceed the cost of
14 the services provided and shall only be charged to persons
15 receiving the service. Parking fee revenues may be pledged by
16 a community college board of trustees as a dedicated revenue
17 source for the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase
18 agreements and revenue bonds with terms not exceeding 20 years
19 and not exceeding the useful life of the asset being financed.
20 Community colleges shall use the services of the Division of
21 Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration to issue any
22 revenue bonds authorized by the provisions of this subsection.
23 Any such bonds issued by the Division of Bond Finance shall be
24 in compliance with the provisions of the State Bond Act. Bonds
25 issued pursuant to the State Bond Act shall be validated in
26 the manner established in chapter 75. The complaint for such
27 validation shall be filed in the circuit court of the county
28 where the seat of state government is situated, the notice
29 required to be published by s. 75.06 shall be published only
30 in the county where the complaint is filed, and the complaint
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1 and order of the circuit court shall be served only on the
2 state attorney of the circuit in which the action is pending.
3 (16)(17) Each district school board and community
4 college district board of trustees is authorized to establish
5 specific fees for workforce development instruction not
6 reported for state funding purposes or for workforce
7 development instruction not reported as state funded full-time
8 equivalent students. District school boards and District
9 boards of trustees are not required to charge any other fee
10 specified in this section for this type of instruction.
11 (17)(18) Each district school board and community
12 college district board of trustees is authorized to establish
13 a separate fee for technology, not to exceed $1.80 per credit
14 hour or credit-hour equivalent for resident students and not
15 more than $5.40 per credit hour or credit-hour equivalent for
16 nonresident students, or the equivalent, to be expended in
17 accordance with technology improvement plans. The technology
18 fee may apply only to associate degree programs and courses.
19 Fifty percent of technology fee revenues may be pledged by a
20 community college board of trustees as a dedicated revenue
21 source for the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase
22 agreements, not to exceed the useful life of the asset being
23 financed. Revenues generated from the technology fee may not
24 be bonded.
25 Section 19. Section 239.125, Florida Statutes, is
26 amended to read:
27 239.125 Computer-assisted student advising.--In
28 conjunction with s. 240.2099, each public secondary school
29 shall provide computer-assisted student advising through which
30 students obtain information related to career descriptions and
31 corresponding educational requirements; institutional
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1 admission requirements for state universities and, community
2 colleges, and area technical centers; and available sources of
3 student financial aid. Such advising must also enable
4 students to examine their interests and aptitudes for the
5 purpose of curricular and career planning.
6 Section 20. Section 239.205, Florida Statutes, is
7 amended to read:
8 239.205 State Board of Community Colleges Education
9 rules regarding career education programs; common definitions;
10 criteria for determining program level.--
11 (1) The State Board of Community Colleges Education
12 shall adopt, by rule, common definitions for associate in
13 science degrees and for certificates.
14 (2) The State Board of Community Colleges Education
15 shall develop guidelines to determine the criteria by which
16 the level of degree or certificate is assigned to a vocational
17 program. The guidelines must ensure that assignments are made
18 at the lowest level possible commensurate with sound
19 professional practice; however, the guidelines must also
20 ensure that assignments are updated for programs that increase
21 in technical complexity or general education requirements
22 beyond the parameters of a certificate program. Institutions
23 may continue to offer existing programs that are assigned to a
24 lower level; however, such programs shall be funded at the
25 assigned level. The State Board of Community Colleges
26 Education shall adopt rules regarding reporting requirements
27 for vocational programs.
28 Section 21. Subsections (1) and (2) of section
29 239.213, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
30 239.213 Vocational-preparatory instruction.--
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1 (1) The State Board of Community Colleges for Career
2 Education shall adopt, by rule, standards of basic skill
3 mastery for certificate career education programs. Each school
4 district and community college that conducts certificate
5 career education programs shall provide vocational-preparatory
6 instruction through which students receive the basic skills
7 instruction required pursuant to this section.
8 (2) Students who enroll in a certificate career
9 education program of 450 hours or more shall complete an
10 entry-level examination within the first 6 weeks of admission
11 into the program. The State Board of Community Colleges shall
12 designate examinations that are currently in existence, the
13 results of which are comparable across institutions, to assess
14 student mastery of basic skills. Any student deemed to lack a
15 minimal level of basic skills for such program shall be
16 referred to vocational-preparatory instruction or adult basic
17 education for a structured program of basic skills
18 instruction. Such instruction may include English for speakers
19 of other languages. A student may not receive a certificate
20 of vocational program completion prior to demonstrating the
21 basic skills required in the state curriculum frameworks for
22 the vocational program.
23 Section 22. Section 239.229, Florida Statutes, is
24 amended to read:
25 239.229 Vocational standards.--
26 (1) The purpose of career education is to enable
27 students who complete vocational programs to attain and
28 sustain employment and realize economic self-sufficiency. The
29 purpose of this section is to identify issues related to
30 career education for which school boards and community college
31 boards of trustees are accountable. It is the intent of the
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1 Legislature that the standards articulated in subsection (2)
2 be considered in the development of accountability standards
3 for public schools pursuant to ss. 229.591, 229.592, and
4 230.23(16), and that the standards articulated in subsection
5 (3) be considered in the development of accountability
6 standards for community colleges pursuant to s. 240.324.
