HB 0769

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CHAMBER ACTION

1	The Committee on Education K-20 recommends the following:
2
3	Committee Substitute
4	Remove the entire bill and insert:
5	A bill to be entitled
6	An act relating to career education; revising terminology
7	relating to career, technical, vocational, and workforce
8	education; amending s. 1002.34, F.S.; providing for
9	funding of dual enrollment instruction of public school
10	students provided at charter technical career centers;
11	creating s. 1003.431, F.S.; providing for a career
12	education certification on a high school diploma;
13	providing academic requirements for students enrolled in
14	comprehensive career education programs; requiring the
15	State Board of Education to define and specify by rule
16	courses and experiences consistent with a comprehensive
17	career education program; authorizing the State Board of
18	Education to adopt by rule a standard format for career
19	education certification; allowing incentive funding to
20	school districts for students receiving the certification;
21	amending s. 1003.491, F.S.; providing certain
22	responsibilities for district school boards and
23	superintendents relating to career education
24	certification; creating s. 1003.492, F.S.; providing for
25	coordination of career education programs with industry;
26	requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules for
27	implementing an industry certification process; requiring
28	the Department of Education to study student performance
29	in industry-certified career education programs; requiring
30	a study by the Department of Education to determine the
31	need for cost factors or startup funding for industry-
32	certified career education programs; creating s. 1006.025,
33	F.S.; requiring district school boards to submit guidance
34	reports to the Commissioner of Education and providing
35	requirements thereof; amending s. 1012.01, F.S.; revising
36	a personnel classification title; amending s. 1011.80,
37	F.S.; repealing the Florida Workforce Development
38	Education Fund; redesignating adult technical education
39	programs as workforce education programs; revising
40	requirements for funding; requiring reporting and cost
41	analysis; amending ss. 1009.22 and 1011.83, F.S.; deleting
42	references to the Florida Workforce Development Education
43	Fund; creating s. 446.073, F.S.; establishing the
44	Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel; providing duties
45	relating to disputes between apprenticeship sponsors and
46	educational agencies; authorizing State Board of Education
47	rulemaking authority; requiring the Agency for Workforce
48	Innovation and the Council for Education Policy Research
49	and Improvement to study the need for new and expanded
50	apprenticeship and other workforce education programs;
51	requiring a report of findings and recommendations;
52	requiring the Commissioner of Education to convene a study
53	group to investigate workforce education issues; requiring
54	the study group to submit a report with recommendations
55	for modifications to the workforce education system;
56	amending ss. 20.18, 110.1099, 112.19, 112.191, 112.1915,
57	238.01, 250.10, 250.482, 288.047, 288.9511, 292.05,
58	292.10, 295.02, 295.125, 339.0805, 364.508, 376.0705,
59	380.0651, 402.305, 402.3051, 403.716, 414.0252, 420.0004,
60	420.524, 420.602, 440.16, 443.171, 445.003, 445.004,
61	445.009, 445.012, 445.0123, 445.024, 445.049, 446.011,
62	446.052, 446.22, 475.17, 475.451, 475.617, 475.6175,
63	475.618, 475.627, 494.0029, 509.302, 553.841, 790.06,
64	790.115, 810.095, 943.14, 948.015, 948.09, 958.12, 985.03,
65	985.315, 1000.04, 1000.05, 1001.42, 1001.44, 1001.452,
66	1001.453, 1001.64, 1002.01, 1002.20, 1002.22, 1002.38,
67	1002.42, 1003.01, 1003.02, 1003.43, 1003.47, 1003.51,
68	1003.52, 1004.02, 1004.04, 1004.07, 1004.54, 1004.65,
69	1004.73, 1004.91, 1004.92, 1004.93, 1004.98, 1005.02,
70	1005.06, 1005.21, 1006.035, 1006.051, 1006.21, 1006.31,
71	1007.21, 1007.23, 1007.24, 1007.25, 1007.27, 1007.271,
72	1008.37, 1008.385, 1008.405, 1008.41, 1008.42, 1008.43,
73	1008.45, 1009.23, 1009.25, 1009.40, 1009.532, 1009.533,
74	1009.536, 1009.55, 1009.61, 1009.64, 1009.98, 1010.20,
75	1010.58, 1011.62, 1011.68, 1012.01, 1012.39, 1012.41,
76	1012.43, 1013.03, 1013.31, 1013.64, and 1013.75, F.S., to
77	conform; providing an effective date.
78
79	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
80
81	Section 1.  Subsection (11) of section 1002.34, Florida
82	Statutes, is amended to read:
83	1002.34  Charter technical career centers.--
84	(11)  FUNDING.--
85	(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds for
86	dual enrollment instruction of public school students provided
87	at charter technical career centers must be provided in an
88	amount equal to that which would be provided for the hours of
89	instruction which would be necessary to earn the FTE and the
90	funding for an equivalent course if it were taught in the school
91	district.
92	(b)(a)  Each district school board and community college
93	that sponsors a charter technical career center shall pay
94	directly to the center an amount stated in the charter. State
95	funding shall be generated for the center for its student
96	enrollment and program outcomes as provided in law. A center is
97	eligible for funding from workforce education funds the Florida
98	Workforce Development Education Fund, the Florida Education
99	Finance Program, and the Community College Program Fund,
100	depending upon the programs conducted by the center.
101	(c)(b)  A center may receive other state and federal aid,
102	grants, and revenue through the district school board or
103	community college board of trustees.
104	(d)(c)  A center may receive gifts and grants from private
105	sources.
106	(e)(d)  A center may not levy taxes or issue bonds, but it
107	may charge a student tuition fee consistent with authority
108	granted in its charter and permitted by law.
109	(f)(e)  A center shall provide for an annual financial
110	audit in accordance with s. 218.39.
111	(g)(f)  A center must provide instruction for at least the
112	number of days required by law for other public schools or
113	community colleges, as appropriate, and may provide instruction
114	for additional days.
115	Section 2.  Section 1003.431, Florida Statutes, is created
116	to read:
117	1003.431  Career education certification.--
118	(1)  A student who fulfills the following requirements
119	shall be recognized with a career education certification on his
120	or her high school diploma:
121	(a)  Completion of the requirements for high school
122	graduation as provided in s. 1003.429 or s. 1003.43 and the
123	additional requirements for a comprehensive career education
124	program of study as provided in subsection (2).
125	(b)  A passing score on the college entry-level placement
126	test or an equivalent test identified by the Department of
127	Education with a score adequate to enroll in a public
128	postsecondary educational program without the need for college
129	preparatory or career preparatory instruction.
130	(2)  A comprehensive program of study in career education
131	shall be designed to prepare a student to continue his or her
132	education at a postsecondary educational institution and obtain
133	employment. A comprehensive career education program of study
134	must require of each student:
135	(a)  Completion of academic courses with a designation from
136	the Department of Education of level two or above. All credits
137	earned to meet graduation requirements in mathematics, science,
138	and communication must have that designation.
139	(b)  Attainment of at least one occupational completion
140	point in an industry-certified career education program or
141	completion of at least two courses in a technology education
142	program.
143	(c)  Completion of a one-credit course addressing workplace
144	readiness skills. The course requirement may be satisfied by
145	infusing course content into an existing select career and
146	education course. The State Board of Education shall define by
147	rule the content of the course and shall ensure that the course
148	meets graduation requirements for performing fine arts or
149	practical arts.
150	(d)  Participation in work-based learning experiences, as
151	defined by rule by the State Board of Education.
152	(e)  Participation in a capstone activity that includes a
153	project related to a career. This activity is designed to apply
154	and demonstrate the competencies and concepts attained in the
155	student's program of study. The State Board of Education may
156	specify by rule characteristics of capstone activities that meet
157	the intent of this paragraph.
158	(3)  The career education certification indicates that the
159	student is prepared to continue into postsecondary education
160	without the need for remediation and that the student has
161	marketable employment skills. The State Board of Education may
162	adopt by rule a standard format for the certification.
163	(4)  A school district is not required to offer a
164	comprehensive career education program pursuant to this section.
165	However, for each student who receives the career education
166	certification on his or her high school diploma, the school
167	district may receive incentive funding contingent upon funding
168	in the annual General Appropriations Act.
169	(5)  A school district that generates funds as a result of
170	incentive funding for student achievement of the career
171	education certification on the high school diploma must expend
172	the total amount on the comprehensive career education program
173	of study. The school district may not apply indirect charges to
174	incentive funds earned.
175	Section 3.  Subsection (1) of section 1003.491, Florida
176	Statutes, is amended, and subsection (3) is added to said
177	section, to read:
178	1003.491  Career and technical education.--
179	(1)  School board, superintendent, and school
180	accountability for career and technical education within
181	elementary and secondary schools includes, but is not limited
182	to:
183	(a)  Student exposure to a variety of careers and provision
184	of instruction to explore specific careers in greater depth.
185	(b)  Student awareness of available career and technical
186	programs and the corresponding occupations into which such
187	programs lead.
188	(c)  Student development of individual career plans.
189	(d)  Integration of academic and career and technical
190	skills in the secondary curriculum.
191	(e)  Student preparation to enter the workforce and enroll
192	in postsecondary education without being required to complete
193	college preparatory or career vocational preparatory
194	instruction.
195	(f)  Student retention in school through high school
196	graduation.
197	(g)  Career education and technical curriculum articulation
198	with corresponding postsecondary programs in the career local
199	area technical center or community college, or both.
200	(3)  Each district school board and superintendent shall
201	implement all components required to obtain the career education
202	certification on the high school diploma if the school district
203	chooses to offer the certification.
204	Section 4.  Section 1003.492, Florida Statutes, is created
205	to read:
206	1003.492  Industry-certified career education programs.--
207	(1)  A career education program within a comprehensive high
208	school program of study shall be coordinated with the
209	appropriate industry indicating that all components of the
210	program are relevant and appropriate to prepare the student for
211	further education or for employment in that industry.
212	(2)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
213	pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 for implementing an
214	industry certification process, which rules must establish any
215	necessary procedures for obtaining appropriate business partners
216	and requirements for business and industry involvement in
217	curriculum oversight and equipment procurement.
218	(3)  The Department of Education shall study student
219	performance in industry-certified career education programs.
220	The department shall identify districts that currently operate
221	industry-certified career education programs. The study shall
222	examine the performance of participating students over time.
223	Performance factors shall include, but not be limited to,
224	graduation rates, retention rates, additional educational
225	attainment, employment records, earnings, and industry
226	satisfaction. The results of this study shall be submitted to
227	the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
228	Representatives by December 31, 2004.
229	(4)  The Department of Education shall conduct a study to
230	determine if a cost factor should be applied to industry-
231	certified career education programs and review the need for
232	startup funding for the programs. The study shall be completed
233	by December 31, 2004, and shall be submitted to the President of
234	the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
235	Section 5.  Section 1006.025, Florida Statutes, is created
236	to read:
237	1006.025  Guidance services.--
238	(1)  Each district school board shall annually submit a
239	district guidance report to the Commissioner of Education by
240	June 30.
241	(2)  The guidance report shall include, but not be limited
242	to, the following:
243	(a)  Examination of student access to guidance counselors.
244	(b)  Degree to which a district has adopted or implemented
245	a guidance model program.
246	(c)  Evaluation of the information and training available
247	to guidance counselors and career specialists to advise students
248	on areas of critical need, labor market trends, and technical
249	training requirements.
250	(d)  Progress toward incorporation of best practices for
251	advisement as identified by the department.
252	(e)  Consideration of alternative guidance systems or
253	ideas, including, but not limited to, a teacher-advisor model,
254	mentoring, partnerships with the business community, web-based
255	delivery, and parental involvement.
256	(f)  Actions taken to provide information to students for
257	the school-to-work transition pursuant to s. 1006.02.
258	(g)  A guidance plan for the district.
259	(3)  The department shall provide resources to district
260	school boards that may assist districts in preparing the annual
261	guidance report. The resources shall include, but are not
262	limited to, materials relating to guidance model programs,
263	training available through the department for career guidance,
264	adopted best practices, alternative guidance systems or ideas,
265	and a model district guidance plan.
266	Section 6.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
267	1012.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
268	1012.01  Definitions.--Specific definitions shall be as
269	follows, and wherever such defined words or terms are used in
270	the Florida K-20 Education Code, they shall be used as follows:
271	(2)  INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL.--"Instructional personnel"
272	means any staff member whose function includes the provision of
273	direct instructional services to students. Instructional
274	personnel also includes personnel whose functions provide direct
275	support in the learning process of students. Included in the
276	classification of instructional personnel are:
277	(b)  Student personnel services.--Student personnel
278	services include staff members responsible for: advising
279	students with regard to their abilities and aptitudes,
280	educational and occupational opportunities, and personal and
281	social adjustments; providing placement services; performing
282	educational evaluations; and similar functions. Included in this
283	classification are guidance counselors, social workers, career
284	occupational/placement specialists, and school psychologists.
285	Section 7.  Section 1011.80, Florida Statutes, is amended
286	to read:
287	1011.80  Funds for operation of workforce adult technical
288	education programs.--
289	(1)  As used in this section, the terms "workforce
290	development education" and "workforce education development
291	program" include:
292	(a)  Adult general education programs designed to improve
293	the employability skills of the state's workforce as defined in
294	s. 1004.02(3) s. 1004.02(5).
295	(b)  Career and technical certificate programs, as defined
296	in s. 1004.02(21) s. 1004.02(23).
297	(c)  Applied technology diploma programs.
298	(d)  Continuing workforce education courses.
299	(e)  Degree career technical education programs.
300	(f)  Apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs as
301	defined in s. 446.021.
302	(2)  Any workforce development education program may be
303	conducted by a community college or a school district, except
304	that college credit in an associate in applied science or an
305	associate in science degree may be awarded only by a community
306	college. However, if an associate in applied science or an
307	associate in science degree program contains within it an
308	occupational completion point that confers a certificate or an
309	applied technology diploma, that portion of the program may be
310	conducted by a school district career technical center. Any
311	instruction designed to articulate to a degree program is
312	subject to guidelines and standards adopted by the State Board
313	of Education pursuant to s. 1007.25.
314	(3)  If a program for disabled adults pursuant to s.
315	1004.93 is a workforce education development program as defined
316	in law, it must be funded as provided in this section.
317	(4)  The Florida Workforce Development Education Fund is
318	created to provide performance-based funding for all workforce
319	development programs, whether the programs are offered by a
320	school district or a community college. Funding for all
321	workforce development education programs must be from the
322	Workforce Development Education Fund and must be based on cost
323	categories, performance output measures, and performance outcome
324	measures.
325	(a)  The cost categories must be calculated to identify
326	high-cost programs, medium-cost programs, and low-cost programs.
327	The cost analysis used to calculate and assign a program of
328	study to a cost category must include at least both direct and
329	indirect instructional costs, consumable supplies, equipment,
330	and standard program length.
331	(b)1.  The performance output measure for career and
332	technical education programs of study is student completion of a
333	career and technical program of study that leads to an
334	occupational completion point associated with a certificate; an
335	apprenticeship program; or a program that leads to an applied
336	technology diploma or an associate in applied science or
337	associate in science degree. Performance output measures for
338	registered apprenticeship programs shall be based on program
339	lengths that coincide with lengths established pursuant to the
340	requirements of chapter 446.
341	2.  The performance output measure for an adult general
342	education course of study is measurable improvement in student
343	skills. This measure shall include improvement in literacy
344	skills, grade level improvement as measured by an approved test,
345	or attainment of a State of Florida diploma or an adult high
346	school diploma.
347	(c)  The performance outcome measures for workforce
348	education programs funded through the Workforce Development
349	Education Fund are associated with placement and retention of
350	students after reaching a completion point or completing a
351	program of study. These measures include placement or retention
352	in employment that is related to the program of study; placement
353	into or retention in employment in an occupation on the
354	Workforce Estimating Conference list of high-wage, high-skill
355	occupations with sufficient openings, or other High Wage/High
356	Skill Program occupations as determined by Workforce Florida,
357	Inc.; and placement and retention of participants or former
358	participants in the welfare transition program in employment.
