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  2         An act relating to welfare transition;

  3         providing a short title; providing legislative

  4         intent; authorizing the Passport to Economic

  5         Progress demonstration program in specified

  6         areas; requiring Workforce Florida, Inc., and

  7         the Department of Children and Family Services

  8         to pursue federal-government waivers as

  9         necessary; increasing the amount of income that

10         may be disregarded in determining eligibility

11         for temporary cash assistance for families

12         residing in the demonstration areas;

13         authorizing an extended period of time for the

14         receipt of welfare-transition benefits by

15         families residing in the demonstration areas;

16         providing legislative findings; directing

17         Workforce Florida, Inc., to create a

18         transitional wage supplementation program;

19         authorizing wage supplementation payments to

20         certain individuals; requiring an evaluation

21         and reports on the demonstration program;

22         providing for conflicts of laws; providing

23         appropriations; amending s. 445.004, F.S.;

24         specifying an additional member of the board of

25         directors of Workforce Florida, Inc.; requiring

26         certain funds to be expended for after-school

27         care programs; prohibiting certain uses of such

28         funds; prescribing eligibility criteria for

29         certain organizations providing such programs;

30         amending s. 445.007, F.S.; providing

31         legislative intent relating to involving


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  1         certain persons in board activities; providing

  2         legislative findings and intent; creating the

  3         Digital Divide Council in the State Technology

  4         Office; specifying membership; providing for

  5         terms, filling vacancies, and compensation;

  6         providing for council meetings and officers;

  7         requiring the State Technology Office to

  8         provide administrative and technical support;

  9         providing powers and duties of the council;

10         authorizing design and implementation of

11         certain programs; providing program objectives

12         and goals; requiring the council to monitor,

13         review, and assess program performances;

14         requiring reports; providing an effective date.

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16         WHEREAS, the state has achieved dramatic success in

17  reforms to the welfare system, with more than 200,000 families

18  leaving the welfare rolls since such reforms were enacted in

19  1996, and

20         WHEREAS, the majority of those who have left the

21  welfare rolls have done so because of employment and have held

22  no more than two different jobs since leaving welfare, and

23         WHEREAS, however, many of those who have left the

24  welfare rolls are generating incomes below the federal poverty

25  level, leaving them vulnerable to falling back into the

26  welfare system, and

27         WHEREAS, there also are families that remain within the

28  welfare system who are at risk of exhausting their eligibility

29  for assistance and who would benefit from greater incentives

30  to increase their earnings, and

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  1         WHEREAS, a strategy that encourages employment,

  2  training, and education represents the best approach for

  3  increasing family incomes and promoting economic

  4  self-sufficiency, and

  5         WHEREAS, the Workforce Innovation Act of 2000

  6  restructured the state's workforce system to provide

  7  individuals with enhanced opportunities to develop skills to

  8  secure, maintain, and advance in employment through training

  9  and education, and

10         WHEREAS, the expansion of incentives for employment,

11  the extension of transitional support services, and the

12  provision of wage supplements will further enhance the ability

13  of families who are participants in the welfare system or who

14  are leaving the welfare system to raise their incomes and

15  achieve economic progress, NOW, THEREFORE,

16  

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

18  

19         Section 1.  Legislative intent.--The purpose of the

20  Passport to Economic Progress Act is to provide incentives and

21  services designed to assist individuals who are recipients of

22  temporary cash assistance or who are former recipients of

23  temporary cash assistance generate family income levels that

24  help foster the achievement and maintenance of economic

25  self-sufficiency. It is the intent of the Legislature to

26  create through this act a demonstration program for the

27  provision of such incentives and services, with the goal of

28  developing a model for the continued evolution and enhancement

29  of the welfare-reform efforts of the state.

30         Section 2.  Passport to Economic Progress demonstration

31  program.--


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  1         (1)  AUTHORIZATION.--Notwithstanding any law to the

  2  contrary, Workforce Florida, Inc., in conjunction with the

  3  Department of Children and Family Services and the Agency for

  4  Workforce Innovation, shall implement a Passport to Economic

  5  Progress demonstration program by November 1, 2001, consistent

  6  with the provisions of this section in Hillsborough and

  7  Manatee counties. Workforce Florida, Inc., must consult with

  8  the applicable regional workforce boards and the applicable

  9  local offices of the department which serve the demonstration

10  areas and must encourage community input into the

11  implementation process.