7 (2)(a) School board, superintendent, and school
8 accountability for career education within elementary and
9 secondary schools includes, but is not limited to:
10 (a)1. Student exposure to a variety of careers and
11 provision of instruction to explore specific careers in
12 greater depth.
13 (b)2. Student awareness of available vocational
14 programs and the corresponding occupations into which such
15 programs lead.
16 (c)3. Student development of individual career plans.
17 (d)4. Integration of academic and vocational skills in
18 the secondary curriculum.
19 (e)5. Student preparation to enter the workforce and
20 enroll in postsecondary education without being required to
21 complete college-preparatory or vocational-preparatory
22 instruction.
23 (f)6. Student retention in school through high school
24 graduation.
25 (g)7. Vocational curriculum articulation with
26 corresponding postsecondary programs in the local area
27 technical center or community college, or both.
28 (3)(b) School board, superintendent, and area
29 technical center, and Community college board of trustees and
30 president, accountability for certificate career education and
31 diploma programs includes, but is not limited to:
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1 (a)1. Student demonstration of the academic skills
2 necessary to enter an occupation.
3 (b)2. Student preparation to enter an occupation in an
4 entry-level position or continue postsecondary study.
5 (c)3. Vocational program articulation with other
6 corresponding postsecondary programs and job training
7 experiences.
8 (d)4. Employer satisfaction with the performance of
9 students who complete workforce development education or reach
10 occupational completion points.
11 (e)5. Student completion, placement, and retention
12 rates as defined in s. 239.233.
13 (4)(c) Department of Education accountability for
14 career education includes, but is not limited to:
15 (a)1. The provision of timely, accurate technical
16 assistance to school districts and community colleges.
17 (b)2. The provision of timely, accurate information to
18 the State Board for Career Education, the Legislature, and the
19 public.
20 (c)3. The development of policies, rules, and
21 procedures that facilitate institutional attainment of the
22 accountability standards and coordinate the efforts of all
23 divisions within the department.
24 (d)4. The development of program standards and
25 industry-driven benchmarks for vocational, adult, and
26 community education programs.
27 (e)5. Overseeing school district and community college
28 compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
29 (f)6. Ensuring that the educational outcomes for the
30 technical component of workforce development programs and
31 secondary vocational job-preparatory programs are uniform and
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1 designed to provide a graduate of high quality who is capable
2 of entering the workforce on an equally competitive basis
3 regardless of the institution of choice.
4 (3) Each area technical center operated by a school
5 board shall establish a center advisory council pursuant to s.
6 229.58. The center advisory council shall assist in the
7 preparation and evaluation of center improvement plans
8 required pursuant to s. 230.23(16) and may provide assistance,
9 upon the request of the center director, in the preparation of
10 the center's annual budget and plan as required by s.
11 229.555(1).
12 Section 23. Section 239.241, Florida Statutes, is
13 amended to read:
14 239.241 Vocational dual enrollment and early
15 admission.--
16 (1) Vocational dual enrollment shall be provided as a
17 curricular option for secondary students to pursue in order to
18 earn a series of elective credits toward the high school
19 diploma. However, vocational dual enrollment may not supplant
20 student acquisition of the diploma. Vocational dual
21 enrollment must be available for a secondary student seeking a
22 degree or certificate from a complete job-preparatory program,
23 but may not sustain student enrollment in isolated vocational
24 courses. It is the intent of the Legislature that student
25 enrollment in a vocational dual enrollment program reflect the
26 interests and aptitudes of the student. The provision of a
27 comprehensive academic and vocational dual enrollment program
28 within the vocational-technical center or community college is
29 supportive of legislative intent; however, such provision is
30 not mandatory.
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1 (2) Vocational early admission is a form of vocational
2 dual enrollment through which eligible secondary students
3 enroll full time in an area technical center or a community
4 college in courses that are creditable toward the high school
5 diploma and the certificate or associate degree.
6 Participation in the vocational early admission program shall
7 be limited to students who have completed a minimum of 6
8 semesters of full-time secondary enrollment, including studies
9 undertaken in the ninth grade. Students enrolled pursuant to
10 this section are exempt from the payment of registration,
11 matriculation, and laboratory fees.
12 Section 24. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
13 239.245, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
14 239.245 Public information on career education
15 programs.--
16 (2) The dissemination shall be conducted in accordance
17 with the following procedures:
18 (b)1. Each school district shall publish, at a
19 minimum, the most recently available placement rate for each
20 certificate career education program conducted by that school
21 district at the secondary school level and at the degree
22 career education level. The placement rates for the preceding
23 3 years shall be published, if available; shall be included in
24 each publication that informs the public of the availability
25 of the program; and shall be made available to each school
26 guidance counselor. If a program does not have a placement
27 rate, a publication that lists or describes that program must
28 state that the rate is unavailable.
29 2. Each community college shall publish, at a minimum,
30 the most recent placement rate for each certificate career
31 education program and for each degree career education program
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1 in its annual catalog. The placement rates for the preceding 3
2 years shall be published, if available, and shall be included
3 in any publication that informs the public of the availability
4 of the program. If a program does not have a placement rate,
5 the publication that lists or describes that program must
6 state that the rate is unavailable.