359	Continuing postsecondary education at a level that will further
360	enhance employment is a performance outcome for adult general
361	education programs. Placement and retention must be reported
362	pursuant to ss. 1008.39 and 1008.43.
363	(5)  State funding and student fees for workforce education
364	development instruction funded through the Workforce Development
365	Education Fund shall be established as follows:
366	(a)  For a continuing workforce education course, state
367	funding shall equal 50 percent of the cost of instruction, with
368	student fees, business support, quick-response training funds,
369	or other means making up the remaining 50 percent.
370	(b)  For all other workforce development education programs
371	funded through the Workforce Development Education Fund, state
372	funding shall equal 75 percent of the average cost of
373	instruction with the remaining 25 percent made up from student
374	fees. Fees for courses within a program shall not vary according
375	to the cost of the individual program, but instead shall be
376	based on a uniform fee calculated and set at the state level, as
377	adopted by the State Board of Education, unless otherwise
378	specified in the General Appropriations Act.
379	(c)  For fee-exempt students pursuant to s. 1009.25, unless
380	otherwise provided for in law, state funding shall equal 100
381	percent of the average cost of instruction.
382	(6)(a)  A school district or a community college that
383	provides workforce development education programs funded through
384	the Workforce Development Education Fund shall receive funds in
385	accordance with distributions for base and performance funding
386	established by the Legislature in the General Appropriations
387	Act. If the General Appropriations Act does not provide for the
388	distribution of funds, the following methodology shall apply,
389	pursuant to the following conditions:
390	1.  Base funding shall be allocated based on weighted
391	enrollment and shall not exceed 90 85 percent of the current
392	fiscal year total Workforce Development Education Fund
393	allocation, which shall be distributed by the Legislature in the
394	General Appropriations Act based on a maximum of 85 percent of
395	the institution's prior year total allocation from base and
396	performance funds. The Department of Education shall develop a
397	funding process for school district workforce education programs
398	that is comparable with community college workforce education
399	programs.
400	2.  Performance funding shall be at least 10 15 percent of
401	the current fiscal year total Workforce Development Education
402	Fund allocation, which shall be distributed by the Legislature
403	in the General Appropriations Act based on the previous fiscal
404	year's achievement of output and outcomes in accordance with
405	formulas adopted pursuant to subsection (10)(9). Performance
406	funding must incorporate payments for at least three levels of
407	placements that reflect wages and workforce demand. Payments for
408	completions must not exceed 60 percent of the payments for
409	placement. School districts and community colleges shall be
410	awarded funds pursuant to this paragraph based on performance
411	output data and performance outcome data available in that year.
412	3.  If a local educational agency achieves a level of
413	performance sufficient to generate a full allocation as
414	authorized by the workforce development funding formula, the
415	agency may earn performance incentive funds as appropriated for
416	that purpose in a General Appropriations Act. If performance
417	incentive funds are funded and awarded, these funds must be
418	added to the local educational agency's prior year total
419	allocation from the Workforce Development Education Fund and
420	shall be used to calculate the following year's base funding.
421	(b)  A program is established to assist school districts
422	and community colleges in responding to the needs of new and
423	expanding businesses and thereby strengthening the state's
424	workforce and economy. The program may be funded in the General
425	Appropriations Act. A school district or community college may
426	expend funds under the program without regard to performance
427	criteria set forth in subparagraph (a)2. The district or
428	community college shall use the program to provide customized
429	training for businesses which satisfies the requirements of s.
430	288.047. Business firms whose employees receive the customized
431	training must provide 50 percent of the cost of the training.
432	Balances remaining in the program at the end of the fiscal year
433	shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried over
434	for 1 additional year and used for the purpose of serving
435	incumbent worker training needs of area businesses with fewer
436	than 100 employees. Priority shall be given to businesses that
437	must increase or upgrade their use of technology to remain
438	competitive.
439	(7)  A school district or community college that receives
440	workforce education funds earns performance funding must use the
441	money to benefit the workforce postsecondary adult and technical
442	education programs it provides. The money may be used for
443	equipment upgrades, program expansions, or any other use that
444	would result in workforce education development program
445	improvement. The district school board or community college
446	board of trustees may not withhold any portion of the
447	performance funding for indirect costs. Notwithstanding s.
448	216.351, funds awarded pursuant to this section may be carried
449	across fiscal years and shall not revert to any other fund
450	maintained by the district school board or community college
451	board of trustees.
452	(8)  The State Board of Education and Workforce Florida,
453	Inc., shall provide the Legislature with recommended formulas,
454	criteria, timeframes, and mechanisms for distributing
455	performance funds. The commissioner shall consolidate the
456	recommendations and develop a consensus proposal for funding.
457	The Legislature shall adopt a formula and distribute the
458	performance funds to the State Board of Education for community
459	colleges and school districts through the General Appropriations
460	Act. These recommendations shall be based on formulas that would
461	discourage low-performing or low-demand programs and encourage
462	through performance-funding awards:
463	(a)  Programs that prepare people to enter high-wage
464	occupations identified by the Workforce Estimating Conference
465	created by s. 216.136 and other programs as approved by
466	Workforce Florida, Inc. At a minimum, performance incentives
467	shall be calculated for adults who reach completion points or
468	complete programs that lead to specified high-wage employment
469	and to their placement in that employment.
470	(b)  Programs that successfully prepare adults who are
471	eligible for public assistance, economically disadvantaged,
472	disabled, not proficient in English, or dislocated workers for
473	high-wage occupations.  At a minimum, performance incentives
474	shall be calculated at an enhanced value for the completion of
475	adults identified in this paragraph and job placement of such
476	adults upon completion. In addition, adjustments may be made in
477	payments for job placements for areas of high unemployment.
478	(c)  Programs that are specifically designed to be
479	consistent with the workforce needs of private enterprise and
480	regional economic development strategies, as defined in
481	guidelines set by Workforce Florida, Inc. Workforce Florida,
482	Inc., shall develop guidelines to identify such needs and
483	strategies based on localized research of private employers and
484	economic development practitioners.
485	(d)  Programs identified by Workforce Florida, Inc., as
486	increasing the effectiveness and cost efficiency of education.
487	(9)  School districts shall report full-time equivalent
488	students by discipline category for the programs specified in
489	subsection (1). There shall be an annual cost analysis for the
490	school district workforce education programs that reports cost
491	by discipline category consistent with the reporting for full-
492	time equivalent students. The annual financial reports submitted
493	by the school districts must accurately report on the student
494	fee revenues by fee type according to the programs specified in
495	subsection (1). The Department of Education shall develop a plan
496	for comparable reporting of program, student, facility,
497	personnel, and financial data between the community colleges and
498	the school district workforce education programs.
499	(10)(9)  A high school student dually enrolled under s.
500	1007.271 in a workforce education development program funded
501	through the Workforce Development Education Fund and operated by
502	a community college or school district career technical center
503	generates the amount calculated for workforce education funding
504	by the Workforce Development Education Fund, including any
505	payment of performance funding, and the proportional share of
506	full-time equivalent enrollment generated through the Florida
507	Education Finance Program for the student's enrollment in a high
508	school. If a high school student is dually enrolled in a
509	community college program, including a program conducted at a
510	high school, the community college earns the funds generated for
511	workforce education funding, through the Workforce Development
512	Education Fund and the school district earns the proportional
513	share of full-time equivalent funding from the Florida Education
514	Finance Program. If a student is dually enrolled in a career
515	technical center operated by the same district as the district
516	in which the student attends high school, that district earns
517	the funds generated for workforce education funding through the
518	Workforce Development Education Fund and also earns the
519	proportional share of full-time equivalent funding from the
520	Florida Education Finance Program. If a student is dually
521	enrolled in a workforce education development program provided
522	by a career technical center operated by a different school
523	district, the funds must be divided between the two school
524	districts proportionally from the two funding sources. A student
525	may not be reported for funding in a dual enrollment workforce
526	education development program unless the student has completed
527	the basic skills assessment pursuant to s. 1004.91.
528	(11)(10)  The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
529	administer this section.
530	Section 8.  Subsections (1), (5), (12), and (13) of section
531	1009.22, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
532	1009.22  Workforce education development postsecondary
533	student fees.--
534	(1)  This section applies to students enrolled in workforce
535	education development programs who are reported for funding
536	through the Workforce Development Education Fund, except that
537	college credit fees for the community colleges are governed by
538	s. 1009.23.
539	(5)  Each district school board and community college board
540	of trustees may establish a separate fee for financial aid
541	purposes in an additional amount of up to 10 percent of the
542	student fees collected for workforce education development
543	programs funded through the Workforce Development Education
544	Fund. All fees collected shall be deposited into a separate
545	workforce education development student financial aid fee trust
546	fund of the school district or community college to support
547	students enrolled in workforce education development programs.
548	Any undisbursed balance remaining in the trust fund and interest
549	income accruing to investments from the trust fund shall
550	increase the total funds available for distribution to workforce
551	development education students. Awards shall be based on student
552	financial need and distributed in accordance with a nationally
553	recognized system of need analysis approved by the State Board
554	of Education. Fees collected pursuant to this subsection shall
555	be allocated in an expeditious manner.
556	(12)  Any school district or community college that reports
557	students who have not paid fees in an approved manner in
558	calculations of full-time equivalent enrollments for state
559	funding purposes shall be penalized at a rate equal to 2 times
560	the value of such enrollments. Such penalty shall be charged
561	against the following year's allocation from workforce education
562	funds the Florida Workforce Development Education Fund or the
563	Community College Program Fund and shall revert to the General
564	Revenue Fund. The State Board of Education shall specify, in
565	rule, approved methods of student fee payment. Such methods must
566	include, but need not be limited to, student fee payment;
567	payment through federal, state, or institutional financial aid;
568	and employer fee payments.
569	(13)  Each school district and community college shall
570	report only those students who have actually enrolled in
571	instruction provided or supervised by instructional personnel
572	under contract with the district or community college in
573	calculations of actual full-time enrollments for state funding
574	purposes. A student who has been exempted from taking a course
575	or who has been granted academic or technical credit through
576	means other than actual coursework completed at the granting
577	institution may not be calculated for enrollment in the course
578	from which the student has been exempted or for which the
579	student has been granted credit. School districts and community
580	colleges that report enrollments in violation of this subsection
581	shall be penalized at a rate equal to 2 times the value of such
582	enrollments. Such penalty shall be charged against the following
583	year's allocation from workforce education funds the Workforce
584	Development Education Fund and shall revert to the General
585	Revenue Fund.
586	Section 9.  Section 1011.83, Florida Statutes, is amended
587	to read:
588	1011.83  Financial support of community colleges.--Each
589	community college that has been approved by the Department of
590	Education and meets the requirements of law and rules of the
591	State Board of Education shall participate in the Community
592	College Program Fund. However, funds to support workforce
593	education development programs conducted by community colleges
594	shall be provided by the Workforce Development Education Fund
595	pursuant to s. 1011.80.
596	Section 10.  Section 446.073, Florida Statutes, is created
597	to read:
598	446.073  Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel.--An
599	Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel is established to assist
600	with fair and impartial review of disputes between
601	apprenticeship sponsors and school districts or community
602	colleges that operate apprenticeship programs.
603	(1)  The Commissioner of Education shall appoint 16 members
604	to the Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel. Members shall
605	serve without compensation. The members shall be selected in the
606	following manner: 8 of the members must represent currently
607	operating apprenticeship sponsors, 4 of the members must
608	represent community colleges that are currently operating
609	apprenticeship programs, and 4 of the members must represent
610	school districts that are currently operating apprenticeship
611	programs.
612	(2)  The Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel shall have
613	the following duties and responsibilities:
614	(a)  Develop recommended program models consisting of best
615	practices, guidelines, and mediation procedures for
616	apprenticeship programs. The best practices, guidelines, and
617	mediation procedures shall serve as model criteria for all
618	mediation proceedings by the Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory
619	Panel. The best practices, guidelines, and mediation procedures
620	shall be submitted to the Legislature and the Department of
621	Education on or before December 31, 2004.
622	(b)  When local negotiations have failed to result in a
623	solution, hear and recommend nonbinding resolutions for disputes
624	over contracted services or contractual matters between
625	apprenticeship sponsors and local educational agencies, as
626	defined in s. 1004.02, offering apprenticeship programs.
627	(c)  Annually submit a report, by December 31, to the
628	Commissioner of Education detailing each mediation heard by the
629	panel. The report should include whether the panel was able to
630	make a recommendation and, if so, the degree to which the
631	recommendation was implemented.
632	(3)  Mediation requests shall be submitted to the
633	Commissioner of Education. Upon receipt of a mediation request,
634	the commissioner shall convene a meeting of at least 6 of the
635	members of the Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel. Of the
636	convened members, 3 must represent apprenticeship sponsors and 3
637	must represent the type of local educational agency involved in
638	the mediation. A member convened for the purpose of a mediation
639	shall not represent the apprenticeship sponsor or local
640	educational agency involved in the dispute for which the
641	mediation is being heard.
642	(4)  The Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel may reject
643	a request for mediation for failure to comply with procedural
644	rules governing the mediation process. The rejection shall
645	describe the submission errors. The requesting party may have up
646	to 15 calendar days after notice of rejection to resubmit a
647	request for mediation that meets procedural rules. The
648	Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel shall send a written
649	copy of the rejection to any involved apprenticeship sponsor or
650	local educational agency.
651	(5)  The Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel may
652	receive copies of the mediation documents from the Commissioner
653	of Education, review the documents, hold a mediation meeting,
654	and gather other applicable information regarding the mediation.
655	The panel shall make a written report and recommendation to the
656	commissioner, including the reasons for the recommendation being
657	offered. The report shall also include votes taken and the final
658	position of each panel member on the mediation. The decision of
659	the Apprenticeship Mediation Advisory Panel is not binding on
660	the parties and is not subject to the provisions of the
661	Administrative Procedure Act, chapter 120.
662	(6)  The State Board of Education may adopt rules pursuant
663	to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the provisions of this
664	section.
665	Section 11.  The Agency for Workforce Innovation and the
666	Council for Education Policy Research and Improvement (CEPRI)
667	shall conduct a joint study on the need for new and expanded
668	apprenticeship and other workforce education programs within
669	each workforce region. The study shall include all
670	apprenticeship programs registered pursuant to chapter 446,
671	Florida Statutes. A specific emphasis shall be placed upon
672	apprenticeships in construction and educational programs,
673	including, but not limited to, biotechnology, information
674	technology, allied health, or other identified areas of critical
675	need. The Agency for Workforce Innovation and CEPRI shall
676	jointly submit a report of their findings and recommendations by
677	December 31, 2004, to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
678	and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
679	Section 12.  Workforce education study.--
680	(1)  For purposes of this section, workforce education is
681	defined as the programs referenced in s. 1011.80(1), Florida
682	Statutes.
683	(2)  To assist the Legislature in providing solutions to
684	the demands for workforce education, the Commissioner of
685	Education shall convene a study group to investigate issues
686	related to workforce education in Florida. The study group shall
687	report to the commissioner and the State Board of Education on
688	or before October 1, 2004, with specific actions necessary to
689	affect the timely implementation of modifications to the
690	workforce education system in Florida. The study group shall
691	consider any relevant projects of the Council for Education
692	Policy Research and Improvement and the Office of Program Policy
693	Analysis and Government Accountability and federal legislation
694	or appropriations. Recommendations must be consistent with the
695	K-20 education performance accountability system in s. 1008.31,
696	Florida Statutes. Based on the study group report, the
697	Commissioner of Education shall report to the Governor, the
698	Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of
699	the Senate on or before December 1, 2004, a summary of the
700	conclusions of the study group and recommended funding and
701	statutory changes if necessary.
702	(3)  The study group shall consist of members appointed by
703	the Commissioner of Education who represent school districts,
704	community colleges, public and independent universities, private
705	postsecondary schools and colleges, the Agency for Workforce
706	Innovation, Workforce Florida, Inc., and Enterprise Florida,
707	Inc., and other members deemed appropriate by the commissioner,
708	with a majority of the membership consisting of representatives
709	of business and industry.