12         (2)  WAIVERS.--If Workforce Florida, Inc., in

13  consultation with the Department of Children and Family

14  Services, finds that federal waivers would facilitate

15  implementation of the demonstration program, the department

16  shall immediately request such waivers, and Workforce Florida,

17  Inc., shall report to the Governor, the President of the

18  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives if any

19  refusal of the federal government to grant such waivers

20  prevents the implementation of the demonstration program. If

21  Workforce Florida, Inc., finds that federal waivers to

22  provisions of the Food Stamp Program would facilitate

23  implementation of the demonstration program, the Department of

24  Children and Family Services shall immediately request such

25  waivers in accordance with section 414.175, Florida Statutes.

26         (3)  INCOME DISREGARD.--In order to provide an

27  additional incentive for employment, and notwithstanding the

28  amount specified in section 414.095(12), Florida Statutes, for

29  individuals residing in the areas designated for this

30  demonstration program, the first $300 plus one-half of the

31  remainder of earned income shall be disregarded in determining


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  1  eligibility for temporary cash assistance. All other

  2  conditions and requirements of section 414.095(12), Florida

  3  Statutes, shall continue to apply to such individuals.

  4         (4)  TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES.--In order to

  5  assist them in making the transition to economic

  6  self-sufficiency, former recipients of temporary cash

  7  assistance residing within the areas designated for this

  8  demonstration program shall be eligible for the following

  9  benefits and services:

10         (a)  Notwithstanding the time period specified in

11  section 445.030, Florida Statutes, transitional education and

12  training support services as specified in section 445.030,

13  Florida Statutes, for up to 4 years after the family is no

14  longer receiving temporary cash assistance;

15         (b)  Notwithstanding the time period specified in

16  section 445.031, Florida Statutes, transitional transportation

17  support services as specified in section 445.031, Florida

18  Statutes, for up to 4 years after the family is no longer

19  receiving temporary cash assistance; and

20         (c)  Notwithstanding the time period specified in

21  section 445.032, Florida Statutes, transitional child care as

22  specified in section 445.032, Florida Statutes, for up to 4

23  years after the family is no longer receiving temporary cash

24  assistance.

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26  All other provisions of sections 445.030, 445.031, and

27  445.032, Florida Statutes, shall apply to such individuals, as

28  appropriate. This subsection does not constitute an

29  entitlement to transitional benefits and services. If funds

30  are insufficient to provide benefits and services under this

31  subsection, the board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc.,


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  1  may limit such benefits and services or otherwise establish

  2  priorities for the provisions of such benefits and services.

  3         (5)  WAGE SUPPLEMENTATION.--

  4         (a)  The Legislature finds that:

  5         1.  There are former recipients of temporary cash

  6  assistance who are working full time but whose incomes are

  7  below the federal poverty level.

  8         2.  Having incomes below the federal poverty level

  9  makes such individuals particularly vulnerable to reliance on

10  public assistance despite their best efforts to achieve or

11  maintain economic independence through employment.

12         3.  It is necessary to supplement the wages of such

13  individuals for a limited period of time in order to assist

14  them in fulfilling the transition to economic

15  self-sufficiency.

16         (b)  Workforce Florida, Inc., in cooperation with the

17  Department of Children and Family Services and the Agency for

18  Workforce Innovation, shall create a transitional wage

19  supplementation program by November 1, 2001, as a component of

20  the Passport to Economic Progress demonstration program in the

21  areas designated for the demonstration program. This wage

22  supplementation program does not constitute an entitlement to

23  wage supplementation. If funds appropriated are insufficient

24  to provide wage supplementation, the board of directors of

25  Workforce Florida, Inc., may limit wage supplementation or

26  otherwise establish priorities for wage supplementation.

27         (c)  To be eligible for wage supplementation under this

28  subsection, an individual must:

29         1.  Be a former recipient of temporary cash assistance

30  who last received such assistance on or after January 1, 2000;

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  1         2.  Be employed full time, which for the purposes of

  2  this subsection means employment averaging at least 32 hours

  3  per week; and

  4         3.  Have an average family income for the 6 months

  5  preceding the date of application for wage supplementation

  6  which is less than 100 percent of the federal poverty level.

