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By the Committee on Education Innovation and
Representative Melvin
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to education advisory bodies;
3 amending s. 228.2001, F.S.; deleting provisions
4 relating to the Task Force on Gender Equity in
5 Education; requiring that certain former
6 responsibilities of the task force be provided
7 for in rules of the State Board of Education;
8 creating s. 229.553, F.S.; providing
9 legislative intent; requiring the Department of
10 Education to identify all education advisory
11 bodies; assigning the Commissioner of Education
12 responsibility for developing, maintaining, and
13 modifying an accounting system for the
14 expenditures of education advisory bodies;
15 providing requirements for the accounting
16 system; requiring the department to review and
17 submit to the Legislature recommendations
18 regarding the continuation, revision, or
19 elimination of education advisory bodies;
20 amending s. 231.614, F.S.; deleting provisions
21 relating to a vocational inservice education
22 task force; amending s. 232.2466, F.S.,
23 relating to the college-ready diploma program;
24 deleting provisions relating to a task force;
25 amending s. 235.198, F.S., relating to
26 cooperative development and use of satellite
27 facilities; deleting provisions relating to a
28 review committee; providing an effective date.
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30 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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1 Section 1. Subsection (5) and paragraphs (f) and (g)
2 of subsection (6) of section 228.2001, Florida Statutes, are
3 amended to read:
4 228.2001 Discrimination against students and employees
5 in state system of public education; prohibitions; equality of
6 access; strategies to overcome underrepresentation;
7 remedies.--
8 (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
9 implement this section, which shall provide for:
10 (a) Determining an equitable rate of participation of
11 males and females in athletics at public educational agencies
12 and institutions.
13 (b) Determining the appropriate consideration of
14 revenues when making decisions about equitable use of funds
15 for support of athletic activities, considering all funds
16 received and expended for athletic promotion or support,
17 including revenues from direct-support organizations
18 established under s. 237.40, s. 240.299, or s. 240.363.
19 (6) The functions of the Office of Equal Educational
20 Opportunity of the Department of Education shall include, but
21 not be limited to:
22 (f) Coordinating the work of a Task Force on Gender
23 Equity in Education. The task force shall consist of 11
24 members. The Commissioner of Education shall appoint three
25 members: two shall be athletic directors at public high
26 schools and one may be a member at large. The Chancellor of
27 the State University System shall appoint two members who are
28 athletic directors at state universities that offer
29 scholarships for athletes in all major sports. The Executive
30 Director of the Community College System shall appoint two
31 members who are athletic directors at community colleges. The
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1 President of the Senate shall appoint two members and the
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two
3 members. The Commissioner of Education, the Chancellor of the
4 State University System, the Executive Director of the
5 Community College System, the President of the Senate, and the
6 Speaker of the House of Representatives shall coordinate their
7 appointments to ensure that the task force represents, to the
8 maximum extent possible, the gender, racial, and ethnic
9 diversity of the state. By July 1, 1994, the task force shall
10 define equity in athletics at all levels of public education
11 and shall recommend to the Commissioner of Education rules for
12 appropriate enforcement mechanisms to ensure equity. The
13 recommendations must include:
14 1. A determination of an equitable rate of
15 participation of males and females in athletics at public
16 educational agencies and institutions.
17 2. A determination of the appropriate consideration of
18 revenues when making decisions about equitable use of funds
19 for support of athletic activities. In making this
20 determination, the task force shall consider all funds
21 received and expended for athletic promotion or support,
22 including revenues from direct-support organizations
23 established under s. 237.40, s. 240.299, or s. 240.363.
24 (f)(g) Based upon recommendations of the task force
25 created in paragraph (f) and rules of the State Board of
26 Education, developing and implementing enforcement mechanisms
27 with appropriate penalties to ensure that public schools and
28 community colleges comply with Title IX of the Education
29 Amendments of 1972 and subsection (3) of this section.
30 However, the Department of Education may not force an
31 educational agency to conduct, nor penalize an educational
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1 agency for not conducting, a program of athletic activity or
2 athletic scholarship for female athletes unless it is an
3 athletic activity approved for women by a recognized
4 association whose purpose is to promote athletics and a
5 conference or league exists to promote interscholastic or
6 intercollegiate competition for women in that athletic
7 activity.
8 Section 2. Section 229.553, Florida Statutes, is
9 created to read:
10 229.553 Education advisory bodies.--
11 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that all newly
12 created education advisory boards, councils, commissions, task
13 forces, and other advisory bodies be given a termination date
14 at the time of their creation or that the creating legislation
15 include a repeal date. It is also the intent of the
16 Legislature that studies and other tasks included in
17 legislation be assigned to existing education advisory bodies
18 whenever possible.
19 (2) The Department of Education is directed to
20 identify all education advisory boards, councils, commissions,
21 committees, task forces, and other advisory bodies that are
22 established by statute, executive order, the Commissioner of
23 Education, or the department.
24 (3) The commissioner shall be responsible for the
25 development, maintenance, and modification of an accounting
26 system which will, in a timely manner, accurately reflect the
27 expenditure of each education advisory board, council,
28 commission, committee, task force, and other advisory body.