710	(4)  The study group shall recommend an implementation plan
711	for their recommendations that shall include, but is not limited
712	to:
713	(a)  A recommended funding model for workforce education
714	that encompasses both enrollment and performance. The
715	recommendations must include a process for providing for growth
716	and development of new programs to meet the demands of economic
717	development at the state, regional, and local levels.
718	Recommendations for funding should reflect consideration of
719	state funding, student fees, and federal and private funding, as
720	well as diverse needs and challenges faced by institutions.
721	(b)  A recommended allocation model for workforce education
722	based on occupational completion points, literacy completion
723	points, and program length. Performance outcomes should reflect
724	program completion, job placement, and successful transfer to
725	another educational institution. Performance outcomes for
726	traditionally hard-to-serve populations may be weighted based on
727	empirical evidence. Performance outcomes should encourage the
728	expansion of public-private partnerships by including the
729	successful leveraging of private resources. Performance outcomes
730	should be evaluated by examining an institution's performance
731	over time rather than its performance relative to other
732	institutions and should be consistent regardless of the type of
733	institution offering the program.
734	(c)  Recommendations to improve articulation and obtain the
735	maximum appropriate transferability of coursework between
736	components of the workforce education system and between
737	workforce education programs and advanced degrees. The
738	implementation plan shall include a review of current
739	articulation practices for workforce education, examples of best
740	practices, and specific methods to improve articulation options
741	for all students participating in workforce education.
742	(d)  Recommendations for the implementation of innovative
743	programs that provide high school students with work-related
744	career-based educational opportunities. Recommendations shall
745	reflect the consideration of a broad array of options,
746	including, but not limited to, high school career academies,
747	charter technical centers, industry-certified educational
748	opportunities, and the expanded use of career dual enrollment or
749	other acceleration mechanisms. Recommendations shall also
750	include expanded opportunities for partnership with business and
751	industry to ensure that all components of any recommended
752	program are relevant and appropriate to prepare students for
753	further education and employment.
754	(e)  Recommendations for the implementation of innovative
755	options or expanded use of existing resources for the delivery
756	of postsecondary workforce education. These options must respond
757	to the need for access to workforce education in geographic
758	areas of high demand or unmet need or to demand for programs in
759	occupational clusters that are targeted for purposes of economic
760	development. Recommendations must include, but are not limited
761	to, consideration of the increased use of distance learning,
762	agreements for the innovative use of facilities, and other
763	innovative partnerships and programs that would improve access
764	to workforce education.
765	(f)  Recommendations for improvements to guidance
766	counseling and advising to ensure that all students in the K-12
767	system are properly informed and prepared for their future
768	careers regardless of whether they intend to train for those
769	careers in a traditional college setting or through workforce
770	education. Recommendations shall address the effect of students
771	receiving guidance and advising beginning at the middle school
772	level that balances the postsecondary academic and workforce
773	education options available to students. Recommendations shall
774	reflect a consideration of best practices and innovative models
775	for student advisement. Recommendations shall also include
776	opportunities for state and local educational entities to
777	partner with business and industry to align existing guidance
778	counseling and advising resources with other agencies and
779	organizations and to develop an intensive marketing campaign to
780	attract high school students into postsecondary education
781	programs leading to careers that are of critical need to the
782	state. The recommendations shall include a timeline for
783	implementation to be completed no later than July 1, 2005.
784	(5)  The Department of Education shall provide staff
785	assistance and resources to assist the study group in preparing
786	recommendations.
787	Section 13.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
788	20.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
789	20.18  Department of Community Affairs.--There is created a
790	Department of Community Affairs.
791	(4)  In addition to its other powers, duties, and
792	functions, the department shall, under the general supervision
793	of the secretary and the Interdepartmental Coordinating Council
794	on Community Services, assist and encourage the development of
795	state programs by the various departments for the productive use
796	of human resources, and the department shall work with other
797	state agencies in order that together they might:
798	(a)  Effect the coordination, by the responsible agencies
799	of the state, of the career vocational, technical, and adult
800	educational programs of the state in order to provide the
801	maximum use and meaningful employment of persons completing
802	courses of study from such programs;
803	Section 14.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) and subsection
804	(5) of section 110.1099, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
805	110.1099  Education and training opportunities for state
806	employees.--
807	(1)(a)  Education and training are an integral component in
808	improving the delivery of services to the public.  Recognizing
809	that the application of productivity-enhancing technology and
810	practice demands continuous educational and training
811	opportunities, a state employee may be authorized to receive a
812	voucher or grant, for matriculation fees, to attend work-related
813	courses at public community colleges, public career technical
814	centers, or public universities. The department may implement
815	the provisions of this section from funds appropriated to the
816	department for this purpose. In the event insufficient funds are
817	appropriated to the department, each state agency may supplement
818	these funds to support the training and education needs of its
819	employees from funds appropriated to the agency.
820	(5)  The Department of Management Services, in consultation
821	with the agencies and, to the extent applicable, with Florida's
822	public community colleges, public career technical centers, and
823	public universities, shall adopt rules to administer this
824	section.
825	Section 15.  Subsection (3) of section 112.19, Florida
826	Statutes, as amended by section 1 of chapter 2002-191, Laws of
827	Florida, is amended to read:
828	112.19  Law enforcement, correctional, and correctional
829	probation officers; death benefits.--
830	(3)  If a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional
831	probation officer is accidentally killed as specified in
832	paragraph (2)(b) on or after June 22, 1990, or unlawfully and
833	intentionally killed as specified in paragraph (2)(c) on or
834	after July 1, 1980, the state shall waive certain educational
835	expenses that the child or spouse of the deceased officer incurs
836	while obtaining a career vocational-technical certificate, an
837	undergraduate education, or a postgraduate education. The amount
838	waived by the state shall be an amount equal to the cost of
839	tuition and matriculation and registration fees for a total of
840	120 credit hours. The child or spouse may attend a state career
841	center vocational-technical school, a state community college,
842	or a state university. The child or spouse may attend any or all
843	of the institutions specified in this subsection, on either a
844	full-time or part-time basis. The benefits provided to a child
845	under this subsection shall continue until the child's 25th
846	birthday. The benefits provided to a spouse under this
847	subsection must commence within 5 years after the death occurs,
848	and entitlement thereto shall continue until the 10th
849	anniversary of that death.
850	(a)  Upon failure of any child or spouse benefited by the
851	provisions of this subsection to comply with the ordinary and
852	minimum requirements of the institution attended, both as to
853	discipline and scholarship, the benefits shall be withdrawn as
854	to the child or spouse and no further moneys may be expended for
855	the child's or spouse's benefits so long as such failure or
856	delinquency continues.
857	(b)  Only a student in good standing in his or her
858	respective institution may receive the benefits thereof.
859	(c)  A child or spouse receiving benefits under this
860	subsection must be enrolled according to the customary rules and
861	requirements of the institution attended.
862	Section 16.  Subsection (3) of section 112.19, Florida
863	Statutes, as amended by section 1 of chapter 2002-232, Laws of
864	Florida, as amended by section 9 of chapter 2003-1, Laws of
865	Florida, is amended to read:
866	112.19  Law enforcement, correctional, and correctional
867	probation officers; death benefits.--
868	(3)  If a law enforcement, correctional, or correctional
869	probation officer is accidentally killed as specified in
870	paragraph (2)(b) on or after June 22, 1990, or unlawfully and
871	intentionally killed as specified in paragraph (2)(c) on or
872	after July 1, 1980, the state shall waive certain educational
873	expenses that children of the deceased officer incur while
874	obtaining a career vocational-technical certificate, an
875	undergraduate education, or a graduate or postbaccalaureate
876	professional degree. The amount waived by the state shall be an
877	amount equal to the cost of tuition, matriculation, and other
878	statutorily authorized fees for a total of 120 credit hours for
879	a career vocational-technical certificate or an undergraduate
880	education. For a child pursuing a graduate or postbaccalaureate
881	professional degree, the amount waived shall equal the cost of
882	matriculation and other statutorily authorized fees incurred
883	while the child continues to fulfill the professional
884	requirements associated with the graduate or postbaccalaureate
885	professional degree program, and eligibility continues until the
886	child's 29th birthday. The child may attend a state career
887	center vocational-technical school, a state community college,
888	or a state university. The child may attend any or all of the
889	institutions specified in this subsection, on either a full-time
890	or part-time basis. For a child pursuing a career vocational-
891	technical certificate or an undergraduate education, the
892	benefits provided under this subsection shall continue to the
893	child until the child's 25th birthday. To be eligible for the
894	benefits provided under this subsection for enrollment in a
895	graduate or postbaccalaureate professional degree program, the
896	child must be a state resident, as defined in s. 1009.21, at the
897	time of enrollment.
898	(a)  Upon failure of any child benefited by the provisions
899	of this section to comply with the ordinary and minimum
900	requirements of the institution attended, both as to discipline
901	and scholarship, the benefits shall be withdrawn as to the child
902	and no further moneys may be expended for the child's benefits
903	so long as such failure or delinquency continues.
904	(b)  Only a student in good standing in his or her
905	respective institution may receive the benefits thereof.
906	(c)  A child receiving benefits under this section must be
907	enrolled according to the customary rules and requirements of
908	the institution attended.
909	Section 17.  Subsection (3) of section 112.191, Florida
910	Statutes, as amended by section 2 of chapter 2002-191, Laws of
911	Florida, is amended to read:
912	112.191  Firefighters; death benefits.--
913	(3)  If a firefighter is accidentally killed as specified
914	in paragraph (2)(b) on or after June 22, 1990, or unlawfully and
915	intentionally killed as specified in paragraph (2)(c), on or
916	after July 1, 1980, the state shall waive certain educational
917	expenses that the child or spouse of the deceased firefighter
918	incurs while obtaining a career vocational-technical
919	certificate, an undergraduate education, or a postgraduate
920	education. The amount waived by the state shall be an amount
921	equal to the cost of tuition and matriculation and registration
922	fees for a total of 120 credit hours. The child or spouse may
923	attend a state career center vocational-technical school, a
924	state community college, or a state university. The child or
925	spouse may attend any or all of the institutions specified in
926	this subsection, on either a full-time or part-time basis. The
927	benefits provided to a child under this subsection shall
928	continue until the child's 25th birthday. The benefits provided
929	to a spouse under this subsection must commence within 5 years
930	after the death occurs, and entitlement thereto shall continue
931	until the 10th anniversary of that death.
932	(a)  Upon failure of any child or spouse benefited by the
933	provisions of this subsection to comply with the ordinary and
934	minimum requirements of the institution attended, both as to
935	discipline and scholarship, the benefits thereof shall be
936	withdrawn as to the child or spouse and no further moneys
937	expended for the child's or spouse's benefits so long as such
938	failure or delinquency continues.
939	(b)  Only students in good standing in their respective
940	institutions shall receive the benefits thereof.
941	(c)  A child or spouse receiving benefits under this
942	subsection must be enrolled according to the customary rules and
943	requirements of the institution attended.
944	Section 18.  Subsection (3) of section 112.191, Florida
945	Statutes, as amended by section 2 of chapter 2002-232, Laws of
946	Florida, as amended by section 10 of chapter 2003-1, Laws of
947	Florida, is amended to read:
948	112.191  Firefighters; death benefits.--
949	(3)  If a firefighter is accidentally killed as specified
950	in paragraph (2)(b) on or after June 22, 1990, or unlawfully and
951	intentionally killed as specified in paragraph (2)(c), on or
952	after July 1, 1980, the state shall waive certain educational
953	expenses that children of the deceased firefighter incur while
954	obtaining a career vocational-technical certificate, an
955	undergraduate education, or a graduate or postbaccalaureate
956	professional degree. The amount waived by the state shall be an
957	amount equal to the cost of tuition, matriculation, and other
958	statutorily authorized fees for a total of 120 credit hours for
959	a career vocational-technical certificate or an undergraduate
960	education. For a child pursuing a graduate or postbaccalaureate
961	professional degree, the amount waived shall equal the cost of
962	matriculation and other statutorily authorized fees incurred
963	while the child continues to fulfill the professional
964	requirements associated with the graduate or postbaccalaureate
965	professional degree program, and eligibility continues until the
966	child's 29th birthday. The child may attend a state career
967	center vocational-technical school, a state community college,
968	or a state university. The child may attend any or all of the
969	institutions specified in this subsection, on either a full-time
970	or part-time basis. For a child pursuing a career vocational-
971	technical certificate or an undergraduate education, the
972	benefits provided under this subsection shall continue to such a
973	child until the child's 25th birthday. To be eligible for the
974	benefits provided under this subsection for enrollment in a
975	graduate or postbaccalaureate professional degree program, the
976	child must be a state resident, as defined in s. 1009.21, at the
977	time of enrollment.
978	(a)  Upon failure of any child benefited by the provisions
979	of this section to comply with the ordinary and minimum
980	requirements of the institution attended, both as to discipline
981	and scholarship, the benefits thereof shall be withdrawn as to
982	the child and no further moneys expended for the child's
983	benefits so long as such failure or delinquency continues.
984	(b)  Only students in good standing in their respective
985	institutions shall receive the benefits thereof.
986	(c)  All children receiving benefits under this section
987	shall be enrolled according to the customary rules and
988	requirements of the institution attended.
989	Section 19.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
990	112.1915, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
991	112.1915  Teachers and school administrators; death
992	benefits.--Any other provision of law to the contrary
993	notwithstanding:
994	(3)  If a teacher or school administrator dies under the
995	conditions in subsection (2), benefits shall be provided as
996	follows:
997	(d)  Waiver of certain educational expenses which children
998	of the deceased teacher or school administrator incur while
999	obtaining a career vocational-technical certificate or an
1000	undergraduate education shall be according to conditions set
1001	forth in this paragraph. The amount waived by the state shall be
1002	an amount equal to the cost of tuition and matriculation and
1003	registration fees for a total of 120 credit hours at a
1004	university. The child may attend a state career center
1005	vocational-technical school, a state community college, or a
1006	state university. The child may attend any or all of the
1007	institutions specified in this paragraph, on either a full-time
1008	or part-time basis. The benefits provided under this paragraph
1009	shall continue to the child until the child's 25th birthday.
1010	1.  Upon failure of any child benefited by the provisions
1011	of this paragraph to comply with the ordinary and minimum
1012	requirements of the institution attended, both as to discipline
1013	and scholarship, the benefits shall be withdrawn as to the child
1014	and no further moneys may be expended for the child's benefits
1015	so long as such failure or delinquency continues.
1016	2.  A student who becomes eligible for benefits under the
1017	provisions of this paragraph while enrolled in an institution
1018	must be in good standing with the institution to receive the
1019	benefits provided herein.
1020	3.  A child receiving benefits under this paragraph must be
1021	enrolled according to the customary rules and requirements of
1022	the institution attended.
1023	Section 20.  Subsection (3) of section 238.01, Florida
1024	Statutes, is amended to read:
1025	238.01  Definitions.--The following words and phrases as
1026	used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless a
1027	different meaning is plainly required by the context:
1028	(3)  "Teacher" means any member of the teaching or
1029	professional staff and any certificated employee of any public
1030	free school, of any district school system and career center
1031	vocational school, any member of the teaching or professional
1032	staff of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, child
1033	training schools of the Department of Juvenile Justice, the
1034	Department of Corrections, and any tax-supported institution of
1035	higher learning of the state, and any member and any certified
1036	employee of the Department of Education, any certified employee
1037	of the retirement system, any full-time employee of any
1038	nonprofit professional association or corporation of teachers
1039	functioning in Florida on a statewide basis, which seeks to
1040	protect and improve public school opportunities for children and
1041	advance the professional and welfare status of its members, any
1042	person now serving as superintendent, or who was serving as
1043	county superintendent of public instruction on July 1, 1939, and
1044	any hereafter duly elected or appointed superintendent, who
1045	holds a valid Florida teachers' certificate. In all cases of
1046	doubt the Department of Management Services shall determine
1047	whether any person is a teacher as defined herein.