  7         (d)  Workforce Florida, Inc., shall determine the

  8  schedule for the payment of wage supplementation under this

  9  subsection. An individual eligible for wage supplementation

10  under this subsection may receive a payment that equals the

11  amount necessary to bring the individual's total family income

12  for the period covered by the payment to 100 percent of the

13  federal poverty level. An individual may not receive wage

14  supplementation payments for more than a total of 12 months.

15         (e)  The wage supplementation program authorized by

16  this subsection shall be administered through the regional

17  workforce boards and the one-stop delivery system, under

18  policy guidelines, criteria, and applications developed by

19  Workforce Florida, Inc., in cooperation with the Department of

20  Children and Family Services and the Agency for Workforce

21  Innovation. To the maximum extent possible, the regional

22  workforce boards shall use electronic debit card technologies

23  to provide wage supplementation payments under this program.

24         (6)  EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.--Workforce

25  Florida, Inc., in conjunction with the Department of Children

26  and Family Services, the Agency for Workforce Innovation, and

27  the regional workforce boards in the areas designated for this

28  demonstration program, shall conduct a comprehensive

29  evaluation of the effectiveness of the demonstration program

30  operated under this section. By January 1, 2003, Workforce

31  Florida, Inc., shall submit a report on such evaluation to the


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  1  Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the

  2  House of Representatives. The report must include

  3  recommendations as to whether the demonstration program should

  4  be expanded to other service areas or statewide and whether

  5  the program should be revised to enhance its administration or

  6  effectiveness.

  7         (7)  CONFLICTS.--If there is a conflict between the

  8  implementation procedures described in this section and

  9  federal requirements and regulations, federal requirements and

10  regulations shall control.

11         Section 3.  There is appropriated from the Federal

12  Grants Trust Fund to the Department of Children and Family

13  Services $310,000 to provide funds for 9 months to implement

14  the additional income disregard for fiscal year 2001-2002.

15  There is appropriated from the Employment Security

16  Administration Trust Fund to the Agency for Workforce

17  Innovation $3,222,500 to provide funds for 9 months to extend

18  transitional benefits and services and to implement the wage

19  supplementation program for fiscal year 2001-2002. The source

20  of these funds is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

21  block grant.

22         Section 4.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and

23  paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section 445.004, Florida

24  Statutes, are amended to read:

25         445.004  Workforce Florida, Inc.; creation; purpose;

26  membership; duties and powers.--

27         (3)(a)  Workforce Florida, Inc., shall be governed by a

28  board of directors, the number of directors to be determined

29  by the Governor, whose membership and appointment must be

30  consistent with Pub. L. No. 105-220, Title I, s. 111(b), and

31  contain one member representing the licensed nonpublic


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  1  postsecondary educational institutions authorized as

  2  individual training account providers, one member from the

  3  staffing service industry, at least one member who is a

  4  current or former recipient of welfare transition services as

  5  defined in s. 445.002(3) or workforce services as provided in

  6  s. 445.009(1), and five representatives of organized labor who

  7  shall be appointed by the Governor. Notwithstanding s.

  8  114.05(1)(f), the Governor may appoint remaining members to

  9  Workforce Florida, Inc., from the current Workforce

10  Development Board and the WAGES Program State Board of

11  Directors, established pursuant to chapter 96-175, Laws of

12  Florida, to serve on the reconstituted board. By July 1, 2000,

13  the Workforce Development Board will provide to the Governor a

14  transition plan to incorporate the changes required by this

15  act and Pub. L. No. 105-220, specifying the manner of changes

16  to the board. This plan shall govern the transition, unless

17  otherwise notified by the Governor. The importance of

18  minority, gender, and geographic representation shall be

19  considered when making appointments to the board.

20         (10)  The workforce development strategy for the state

21  shall be designed by Workforce Florida, Inc., and shall be

22  centered around the strategies of First Jobs/First Wages,

23  Better Jobs/Better Wages, and High Skills/High Wages.

24         (a)  First Jobs/First Wages is the state's strategy to

25  promote successful entry into the workforce through education

26  and workplace experience that lead to self-sufficiency and

27  career advancement. The components of the strategy include

28  efforts that enlist business, education, and community support

29  for students to achieve long-term career goals, ensuring that

30  young people have the academic and occupational skills

31  required to succeed in the workplace. A minimum of 15 percent


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  1  of all Workforce Investment Act youth services funds shall be

  2  expended for after-school care programs, through contracts

  3  with qualified community-based organizations and faith-based

  4  organizations, on an equal basis with other private

  5  organizations, to provide after-school care programs to

  6  eligible children 14 through 18 years of age. These programs

  7  shall include academic tutoring, mentoring, and other

  8  appropriate services. Similar services may be provided for

  9  eligible children 6 through 13 years of age using Temporary

10  Assistance for Needy Families funds. Funds expended under this

11  paragraph may not be used for religious or sectarian purposes.

