SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1226
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CHAMBER ACTION
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11 Senator Garcia moved the following substitute for amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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19 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and
20 paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section 445.004, Florida
21 Statutes, are amended to read:
22 445.004 Workforce Florida, Inc.; creation; purpose;
23 membership; duties and powers.--
24 (3)(a) Workforce Florida, Inc., shall be governed by a
25 board of directors, the number of directors to be determined
26 by the Governor, whose membership and appointment must be
27 consistent with Pub. L. No. 105-220, Title I, s. 111(b), and
28 contain one member representing the licensed nonpublic
29 postsecondary educational institutions authorized as
30 individual training account providers, one member from the
31 staffing service industry, at least one member who is a
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1 current or former recipient of welfare transition services as
2 defined in s. 445.002(3) or workforce services as provided in
3 s. 445.009(1), and five representatives of organized labor who
4 shall be appointed by the Governor. Notwithstanding s.
5 114.05(1)(f), the Governor may appoint remaining members to
6 Workforce Florida, Inc., from the current Workforce
7 Development Board and the WAGES Program State Board of
8 Directors, established pursuant to chapter 96-175, Laws of
9 Florida, to serve on the reconstituted board. By July 1, 2000,
10 the Workforce Development Board will provide to the Governor a
11 transition plan to incorporate the changes required by this
12 act and Pub. L. No. 105-220, specifying the manner of changes
13 to the board. This plan shall govern the transition, unless
14 otherwise notified by the Governor. The importance of
15 minority, gender, and geographic representation shall be
16 considered when making appointments to the board.
17 (10) The workforce development strategy for the state
18 shall be designed by Workforce Florida, Inc., and shall be
19 centered around the strategies of First Jobs/First Wages,
20 Better Jobs/Better Wages, and High Skills/High Wages.
21 (a) First Jobs/First Wages is the state's strategy to
22 promote successful entry into the workforce through education
23 and workplace experience that lead to self-sufficiency and
24 career advancement. The components of the strategy include
25 efforts that enlist business, education, and community support
26 for students to achieve long-term career goals, ensuring that
27 young people have the academic and occupational skills
28 required to succeed in the workplace. A minimum of 15 percent
29 of all Workforce Investment Act youth services funds shall be
30 expended for after-school care programs, through contracts
31 with qualified community-based organizations and faith-based
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1 organizations, on an equal basis with other private
2 organizations, to provide after-school care programs to
3 eligible children 14 through 18 years of age. These programs
4 shall include academic tutoring, mentoring, and other
5 appropriate services. Similar services may be provided for
6 eligible children 6 through 13 years of age using Temporary
7 Assistance for Needy Families funds. Funds expended under this
8 paragraph may not be used for religious or sectarian purposes.
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12 And the title is amended as follows:
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16 requiring certain funds to be expended for
17 after-school care programs; prohibiting certain
18 uses of such funds;
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