1048	Section 21.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (7), paragraph (c)
1049	of subsection (8), and paragraph (b) of subsection (9) of
1050	section 250.10, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1051	250.10  Appointment and duties of the Adjutant General.--
1052	(7)  The Adjutant General and the State Board of Education
1053	shall develop education assistance programs for members in good
1054	standing of the active Florida National Guard who enroll in a
1055	public institution of higher learning in the state.
1056	(b)  The programs shall define those members of the active
1057	Florida National Guard who are ineligible to participate in the
1058	program and those courses of study which are not authorized for
1059	the program.
1060	1.  Such members include, but are not limited to:
1061	a.  Any member, commissioned officer, warrant officer, or
1062	enlisted person who has a baccalaureate degree.
1063	b.  Any member who has 15 years or more of total military
1064	service creditable toward retirement.
1065	c.  Any member who has not completed basic military
1066	training.
1067	2.  Courses not authorized include noncredit courses,
1068	courses that do not meet degree requirements, or courses that do
1069	not meet requirements for completion of career vocational-
1070	technical training.
1071	(8)  The Department of Military Affairs may administer a
1072	tuition exemption program, known as the State Tuition Exemption
1073	Program (STEP), for members of the Florida National Guard who
1074	qualify pursuant to subsection (7).
1075	(c)  Courses not authorized include noncredit courses,
1076	courses that do not meet degree requirements, or courses that do
1077	not meet requirements for completing career vocational-technical
1078	training.
1079	(9)  Subject to appropriations, the Department of Military
1080	Affairs may pay the full cost of tuition and fees for required
1081	courses for members of the Florida National Guard who enlist
1082	after June 30, 1997. This program shall be known as the
1083	Educational Dollars for Duty program (EDD) and is the primary
1084	program for these members.
1085	(b)  Courses not authorized include noncredit courses,
1086	courses that do not meet the degree requirements, or courses
1087	that do not meet requirements for completing career vocational-
1088	technical training.
1089	Section 22.  Subsection (1) of section 250.482, Florida
1090	Statutes, is amended to read:
1091	250.482  Troops ordered into state active service; not to
1092	be penalized by employers and postsecondary institutions.--
1093	(1)  If a member of the Florida National Guard is ordered
1094	into state active duty pursuant to this chapter, a private or
1095	public employer, or an employing or appointing authority of this
1096	state, its counties, school districts, municipalities, political
1097	subdivisions, career centers vocational or technical schools,
1098	community colleges, or universities, may not discharge,
1099	reprimand, or in any other way penalize such member because of
1100	his or her absence by reason of state active duty.
1101	Section 23.  Subsection (3) of section 288.047, Florida
1102	Statutes, is amended to read:
1103	288.047  Quick-response training for economic
1104	development.--
1105	(3)  Requests for funding through the Quick-Response
1106	Training Program may be produced through inquiries from a
1107	specific business or industry, inquiries from a school district
1108	director of career education or community college occupational
1109	dean on behalf of a business or industry, or through official
1110	state or local economic development efforts. In allocating funds
1111	for the purposes of the program, Workforce Florida, Inc., shall
1112	establish criteria for approval of requests for funding and
1113	shall select the entity that provides the most efficient, cost-
1114	effective instruction meeting such criteria. Program funds may
1115	be allocated to any career area technical center, community
1116	college, or state university. Program funds may be allocated to
1117	private postsecondary institutions only upon a review that
1118	includes, but is not limited to, accreditation and licensure
1119	documentation and prior approval by Workforce Florida, Inc.
1120	Instruction funded through the program must terminate when
1121	participants demonstrate competence at the level specified in
1122	the request; however, the grant term may not exceed 24 months.
1123	Costs and expenditures for the Quick-Response Training Program
1124	must be documented and separated from those incurred by the
1125	training provider.
1126	Section 24.  Subsection (1) of section 288.9511, Florida
1127	Statutes, is amended to read:
1128	288.9511  Definitions.--As used in ss. 288.9511-288.9517,
1129	the term:
1130	(1)  "Educational institutions" means Florida career
1131	centers technical institutes and vocational schools, and public
1132	and private community colleges, colleges, and universities in
1133	the state.
1134	Section 25.  Subsection (1) of section 292.05, Florida
1135	Statutes, is amended to read:
1136	292.05  Duties of Department of Veterans' Affairs.--
1137	(1)  The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall provide
1138	assistance to all former, present, and future members of the
1139	Armed Forces of the United States and their dependents in
1140	preparing claims for and securing such compensation,
1141	hospitalization, career vocational training, and other benefits
1142	or privileges to which such persons or any of them are or may
1143	become entitled under any federal or state law or regulation by
1144	reason of their service in the Armed Forces of the United
1145	States.  All services rendered under this subsection shall be
1146	without charge to the claimant.
1147	Section 26.  Section 292.10, Florida Statutes, is amended
1148	to read:
1149	292.10  Local governing bodies authorized to assist war
1150	veterans; powers.--The board of county commissioners of each
1151	county and the governing body of each city in the state are
1152	hereby granted full and complete power and authority to aid and
1153	assist wherever practical and feasible the veterans, male and
1154	female, who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States
1155	in any war and received an honorable discharge from any branch
1156	of the military service of the United States, and their
1157	dependents, in presenting claims for and securing such
1158	compensation, hospitalization, education, loans, career
1159	vocational training, and other benefits or privileges to which
1160	said veterans, or any of them, are or may become entitled under
1161	any federal or state law or regulation by reason of their
1162	service in the Armed Forces of the United States.
1163	Section 27.  Section 295.02, Florida Statutes, is amended
1164	to read:
1165	295.02  Use of funds; age, etc.--All sums appropriated and
1166	expended under this chapter shall be used to pay tuition and
1167	registration fees, board, and room rent and to buy books and
1168	supplies for the children of deceased or disabled veterans or
1169	service members, as defined and limited in s. 295.01, s.
1170	295.016, s. 295.017, s. 295.018, or s. 295.0195, or of parents
1171	classified as prisoners of war or missing in action, as defined
1172	and limited in s. 295.015, who are between the ages of 16 and 22
1173	years and who are in attendance at a state-supported institution
1174	of higher learning, including a community college or career
1175	center vocational-technical school. Any child having entered
1176	upon a course of training or education under the provisions of
1177	this chapter, consisting of a course of not more than 4 years,
1178	and arriving at the age of 22 years before the completion of
1179	such course may continue the course and receive all benefits of
1180	the provisions of this chapter until the course is completed.
1181	The Department of Education shall administer this educational
1182	program subject to regulations of the department.
1183	Section 28.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 295.125,
1184	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1185	295.125  Preference for admission to career vocational
1186	training.--
1187	(1)  It is the intent of the Legislature through enactment
1188	of this section to assist returning veterans of the Southeast
1189	Asian conflict to train themselves for a civilian future.
1190	Although the provisions of this section apply only to state-
1191	supported career center vocational-technical facilities and
1192	programs, it is the further intent of the Legislature to
1193	encourage privately supported career vocational-technical
1194	schools and centers to join with the state in assisting our
1195	returning veterans by providing preferences for them in
1196	admission procedures and standards.
1197	(2)  In determining order of admission or acceptance for
1198	students, every career vocational training center, vocational-
1199	technical school, or career vocational program which receives
1200	state funding or support shall give preference as provided in
1201	subsection (3) to a person who served in the Armed Forces of the
1202	United States at any time during the Vietnam Era, as defined in
1203	s. 1.01(14), and who has been separated therefrom under
1204	honorable conditions, if such person's enrollment is directly
1205	related to his or her present employment or to his or her
1206	securing employment.
1207	Section 29.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
1208	339.0805, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1209	339.0805  Funds to be expended with certified disadvantaged
1210	business enterprises; specified percentage to be expended;
1211	construction management development program; bond guarantee
1212	program.--It is the policy of the state to meaningfully assist
1213	socially and economically disadvantaged business enterprises
1214	through a program that will provide for the development of
1215	skills through construction and business management training, as
1216	well as by providing contracting opportunities and financial
1217	assistance in the form of bond guarantees, to primarily remedy
1218	the effects of past economic disparity.
1219	(3)  The head of the department is authorized to expend up
1220	to 6 percent of the funds specified in subsection (1) which are
1221	designated to be expended on small business firms owned and
1222	controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged
1223	individuals to conduct, by contract or otherwise, a construction
1224	management development program. Participation in the program
1225	will be limited to those firms which are certified under the
1226	provisions of subsection (1) by the department or the federal
1227	Small Business Administration or to any firm which has annual
1228	gross receipts not exceeding $2 million averaged over a 3-year
1229	period. The program will consist of classroom instruction and
1230	on-the-job instruction. To the extent feasible, the registration
1231	fee shall be set to cover the cost of instruction and overhead.
1232	No salary will be paid to any participant.
1233	(d)  The department shall develop, under contract with the
1234	State University System, the community college system, a school
1235	district in behalf of its career vocational-technical center, or
1236	a private consulting firm, a curriculum for instruction in the
1237	courses that will lead to a certification of proficiency in the
1238	construction management development program.
1239	Section 30.  Subsection (7) of section 364.508, Florida
1240	Statutes, is amended to read:
1241	364.508  Definitions.--As used in this part:
1242	(7)  "Eligible facilities" means all approved campuses and
1243	instructional centers of all public universities, public
1244	community colleges, career area technical centers, public
1245	elementary schools, middle schools, and high schools, including
1246	school administrative offices, public libraries, teaching
1247	hospitals, the research institute described in s. 1004.43, and
1248	rural public hospitals as defined in s. 395.602. If no rural
1249	public hospital exists in a community, the public health clinic
1250	which is responsible for individuals before they can be
1251	transferred to a regional hospital shall be considered eligible.
1252	Section 31.  Section 376.0705, Florida Statutes, is amended
1253	to read:
1254	376.0705  Development of training programs and educational
1255	materials.--The department shall encourage the development of
1256	training programs for personnel needed for pollutant discharge
1257	prevention and cleanup activities. The department shall work
1258	with accredited community colleges, career vocational-technical
1259	centers, state universities, and private institutions in
1260	developing educational materials, courses of study, and other
1261	such information to be made available for persons seeking to be
1262	trained for pollutant discharge prevention and cleanup
1263	activities.
1264	Section 32.  Paragraph (k) of subsection (3) of section
1265	380.0651, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1266	380.0651  Statewide guidelines and standards.--
1267	(3)  The following statewide guidelines and standards shall
1268	be applied in the manner described in s. 380.06(2) to determine
1269	whether the following developments shall be required to undergo
1270	development-of-regional-impact review:
1271	(k)  Schools.--
1272	1.  The proposed construction of any public, private, or
1273	proprietary postsecondary educational campus which provides for
1274	a design population of more than 5,000 full-time equivalent
1275	students, or the proposed physical expansion of any public,
1276	private, or proprietary postsecondary educational campus having
1277	such a design population that would increase the population by
1278	at least 20 percent of the design population.
1279	2.  As used in this paragraph, "full-time equivalent
1280	student" means enrollment for 15 or more quarter hours during a
1281	single academic semester. In career centers technical schools or
1282	other institutions which do not employ semester hours or quarter
1283	hours in accounting for student participation, enrollment for 18
1284	contact hours shall be considered equivalent to one quarter
1285	hour, and enrollment for 27 contact hours shall be considered
1286	equivalent to one semester hour.
1287	3.  This paragraph does not apply to institutions which are
1288	the subject of a campus master plan adopted by the university
1289	board of trustees pursuant to s. 1013.30.
1290	Section 33.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of section
1291	402.305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1292	402.305  Licensing standards; child care facilities.--
1293	(2)  PERSONNEL.--Minimum standards for child care personnel
1294	shall include minimum requirements as to:
1295	(d)  Minimum training requirements for child care
1296	personnel.
1297	1.  Such minimum standards for training shall ensure that
1298	all child care personnel take an approved 40-clock-hour
1299	introductory course in child care, which course covers at least
1300	the following topic areas:
1301	a.  State and local rules and regulations which govern
1302	child care.
1303	b.  Health, safety, and nutrition.
1304	c.  Identifying and reporting child abuse and neglect.
1305	d.  Child development, including typical and atypical
1306	language, cognitive, motor, social, and self-help skills
1307	development.
1308	e.  Observation of developmental behaviors, including using
1309	a checklist or other similar observation tools and techniques to
1310	determine the child's developmental age level.
1311	f.  Specialized areas, including computer technology for
1312	professional and classroom use and early literacy and language
1313	development of children from birth to 5 years of age, as
1314	determined by the department, for owner-operators and child care
1315	personnel of a child care facility.
1316
1317	Within 90 days after employment, child care personnel shall
1318	begin training to meet the training requirements. Child care
1319	personnel shall successfully complete such training within 1
1320	year after the date on which the training began, as evidenced by
1321	passage of a competency examination. Successful completion of
1322	the 40-clock-hour introductory course shall articulate into
1323	community college credit in early childhood education, pursuant
1324	to ss. 1007.24 and 1007.25. Exemption from all or a portion of
1325	the required training shall be granted to child care personnel
1326	based upon educational credentials or passage of competency
1327	examinations. Child care personnel possessing a 2-year degree or
1328	higher that includes 6 college credit hours in early childhood
1329	development or child growth and development, or a child
1330	development associate credential or an equivalent state-approved
1331	child development associate credential, or a child development
1332	associate waiver certificate shall be automatically exempted
1333	from the training requirements in sub-subparagraphs b., d., and
1334	e.
1335	2.  The introductory course in child care shall stress, to
1336	the extent possible, an interdisciplinary approach to the study
1337	of children.
1338	3.  On an annual basis in order to further their child care
1339	skills and, if appropriate, administrative skills, child care
1340	personnel who have fulfilled the requirements for the child care
1341	training shall be required to take an additional 1 continuing
1342	education unit of approved inservice training, or 10 clock hours
1343	of equivalent training, as determined by the department.
1344	4.  Child care personnel shall be required to complete 0.5
1345	continuing education unit of approved training or 5 clock hours
1346	of equivalent training, as determined by the department, in
1347	early literacy and language development of children from birth
1348	to 5 years of age one time. The year that this training is
1349	completed, it shall fulfill the 0.5 continuing education unit or
1350	5 clock hours of the annual training required in subparagraph 3.
1351	5.  Procedures for ensuring the training of qualified child
1352	care professionals to provide training of child care personnel,
1353	including onsite training, shall be included in the minimum
1354	standards. It is recommended that the state community child care
1355	coordination agencies (central agencies) be contracted by the
1356	department to coordinate such training when possible. Other
1357	district educational resources, such as community colleges and
1358	career vocational-technical programs, can be designated in such
1359	areas where central agencies may not exist or are determined not
1360	to have the capability to meet the coordination requirements set
1361	forth by the department.
1362	6.  Training requirements shall not apply to certain
1363	occasional or part-time support staff, including, but not
1364	limited to, swimming instructors, piano teachers, dance
1365	instructors, and gymnastics instructors.
1366	7.  The department shall evaluate or contract for an
1367	evaluation for the general purpose of determining the status of
1368	and means to improve staff training requirements and testing
1369	procedures. The evaluation shall be conducted every 2 years. The
1370	evaluation shall include, but not be limited to, determining the
1371	availability, quality, scope, and sources of current staff
1372	training; determining the need for specialty training; and
1373	determining ways to increase inservice training and ways to
1374	increase the accessibility, quality, and cost-effectiveness of
1375	current and proposed staff training. The evaluation methodology
1376	shall include a reliable and valid survey of child care
1377	personnel.
1378	8.  The child care operator shall be required to take basic
1379	training in serving children with disabilities within 5 years
1380	after employment, either as a part of the introductory training
1381	or the annual 8 hours of inservice training.
1382	Section 34.  Subsections (3) and (4) of section 402.3051,
1383	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1384	402.3051  Child care market rate reimbursement; child care
1385	grants.--
1386	(3)  The department may provide child care grants to
1387	central agencies, community colleges, and career
1388	vocational/technical programs for the purpose of providing
1389	support and technical assistance to licensed child care
1390	providers.