12  To provide after-school care programs under this paragraph, a

13  community-based organization or a faith-based organization

14  must be a nonprofit organization that holds a current

15  exemption from federal taxation under s. 501(c)(3) or (4) of

16  the Internal Revenue Code or must be a religious organization

17  that is not required to apply for recognition of its exemption

18  from federal taxation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal

19  Revenue Code.

20         Section 5.  Subsection (1) of section 445.007, Florida

21  Statutes, is amended to read:

22         445.007  Regional workforce boards.--

23         (1)  One regional workforce board shall be appointed in

24  each designated service delivery area and shall serve as the

25  local workforce investment board pursuant to Pub. L. No.

26  105-220. The membership of the board shall be consistent with

27  Pub. L. No. 105-220, Title I, s. 117(b), and contain one

28  representative from a nonpublic postsecondary educational

29  institution that is an authorized individual training account

30  provider within the region and confers certificates and

31  diplomas, one representative from a nonpublic postsecondary


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  1  educational institution that is an authorized individual

  2  training account provider within the region and confers

  3  degrees, and three representatives of organized labor.

  4  Individuals serving as members of regional workforce

  5  development boards or local WAGES coalitions, as of June 30,

  6  2000, are eligible for appointment to regional workforce

  7  boards, pursuant to this section. It is the intent of the

  8  Legislature that, whenever possible and to the greatest extent

  9  practicable, membership of a regional workforce board include

10  persons who are current or former recipients of welfare

11  transition assistance as defined in s. 445.002(3) or workforce

12  services as provided in s. 445.009(1), or that such persons be

13  included as ex officio members of the board or of committees

14  organized by the board. The importance of minority and gender

15  representation shall be considered when making appointments to

16  the board. If the regional workforce board enters into a

17  contract with an organization or individual represented on the

18  board of directors, the contract must be approved by a

19  two-thirds vote of the entire board, and the board member who

20  could benefit financially from the transaction must abstain

21  from voting on the contract. A board member must disclose any

22  such conflict in a manner that is consistent with the

23  procedures outlined in s. 112.3143.

24         Section 6.  Legislative findings and intent; Digital

25  Divide Council; powers and duties; program objectives and

26  goals; review and assessment of program performances; annual

27  report.--

28         (1)  LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.--The Legislature

29  finds as follows:

30         (a)  Frequent access to use of information technology

31  and possession of the knowledge and skills required to use


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  1  information technology productively is becoming increasingly

  2  more important to being competitively qualified for

  3  high-skill, high-wage employment.

  4         (b)  The availability of reasonable opportunities to

  5  have frequent access to use of information technology and to

  6  obtain the education and training necessary to acquire the

  7  knowledge and skills required to use information technology

  8  productively is critical to becoming competitively qualified

  9  for high-skill, high-wage employment.

10         (c)  Families that are living near or below the poverty

11  level are without adequate economic resources to have

12  reasonable opportunities to obtain frequent access to use of

13  information technology or the education and training necessary

14  to acquire the knowledge and skills required to become

15  competively qualified for high-skill, high-wage employment.

16         (d)  The absence of such economic resources divides

17  such families from those who have adequate economic resources

18  to have such opportunities, places such families at risk of

19  never realizing their employment and income earning potential,

20  and prevents the state's economy from prospering to the extent

21  possible if such families realized their employment and income

22  earning potential.

23         (e)  The divide between the members of such at-risk

24  families and those who have adequate economic resources to

25  have reasonable opportunities to obtain access to frequent use

26  of information technology and the education and training

27  necessary to acquire the knowledge and skills required to

28  become competitively qualified for high-skill, high-wage

29  employment could be reduced, and the economy of the state

30  could be enhanced, by designing and implementing programs that

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  1  provide such opportunities to members of such at-risk

  2  families.