7 3. If a school district or a community college has
8 calculated for a program a placement rate that differs from
9 the rate reported by the department, and if each record of a
10 placement was obtained through a process that was capable of
11 being audited, procedurally sound, and consistent statewide,
12 the district or the community college may use the locally
13 calculated placement rate in the report required by this
14 section. However, that rate may not be combined with the rate
15 maintained in the computer files of the Department of
16 Education's Florida Education and Training Placement
17 Information Program.
18 4. An independent degree career education, technical,
19 trade, or business school may not publish a placement rate
20 unless the placement rate was determined as provided by this
21 section.
22 Section 25. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (3),
23 paragraph (e) of subsection (4), and subsections (5), (8),
24 (9), (10), and (11) of section 239.301, Florida Statutes, are
25 amended to read:
26 239.301 Adult general education.--
27 (3)(a) Each school board or community college board of
28 trustees shall negotiate with local personnel of the
29 Department of Children and Family Services for basic and
30 functional literacy skills assessments for participants in
31 employment and training programs under the WAGES Program. Such
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1 assessments shall be conducted at a site mutually acceptable
2 to the school board or community college board of trustees and
3 the Department of Children and Family Services.
4 (b) State employees who are employed in local or
5 regional offices of state agencies shall inform clients of the
6 availability of adult basic and secondary programs in the
7 region. The identities of clients who do not possess high
8 school diplomas or who demonstrate skills below the level of
9 functional literacy shall be conveyed, with their consent, to
10 the local school district or community college, or both.
11 (4)
12 (e) A district school board or a community college
13 board of trustees may negotiate a contract with the local
14 WAGES coalition for specialized services for WAGES clients,
15 beyond what is routinely provided for the general public, to
16 be funded by the WAGES coalition pursuant to s. 414.065.
17 (5)(a) An educational program for disabled adults may
18 be conducted within and funded through the Workforce
19 Development Education Fund or the Community College Program
20 Fund. Each school board or community college board of
21 trustees that has an educational program for disabled adults
22 shall submit a plan to the commissioner which includes, at a
23 minimum:
24 1. A description of the population to be served and an
25 estimation of the number of such students.
26 2. A description of the courses and programs in the
27 program, including corresponding expected student outcomes.
28 3. Provision for individualized educational plans and
29 periodic student evaluation.
30 4. An interagency memorandum of agreement that
31 provides for the coordination of adult education, career
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1 education, exceptional student education, the Department of
2 Children and Family Services, vocational rehabilitation, and
3 other local organizations whose adult disabled clients
4 participate in the program.
5 5. Provision for coordination of services, if both the
6 community college and one or more school districts within the
7 service area have approved programs for disabled adults.
8 5.6. Provision for a single administrator for adult
9 courses and programs for the disabled.
10 (b) Each participating school board and community
11 college board of trustees shall submit an annual plan to the
12 commissioner on or before March 1 which reports progress
13 toward meeting the goals stated in the plan. The report must
14 identify the number of students served, by head count and
15 full-time equivalent enrollments, the number and location of
16 courses and programs, and clock-hour length of each course or
17 program.
18 (c) The State Board of Community Colleges Education
19 shall adopt entrance and exit criteria, curriculum frameworks,
20 and performance standards for disabled adult programs.
21 (d) This subsection is not intended to discourage a
22 school district or community college from providing
23 educational services for disabled adults through classes in
24 which nondisabled adults participate; however, in order to
25 receive state funding designated especially for the program, a
26 school district or community college must have an approved
27 program for adult, disabled students, and each student
28 reported for funding pursuant to this subsection must have
29 been determined to be a disabled adult.
30 (8) The State Board of Community Colleges commissioner
31 shall recommend the level of funding for public school and
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1 community college adult education within the legislative
2 budget request and make other recommendations and reports
3 considered necessary or required by rules of the State Board
4 of Community Colleges.
5 (9) Upon the request of any school board or community
6 college board of trustees, the Department of Education shall
7 provide technical assistance in the development and
8 maintenance of adult education programs.
9 (10) Buildings, land, equipment, and other property
10 owned by a school board or community college board of trustees
11 may be used for the conduct of the adult education program.
12 Buildings, land, equipment, and other property owned or leased
13 by cooperating public or private agencies, organizations, or
14 institutions may also be used for the purposes of this
15 section.
16 (11) The State Board of Community Colleges Education
17 may adopt rules necessary for the implementation of this
18 section.
19 Section 26. Subsection (2), paragraph (b) of
20 subsection (4), and paragraph (d) of subsection (6) of section
21 239.501, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
22 239.501 Florida Literacy Corps.--
23 (2) There is created a Florida Literacy Corps to be
24 administered by the Department of Education pursuant to this
25 section and rules of the State Board of Education.
26 Participating students earn college credit for tutoring adults
27 who do not possess basic or functional literacy skills
28 pursuant to an agreement between the institution in which the
29 student is enrolled and the school board, community college
30 board of trustees, public library, or nonprofit organization
31 offering literacy instruction to adults pursuant to s.
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1 239.305. The school board, community college board of
2 trustees, public library, or nonprofit organization is solely
3 responsible for providing literacy programs and instructing
4 participating postsecondary students.
5 (4) In order to be eligible to participate in the
6 Florida Literacy Corps, a state university or community
7 college must:
8 (b) Submit a proposal to the Department of Education
9 for review and approval. The proposal must include, but is not
10 limited to:
11 1. Identification of the school district, community
12 college, public library, or nonprofit organization with which
13 participating students will be working.
14 2. Demonstration of the need for literacy tutors by
15 the school district, community college, public library, or
16 nonprofit organization.