1391	(4)  The department may use the state community child care
1392	coordination agencies (central agencies), community colleges,
1393	and career vocational/technical programs to implement this
1394	section.
1395	Section 35.  Subsection (2) of section 403.716, Florida
1396	Statutes, is amended to read:
1397	403.716  Training of operators of solid waste management
1398	and other facilities.--
1399	(2)  The department shall work with accredited community
1400	colleges, career vocational-technical centers, state
1401	universities, and private institutions in developing educational
1402	materials, courses of study, and other such information to be
1403	made available for persons seeking to be trained as operators of
1404	solid waste management facilities.
1405	Section 36.  Subsection (8) of section 414.0252, Florida
1406	Statutes, is amended to read:
1407	414.0252  Definitions.--As used in ss. 414.025-414.55, the
1408	term:
1409	(8)  "Minor child" means a child under 18 years of age, or
1410	under 19 years of age if the child is a full-time student in a
1411	secondary school or at the equivalent level of career vocational
1412	or technical training, and does not include anyone who is
1413	married or divorced.
1414	Section 37.  Subsection (11) of section 420.0004, Florida
1415	Statutes, is amended to read:
1416	420.0004  Definitions.--As used in this part, unless the
1417	context otherwise indicates:
1418	(11)  "Student" means any person not living with his or her
1419	parent or guardian who is eligible to be claimed by his or her
1420	parent or guardian as a dependent under the federal income tax
1421	code and who is enrolled on at least a half-time basis in a
1422	secondary school, career vocational-technical center, community
1423	college, college, or university.
1424	Section 38.  Subsection (5) of section 420.524, Florida
1425	Statutes, is amended to read:
1426	420.524  Definitions relating to Predevelopment Loan
1427	Program Act.--For the purpose of ss. 420.521-420.529, the term:
1428	(5)  "Student" means any person not living with that
1429	person's parent or guardian who is eligible to be claimed by
1430	that person's parent or guardian as a dependent under the
1431	federal income tax code and who is enrolled on at least a half-
1432	time basis in a secondary school, career vocational-technical
1433	center, community college, college, or university. The term does
1434	not include a person participating in an educational or training
1435	program approved by the corporation.
1436	Section 39.  Subsection (11) of section 420.602, Florida
1437	Statutes, is amended to read:
1438	420.602  Definitions.--As used in this part, the following
1439	terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context
1440	otherwise requires:
1441	(11)  "Student" means any person not living with his or her
1442	parent or guardian who is eligible to be claimed by his or her
1443	parent or guardian as a dependent under the federal income tax
1444	code and who is enrolled on at least a half-time basis in a
1445	secondary school, career vocational-technical center, community
1446	college, college, or university.
1447	Section 40.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
1448	440.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1449	440.16  Compensation for death.--
1450	(1)  If death results from the accident within 1 year
1451	thereafter or follows continuous disability and results from the
1452	accident within 5 years thereafter, the employer shall pay:
1453	(c)  To the surviving spouse, payment of postsecondary
1454	student fees for instruction at any career area technical center
1455	established under s. 1001.44 for up to 1,800 classroom hours or
1456	payment of student fees at any community college established
1457	under part III of chapter 1004 for up to 80 semester hours. The
1458	spouse of a deceased state employee shall be entitled to a full
1459	waiver of such fees as provided in ss. 1009.22 and 1009.23 in
1460	lieu of the payment of such fees. The benefits provided for in
1461	this paragraph shall be in addition to other benefits provided
1462	for in this section and shall terminate 7 years after the death
1463	of the deceased employee, or when the total payment in eligible
1464	compensation under paragraph(b) has been received.  To qualify
1465	for the educational benefit under this paragraph, the spouse
1466	shall be required to meet and maintain the regular admission
1467	requirements of, and be registered at, such career area
1468	technical center or community college, and make satisfactory
1469	academic progress as defined by the educational institution in
1470	which the student is enrolled.
1471	Section 41.  Subsection (4) of section 443.171, Florida
1472	Statutes, is amended to read:
1473	443.171  Agency for Workforce Innovation and commission;
1474	powers and duties; records and reports; proceedings; state-
1475	federal cooperation.--
1476	(4)  EMPLOYMENT STABILIZATION.--The Agency for Workforce
1477	Innovation, under the direction of Workforce Florida, Inc.,
1478	shall take all appropriate steps to reduce and prevent
1479	unemployment; to encourage and assist in the adoption of
1480	practical methods of career vocational training, retraining, and
1481	career vocational guidance; to investigate, recommend, advise,
1482	and assist in the establishment and operation, by
1483	municipalities, counties, school districts, and the state, of
1484	reserves for public works to be used in times of business
1485	depression and unemployment; to promote the reemployment of the
1486	unemployed workers throughout the state in every other way that
1487	may be feasible; to refer any claimant entitled to extended
1488	benefits to suitable work which meets the criteria of this
1489	chapter; and, to these ends, to carry on and publish the results
1490	of investigations and research studies.
1491	Section 42.  Subsection (2) of section 445.003, Florida
1492	Statutes, is amended to read:
1493	445.003  Implementation of the federal Workforce Investment
1494	Act of 1998.--
1495	(2)  FIVE-YEAR PLAN.--Workforce Florida, Inc., shall
1496	prepare and submit a 5-year plan, which includes secondary
1497	career vocational education, to fulfill the early implementation
1498	requirements of Pub. L. No. 105-220 and applicable state
1499	statutes. Mandatory federal partners and optional federal
1500	partners shall be fully involved in designing the plan's one-
1501	stop delivery system strategy. The plan shall detail a process
1502	to clearly define each program's statewide duties and role
1503	relating to the system. Any optional federal partner may
1504	immediately choose to fully integrate its program's plan with
1505	this plan, which shall, notwithstanding any other state
1506	provisions, fulfill all their state planning and reporting
1507	requirements as they relate to the one-stop delivery system. The
1508	plan shall detail a process that would fully integrate all
1509	federally mandated and optional partners by the second year of
1510	the plan. All optional federal program partners in the planning
1511	process shall be mandatory participants in the second year of
1512	the plan.
1513	Section 43.  Paragraphs (b) and (d) of subsection (6) of
1514	section 445.004, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1515	445.004  Workforce Florida, Inc.; creation; purpose;
1516	membership; duties and powers.--
1517	(6)  Workforce Florida, Inc., may take action that it deems
1518	necessary to achieve the purposes of this section, including,
1519	but not limited to:
1520	(b)  Establishing policy direction for a funding system
1521	that provides incentives to improve the outcomes of career
1522	vocational education programs, and of registered apprenticeship
1523	and work-based learning programs, and that focuses resources on
1524	occupations related to new or emerging industries that add
1525	greatly to the value of the state's economy.
1526	(d)  Designating Institutes of Applied Technology composed
1527	of public and private postsecondary institutions working
1528	together with business and industry to ensure that career
1529	technical and vocational education programs use the most
1530	advanced technology and instructional methods available and
1531	respond to the changing needs of business and industry.
1532	Section 44.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (8) of section
1533	445.009, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1534	445.009  One-stop delivery system.--
1535	(8)
1536	(f)  The accountability measures to be used in documenting
1537	competencies acquired by the participant during training shall
1538	be literacy completion points and occupational completion
1539	points. Literacy completion points refers to the academic or
1540	workforce readiness competencies that qualify a person for
1541	further basic education, career vocational education, or for
1542	employment. Occupational completion points refers to the career
1543	vocational competencies that qualify a person to enter an
1544	occupation that is linked to a career vocational program.
1545	Section 45.  Subsections (5) and (9) of section 445.012,
1546	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1547	445.012  Careers for Florida's Future Incentive Grant
1548	Program.--
1549	(5)  A recipient who is pursuing a baccalaureate degree
1550	shall receive $100 for each lower-division credit hour in which
1551	the student is enrolled at an eligible college or university, up
1552	to a maximum of $1,500 per semester, and $200 for each upper-
1553	division credit hour in which the student is enrolled at an
1554	eligible college or university, up to a maximum of $3,000 per
1555	semester. For purposes of this section, a student is pursuing a
1556	baccalaureate degree if he or she is in a program that
1557	articulates into a baccalaureate degree program by agreement of
1558	the Articulation Coordinating Committee. A student in an applied
1559	technology diploma program, a certificate career education
1560	program, or a degree career education program that does not
1561	articulate into a baccalaureate degree program shall receive $2
1562	for each career vocational contact hour, or the equivalent, for
1563	certificate programs, or $60 for each credit hour, or the
1564	equivalent, for degree career education programs and applied
1565	technology programs for which the student is enrolled at an
1566	eligible college, career technical center, or nonpublic career
1567	education school.
1568	(9)  Funds may not be used to pay for remedial, college-
1569	preparatory, or career-preparatory vocational-preparatory
1570	coursework.
1571	Section 46.  Subsection (1) of section 445.0123, Florida
1572	Statutes, is amended to read:
1573	445.0123  Eligible postsecondary education institutions.--A
1574	student is eligible for an award or the renewal of an award from
1575	the Careers for Florida's Future Incentive Grant Program if the
1576	student meets the requirements for the program as described in
1577	ss. 445.012-445.0125 and is enrolled in a postsecondary
1578	education institution that meets the description of any one of
1579	the following:
1580	(1)  A public university, community college, or career
1581	technical center in this state.
1582	Section 47.  Paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section
1583	445.024, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1584	445.024  Work requirements.--
1585	(1)  WORK ACTIVITIES.--The following activities may be used
1586	individually or in combination to satisfy the work requirements
1587	for a participant in the temporary cash assistance program:
1588	(g)  Career Vocational education or training.--Career
1589	Vocational education or training is education or training
1590	designed to provide participants with the skills and
1591	certification necessary for employment in an occupational area.
1592	Career Vocational education or training may be used as a primary
1593	program activity for participants when it has been determined
1594	that the individual has demonstrated compliance with other
1595	phases of program participation and successful completion of the
1596	career vocational education or training is likely to result in
1597	employment entry at a higher wage than the participant would
1598	have been likely to attain without completion of the career
1599	vocational education or training. Career Vocational education or
1600	training may be combined with other program activities and also
1601	may be used to upgrade skills or prepare for a higher paying
1602	occupational area for a participant who is employed.
1603	1.  Unless otherwise provided in this section, career
1604	vocational education shall not be used as the primary program
1605	activity for a period which exceeds 12 months. The 12-month
1606	restriction applies to instruction in a career education program
1607	and does not include remediation of basic skills, including
1608	English language proficiency, if remediation is necessary to
1609	enable a participant to benefit from a career education program.
1610	Any necessary remediation must be completed before a participant
1611	is referred to career vocational education as the primary work
1612	activity. In addition, use of career vocational education or
1613	training shall be restricted to the limitation established in
1614	federal law. Career Vocational education included in a program
1615	leading to a high school diploma shall not be considered career
1616	vocational education for purposes of this section.
1617	2.  When possible, a provider of career vocational
1618	education or training shall use funds provided by funding
1619	sources other than the regional workforce board. The regional
1620	workforce board may provide additional funds to a career
1621	vocational education or training provider only if payment is
1622	made pursuant to a performance-based contract. Under a
1623	performance-based contract, the provider may be partially paid
1624	when a participant completes education or training, but the
1625	majority of payment shall be made following the participant's
1626	employment at a specific wage or job retention for a specific
1627	duration. Performance-based payments made under this
1628	subparagraph are limited to education or training for targeted
1629	occupations identified by the Workforce Estimating Conference
1630	under s. 216.136, or other programs identified by Workforce
1631	Florida, Inc., as beneficial to meet the needs of designated
1632	groups who are hard to place. If the contract pays the full cost
1633	of training, the community college or school district may not
1634	report the participants for other state funding.
1635	Section 48.  Paragraph (i) of subsection (7) of section
1636	445.049, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1637	445.049  Digital Divide Council.--
1638	(7)  PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND GOALS.--The programs authorized
1639	by this section shall have the following objectives and goals:
1640	(i)  Using information technology to enable members of at-
1641	risk families who are no longer enrolled in K-12 schools to
1642	obtain the education needed to achieve successful completion of
1643	general education development test preparation to earn a high
1644	school diploma, an applied technology diploma, a career
1645	vocational certificate, an associate of arts degree, or a
1646	baccalaureate degree.
1647	Section 49.  Subsection (1) of section 446.011, Florida
1648	Statutes, is amended to read:
1649	446.011  Legislative intent regarding apprenticeship
1650	training.--
1651	(1)  It is the intent of the State of Florida to provide
1652	educational opportunities for its young people so that they can
1653	be trained for trades, occupations, and professions suited to
1654	their abilities. It is the intent of this act to promote the
1655	mode of training known as apprenticeship in occupations
1656	throughout industry in the state that require physical
1657	manipulative skills. By broadening job training opportunities
1658	and providing for increased coordination between public school
1659	academic programs, career vocational programs, and registered
1660	apprenticeship programs, the young people of the state will
1661	benefit from the valuable training opportunities developed when
1662	on-the-job training is combined with academic-related classroom
1663	experiences. This act is intended to develop the apparent
1664	potentials in apprenticeship training by assisting in the
1665	establishment of preapprenticeship programs in the public school
1666	system and elsewhere and by expanding presently registered
1667	programs as well as promoting new registered programs in jobs
1668	that lend themselves to apprenticeship training.
1669	Section 50.  Subsection (2) of section 446.052, Florida
1670	Statutes, is amended to read:
1671	446.052  Preapprenticeship program.--
1672	(2)  The Division of Workforce Development of the
1673	Department of Education, under regulations established by the
1674	State Board of Education, is authorized to administer the
1675	provisions of ss. 446.011-446.092 that relate to
1676	preapprenticeship programs in cooperation with district school
1677	boards and community college district boards of trustees.
1678	District school boards, community college district boards of
1679	trustees, and registered program sponsors shall cooperate in
1680	developing and establishing programs that include career
1681	vocational instruction and general education courses required to
1682	obtain a high school diploma.
1683	Section 51.  Subsection (5) of section 446.22, Florida
1684	Statutes, is amended to read:
1685	446.22  Definitions.--As used in this act, the following
1686	words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth herein,
1687	except where the context otherwise requires:
1688	(5)  "Educational facility" means any secondary school,
1689	community college, university, or career center vocational
1690	school participating in the program.
1691	Section 52.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2), paragraph (a)
1692	of subsection (3), and paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of
1693	section 475.17, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1694	475.17  Qualifications for practice.--
1695	(2)(a)1.  In addition to other requirements under this
1696	part, the commission may require the satisfactory completion of
1697	one or more of the educational courses or equivalent courses
1698	conducted, offered, sponsored, prescribed, or approved pursuant
1699	to s. 475.04, taken at an accredited college, university, or
1700	community college, at a career an area technical center, or at a
1701	registered real estate school, as a condition precedent for any
1702	person to become licensed or to renew her or his license as a
1703	broker, broker associate, or sales associate. The course or
1704	courses required for one to become initially licensed shall not
1705	exceed a total of 63 classroom hours of 50 minutes each,
1706	inclusive of examination, for a sales associate and 72 classroom
1707	hours of 50 minutes each, inclusive of examination, for a
1708	broker. The satisfactory completion of an examination
1709	administered by the accredited college, university, or community
1710	college, by a career the area technical center, or by the
1711	registered real estate school shall be the basis for determining
1712	satisfactory completion of the course. However, notice of
1713	satisfactory completion shall not be issued if the student has
1714	absences in excess of 8 classroom hours.
1715	2.  A distance learning course or courses shall be approved
1716	by the commission as an option to classroom hours as
1717	satisfactory completion of the course or courses as required by
1718	this section. The schools authorized by this section have the
1719	option of providing classroom courses, distance learning
1720	courses, or both. However, satisfactory completion of a distance
1721	learning course requires the satisfactory completion of a timed
1722	distance learning course examination. Such examination shall not
1723	be required to be monitored or given at a centralized location.