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  4  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide the authority

  5  and resources reasonably necessary to facilitate design and

  6  implementation of such programs.

  7         (2)  DIGITAL DIVIDE COUNCIL.--The Digital Divide

  8  Council is created in the State Technology Office. The council

  9  shall consist of:

10         (a)  The chief information officer in the State

11  Technology Office.

12         (b)  The director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and

13  Economic Development in the Executive Office of the Governor.

14         (c)  The president of Workforce Florida, Inc.

15         (d)  The director of the Agency for Workforce

16  Innovation.

17         (e)  The chair of itflorida.com, Inc.

18         (f)  The Commissioner of Education.

19         (g)  The executive director of the State Board of

20  Community Colleges.

21         (h)  The executive director of the State Board for

22  Career Education.

23         (i)  The chair of the Network Access Point of the

24  Americas.

25         (j)  A representative of the information technology

26  industry in this state appointed by the Speaker of the House

27  of Representatives.

28         (k)  A representative of the information technology

29  industry in this state appointed by the President of the

30  Senate.

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  1         (l)  Two members of the House of Representatives, who

  2  shall be ex officio, nonvoting members of the council,

  3  appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one

  4  of whom shall be a member of the Republican caucus and the

  5  other of whom shall be a member of the Democratic caucus.

  6         (m)  Two members of the Senate, who shall be ex

  7  officio, nonvoting members of the council, appointed by the

  8  President of the Senate, one of whom shall be a member of the

  9  Republican caucus and the other of whom shall be a member of

10  the Democratic caucus.

11         (3)  TERMS OF APPOINTED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL; VACANCIES;

12  COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.--The appointed members of the council

13  shall serve an initial term of 1 year commencing July 1, 2001,

14  and ending June 30, 2002, and successor appointees shall serve

15  a term of 2 years, the first of which shall commence July 1,

16  2002, and end June 30, 2004. Successive 2-year terms shall

17  commence and end on the same schedule in subsequent years. Any

18  vacancy in the membership of the council resulting from

19  resignation, incapacity, or death shall be filled within 30

20  days after the date the vacancy is effective. The appointed

21  members of the council shall serve without compensation, but

22  such appointees and the other members of the council shall be

23  entitled to receive per diem and reimbursement for travel

24  expenses as provided in section 112.061, Florida Statutes.

25  Payment of such per diem and reimbursement of such travel

26  expenses may be made from appropriations authorized to be used

27  for such purposes.

28         (4)  COUNCIL MEETINGS; ELECTION OF OFFICERS.--The

29  council shall conduct its initial meeting by August 1, 2001,

30  and shall meet thereafter at least once every 60 days. In its

31  initial meeting, the members of the council shall elect a


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  1  member to serve as chair and another to serve as vice chair,

  2  each for a term of 1 year from the date of the election. Any

  3  vacancy in the offices of chair and vice chair resulting from

  4  resignation, incapacity, or death shall be filled by similar

  5  election within 30 days after the date the vacancy is

  6  effective.

  7         (5)  ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT; PAYMENT OF

  8  SUPPORT COSTS.--The State Technology Office shall provide such

  9  administrative and technical support to the council as is

10  reasonably necessary for the council to effectively and timely

11  carry out its duties and responsibilities. All direct and

12  indirect costs of providing such support and performing the

13  other duties assigned to the State Technology Office related

14  to design and implementation of the programs authorized by

15  this section may be paid from appropriations authorized to be

16  used for such purposes.

17         (6)  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL.--The council,

18  through the State Technology Office, is authorized and

19  empowered to facilitate the design and implementation of

20  programs that are aimed at achieving the objectives and goals

21  stated in this section. The State Technology Office shall

22  present and demonstrate to the council the design

23  characteristics and functional elements of each program

24  proposed to be implemented to achieve the objectives and goals

25  stated in this section and each such program shall be reviewed

26  and approved by the council before being implemented. Such

27  programs shall initially be implemented as pilot programs in a

28  minimum of six different areas of the state to develop model

29  programs that are likely to be successful if implemented

30  throughout the state. The areas of the state where the pilot

31  programs are implemented shall be selected by the council with


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  1  the objectives of testing the merits of the programs in each

  2  geographic region of the state and providing equal exposure of

  3  the programs to urban and rural communities alike.