17 3. Demonstration of commitment by the public school,
18 community college, public library, or nonprofit organization
19 to provide instruction for tutors.
20 4. Description of the literacy program.
21 5. Demonstration of student interest in program
22 participation.
23 6. Designation of one or more faculty to conduct the
24 Florida Literacy Corps course and identification of the
25 qualifications of such faculty.
26 (6) Each participating state university and community
27 college shall submit an annual report to the Commissioner of
28 Education which includes, but is not limited to:
29 (d) An evaluation of the tutors' effectiveness as
30 judged by the participating school district, community
31 college, public library, or nonprofit organization. The
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1 department shall develop a common evaluation form for this
2 purpose.
3 Section 27. Section 239.513, Florida Statutes, is
4 amended to read:
5 239.513 Workforce literacy programs.--
6 (1) The workforce literacy program is established
7 within the community college system and local school districts
8 to ensure the existence of sufficient numbers of employees who
9 possess the skills necessary to perform in entry-level
10 occupations and to adapt to technological advances in the
11 workplace. Workforce literacy programs are intended to
12 support economic development by increasing adult literacy and
13 producing an educated workforce.
14 (2) Each community college and school district may
15 conduct courses and programs through which adults gain the
16 communication and computation skills necessary to complete a
17 vocational program, to gain or maintain entry-level
18 employment, or to upgrade employment. Courses may not be
19 conducted until the community college or school district
20 identifies current and prospective employees who do not
21 possess the skills necessary to enter vocational programs or
22 to obtain or maintain employment.
23 (3) A community college or school district may be
24 eligible to fund a workforce literacy program pursuant to the
25 provisions of s. 239.305.
26 Section 28. Section 239.514, Florida Statutes, is
27 amended to read:
28 239.514 Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive
29 Grant Program.--The Legislature recognizes that the need for
30 school districts and community colleges to be able to respond
31 to emerging local or statewide economic development needs is
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1 critical to the workforce development system. The Workforce
2 Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program is created
3 to provide grants to school districts and community colleges
4 on a competitive basis to fund some or all of the costs
5 associated with the creation or expansion of workforce
6 development programs that serve specific employment workforce
7 needs. Funds may also be used to upgrade workforce development
8 programs to established industry standards in accordance with
9 program updates conducted by the Division of Community
10 Colleges.
11 (1) Funds awarded for a workforce development
12 capitalization incentive grant may be used for instructional
13 equipment, laboratory equipment, supplies, personnel, student
14 services, or other expenses associated with the creation,
15 upgrade, or expansion of a workforce development program.
16 Expansion of a program may include either the expansion of
17 enrollments in a program or expansion into new areas of
18 specialization within a program. No grant funds may be used
19 for recurring instructional costs or for institutions'
20 indirect costs unless otherwise provided for in the General
21 Appropriations Act.
22 (2) The State Board of Community Colleges
23 Postsecondary Education Planning Commission shall accept
24 applications from school districts or community colleges for
25 workforce development capitalization incentive grants.
26 Applications from school districts or community colleges shall
27 contain projected enrollments and projected costs for the new
28 or expanded workforce development program. The State Board of
29 Community Colleges Postsecondary Education Planning
30 Commission, in consultation with the Jobs and Education
31 Partnership, the Department of Education, and the
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1 Postsecondary Education Planning Commission State Board of
2 Community Colleges, shall review and rank each application for
3 a grant according to subsection (3) and shall submit to the
4 Legislature a list in priority order of applications
5 recommended for a grant award.
6 (3) The State Board of Community Colleges commission
7 shall give highest priority to programs that train people to
8 enter high-skill, high-wage occupations identified by the
9 occupational forecasting conference and other programs
10 approved by the Jobs and Education Partnership; programs that
11 train people to enter occupations on the WAGES list; or
12 programs that train for the workforce adults who are eligible
13 for public assistance, economically disadvantaged, disabled,
14 not proficient in English, or dislocated workers. The State
15 Board of Community Colleges commission shall consider the
16 statewide geographic dispersion of grant funds in ranking the
17 applications and shall give priority to applications from
18 education agencies that are making maximum use of their
19 workforce development funding by offering high-performing,
20 high-demand programs.
21 Section 29. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of
22 subsection (1) and subsections (2) and (3) of section 240.115,
23 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
24 240.115 Articulation agreement; acceleration
25 mechanisms.--
26 (1)(a) Articulation between secondary and
27 postsecondary education; admission of associate in arts degree
28 graduates from Florida community colleges and state
29 universities; admission of applied technology diploma program
30 graduates from public community colleges or technical centers;
31 admission of associate in science degree and associate in
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1 applied science degree graduates from Florida community
2 colleges; the use of acceleration mechanisms, including
3 nationally standardized examinations through which students
4 may earn credit; general education requirements and common
5 course code numbers as provided for in s. 229.551(1); and
6 articulation among programs in nursing shall be governed by
7 the articulation agreement, as established by the Department
8 of Education.
9 (b) The articulation agreement must specifically
10 provide that every associate in arts graduate of a Florida
11 community college shall have met all general education
12 requirements and must be granted admission to the upper
13 division of a state university except to a limited access or
14 teacher certification program or a major program requiring an
15 audition. After admission has been granted to students under
16 provisions of this section and to university students who have
17 successfully completed 60 credit hours of coursework,
18 including 36 hours of general education, and met the
19 requirements of s. 240.107, admission shall be granted to
20 State University System and Florida community college students
21 who have successfully completed 60 credit hours of work,
22 including 36 hours of general education. Community college
23 associate in arts graduates shall receive priority for
24 admission to a state university over out-of-state students.