1724	3.  Such required course or courses must be made available
1725	by correspondence or other suitable means to any person who, by
1726	reason of hardship, as defined by rule, cannot attend the place
1727	or places where the course or courses are regularly conducted or
1728	does not have access to the distance learning course or courses.
1729	(3)(a)  The commission may prescribe a postlicensure
1730	education requirement in order for a person to maintain a valid
1731	sales associate's license, which shall not exceed 45 classroom
1732	hours of 50 minutes each, inclusive of examination, prior to the
1733	first renewal following initial licensure. If prescribed, this
1734	shall consist of one or more commission-approved courses which
1735	total at least 45 classroom hours on one or more subjects which
1736	include, but are not limited to, property management, appraisal,
1737	real estate finance, the economics of real estate management,
1738	marketing, technology, sales and listing of properties, business
1739	office management, courses teaching practical real estate
1740	application skills, development of business plans, marketing of
1741	property, and time management. Required postlicensure education
1742	courses must be provided by an accredited college, university,
1743	or community college, by a career an area technical center, by a
1744	registered real estate school, or by a commission-approved
1745	sponsor.
1746	(4)(a)  The commission may prescribe a postlicensure
1747	education requirement in order for a person to maintain a valid
1748	broker's license, which shall not exceed 60 classroom hours of
1749	50 minutes each, inclusive of examination, prior to the first
1750	renewal following initial licensure. If prescribed, this shall
1751	consist of one or more commission-approved courses which total
1752	at least 60 classroom hours on one or more subjects which
1753	include, but are not limited to, advanced appraisal, advanced
1754	property management, real estate marketing, business law,
1755	advanced real estate investment analyses, advanced legal
1756	aspects, general accounting, real estate economics,
1757	syndications, commercial brokerage, feasibility analyses,
1758	advanced real estate finance, residential brokerage, advanced
1759	marketing, technology, advanced business planning, time
1760	management, or real estate brokerage office operations. Required
1761	postlicensure education courses must be provided by an
1762	accredited college, university, or community college, by a
1763	career an area technical center, by a registered real estate
1764	school, or by a commission-approved sponsor.
1765	Section 53.  Subsection (1) and paragraph (c) of subsection
1766	(2) of section 475.451, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1767	475.451  Schools teaching real estate practice.--
1768	(1)  Each person, school, or institution, except approved
1769	and accredited colleges, universities, community colleges, and
1770	career area technical centers in this state, which offers or
1771	conducts any course of study in real estate practice, teaches
1772	any course prescribed by the commission as a condition precedent
1773	to licensure or renewal of licensure as a broker or sales
1774	associate, or teaches any course designed or represented to
1775	enable or assist applicants for licensure as brokers or sales
1776	associates to pass examinations for such licensure shall, before
1777	commencing or continuing further to offer or conduct such course
1778	or courses, obtain a permit from the department and abide by the
1779	regulations imposed upon such person, school, or institution by
1780	this chapter and rules of the commission adopted pursuant to
1781	this chapter. The exemption for colleges, universities,
1782	community colleges, and career area technical centers is limited
1783	to transferable college credit courses offered by such
1784	institutions.
1785	(2)  An applicant for a permit to operate a proprietary
1786	real estate school, to be a chief administrator of a proprietary
1787	real estate school or a state institution, or to be an
1788	instructor for a proprietary real estate school or a state
1789	institution must meet the qualifications for practice set forth
1790	in s. 475.17(1) and the following minimal requirements:
1791	(c)  "School instructor" means an individual who instructs
1792	persons in the classroom in noncredit college courses in a
1793	college, university, or community college or courses in a career
1794	an area technical center or proprietary real estate school.
1795	1.  Before commencing to provide such instruction, the
1796	applicant must certify the applicant's competency and obtain an
1797	instructor permit by meeting one of the following requirements:
1798	a.  Hold a bachelor's degree in a business-related subject,
1799	such as real estate, finance, accounting, business
1800	administration, or its equivalent and hold a valid broker's
1801	license in this state.
1802	b.  Hold a bachelor's degree, have extensive real estate
1803	experience, as defined by rule, and hold a valid broker's
1804	license in this state.
1805	c.  Pass an instructor's examination approved by the
1806	commission.
1807	2.  Any requirement by the commission for a teaching
1808	demonstration or practical examination must apply to all school
1809	instructor applicants.
1810	3.  The department shall renew an instructor permit upon
1811	receipt of a renewal application and fee. The renewal
1812	application shall include proof that the permitholder has, since
1813	the issuance or renewal of the current permit, successfully
1814	completed a minimum of 7 classroom hours of instruction in real
1815	estate subjects or instructional techniques, as prescribed by
1816	the commission. The commission shall adopt rules providing for
1817	the renewal of instructor permits at least every 2 years. Any
1818	permit which is not renewed at the end of the permit period
1819	established by the department shall automatically revert to
1820	involuntarily inactive status.
1821
1822	The department may require an applicant to submit names of
1823	persons having knowledge concerning the applicant and the
1824	enterprise; may propound interrogatories to such persons and to
1825	the applicant concerning the character of the applicant,
1826	including the taking of fingerprints for processing through the
1827	Federal Bureau of Investigation; and shall make such
1828	investigation of the applicant or the school or institution as
1829	it may deem necessary to the granting of the permit. If an
1830	objection is filed, it shall be considered in the same manner as
1831	objections or administrative complaints against other applicants
1832	for licensure by the department.
1833	Section 54.  Subsection (1), paragraph (b) of subsection
1834	(2), paragraph (b) of subsection (3), and paragraph (b) of
1835	subsection (4) of section 475.617, Florida Statutes, are amended
1836	to read:
1837	475.617  Education and experience requirements.--
1838	(1)  To be registered as a trainee appraiser, an applicant
1839	must present evidence satisfactory to the board that she or he
1840	has successfully completed at least 75 hours of approved
1841	academic courses in subjects related to real estate appraisal,
1842	which shall include coverage of the Uniform Standards of
1843	Professional Appraisal Practice from a nationally recognized or
1844	state-recognized appraisal organization, career area technical
1845	center, accredited community college, college, or university,
1846	state or federal agency or commission, or proprietary real
1847	estate school that holds a permit pursuant to s. 475.451. The
1848	board may increase the required number of hours to not more than
1849	100 hours. A classroom hour is defined as 50 minutes out of each
1850	60-minute segment. Past courses may be approved on an hour-for-
1851	hour basis.
1852	(2)  To be licensed as an appraiser, an applicant must
1853	present evidence satisfactory to the board that she or he:
1854	(b)  Has successfully completed at least 90 classroom
1855	hours, inclusive of examination, of approved academic courses in
1856	subjects related to real estate appraisal, which shall include
1857	coverage of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
1858	Practice from a nationally recognized or state-recognized
1859	appraisal organization, career area technical center, accredited
1860	community college, college, or university, state or federal
1861	agency or commission, or proprietary real estate school that
1862	holds a permit pursuant to s. 475.451. The board may increase
1863	the required number of hours to not more than 120 hours. A
1864	classroom hour is defined as 50 minutes out of each 60-minute
1865	segment. Past courses may be approved by the board and
1866	substituted on an hour-for-hour basis.
1867	(3)  To be certified as a residential appraiser, an
1868	applicant must present satisfactory evidence to the board that
1869	she or he:
1870	(b)  Has successfully completed at least 120 classroom
1871	hours, inclusive of examination, of approved academic courses in
1872	subjects related to real estate appraisal, which shall include
1873	coverage of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
1874	Practice from a nationally recognized or state-recognized
1875	appraisal organization, career area technical center, accredited
1876	community college, college, or university, state or federal
1877	agency or commission, or proprietary real estate school that
1878	holds a permit pursuant to s. 475.451. The board may increase
1879	the required number of hours to not more than 165 hours. A
1880	classroom hour is defined as 50 minutes out of each 60-minute
1881	segment. Past courses may be approved by the board and
1882	substituted on an hour-for-hour basis.
1883	(4)  To be certified as a general appraiser, an applicant
1884	must present evidence satisfactory to the board that she or he:
1885	(b)  Has successfully completed at least 180 classroom
1886	hours, inclusive of examination, of approved academic courses in
1887	subjects related to real estate appraisal, which shall include
1888	coverage of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
1889	Practice from a nationally recognized or state-recognized
1890	appraisal organization, career area technical center, accredited
1891	community college, college, or university, state or federal
1892	agency or commission, or proprietary real estate school that
1893	holds a permit pursuant to s. 475.451. The board may increase
1894	the required number of hours to not more than 225 hours. A
1895	classroom hour is defined as 50 minutes out of each 60-minute
1896	segment. Past courses may be approved by the board and
1897	substituted on an hour-for-hour basis.
1898	Section 55.  Subsection (1) of section 475.6175, Florida
1899	Statutes, is amended to read:
1900	475.6175  Registered trainee appraiser; postlicensure
1901	education required.--
1902	(1)  The board shall prescribe postlicensure educational
1903	requirements in order for a person to maintain a valid
1904	registration as a registered trainee appraiser. If prescribed,
1905	the postlicensure educational requirements consist of one or
1906	more courses which total no more than the total educational
1907	hours required to qualify as a state certified residential
1908	appraiser. Such courses must be in subjects related to real
1909	estate appraisal and shall include coverage of the Uniform
1910	Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. Such courses are
1911	provided by a nationally or state-recognized appraisal
1912	organization, career area technical center, accredited community
1913	college, college, or university, state or federal agency or
1914	commission, or proprietary real estate school that holds a
1915	permit pursuant to s. 475.451.
1916	Section 56.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
1917	475.618, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1918	475.618  Renewal of registration, license, certification,
1919	or instructor permit; continuing education.--
1920	(1)
1921	(c)  The board may authorize independent certification
1922	organizations to certify or approve the delivery method of
1923	distance learning courses. Certification from such authorized
1924	organizations must be provided at the time a distance learning
1925	course is submitted to the board by an accredited college,
1926	university, community college, career area technical center,
1927	proprietary real estate school, or board-approved sponsor for
1928	content approval.
1929	Section 57.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 475.627,
1930	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1931	475.627  Appraisal course instructors.--
1932	(1)  Where the course or courses to be taught are
1933	prescribed by the board or approved precedent to registration,
1934	licensure, certification, or renewal as a registered trainee
1935	appraiser, licensed appraiser, or certified residential
1936	appraiser, before commencing to instruct noncredit college
1937	courses in a college, university, or community college, or
1938	courses in a career an area technical center or proprietary real
1939	estate school, a person must certify her or his competency by
1940	meeting one of the following requirements:
1941	(a)  Hold a valid certification as a residential real
1942	estate appraiser in this or any other state.
1943	(b)  Pass an appraiser instructor's examination which shall
1944	test knowledge of residential appraisal topics.
1945	(2)  Where the course or courses to be taught are
1946	prescribed by the board or approved precedent to registration,
1947	licensure, certification, or renewal as a registered trainee
1948	appraiser, licensed appraiser, or certified appraiser, before
1949	commencing to instruct noncredit college courses in a college,
1950	university, or community college, or courses in a career an area
1951	technical center or proprietary real estate school, a person
1952	must certify her or his competency by meeting one of the
1953	following requirements:
1954	(a)  Hold a valid certification as a general real estate
1955	appraiser in this or any other state.
1956	(b)  Pass an appraiser instructor's examination which shall
1957	test knowledge of residential and nonresidential appraisal
1958	topics.
1959	Section 58.  Subsection (1) of section 494.0029, Florida
1960	Statutes, is amended to read:
1961	494.0029  Mortgage business schools.--
1962	(1)  Each person, school, or institution, except accredited
1963	colleges, universities, community colleges, and career area
1964	technical centers in this state, which offers or conducts
1965	mortgage business training as a condition precedent to licensure
1966	as a mortgage broker or lender or a correspondent mortgage
1967	lender shall obtain a permit from the office and abide by the
1968	regulations imposed upon such person, school, or institution by
1969	this chapter and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. The
1970	commission shall, by rule, recertify the permits annually with
1971	initial and renewal permit fees that do not exceed $500 plus the
1972	cost of accreditation.
1973	Section 59.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
1974	509.302, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1975	509.302  Director of education, personnel, employment
1976	duties, compensation.--
1977	(2)  The director of education shall develop and implement
1978	an educational program, designated the "Hospitality Education
1979	Program," offered for the benefit of the entire industry. This
1980	program may affiliate with Florida State University, Florida
1981	International University, and the University of Central Florida.
1982	The program may also affiliate with any other member of the
1983	State University System or Florida Community College System, or
1984	with any privately funded college or university, which offers a
1985	program of hospitality administration and management. The
1986	primary goal of this program is to instruct and train all
1987	individuals and businesses licensed under this chapter, in
1988	cooperation with recognized associations that represent the
1989	licensees, in the application of state and federal laws and
1990	rules. Such programs shall also include:
1991	(a)  Career Vocational training.
1992	Section 60.  Subsection (4) of section 553.841, Florida
1993	Statutes, is amended to read:
1994	553.841  Building code training program; participant
1995	competency requirements.--
1996	(4)  The commission may enter into contracts with the
1997	Department of Education, the State University System, the
1998	Division of Community Colleges, model code organizations,
1999	professional organizations, career centers vocational-technical
2000	schools, trade organizations, and private industry to administer
2001	the program.
2002	Section 61.  Subsection (12) of section 790.06, Florida
2003	Statutes, is amended to read:
2004	790.06  License to carry concealed weapon or firearm.--
2005	(12)  No license issued pursuant to this section shall
2006	authorize any person to carry a concealed weapon or firearm into
2007	any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05; any police,
2008	sheriff, or highway patrol station; any detention facility,
2009	prison, or jail; any courthouse; any courtroom, except that
2010	nothing in this section would preclude a judge from carrying a
2011	concealed weapon or determining who will carry a concealed
2012	weapon in his or her courtroom; any polling place; any meeting
2013	of the governing body of a county, public school district,
2014	municipality, or special district; any meeting of the
2015	Legislature or a committee thereof; any school, college, or
2016	professional athletic event not related to firearms; any school
2017	administration building; any portion of an establishment
2018	licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption on the
2019	premises, which portion of the establishment is primarily
2020	devoted to such purpose; any elementary or secondary school
2021	facility; any career area technical center; any college or
2022	university facility unless the licensee is a registered student,
2023	employee, or faculty member of such college or university and
2024	the weapon is a stun gun or nonlethal electric weapon or device
2025	designed solely for defensive purposes and the weapon does not
2026	fire a dart or projectile; inside the passenger terminal and
2027	sterile area of any airport, provided that no person shall be
2028	prohibited from carrying any legal firearm into the terminal,
2029	which firearm is encased for shipment for purposes of checking
2030	such firearm as baggage to be lawfully transported on any
2031	aircraft; or any place where the carrying of firearms is
2032	prohibited by federal law. Any person who willfully violates any
2033	provision of this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the second
2034	degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
2035	Section 62.  Section 790.115, Florida Statutes, is amended
2036	to read:
2037	790.115  Possessing or discharging weapons or firearms at a
2038	school-sponsored event or on school property prohibited;
2039	penalties; exceptions.--
2040	(1)  A person who exhibits any sword, sword cane, firearm,
2041	electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon,
2042	including a razor blade, box cutter, or knife, except as
2043	authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities, in the
2044	presence of one or more persons in a rude, careless, angry, or
2045	threatening manner and not in lawful self-defense, at a school-
2046	sponsored event or on the grounds or facilities of any school,
2047	school bus, or school bus stop, or within 1,000 feet of the real
2048	property that comprises a public or private elementary school,
2049	middle school, or secondary school, during school hours or
2050	during the time of a sanctioned school activity, commits a
2051	felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s.
2052	775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084. This subsection does not
2053	apply to the exhibition of a firearm or weapon on private real
2054	property within 1,000 feet of a school by the owner of such
2055	property or by a person whose presence on such property has been
2056	authorized, licensed, or invited by the owner.
