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11 Senator Klein moved the following amendment:
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18 Section 688. Programs relevant to educational and
19 career goals.--The Legislature intends to ensure that all high
20 schools provide supportive services to students and their
21 parents to determine the comprehensive program of study which
22 will best meet the needs and goals of each student. At a
23 minimum, these services must include access to a guidance
24 counselor and assistance in developing an educational and
25 career plan. Each high school shall provide a variety of
26 comprehensive, relevant programs of study which will meet the
27 needs of all students and enable each student to pursue his or
28 her individual educational and career goals.
29 (2) Key components of this process are:
30 (a) A variety of programs of study which are based on
31 individual educational and career goals.
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1 (b) Parental involvement in the identification of the
2 appropriate program of study.
3 (c) Assurance that all programs of study are designed
4 to provide a seamless transition to appropriate postsecondary
5 education and employment.
6 Section 689. Comprehensive program in career and
7 technical education; industry certification.--
8 (1) A career and technical education program within a
9 comprehensive high school program of study must be certified
10 by the appropriate industry to ensure that all components of
11 the program are relevant and appropriate to prepare the
12 student for further education and employment in that industry.
13 (2) Effective July 1, 2007, each career and technical
14 education program that prepares students for postsecondary
15 education and employment and is offered as part of a
16 comprehensive program of study in a high school must be
17 industry-certified, except for courses classified as
18 exploratory, orientation, or practical arts. A student
19 enrolled in a course within a career and technical education
20 program that is not industry-certified may not be reported for
21 full-time-equivalent funding through the Florida Education
22 Finance Program unless the course is classified as
23 exploratory, orientation, or practical arts. The Department of
24 Education shall ensure that each program is certified by July
25 1, 2007, and recertified at least every 5 years thereafter.
26 The State Board of Education shall adopt rules pursuant to
27 sections 120.536(1) and 120.54, Florida Statutes, for
28 implementing the certification process, which rules must
29 establish any necessary procedures for obtaining appropriate
30 business partners and requirements for business and industry
31 involvement in curriculum oversight and equipment procurement.
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1 (3) Effective July 1, 2007, each career and technical
2 education program offered by a high school and able to be
3 articulated to a postsecondary level must have an articulation
4 agreement with one or more appropriate postsecondary education
5 institutions to ensure a seamless transition to a related
6 postsecondary program without a loss of credit for the
7 student. Students enrolled in a program that is not
8 articulated to a postsecondary program may not be reported for
9 full-time-equivalent-student funding through the Florida
10 Education Finance Program unless the course is classified as
11 exploratory, orientation, or practical arts or terminates at
12 the high school level.
13 Section 690. Comprehensive program in career and
14 technical education; course completion requirements.--
15 (1) A comprehensive program of study in career and
16 technical education must be designed to ensure that, upon
17 completion of the program of study and graduation from high
18 school, a student is prepared to continue his or her education
19 at a postsecondary education institution and obtain
20 employment. Therefore, a comprehensive career and technical
21 education program of study must require of each student:
22 (a) Completion of academic courses with a designation
23 from the Department of Education of level two or above. All
24 credits earned to meet graduation requirements in mathematics,
25 science, and communication must have that designation.
26 (b) Attainment of at least one occupational completion
27 point in an industry-certified career and technical education
28 program or completion of at least two courses in a technology
29 education program.
30 (c) Completion of a one-credit core course addressing
31 workplace-readiness skills. The State Board of Education shall
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1 define by rule the content of the course and shall ensure that
2 the course meets graduation requirements for performing fine
3 arts or practical arts. The course requirement may be
4 satisfied by infusing course content into an existing select
5 career and technical education course.
6 (d) Participation in work-based learning experiences,
7 as defined by rule by the State Board of Education.
8 (e) Participation in a capstone activity that includes
9 a project related to a career. This activity is designed to
10 apply and demonstrate the competencies and concepts attained
11 in the student's program of study. The State Board of
12 Education may specify by rule characteristics of capstone
13 activities that meet the intent of this paragraph.