25 Orientation programs and student handbooks provided to
26 freshman enrollees and transfer students at state universities
27 must include an explanation of this provision of the
28 articulation agreement.
29 (c)(b) Any student who transfers among postsecondary
30 institutions that are fully accredited by a regional or
31 national accrediting agency recognized by the United States
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1 Department of Education and that participate in the common
2 course designation and numbering system shall be awarded
3 credit by the receiving institution for courses satisfactorily
4 completed by the student at the previous institutions. Credit
5 shall be awarded if the courses are judged by the appropriate
6 common course designation and numbering system faculty task
7 force representing school districts, community colleges,
8 public universities, and participating nonpublic postsecondary
9 education institutions to be academically equivalent to
10 courses offered at the receiving institution, including
11 equivalency of faculty credentials, regardless of the public
12 or nonpublic control of the previous institution. The
13 Department of Education shall ensure that credits to be
14 accepted by a receiving institution are generated in courses
15 for which the faculty possess credentials that are comparable
16 to those required by the accrediting association of the
17 receiving institution. The award of credit may be limited to
18 courses that are entered in the common course designation and
19 numbering system. Credits awarded pursuant to this subsection
20 shall satisfy institutional requirements on the same basis as
21 credits awarded to native students.
22 (d)(c) The articulation agreement must guarantee the
23 statewide articulation of appropriate workforce development
24 programs and courses between school districts and community
25 colleges and state universities and must specifically provide
26 for that every appropriate vocational certificate applied
27 technology diploma graduate to must be granted the same amount
28 of credit upon admission to an associate in science degree or
29 associate in applied science degree program unless it is a
30 limited access program. Courses within an associate in applied
31 science degree program may articulate into a baccalaureate
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1 degree program on an individual or block basis as authorized
2 in local interinstitutional articulation agreements. The
3 articulation agreement must guarantee the statewide
4 articulation of appropriate courses within associate in
5 science degree programs to baccalaureate degree programs,
6 according to standards established by the Articulation
7 Coordinating Committee after consultation with the Board of
8 Regents and the State Board of Community Colleges. Preference
9 for admission must be given to graduates who are residents of
10 Florida.
11 (d) By fall semester 1998, the articulation agreement
12 must guarantee the statewide articulation of appropriate
13 courses within associate in science degree programs to
14 baccalaureate degree programs, according to standards
15 established by the Articulation Coordinating Committee after
16 consultation with the Board of Regents and the State Board of
17 Community Colleges. Courses within an associate in applied
18 science degree program may articulate into a baccalaureate
19 degree program on an individual or block basis as authorized
20 in local interinstitutional articulation agreements.
21 (2) The universities and, community college district
22 boards of trustees, and district school boards are authorized
23 to establish intrainstitutional and interinstitutional
24 programs to maximize this articulation. Programs may include
25 upper-division-level courses offered at the community college,
26 distance learning, transfer agreements that facilitate the
27 transfer of credits between public and nonpublic postsecondary
28 institutions, and the concurrent enrollment of students at a
29 community college and a state university to enable students to
30 take any level of baccalaureate degree coursework. Should the
31 establishment of these programs necessitate the waiver of
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1 existing State Board of Education rules, reallocation of
2 funds, or revision or modification of student fees, each
3 college or university shall submit the proposed articulation
4 program to the State Board of Education for review and
5 approval. The State Board of Education is authorized to waive
6 its rules and make appropriate reallocations, revisions, or
7 modifications in accordance with the above.
8 (3) The universities and boards of trustees of the
9 community colleges shall identify their core curricula, which
10 shall include courses required by the State Board of
11 Education. The universities and community colleges shall work
12 with their school districts to assure that high school
13 curricula coordinate with the core curricula and to prepare
14 students for college-level work. Core curricula for associate
15 in arts programs and associate in science programs shall be
16 adopted in rule by the State Board of Education and shall
17 include 36 semester hours of general education courses in the
18 subject areas of communication, mathematics, social sciences,
19 humanities, and natural sciences. By January 1, 1996, General
20 education coursework shall be identified by common course code
21 numbers, consistent with the recommendations of the
22 Articulation Coordinating Committee, pursuant to s.
23 229.551(1)(f)4. By fall semester 1996, Degree program
24 prerequisite courses and course substitutions shall be
25 available at community colleges. With the exception of
26 programs approved by the Board of Regents pursuant to s.
27 240.209(5)(f), degree program prerequisite courses shall be
28 common across delivery systems and shall be identified by
29 their common course code number consistent with the
30 recommendations of the Articulation Coordinating Committee,
31 pursuant to s. 229.551(1)(f)5.
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1 Section 30. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
2 240.116, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3 240.116 Articulated acceleration.--
4 (2)
5 (b) Vocational dual enrollment shall be provided as a
6 curricular option for secondary students to pursue in order to
7 earn a series of elective credits toward the high school
8 diploma. However, vocational dual enrollment shall not
9 supplant student acquisition of the diploma. Vocational dual
10 enrollment shall be available for secondary students seeking a
11 degree or certificate from a complete job-preparatory program,
12 but shall not sustain student enrollment in isolated
13 vocational courses. It is the intent of the Legislature that
14 vocational dual enrollment be implemented as a positive
15 measure. The provision of a comprehensive academic and
16 vocational dual enrollment program within the area technical
17 vocational-technical center or community college is supportive
18 of legislative intent; however, such provision is not
19 mandatory.