2057	(2)(a)  A person shall not possess any firearm, electric
2058	weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon, including
2059	a razor blade, box cutter, or knife, except as authorized in
2060	support of school-sanctioned activities, at a school-sponsored
2061	event or on the property of any school, school bus, or school
2062	bus stop; however, a person may carry a firearm:
2063	1.  In a case to a firearms program, class or function
2064	which has been approved in advance by the principal or chief
2065	administrative officer of the school as a program or class to
2066	which firearms could be carried;
2067	2.  In a case to a career center vocational school having a
2068	firearms training range; or
2069	3.  In a vehicle pursuant to s. 790.25(5); except that
2070	school districts may adopt written and published policies that
2071	waive the exception in this subparagraph for purposes of student
2072	and campus parking privileges.
2073
2074	For the purposes of this section, "school" means any preschool,
2075	elementary school, middle school, junior high school, secondary
2076	school, career center vocational school, or postsecondary
2077	school, whether public or nonpublic.
2078	(b)  A person who willfully and knowingly possesses any
2079	electric weapon or device, destructive device, or other weapon,
2080	including a razor blade, box cutter, or knife, except as
2081	authorized in support of school-sanctioned activities, in
2082	violation of this subsection commits a felony of the third
2083	degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s.
2084	775.084.
2085	(c)1.  A person who willfully and knowingly possesses any
2086	firearm in violation of this subsection commits a felony of the
2087	third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083,
2088	or s. 775.084.
2089	2.  A person who stores or leaves a loaded firearm within
2090	the reach or easy access of a minor who obtains the firearm and
2091	commits a violation of subparagraph 1. commits a misdemeanor of
2092	the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s.
2093	775.083; except that this does not apply if the firearm was
2094	stored or left in a securely locked box or container or in a
2095	location which a reasonable person would have believed to be
2096	secure, or was securely locked with a firearm-mounted push-
2097	button combination lock or a trigger lock; if the minor obtains
2098	the firearm as a result of an unlawful entry by any person; or
2099	to members of the Armed Forces, National Guard, or State
2100	Militia, or to police or other law enforcement officers, with
2101	respect to firearm possession by a minor which occurs during or
2102	incidental to the performance of their official duties.
2103	(d)  A person who discharges any weapon or firearm while in
2104	violation of paragraph (a), unless discharged for lawful defense
2105	of himself or herself or another or for a lawful purpose,
2106	commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in
2107	s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
2108	(e)  The penalties of this subsection shall not apply to
2109	persons licensed under s. 790.06. Persons licensed under s.
2110	790.06 shall be punished as provided in s. 790.06(12), except
2111	that a licenseholder who unlawfully discharges a weapon or
2112	firearm on school property as prohibited by this subsection
2113	commits a felony of the second degree, punishable as provided in
2114	s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
2115	(3)  This section does not apply to any law enforcement
2116	officer as defined in s. 943.10(1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7),
2117	(8), (9), or (14).
2118	(4)  Notwithstanding s. 985.213, s. 985.214, or s.
2119	985.215(1), any minor under 18 years of age who is charged under
2120	this section with possessing or discharging a firearm on school
2121	property shall be detained in secure detention, unless the state
2122	attorney authorizes the release of the minor, and shall be given
2123	a probable cause hearing within 24 hours after being taken into
2124	custody. At the hearing, the court may order that the minor
2125	continue to be held in secure detention for a period of 21 days,
2126	during which time the minor shall receive medical, psychiatric,
2127	psychological, or substance abuse examinations pursuant to s.
2128	985.224, and a written report shall be completed.
2129	Section 63.  Section 810.095, Florida Statutes, is amended
2130	to read:
2131	810.095  Trespass on school property with firearm or other
2132	weapon prohibited.--
2133	(1)  It is a felony of the third degree, punishable as
2134	provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084, for a person
2135	who is trespassing upon school property to bring onto, or to
2136	possess on, such school property, any weapon or firearm.
2137	(2)  As used in this section, "school property" means the
2138	grounds or facility of any kindergarten, elementary school,
2139	middle school, junior high school, secondary school, career
2140	center vocational school, or postsecondary school, whether
2141	public or nonpublic.
2142	Section 64.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section
2143	943.14, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2144	943.14  Commission-certified criminal justice training
2145	schools; certificates and diplomas; exemptions; injunctive
2146	relief; fines.--
2147	(6)
2148	(b)  All other criminal justice sciences or administration
2149	courses or subjects which are a part of the curriculum of any
2150	accredited college, university, community college, or career
2151	vocational-technical center of this state, and all full-time
2152	instructors of such institutions, are exempt from the provisions
2153	of subsections (1)-(5).
2154	Section 65.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (11) of section
2155	948.015, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2156	948.015  Presentence investigation reports.--The circuit
2157	court, when the defendant in a criminal case has been found
2158	guilty or has entered a plea of nolo contendere or guilty and
2159	has a lowest permissible sentence under the Criminal Punishment
2160	Code of any nonstate prison sanction, may refer the case to the
2161	department for investigation or recommendation.  Upon such
2162	referral, the department shall make the following report in
2163	writing at a time specified by the court prior to sentencing.
2164	The full report shall include:
2165	(11)  Information about any resources available to assist
2166	the offender, such as:
2167	(c)  Career Vocational training programs.
2168	Section 66.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section
2169	948.09, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2170	948.09  Payment for cost of supervision and
2171	rehabilitation.--
2172	(3)  Any failure to pay contribution as required under this
2173	section may constitute a ground for the revocation of probation
2174	by the court, the revocation of parole or conditional release by
2175	the Parole Commission, the revocation of control release by the
2176	Control Release Authority, or removal from the pretrial
2177	intervention program by the state attorney.  The Department of
2178	Corrections may exempt a person from the payment of all or any
2179	part of the contribution if it finds any of the following
2180	factors to exist:
2181	(b)  The offender is a student in a school, college,
2182	university, or course of career vocational or technical training
2183	designed to fit the student for gainful employment.
2184	Certification of such student status shall be supplied to the
2185	Secretary of Corrections by the educational institution in which
2186	the offender is enrolled.
2187	Section 67.  Subsection (1) of section 958.12, Florida
2188	Statutes, is amended to read:
2189	958.12  Participation in certain activities required.--
2190	(1)  A youthful offender shall be required to participate
2191	in work assignments, and in career vocational, academic,
2192	counseling, and other rehabilitative programs in accordance with
2193	this section, including, but not limited to:
2194	(a)  All youthful offenders may be required, as
2195	appropriate, to participate in:
2196	1.  Reception and orientation.
2197	2.  Evaluation, needs assessment, and classification.
2198	3.  Educational programs.
2199	4.  Career Vocational and job training.
2200	5.  Life and socialization skills training, including
2201	anger/aggression control.
2202	6.  Prerelease orientation and planning.
2203	7.  Appropriate transition services.
2204	(b)  In addition to the requirements in paragraph (a), the
2205	department shall make available:
2206	1.  Religious services and counseling.
2207	2.  Social services.
2208	3.  Substance abuse treatment and counseling.
2209	4.  Psychological and psychiatric services.
2210	5.  Library services.
2211	6.  Medical and dental health care.
2212	7.  Athletic, recreational, and leisure time activities.
2213	8.  Mail and visiting privileges.
2214
2215	Income derived by a youthful offender from participation in such
2216	activities may be used, in part, to defray a portion of the
2217	costs of his or her incarceration or supervision; to satisfy
2218	preexisting obligations; to pay fines, counseling fees, or other
2219	costs lawfully imposed; or to pay restitution to the victim of
2220	the crime for which the youthful offender has been convicted in
2221	an amount determined by the sentencing court. Any such income
2222	not used for such reasons or not used as provided in s. 946.513
2223	or s. 958.09 shall be placed in a bank account for use by the
2224	youthful offender upon his or her release.
2225	Section 68.  Subsections (29) and (43) of section 985.03,
2226	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
2227	985.03  Definitions.--When used in this chapter, the term:
2228	(29)  "Juvenile justice continuum" includes, but is not
2229	limited to, delinquency prevention programs and services
2230	designed for the purpose of preventing or reducing delinquent
2231	acts, including criminal activity by youth gangs, and juvenile
2232	arrests, as well as programs and services targeted at children
2233	who have committed delinquent acts, and children who have
2234	previously been committed to residential treatment programs for
2235	delinquents. The term includes children-in-need-of-services and
2236	families-in-need-of-services programs; conditional release;
2237	substance abuse and mental health programs; educational and
2238	career vocational programs; recreational programs; community
2239	services programs; community service work programs; and
2240	alternative dispute resolution programs serving children at risk
2241	of delinquency and their families, whether offered or delivered
2242	by state or local governmental entities, public or private for-
2243	profit or not-for-profit organizations, or religious or
2244	charitable organizations.
2245	(43)  "Probation" means the legal status of probation
2246	created by law and court order in cases involving a child who
2247	has been found to have committed a delinquent act. Probation is
2248	an individualized program in which the freedom of the child is
2249	limited and the child is restricted to noninstitutional quarters
2250	or restricted to the child's home in lieu of commitment to the
2251	custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.  Youth on
2252	probation may be assessed and classified for placement in day-
2253	treatment probation programs designed for youth who represent a
2254	minimum risk to themselves and public safety and do not require
2255	placement and services in a residential setting. Program types
2256	in this more intensive and structured day-treatment probation
2257	option include career vocational programs, marine programs,
2258	juvenile justice alternative schools, training and
2259	rehabilitation programs, and gender-specific programs.
2260	Section 69.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1),
2261	paragraph (a) of subsection (2), subsection (3), and paragraphs
2262	(a), (b), and (d) of subsection (4) of section 985.315, Florida
2263	Statutes, are amended to read:
2264	985.315  Educational Educational/technical and career-
2265	related vocational work-related programs.--
2266	(1)(a)  It is the finding of the Legislature that the
2267	educational educational/technical and career-related vocational
2268	work-related programs of the Department of Juvenile Justice are
2269	uniquely different from other programs operated or conducted by
2270	other departments in that it is essential to the state that
2271	these programs provide juveniles with useful information and
2272	activities that can lead to meaningful employment after release
2273	in order to assist in reducing the return of juveniles to the
2274	system.
2275	(b)  It is further the finding of the Legislature that the
2276	mission of a juvenile educational educational/technical and
2277	career-related vocational work-related program is, in order of
2278	priority:
2279	1.  To provide a joint effort between the department, the
2280	juvenile work programs, and educational educational/technical
2281	and career vocational training programs to reinforce relevant
2282	education, training, and postrelease job placement, and help
2283	reduce recommitment.
2284	2.  To serve the security goals of the state through the
2285	reduction of idleness of juveniles and the provision of an
2286	incentive for good behavior in residential commitment
2287	facilities.
2288	3.  To teach youth in juvenile justice programs relevant
2289	job skills and the fundamentals of a trade in order to prepare
2290	them for placement in the workforce.
2291	(2)(a)  The department is strongly encouraged to require
2292	juveniles placed in a high-risk residential, maximum-risk
2293	residential, or a serious/habitual offender program to
2294	participate in an educational educational/technical or career-
2295	related vocational work-related program 5 hours per day, 5 days
2296	per week.  All policies developed by the department relating to
2297	this requirement must be consistent with applicable federal,
2298	state, and local labor laws and standards, including all laws
2299	relating to child labor.
2300	(3)  In adopting or modifying master plans for juvenile
2301	work programs and educational educational/technical and career
2302	vocational training programs, and in the administration of the
2303	Department of Juvenile Justice, it shall be the objective of the
2304	department to develop:
2305	(a)  Attitudes favorable to work, the work situation, and a
2306	law-abiding life in each juvenile employed in the juvenile work
2307	program.
2308	(b)  Education and training opportunities that are
2309	reasonably broad, but which develop specific work skills.
2310	(c)  Programs that motivate juveniles to use their
2311	abilities.
2312	(d)  Education and training programs that will be of mutual
2313	benefit to all governmental jurisdictions of the state by
2314	reducing the costs of government to the taxpayers and which
2315	integrate all instructional programs into a unified curriculum
2316	suitable for all juveniles, but taking account of the different
2317	abilities of each juvenile.
2318	(e)  A logical sequence of educational
2319	educational/technical or career vocational training, employment
2320	by the juvenile work programs, and postrelease job placement for
2321	juveniles participating in juvenile work programs.
2322	(4)(a)  The Department of Juvenile Justice shall establish
2323	guidelines for the operation of juvenile educational
2324	educational/technical and career-related vocational work-related
2325	programs, which shall include the following procedures:
2326	1.  Participation in the educational educational/technical
2327	and career-related vocational work-related programs shall be on
2328	a 5-day-per-week, 5-hour-per-day basis.
2329	2.  The education, training, work experience, emotional and
2330	mental abilities, and physical capabilities of the juvenile and
2331	the duration of the term of placement imposed on the juvenile
2332	are to be analyzed before assignment of the juvenile into the
2333	various processes best suited for educational
2334	educational/technical or career vocational training.
2335	3.  When feasible, the department shall attempt to obtain
2336	education or training credit for a juvenile seeking
2337	apprenticeship status or a high school diploma or its
2338	equivalent.
2339	4.  The juvenile may begin in a general education and work
2340	skills program and progress to a specific work skills training
2341	program, depending upon the ability, desire, and education and
2342	work record of the juvenile.
2343	5.  Modernization and upgrading of equipment and facilities
2344	should include greater automation and improved production
2345	techniques to expose juveniles to the latest technological
2346	procedures to facilitate their adjustment to real work
2347	situations.
2348	(b)  Evaluations of juvenile educational
2349	educational/technical and career-related vocational work-related
2350	programs shall be conducted according to the following
2351	guidelines:
2352	1.  Systematic evaluations and quality assurance monitoring
2353	shall be implemented, in accordance with s. 985.412(1), (2), and
2354	(5), to determine whether the programs are related to successful
2355	postrelease adjustments.
2356	2.  Operations and policies of the programs shall be
2357	reevaluated to determine if they are consistent with their
2358	primary objectives.
2359	(d)  The department and providers are strongly encouraged
2360	to work in partnership with local businesses and trade groups in
2361	the development and operation of educational
2362	educational/technical and career vocational programs.
2363	Section 70.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1000.04,
2364	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
2365	1000.04  Components for the delivery of public education
2366	within the Florida K-20 education system.--Florida's K-20
2367	education system provides for the delivery of public education
2368	through publicly supported and controlled K-12 schools,
2369	community colleges, state universities and other postsecondary
2370	educational institutions, other educational institutions, and
2371	other educational services as provided or authorized by the
2372	Constitution and laws of the state.
2373	(1)  PUBLIC K-12 SCHOOLS.--The public K-12 schools include
2374	charter schools and consist of kindergarten classes; elementary,
2375	middle, and high school grades and special classes; workforce
2376	development education; career area technical centers; adult,
2377	part-time, career and technical, and evening schools, courses,
2378	or classes, as authorized by law to be operated under the
2379	control of district school boards; and lab schools operated
2380	under the control of state universities.
2381	(2)  PUBLIC POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.--Public
2382	postsecondary educational institutions include workforce
2383	development education; community colleges; colleges; state
2384	universities; and all other state-supported postsecondary
2385	educational institutions that are authorized and established by
2386	law.
2387	Section 71.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) and subsection
2388	(4) of section 1000.05, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
2389	1000.05  Discrimination against students and employees in
2390	the Florida K-20 public education system prohibited; equality of
2391	access required.--
2392	(2)
2393	(e)  Guidance services, counseling services, and financial
2394	assistance services in the state public K-20 education system
2395	shall be available to students equally.  Guidance and counseling
2396	services, materials, and promotional events shall stress access
2397	to academic and, career and technical opportunities for students
2398	without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, gender,
2399	disability, or marital status.
2400	(4)  Educational institutions within the state public K-20
2401	education system shall develop and implement methods and
2402	strategies to increase the participation of students of a
2403	particular race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, disability,
2404	or marital status in programs and courses in which students of
2405	that particular race, ethnicity, national origin, gender,
2406	disability, or marital status have been traditionally
2407	underrepresented, including, but not limited to, mathematics,
2408	science, computer technology, electronics, communications
2409	technology, engineering, and career and technical education.