14 (2) A student who fulfills the following requirements
15 may be recognized with a career and technical education
16 endorsement on his or her high school diploma:
17 (a) Completion of the requirements for high school
18 graduation as provided in section 1003.43, Florida Statutes,
19 and the additional requirements for a comprehensive career and
20 technical education program of study provided in subsection
21 (1).
22 (b) Passing of the college entry-level placement test
23 or an equivalent test identified by the department with a
24 score adequate to enroll in a public postsecondary education
25 program without the need for college preparatory or vocational
26 preparatory instruction.
27 (3) The career and technical education endorsement
28 indicates that the student is prepared to continue into
29 postsecondary education without the need for remediation and
30 that the student has marketable employment skills. The State
31 Board of Education may adopt by rule a standard format for the
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1 endorsement.
2 (4) For each student who receives the career and
3 technical education endorsement on his or her high school
4 diploma, the school district shall receive incentive funding
5 as provided in section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, and the
6 annual General Appropriations Act.
7 (5) A school district that generates funds as a result
8 of industry-certified programs or incentive funding for
9 student achievement of the career and technical education
10 endorsement on the high school diploma must expend the total
11 amount on the comprehensive career and technical education
12 program of study. The school district may not apply indirect
13 charges to incentive funds earned.
14 Section 691. Comprehensive program in career and
15 technical education; counseling.--The Legislature finds that
16 to adequately assist students in advanced technical and
17 academic career planning, high school guidance counselors and
18 career specialists require preservice and inservice
19 professional-development programs that contain sufficient
20 information on career education.
21 (1) Each guidance counselor and career specialist in a
22 school having an industry-certified career and technical
23 education program must complete 12 hours of inservice training
24 in career and technical education for every 5-year period. The
25 inservice training shall include:
26 (a) An emphasis on labor-market trends and
27 projections.
28 (b) A practicum that focuses on development of a
29 career-awareness program.
30 (c) Content related to a career or employment within a
31 guidance counselor's work experience.
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1 (2) The Department of Education shall assist guidance
2 counselors and career specialists in attaining the additional
3 inservice training required. The State Board of Education
4 shall revise rules governing the certification and
5 recertification of guidance counselors to allow substitution
6 of personal work-based experiences and temporary employment
7 opportunities in business and industry for the required
8 classroom instruction.
9 (3) The Legislature encourages colleges of education
10 to provide for additional coursework required pursuant to this
11 section without increasing the total number of credit hours
12 needed to complete a program. Instead, the colleges are
13 encouraged to infuse course content into courses required for
14 introduction, theory, and practicum.
15 Section 692. Effective July 1, 2007, a full-time
16 equivalent student in a career and technical education program
17 that is not industry certified shall not generate any state
18 funding unless the student is in a course classified as
19 exploratory, orientation, or practical arts and the General
20 Appropriations Act contains a cost factor for such course.
21 Section 693. Section 1012.01, Florida Statutes, is
22 created to read:
23 1012.01 K-12 definitions.--Specific definitions shall
24 be as follows, and wherever such defined words or terms are
25 used in the Florida K-20 Education Code, they shall be used as
26 follows:
27 (1) SCHOOL OFFICERS.--The officers of the state system
28 of public education shall be the Commissioner of Education and
29 the members of the State Board of Education; and, for each
30 district school system, the officers shall be the district
31 school superintendent and members of the district school
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2 (2) INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL.--"Instructional
3 personnel" means any staff member whose function includes the
4 provision of direct instructional services to students.
5 Instructional personnel also includes personnel whose
6 functions provide direct support in the learning process of
7 students. Included in the classification of instructional
8 personnel are:
9 (a) Classroom teachers.--Classroom teachers are staff
10 members assigned the professional activity of instructing
11 students in courses in classroom situations, including basic
12 instruction, exceptional student education, career and
13 technical education, and adult education, including substitute
14 teachers.
15 (b) Student personnel services.--Student personnel
16 services include staff members responsible for: advising
17 students with regard to their abilities and aptitudes,
18 educational and occupational opportunities, and personal and
19 social adjustments; providing placement services; performing
20 educational evaluations; and similar functions. Included in
21 this classification are guidance counselors, social workers,
22 career specialists, and school psychologists.
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