20 Section 31. Subsection (1) of section 240.118, Florida
21 Statutes, is amended to read:
22 240.118 Postsecondary feedback of information to high
23 schools.--
24 (1) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
25 that require the Commissioner of Education to report to the
26 State Board of Education, the Legislature, and the school
27 districts on the performance of each
28 first-time-in-postsecondary education student from each public
29 high school in this state who is enrolled in a university,
30 community college, or area public technical center. Such
31 reports must be based on information databases maintained by
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1 the Division of Universities, Division of Community Colleges,
2 and Division of Workforce Development. In addition, the
3 universities, community colleges, and technical centers shall
4 provide school districts access to information on student
5 performance in regular and preparatory courses and shall
6 indicate students referred for remediation pursuant to s.
7 240.117 or s. 239.213.
8 Section 32. Paragraphs (c) and (t) of subsection (4)
9 of section 240.319, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
10 240.319 Community college district boards of trustees;
11 duties and powers.--
12 (4) Such rules, procedures, and policies for the
13 boards of trustees include, but are not limited to, the
14 following:
15 (c) Each board of trustees constitutes the contracting
16 agent of the community college. It may, when acting as a
17 body, make contracts, sue, and be sued in the name of the
18 board of trustees. In any suit, a change in personnel of the
19 board shall not abate the suit, which shall proceed as if such
20 change had not taken place. Each board may adopt rules,
21 procedures, and policies related to contracts and contract
22 management, including contractual arrangements with public
23 schools or other educational entities for the provision of
24 workforce development educational programs and services.
25 (t) Each board of trustees is authorized to borrow
26 funds and incur debt, including entering into lease-purchase
27 agreements and the issuance of revenue bonds as specifically
28 authorized and only for the purposes authorized in ss.
29 239.117(14)(15) and (15)(16) and 240.35(14) and (15). At the
30 option of the board of trustees, bonds may be issued which are
31 secured by a combination of revenues authorized to be pledged
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1 to bonds pursuant to ss. 239.117(14)(15) and 240.35(14) or ss.
2 239.117(15)(16) and 240.35(15). Lease-purchase agreements may
3 be secured by a combination of revenues as specifically
4 authorized pursuant to ss. 239.117(17)(18) and 240.35(16).
5 Section 33. Subsection (2) of section 240.384, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 240.384 Training school consolidation pilot
8 projects.--
9 (2) EXISTING PUBLIC CRIMINAL JUSTICE TRAINING
10 PROGRAMS.--Notwithstanding ss. 229.551(1)(g), 230.02, 230.35,
11 and 239.216 230.64, or any other provision of law to the
12 contrary, criminal justice training programs in the pilot
13 counties will transfer to community colleges, effective July
14 1, 1999, at which time responsibility for the provision of
15 basic recruit, advanced, career development, and continuing
16 training courses and programs offered in public criminal
17 justice training programs and for the operation of existing
18 public criminal justice training programs will be shifted from
19 the school district to the community college in whose service
20 area the public criminal justice training program is located.
21 Certification of the program granted by the Criminal Justice
22 Standards and Training Commission will be transferred to the
23 respective community college and the college must continue to
24 meet the requirements of the commission.
25 Section 34. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
26 339.0805, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
27 339.0805 Funds to be expended with certified
28 disadvantaged business enterprises; specified percentage to be
29 expended; construction management development program; bond
30 guarantee program.--It is the policy of the state to
31 meaningfully assist socially and economically disadvantaged
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1 business enterprises through a program that will provide for
2 the development of skills through construction and business
3 management training, as well as by providing contracting
4 opportunities and financial assistance in the form of bond
5 guarantees, to primarily remedy the effects of past economic
6 disparity.
7 (3) The head of the department is authorized to expend
8 up to 6 percent of the funds specified in subsection (1) which
9 are designated to be expended on small business firms owned
10 and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
11 individuals to conduct, by contract or otherwise, a
12 construction management development program. Participation in
13 the program will be limited to those firms which are certified
14 under the provisions of subsection (1) by the department or
15 the federal Small Business Administration or to any firm which
16 has annual gross receipts not exceeding $2 million averaged
17 over a 3-year period. The program will consist of classroom
18 instruction and on-the-job instruction. To the extent
19 feasible, the registration fee shall be set to cover the cost
20 of instruction and overhead. No salary will be paid to any
21 participant.
22 (d) The department shall develop, under contract with
23 the State University System, the community college system, an
24 area technical a school district in behalf of its
25 vocational-technical center, or a private consulting firm, a
26 curriculum for instruction in the courses that will lead to a
27 certification of proficiency in the construction management
28 development program.
29 Section 35. Section 376.0705, Florida Statutes, is
30 amended to read:
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1 376.0705 Development of training programs and
2 educational materials.--The department shall encourage the
3 development of training programs for personnel needed for
4 pollutant discharge prevention and cleanup activities. The
5 department shall work with accredited community colleges, area
6 technical vocational-technical centers, state universities,
7 and private institutions in developing educational materials,
8 courses of study, and other such information to be made
9 available for persons seeking to be trained for pollutant
10 discharge prevention and cleanup activities.