29 The accounting system shall include a cost accounting system
30 to properly identify, segregate, allocate, and report
31 expenditures for each of the education advisory bodies. In
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1 addition, the accounting system must allow for tracking
2 travel, supply, staff, and other expenses on a per entity
3 basis in order to provide actual, accurate cost information,
4 to enable a cost benefit analysis for each entity, and to
5 provide greater accountability.
6 (4) Beginning January 1, 2001, and by January 1 every
7 5 years thereafter, the department shall review all education
8 advisory boards, councils, commissions, committees, task
9 forces, and other advisory bodies and submit to the
10 Legislature recommendations regarding their continuation,
11 revision, or elimination.
12 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 231.614, Florida
13 Statutes, is amended to read:
14 231.614 Inservice master plan for vocational
15 educators; task force.--
16 (2)(a) The department shall coordinate the delivery of
17 inservice education for vocational educators employed in
18 school districts and community colleges in conjunction with
19 the state universities, community colleges, and teacher
20 education centers. A vocational inservice education task force
21 shall be established for the purposes of this subsection.
22 Such task force shall consist of 15 members who are jointly
23 appointed by the Director of the Division of Workforce
24 Development and the Director of the Division of Community
25 Colleges. Membership on the task force shall consist of:
26 1. The Director of the Division of Workforce
27 Development, or the director's designee.
28 2. The Director of the Division of Community Colleges,
29 or the director's designee.
30 3. A vocational educator employed in a school
31 district.
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1 4. A vocational educator employed in a community
2 college.
3 5. An adult educator employed in a school district.
4 6. An adult educator employed in a community college.
5 7. A teacher education center director.
6 8. A community college employee responsible for staff
7 development.
8 9. A state university career education teacher
9 educator.
10 10. A state university adult education teacher
11 educator.
12 11. Five representatives of business and industry.
13 (b) The terms of the members shall be 3 years. Any
14 vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a person of the
15 same classification or status as his or her predecessor, and
16 such appointee shall serve for the balance of the unexpired
17 term. Members may be reappointed to serve consecutive terms.
18 Members of the task force may not receive compensation for
19 their services, but are entitled to per diem and travel
20 expenses pursuant to s. 112.061, when actually engaged in
21 discharging their duties as members of the task force.
22 (c) The duties of the task force include, but are not
23 limited to:
24 1. The identification of inservice education needs of
25 vocational and adult educators.
26 2. The identification of public sector and private
27 sector resources available for meeting identified inservice
28 needs.
29 3. The determination of the best means for delivering
30 inservice instruction to vocational and adult educators.
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1 4. The preparation of a biennial report to be
2 submitted to the State Board of Education, President of the
3 Senate, and Speaker of the House of Representatives which
4 delineates the recommendations of the task force and inservice
5 opportunities provided as a result of such recommendations.
6 The first biennial report shall be submitted on or before July
7 1, 1994.
8 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 232.2466, Florida
9 Statutes, is amended to read:
10 232.2466 College-ready diploma program.--
11 (3) The Department of Education shall periodically
12 convene a task force of educators and employers to recommend
13 additional incentives for students to pursue a college-ready
14 diploma. The incentives may include awards and recognition,
15 preference for positions in firms, and early registration
16 privileges in postsecondary education institutions.
17 Section 5. Subsection (2) of section 235.198, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 235.198 Cooperative development and use of satellite
20 facilities by private industry and school boards.--
21 (2) The commissioner shall appoint a review committee
22 to make recommendations and prioritize requests. If the
23 project is approved by the commissioner, the commissioner
24 shall include up to one-fourth of the cost of the project in
25 the legislative capital outlay budget request, as provided in
26 s. 235.41, for the funding of capital outlay projects
27 involving both educational and private industry. The
28 commissioner shall prioritize any such projects for each
29 fiscal year and, notwithstanding the provisions of s.
30 235.435(3)(c), limit the recommended state funding amount not
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1 to exceed 5 percent off the top of the total funds recommended
2 pursuant to s. 235.435(2) and (3).
3 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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6 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Deletes provisions relating to the Task Force on Gender
8 Equity in Education and requires that certain former
responsibilities of the task force be provided for in
9 rules of the State Board of Education. Provides
legislative intent regarding education advisory bodies.
10 Requires the Department of Education to identify all
education advisory bodies. Assigns the Commissioner of
11 Education responsibility for developing, maintaining, and
modifying an accounting system for the expenditures of
12 education advisory bodies. Provides requirements for the
accounting system. Requires the department to review and
13 submit to the Legislature recommendations regarding the
continuation, revision, or elimination of education
14 advisory bodies. Deletes provisions relating to a
vocational inservice education task force. Revises
15 provisions relating to the college-ready diploma program
to delete provisions relating to a task force. Revises
16 provisions relating to cooperative development and use of
satellite facilities to delete provisions relating to a
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