Senate Bill sb1996

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1996

    By Senator Lynn





    7-1328B-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to child welfare training

  3         academies; amending s. 402.40, F.S.; requiring

  4         the Department of Children and Family Services

  5         to establish a curriculum of core competencies;

  6         directing the department to competitively bid

  7         the contract for the training curriculum;

  8         providing for the training to be offered by the

  9         training academies; directing the department to

10         competitively bid training academy contracts;

11         deleting a requirement that the Department of

12         Children and Family Services contract with

13         Tallahassee Community College for the operation

14         of one or more training academies; providing an

15         effective date.

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

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19         Section 1.  Present subsections (5) and (6) of section

20  402.40, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6)

21  and (7), respectively, and are amended, and a new subsection

22  (5) is added to that section, to read:

23         402.40  Child welfare training.--

24         (5)  CORE COMPETENCIES.--The Department of Children and

25  Family Services shall establish a curriculum of core

26  competencies that every dependency program staff member must

27  master before beginning work in the field. Notwithstanding the

28  provisions of s. 287.057(5) and (22), the department shall

29  competitively bid and contract with a single contractor for

30  the development, validation, and periodic evaluation of this

31  training curriculum.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1996
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 1         (6)(5)  ESTABLISHMENT OF TRAINING ACADEMIES.--The

 2  department shall contract for the operation of one or more

 3  training academies with Tallahassee Community College. The

 4  number, location, and timeframe for establishment of

 5  additional training academies shall be approved by the

 6  Secretary of Children and Family Services. Each training

 7  academy shall offer the curriculum of core competencies.

 8  Training academies may offer other training to meet the needs

 9  of dependency program staff members. In addition, the

10  department may contract with the training academies to provide

11  other curricula, including advanced training, training that is

12  specific to a region or a contractor, or training that meets

13  other needs. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 287.057(5)

14  and (22), the department shall seek competitive bids for all

15  training academy contracts.

16         (7)(6)  ADOPTION OF RULES.--The Department of Children

17  and Family Services shall adopt rules necessary to carry out

18  the provisions of this section.

19         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

20  law.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Requires that the Department of Children and Family
      Services establish a curriculum of core competencies for
25    staff members of dependency programs. Requires the
      department to enter into a contract with a single
26    contractor to develop and evaluate this training
      curriculum. Deletes a provision requiring the department
27    to contract with Tallahassee Community College for the
      operation of one or more child welfare training
28    academies.

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