Senate Bill sb3082

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 3082

    By Senator Siplin





    19-1303A-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to job opportunities for

  3         youths; providing legislative intent to support

  4         vocational training and placement provided to

  5         at-risk youths through the Professional

  6         Opportunities Program for Students (POPS);

  7         providing for a pilot program; requiring a

  8         report to the Legislature; providing an

  9         appropriation; providing an effective date.

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

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13         Section 1.  Professional Opportunities Program for

14  Students; legislative intent; pilot program.--

15         (1)  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide

16  support and funding for programs conducted by the Professional

17  Opportunities Program for Students (POPS). POPS identifies and

18  provides vocational-and-employability-skills training and

19  placement programs and initiatives to youths between the ages

20  of 16 and 18 years who meet the criteria for the Department of

21  Juvenile Justice's initiative program for youth who have

22  significant family troubles and significant school troubles,

23  who have experienced drug or alcohol use, or both, and who

24  exhibit predelinquent behavior.

25         (2)  During the 2004-2005 fiscal year, a pilot

26  Professional Opportunities Program for Students may be

27  conducted in the central region of the state. In order to

28  receive funding under this act, a POPS entity must submit to

29  the Department of Juvenile Justice by September 1, 2004, a

30  proposal for a training and placement program for youths

31  between the ages of 16 and 18 years who reside in Central

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 3082
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 1  Florida. The program should include up to 6 months of

 2  education and training and appropriate followup, including

 3  documentation of the percentage of the youths who have been

 4  placed in jobs for which training was provided under the

 5  program and the percentage of those youths who remain in such

 6  jobs for at least 3 months after their placement. By January

 7  1, 2005, the POPS entity that has received funding under this

 8  act shall provide to the President of the Senate and the

 9  Speaker of the House of Representatives a report that includes

10  an itemized list of program costs; the statistics on job

11  placement and retention of the youths served by the program;

12  and recommendations for further legislation, including an

13  opinion as to the feasibility of extending such programs

14  throughout the state.

15         Section 2.  The sum of $__________ is appropriated to

16  the Department of Juvenile Justice for the 2004-2005 fiscal

17  year to be allocated to a pilot project that has been proposed

18  by the Professional Opportunities Program for Students (POPS)

19  and approved by the department.

20         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Provides legislative intent to support vocational
      training and placement provided to at-risk youth through
25    the Professional Opportunities Program for Students
      (POPS). Provides for a pilot program. Requires a report
26    to the Legislature. Provides an appropriation.

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