11 Section 36. Subsection (2) of section 403.716, Florida
12 Statutes, is amended to read:
13 403.716 Training of operators of solid waste
14 management and other facilities.--
15 (2) The department shall work with accredited
16 community colleges, area technical vocational-technical
17 centers, state universities, and private institutions in
18 developing educational materials, courses of study, and other
19 such information to be made available for persons seeking to
20 be trained as operators of solid waste management facilities.
21 Section 37. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
22 411.222, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
23 411.222 Intraagency and interagency coordination;
24 creation of offices; responsibilities; memorandum of
25 agreement; creation of coordinating council;
26 responsibilities.--
27 (1) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.--There is created within
28 the Department of Education an Office of Prevention, Early
29 Assistance, and Child Development for the purpose of
30 intraagency and interagency planning, policy, and program
31 development and coordination to enhance existing programs and
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1 services and to develop new programs and services for
2 high-risk children and their families. The Department of
3 Education, as the designated lead agency for administration of
4 part H of Pub. L. No. 99-457, shall assign primary
5 responsibility for implementation of part H to the Office of
6 Prevention, Early Assistance, and Child Development.
7 (a) Intraagency responsibilities.--
8 1. Assure planning, policy, and program coordination
9 in programs serving high-risk children and their families,
10 including, but not limited to:
11 a. Preschool programs for children of migrant farm
12 workers.
13 b. Preschool programs for handicapped children.
14 c. Prekindergarten Early Intervention Program.
15 d. Florida First Start Program.
16 e. Preschool programs for educationally disadvantaged
17 children funded through federal funds, such as Head Start and
18 chapter I of Pub. L. No. 97-35, when applicable.
19 f. Programs for teen parents and their children.
20 g. Programs for preventing sexual activity and teenage
21 pregnancy.
22 h. Food services for preschool and child care
23 programs.
24 i. Transportation for programs serving preschool
25 children.
26 j. Facilities for programs serving preschool children.
27 k. School volunteer programs serving preschool
28 children.
29 l. Support services, including social work and school
30 health services for preschool children.
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1 m. Parent education, child care courses, and child
2 care laboratories in high schools and vocational-technical
3 centers.
4 2. Serve as clearinghouse for the collection and
5 dissemination of information relating to programs and services
6 for high-risk children and their families, including model and
7 exemplary programs that have demonstrated effectiveness and
8 beneficial outcomes.
9 3. Develop publications, including, but not limited
10 to, directories, newsletters, public awareness documents, and
11 other resource materials which assist agencies, programs, and
12 families in meeting the needs of the high-risk population.
13 4. Provide technical assistance at the request of
14 agencies, programs, and services.
15 5. Disseminate information regarding the availability
16 of federal, state, and private grants which target high-risk
17 children and their families.
18 6. Perform duties relating to the joint strategic plan
19 as specified in s. 411.221.
20 Section 38. Subsection (11) of section 420.0004,
21 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
22 420.0004 Definitions.--As used in this part, unless
23 the context otherwise indicates:
24 (11) "Student" means any person not living with his or
25 her parent or guardian who is eligible to be claimed by his or
26 her parent or guardian as a dependent under the federal income
27 tax code and who is enrolled on at least a half-time basis in
28 a secondary school, area technical vocational-technical
29 center, community college, college, or university.
30 Section 39. Subsection (5) of section 420.524, Florida
31 Statutes, is amended to read:
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1 420.524 Definitions.--For the purpose of ss.
2 420.521-420.529, the term:
3 (5) "Student" means any person not living with that
4 person's parent or guardian who is eligible to be claimed by
5 that person's parent or guardian as a dependent under the
6 federal income tax code and who is enrolled on at least a
7 half-time basis in a secondary school, area technical
8 vocational-technical center, community college, college, or
9 university. The term does not include a person participating
10 in an educational or training program approved by the agency.
11 Section 40. Subsection (11) of section 420.602,
12 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 420.602 Definitions.--As used in this part, the
14 following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the
15 context otherwise requires:
16 (11) "Student" means any person not living with his or
17 her parent or guardian who is eligible to be claimed by his or
18 her parent or guardian as a dependent under the federal income
19 tax code and who is enrolled on at least a half-time basis in
20 a secondary school, area technical vocational-technical
21 center, community college, college, or university.
22 Section 41. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
23 440.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
24 440.16 Compensation for death.--
25 (1) If death results from the accident within 1 year
26 thereafter or follows continuous disability and results from
27 the accident within 5 years thereafter, the employer shall
28 pay:
29 (c) To the surviving spouse, payment of postsecondary
30 student fees for instruction at any area technical center
31 established under s. 239.215 230.63 for up to 1,800 classroom
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1 hours or payment of student fees at any community college
2 established under part III of chapter 240 for up to 80
3 semester hours. The spouse of a deceased state employee shall
4 be entitled to a full waiver of such fees as provided in ss.
5 239.117 and 240.345 in lieu of the payment of such fees. The
6 benefits provided for in this paragraph shall be in addition
7 to other benefits provided for in this section and shall
8 terminate 7 years after the death of the deceased employee, or
9 when the total payment in eligible compensation under
10 paragraph (b) has been received. To qualify for the
11 educational benefit under this paragraph, the spouse shall be
12 required to meet and maintain the regular admission
13 requirements of, and be registered at, such area technical
14 center or community college, and make satisfactory academic
15 progress as defined by the educational institution in which
16 the student is enrolled.