  4  Implementation of all such pilot and model programs shall be

  5  administered by and through the local workforce development

  6  boards and each such board shall coordinate and confirm the

  7  ready availability and timely delivery of all elements of such

  8  programs to ensure the highest probability of such programs

  9  achieving their intended results.

10         (7)  PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND GOALS.--The programs

11  authorized by this section shall have the following objectives

12  and goals:

13         (a)  Maximizing efficient and productive use of

14  existing facilities, equipment, personnel, programs, and funds

15  available from federal, state, and local government agencies

16  and from any private person or entity.

17         (b)  Using innovative concepts employing newly

18  developed technologies in educating and training those who are

19  enrolled in the programs authorized by this section.

20         (c)  Developing viable partnerships between public

21  agencies and private persons and entities based on mutual

22  commitment to responsible and dedicated participation in

23  designing and implementing the programs authorized by this

24  section.

25         (d)  Recruiting, enrolling, retaining, and graduating

26  as many at-risk family members as feasible to ensure that they

27  have reasonable opportunities to obtain access to frequent use

28  of information technology and the education and training

29  necessary to competitively qualify them for high-skill,

30  high-wage employment.

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  1         (e)  Reducing the number of underachieving and failing

  2  students in the state's public school systems who are members

  3  of at-risk families.

  4         (f)  Reducing the number of underemployed and

  5  unemployed members of at-risk families.

  6         (g)  Using information technology to facilitate

  7  achievement of the Sunshine State Standards by all children

  8  enrolled in the state's K-12 school system who are members of

  9  at-risk families.

10         (h)  Training teachers in the state's K-12 school

11  system to efficiently and effectively use information

12  technology to plan, teach, and administer all courses of

13  instruction required and available by election of children

14  enrolled in the system.

15         (i)  Using information technology to enable members of

16  at-risk families who are no longer enrolled in K-12 schools to

17  obtain the education needed to achieve successful completion

18  of general education development test preparation to earn a

19  high school diploma, an applied technology diploma, a

20  vocational certificate, an associate of arts degree, or a

21  baccalaureate degree.

22         (j)  Bridge the digital divide in developing a

23  competitive workforce to meet the employment needs of

24  state-based information technology businesses and establish

25  this state as having the most information technology ready

26  workforce in the western hemisphere.

27         (8)  MONITORING, REVIEWING, AND EVALUATING PROGRAM

28  PERFORMANCES; REPORTING RESULTS.--The council, through the

29  State Technology Office, shall continually monitor, review,

30  and evaluate the progress of performances realized from

31  implementation of the programs authorized by this section. The


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  1  State Technology Office shall prepare and submit a report to

  2  the council at least 10 days before each of its meetings

  3  subsequent to its initial meeting and each such report shall,

  4  at a minimum, identify and describe the functional elements of

  5  each program being implemented and identify and describe the

  6  facilities, equipment, personnel, programs, and funds used to

  7  design and implement the program. For each such program, the

  8  report shall also identify by name, address, age, and sex the

  9  school-age children, and their older siblings and parents, who

10  are enrolled in the program, state the educational level

11  achieved by each enrollee as of the date he or she enrolled in

12  the program, state the attendance and achievement level

13  recorded for each enrollee in the program, evaluate the

14  progress each enrollee is making toward successful completion

15  of the program, and identify by name, address, age, and sex

16  each enrollee who successfully completes the program. For each

17  such program that is designed to prepare enrollees for

18  high-skill, high-wage employment, the report shall identify

19  each enrollee who successfully completes the program, describe

20  each such employment position for which each enrollee has

21  applied, identify by name, address, and nature of business

22  each employer based in this state to whom each such

23  application for employment has been addressed, state the

24  results each enrollee obtained from making each such

25  application, and describe the nature of any employment

26  obtained and terms of compensation being earned from such

27  employment by each enrollee as a result of making such

28  applications.

29         (9)  ANNUAL REPORT.--By March 1, 2002, the council,

30  through the State Technology Office, shall report to the

31  Executive Office of the Governor, the Speaker of the House of


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  1  Representatives, and the President of the Senate the results

  2  of the council's monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating such

  3  programs since their inception and the council's

  4  recommendations as to whether such programs should be

  5  continued and expanded to achieve the objectives and goals

  6  stated in this section.

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