HB 0585 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to career and technical education in the
3	public schools; creating s. 1003.492, F.S.; providing for
4	pilot projects designed to blend into the middle school
5	curriculum elements of career and technical education;
6	providing goals of the pilot projects; requiring an
7	evaluation component; requiring the Council for Education
8	Policy Research and Improvement to review the pilot
9	projects and provide recommendations; providing an
10	effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1. Section 1003.492, Florida Statutes, is created
15	to read:
16	1003.492 Career and technical education pilot projects.--
17	(1) It is the purpose of this section to authorize the
18	Broward County District School Board and the Duval County
19	District School Board to implement pilot projects that more
20	clearly and systematically blend into the middle school
21	curriculum elements of career and technical education for the
22	purpose of achieving the following goals:
23	(a) Exploring with middle school students how they can
24	successfully live and work in a culturally diverse world.
25	(b) Helping middle school students recognize their
26	interests, aptitudes, and abilities, and understand adult roles
27	in the world of work.
28	(c) Helping middle school students understand the broad
29	scope of work and career possibilities available currently and
30	in the future.
31	(d) Helping middle school students to broaden their
32	aspirations beyond the stereotypes of gender, socioeconomic
33	status, and ethnicity.
34	(e) Integrating career and technical education into the
35	general middle school academic curriculum in order to promote
36	intellectual development and the acquisition of higher-level
37	thinking and problem-solving skills.
38	(f) Assisting with middle school students' development of
39	social skills, personal values, and self-esteem.
40	(g) Working with the families of middle school students to
41	support their children's career aspirations.
42	(2) Beginning in the 2003-2004 school year, the Broward
43	County District School Board and the Duval County District
44	School Board shall implement pilot projects in at least two and
45	no more than four middle schools in each school district
46	designed to meet the goals in subsection (1). Middle schools
47	selected shall be representative of both high and low scoring
48	schools as measured by the Florida Comprehensive Assessment
49	Test. Each pilot project may target all students in each middle
50	school selected for the pilot projects.
51	(3) Instructional and administrative staff from each
52	middle school selected for a pilot project and responsible for
53	implementing each project shall consult with their respective
54	regional workforce board, provided for in s. 445.007, in
55	developing each pilot project and to assist in providing
56	technical assistance and resources towards achieving the goals
57	of the pilot project.
58	(4) Each pilot project shall have an evaluation component
59	designed and conducted by the district school board or designed
60	and conducted pursuant to a contract with a university school of
61	education in consultation with the Council for Education Policy
62	Research and Improvement provided for in s. 1008.51.
63	(5) The Council for Education Policy Research and
64	Improvement is responsible for reviewing each pilot project's
65	evaluation and providing a report by January l, 2005, to the
66	President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
67	Representatives on the effectiveness of each pilot project, with
68	recommendations and suggestions for expanding the programs
69	statewide.
70	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.