17 Section 42. Subsection (1) of section 446.011, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 446.011 Legislative intent regarding apprenticeship
20 training.--
21 (1) It is the intent of the State of Florida to
22 provide educational opportunities for its young people so that
23 they can be trained for trades, occupations, and professions
24 suited to their abilities. It is the intent of this act to
25 promote the mode of training known as apprenticeship in
26 occupations throughout industry in the state that require
27 physical manipulative skills. By broadening job training
28 opportunities and providing for increased coordination between
29 public school academic programs, vocational programs, and
30 registered apprenticeship programs, the young people of the
31 state will benefit from the valuable training opportunities
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1 developed when on-the-job training is combined with
2 academic-related classroom experiences. This act is intended
3 to develop the apparent potentials in apprenticeship training
4 by assisting in the establishment of preapprenticeship
5 programs in the community college and public school system and
6 elsewhere and by expanding presently registered programs as
7 well as promoting new registered programs in jobs that lend
8 themselves to apprenticeship training.
9 Section 43. Subsection (8) of section 446.041, Florida
10 Statutes, is amended to read:
11 446.041 Apprenticeship program, duties of
12 division.--The Division of Jobs and Benefits shall:
13 (8) Cooperate with and assist the State Board of
14 Community Colleges, the Division of Workforce Development of
15 the Department of Education, and appropriate education
16 institutions in the development of viable apprenticeship and
17 preapprenticeship programs.
18 Section 44. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section
19 943.14, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 943.14 Criminal justice training schools; certificates
21 and diplomas; exemptions; injunctive relief; fines.--
22 (7)
23 (b) All other criminal justice sciences or
24 administration courses or subjects which are a part of the
25 curriculum of any accredited college, university, community
26 college, or area technical vocational-technical center of this
27 state, and all full-time instructors of such institutions, are
28 exempt from the provisions of subsections (1)-(5).
29 Section 45. Sections 235.199, 239.249, and 239.5142,
30 Florida Statutes, are repealed.
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1 Section 46. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) and
2 paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (6) of section 240.40685,
3 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
4 240.40685 Certified Education Paraprofessional Welfare
5 Transition Program.--
6 (4) The agencies shall complete an implementation plan
7 that addresses at least the following recommended components
8 of the program:
9 (b) A budget for use of incentive funding to provide
10 motivation to participants to succeed and excel. The budget
11 for incentive funding includes:
12 1. Funds allocated by the Legislature directly for the
13 program.
14 2. Funds that may be made available from the federal
15 Job Training Partnership Act based on client eligibility or
16 requested waivers to make the clients eligible.
17 3. Funds made available by implementation strategies
18 that would make maximum use of work supplementation funds
19 authorized by federal law.
20 4. Funds authorized by strategies to lengthen
21 participants' eligibility for federal programs such as
22 Medicaid, subsidized child care, and transportation.
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24 Incentives may include a stipend during periods of college
25 classroom training, a bonus and recognition for a high
26 grade-point average, child care and prekindergarten services
27 for children of participants, and services to increase a
28 participant's ability to advance to higher levels of
29 employment. Nonfinancial incentives should include providing a
30 mentor or tutor, and service incentives should continue and
31 increase for any participant who plans to complete the
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1 baccalaureate degree and become a certified teacher. Services
2 may be provided in accordance with family choice by community
3 colleges and area school district technical centers, through
4 family service centers and full-service schools, or under
5 contract with providers through central agencies.
6 (6)(a) A community college or area school district
7 technical center is eligible to participate if it provides a
8 technical certificate program in Child Development Early
9 Intervention as approved by the Jobs and Education Partnership
10 and it is participating in the Performance Based Incentive
11 Funding program authorized in s. 239.249. Priority programs
12 provide an option and incentives to articulate with an
13 associate in science degree program or a baccalaureate degree
14 program.
15 (c) Historically black colleges or universities that
16 have established programs that serve participants of the WAGES
17 Program are eligible to participate in the Performance Based
18 Incentive Funding Program and may earn an incentive award
19 determined by the Jobs and Education Partnership for
20 successful placement of program completers in jobs as
21 education paraprofessionals in at-risk schools.
22 Section 47. Section 246.50, Florida Statutes, is
23 amended to read:
24 246.50 Certified Teacher-Aide Welfare Transition
25 Program; participation by independent postsecondary
26 schools.--An independent postsecondary school may participate
27 in the Certified Teacher-Aide Welfare Transition Program and
28 may receive incentives for successful performance from the
29 Performance Based Incentive Funding Program if:
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1 (1) The school is accredited by the Southern
2 Association of Colleges and Schools and licensed by the State
3 Board of Nonpublic Career Education;
4 (2) The school serves recipients of temporary
5 assistance under the WAGES Program in a certified teacher-aide
6 program;
7 (3) A participating school district recommends the
8 school to the Jobs and Education Partnership; and
9 (4) The Jobs and Education Partnership approves.
10 Section 48. Subsection (5) of section 288.9952,
11 Florida Statutes, is repealed.
12 Section 49. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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15 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
16 Creates the "Workforce Development Education Unification
Act of 2000." Transfers adult workforce development
17 programs and area technical centers to community
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