2410	Section 72.  Paragraph (h) of subsection (4) of section
2411	1001.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2412	1001.42  Powers and duties of district school board.--The
2413	district school board, acting as a board, shall exercise all
2414	powers and perform all duties listed below:
2415	(4)  ESTABLISHMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND OPERATION OF
2416	SCHOOLS.--Adopt and provide for the execution of plans for the
2417	establishment, organization, and operation of the schools of the
2418	district, including, but not limited to, the following:
2419	(h)  Career and technical classes and schools.--Provide for
2420	the establishment and maintenance of career and technical
2421	schools, departments, or classes, giving instruction in career
2422	and technical education as defined by rules of the State Board
2423	of Education, and use any moneys raised by public taxation in
2424	the same manner as moneys for other school purposes are used for
2425	the maintenance and support of public schools or classes.
2426	Section 73.  Section 1001.44, Florida Statutes, is amended
2427	to read:
2428	1001.44  Career Technical centers.--
2429	(1)  DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD MAY ESTABLISH OR ACQUIRE CAREER
2430	TECHNICAL CENTERS.--Any district school board, after first
2431	obtaining the approval of the Department of Education, may, as a
2432	part of the district school system, organize, establish and
2433	operate a career technical center, or acquire and operate a
2434	career center technical school previously established.
2435	(2)  DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARDS OF CONTIGUOUS DISTRICTS MAY
2436	ESTABLISH OR ACQUIRE CAREER TECHNICAL CENTERS.--The district
2437	school boards of any two or more contiguous districts may, upon
2438	first obtaining the approval of the department, enter into an
2439	agreement to organize, establish and operate, or acquire and
2440	operate, a career technical center under this section.
2441	(3)  CAREER TECHNICAL CENTER PART OF DISTRICT SCHOOL SYSTEM
2442	DIRECTED BY A DIRECTOR.--
2443	(a)  A career technical center established or acquired
2444	under provisions of law and minimum standards prescribed by the
2445	commissioner shall comprise a part of the district school system
2446	and shall mean an educational institution offering terminal
2447	courses of a technical nature, and courses for out-of-school
2448	youth and adults; shall be subject to all applicable provisions
2449	of this code; shall be under the control of the district school
2450	board of the school district in which it is located; and shall
2451	be directed by a director responsible through the district
2452	school superintendent to the district school board of the school
2453	district in which the center is located.
2454	(b)  Each career technical center shall maintain an
2455	academic transcript for each student enrolled in the center.
2456	Such transcript shall delineate each course completed by the
2457	student. Courses shall be delineated by the course prefix and
2458	title assigned pursuant to s. 1007.24. The center shall make a
2459	copy of a student's transcript available to any student who
2460	requests it.
2461	Section 74.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
2462	1001.452, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2463	1001.452  District and school advisory councils.--
2464	(1)  ESTABLISHMENT.--
2465	(a)  The district school board shall establish an advisory
2466	council for each school in the district and shall develop
2467	procedures for the election and appointment of advisory council
2468	members. Each school advisory council shall include in its name
2469	the words "school advisory council." The school advisory council
2470	shall be the sole body responsible for final decisionmaking at
2471	the school relating to implementation of the provisions of ss.
2472	1001.42(16) and 1008.345. A majority of the members of each
2473	school advisory council must be persons who are not employed by
2474	the school. Each advisory council shall be composed of the
2475	principal and an appropriately balanced number of teachers,
2476	education support employees, students, parents, and other
2477	business and community citizens who are representative of the
2478	ethnic, racial, and economic community served by the school.
2479	Career Technical center and high school advisory councils shall
2480	include students, and middle and junior high school advisory
2481	councils may include students. School advisory councils of
2482	career centers technical and adult education centers are not
2483	required to include parents as members. Council members
2484	representing teachers, education support employees, students,
2485	and parents shall be elected by their respective peer groups at
2486	the school in a fair and equitable manner as follows:
2487	1.  Teachers shall be elected by teachers.
2488	2.  Education support employees shall be elected by
2489	education support employees.
2490	3.  Students shall be elected by students.
2491	4.  Parents shall be elected by parents.
2492
2493	The district school board shall establish procedures for use by
2494	schools in selecting business and community members that include
2495	means of ensuring wide notice of vacancies and of taking input
2496	on possible members from local business, chambers of commerce,
2497	community and civic organizations and groups, and the public at
2498	large. The district school board shall review the membership
2499	composition of each advisory council. If the district school
2500	board determines that the membership elected by the school is
2501	not representative of the ethnic, racial, and economic community
2502	served by the school, the district school board shall appoint
2503	additional members to achieve proper representation. The
2504	commissioner shall determine if schools have maximized their
2505	efforts to include on their advisory councils minority persons
2506	and persons of lower socioeconomic status. Although schools are
2507	strongly encouraged to establish school advisory councils, the
2508	district school board of any school district that has a student
2509	population of 10,000 or fewer may establish a district advisory
2510	council which shall include at least one duly elected teacher
2511	from each school in the district. For the purposes of school
2512	advisory councils and district advisory councils, the term
2513	"teacher" shall include classroom teachers, certified student
2514	services personnel, and media specialists. For purposes of this
2515	paragraph, "education support employee" means any person
2516	employed by a school who is not defined as instructional or
2517	administrative personnel pursuant to s. 1012.01 and whose duties
2518	require 20 or more hours in each normal working week.
2519	Section 75.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
2520	1001.453, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2521	1001.453  Direct-support organization; use of property;
2522	board of directors; audit.--
2523	(1)  DEFINITIONS.--For the purposes of this section, the
2524	term:
2525	(a)  "District school board direct-support organization"
2526	means an organization that:
2527	1.  Is approved by the district school board;
2528	2.  Is a Florida corporation not for profit, incorporated
2529	under the provisions of chapter 617 and approved by the
2530	Department of State; and
2531	3.  Is organized and operated exclusively to receive, hold,
2532	invest, and administer property and to make expenditures to or
2533	for the benefit of public kindergarten through 12th grade
2534	education and adult career and technical and community education
2535	programs in this state.
2536	Section 76.  Subsection (16) of section 1001.64, Florida
2537	Statutes, is amended to read:
2538	1001.64  Community college boards of trustees; powers and
2539	duties.--
2540	(16)  Each board of trustees must expend performance funds
2541	provided for workforce development education pursuant to the
2542	provisions of s. 1011.80.
2543	Section 77.  Subsection (2) of section 1002.01, Florida
2544	Statutes, is amended to read:
2545	1002.01  Definitions.--
2546	(2)  A "private school" is a nonpublic school defined as an
2547	individual, association, copartnership, or corporation, or
2548	department, division, or section of such organizations, that
2549	designates itself as an educational center that includes
2550	kindergarten or a higher grade or as an elementary, secondary,
2551	business, technical, or trade school below college level or any
2552	organization that provides instructional services that meet the
2553	intent of s. 1003.01(14) or that gives preemployment or
2554	supplementary training in technology or in fields of trade or
2555	industry or that offers academic, literary, or career and
2556	technical training below college level, or any combination of
2557	the above, including an institution that performs the functions
2558	of the above schools through correspondence or extension, except
2559	those licensed under the provisions of chapter 1005. A private
2560	school may be a parochial, religious, denominational, for-
2561	profit, or nonprofit school. This definition does not include
2562	home education programs conducted in accordance with s. 1002.41.
2563	Section 78.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of section
2564	1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2565	1002.20  K-12 student and parent rights.--Parents of public
2566	school students must receive accurate and timely information
2567	regarding their child's academic progress and must be informed
2568	of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
2569	students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
2570	rights including, but not limited to, the following:
2571	(3)  HEALTH ISSUES.--
2572	(f)  Career and technical education courses involving
2573	hazardous substances.--High school students must be given plano
2574	safety glasses or devices in career and technical education
2575	courses involving the use of hazardous substances likely to
2576	cause eye injury, in accordance with the provisions of s.
2577	1006.65.
2578	Section 79.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and
2579	subsections (3) and (5) of section 1002.22, Florida Statutes,
2580	are amended to read:
2581	1002.22  Student records and reports; rights of parents and
2582	students; notification; penalty.--
2583	(2)  DEFINITIONS.--As used in this section:
2584	(a)  "Chief executive officer" means that person, whether
2585	elected or appointed, who is responsible for the management and
2586	administration of any public educational body or unit, or the
2587	chief executive officer's designee for student records; that is,
2588	the district school superintendent, the director of a career an
2589	area technical center, the president of a public postsecondary
2590	educational institution, or their designees.
2591	(3)  RIGHTS OF PARENT OR STUDENT.--The parent of any
2592	student who attends or has attended any public school, career
2593	area technical center, or public postsecondary educational
2594	institution shall have the following rights with respect to any
2595	records or reports created, maintained, and used by any public
2596	educational institution in the state. However, whenever a
2597	student has attained 18 years of age, or is attending a
2598	postsecondary educational institution, the permission or consent
2599	required of, and the rights accorded to, the parents of the
2600	student shall thereafter be required of and accorded to the
2601	student only, unless the student is a dependent student of such
2602	parents as defined in 26 U.S.C. s. 152 (s. 152 of the Internal
2603	Revenue Code of 1954). The State Board of Education shall adopt
2604	rules whereby parents or students may exercise these rights:
2605	(a)  Right of access.--
2606	1.  Such parent or student shall have the right, upon
2607	request directed to the appropriate school official, to be
2608	provided with a list of the types of records and reports,
2609	directly related to students, as maintained by the institution
2610	that the student attends or has attended.
2611	2.  Such parent or student shall have the right, upon
2612	request, to be shown any record or report relating to such
2613	student maintained by any public educational institution. When
2614	the record or report includes information on more than one
2615	student, the parent or student shall be entitled to receive, or
2616	be informed of, only that part of the record or report that
2617	pertains to the student who is the subject of the request. Upon
2618	a reasonable request therefor, the institution shall furnish
2619	such parent or student with an explanation or interpretation of
2620	any such record or report.
2621	3.  Copies of any list, record, or report requested under
2622	the provisions of this paragraph shall be furnished to the
2623	parent or student upon request.
2624	4.  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to be
2625	followed by all public educational institutions in granting
2626	requests for lists, or for access to reports and records or for
2627	copies or explanations thereof under this paragraph. However,
2628	access to any report or record requested under the provisions of
2629	subparagraph 2. shall be granted within 30 days after receipt of
2630	such request by the institution. Fees may be charged for
2631	furnishing any copies of reports or records requested under
2632	subparagraph 3., but such fees shall not exceed the actual cost
2633	to the institution of producing such copies.
2634	(b)  Right of waiver of access to confidential letters or
2635	statements.--A parent or student shall have the right to waive
2636	the right of access to letters or statements of recommendation
2637	or evaluation, except that such waiver shall apply to
2638	recommendations or evaluations only if:
2639	1.  The parent or student is, upon request, notified of the
2640	names of all persons submitting confidential letters or
2641	statements.
2642	2.  Such recommendations or evaluations are used solely for
2643	the purpose for which they were specifically intended.
2644
2645	Such waivers may not be required as a condition for admission
2646	to, receipt of financial aid from, or receipt of any other
2647	services or benefits from, any public agency or public
2648	educational institution in this state.
2649	(c)  Right to challenge and hearing.--A parent or student
2650	shall have the right to challenge the content of any record or
2651	report to which such person is granted access under paragraph
2652	(a), in order to ensure that the record or report is not
2653	inaccurate, misleading, or otherwise in violation of the privacy
2654	or other rights of the student and to provide an opportunity for
2655	the correction, deletion, or expunction of any inaccurate,
2656	misleading, or otherwise inappropriate data or material
2657	contained therein. Any challenge arising under the provisions of
2658	this paragraph may be settled through informal meetings or
2659	discussions between the parent or student and appropriate
2660	officials of the educational institution. If the parties at such
2661	a meeting agree to make corrections, to make deletions, to
2662	expunge material, or to add a statement of explanation or
2663	rebuttal to the file, such agreement shall be reduced to writing
2664	and signed by the parties; and the appropriate school officials
2665	shall take the necessary actions to implement the agreement. If
2666	the parties cannot reach an agreement, upon the request of
2667	either party, a hearing shall be held on such challenge under
2668	rules adopted by the State Board of Education. Upon the request
2669	of the parent or student, the hearing shall be exempt from the
2670	requirements of s. 286.011. Such rules shall include at least
2671	the following provisions:
2672	1.  The hearing shall be conducted within a reasonable
2673	period of time following the request for the hearing.
2674	2.  The hearing shall be conducted, and the decision
2675	rendered, by an official of the educational institution or other
2676	party who does not have a direct interest in the outcome of the
2677	hearing.
2678	3.  The parent or student shall be afforded a full and fair
2679	opportunity to present evidence relevant to the issues raised
2680	under this paragraph.
2681	4.  The decision shall be rendered in writing within a
2682	reasonable period of time after the conclusion of the hearing.
2683	5.  The appropriate school officials shall take the
2684	necessary actions to implement the decision.
2685	(d)  Right of privacy.--Every student shall have a right of
2686	privacy with respect to the educational records kept on him or
2687	her. Personally identifiable records or reports of a student,
2688	and any personal information contained therein, are confidential
2689	and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1). No state or
2690	local educational agency, board, public school, career technical
2691	center, or public postsecondary educational institution shall
2692	permit the release of such records, reports, or information
2693	without the written consent of the student's parent, or of the
2694	student himself or herself if he or she is qualified as provided
2695	in this subsection, to any individual, agency, or organization.
2696	However, personally identifiable records or reports of a student
2697	may be released to the following persons or organizations
2698	without the consent of the student or the student's parent:
2699	1.  Officials of schools, school systems, career technical
2700	centers, or public postsecondary educational institutions in
2701	which the student seeks or intends to enroll; and a copy of such
2702	records or reports shall be furnished to the parent or student
2703	upon request.
2704	2.  Other school officials, including teachers within the
2705	educational institution or agency, who have legitimate
2706	educational interests in the information contained in the
2707	records.
2708	3.  The United States Secretary of Education, the Director
2709	of the National Institute of Education, the Assistant Secretary
2710	for Education, the Comptroller General of the United States, or
2711	state or local educational authorities who are authorized to
2712	receive such information subject to the conditions set forth in
2713	applicable federal statutes and regulations of the United States
2714	Department of Education, or in applicable state statutes and
2715	rules of the State Board of Education.
2716	4.  Other school officials, in connection with a student's
2717	application for or receipt of financial aid.
2718	5.  Individuals or organizations conducting studies for or
2719	on behalf of an institution or a board of education for the
2720	purpose of developing, validating, or administering predictive
2721	tests, administering student aid programs, or improving
2722	instruction, if such studies are conducted in such a manner as
2723	will not permit the personal identification of students and
2724	their parents by persons other than representatives of such
2725	organizations and if such information will be destroyed when no
2726	longer needed for the purpose of conducting such studies.
2727	6.  Accrediting organizations, in order to carry out their
2728	accrediting functions.
2729	7.  School readiness coalitions and the Florida Partnership
2730	for School Readiness in order to carry out their assigned
2731	duties.
2732	8.  For use as evidence in student expulsion hearings
2733	conducted by a district school board pursuant to the provisions
2734	of chapter 120.
2735	9.  Appropriate parties in connection with an emergency, if
2736	knowledge of the information in the student's educational
2737	records is necessary to protect the health or safety of the
2738	student or other individuals.
2739	10.  The Auditor General and the Office of Program Policy
2740	Analysis and Government Accountability in connection with their
2741	official functions; however, except when the collection of
2742	personally identifiable information is specifically authorized
2743	by law, any data collected by the Auditor General and the Office
2744	of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability is
2745	confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and
2746	shall be protected in such a way as will not permit the personal
2747	identification of students and their parents by other than the
2748	Auditor General, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
2749	Government Accountability, and their staff, and such personally
2750	identifiable data shall be destroyed when no longer needed for
2751	the Auditor General's and the Office of Program Policy Analysis
2752	and Government Accountability's official use.
2753	11.a.  A court of competent jurisdiction in compliance with
2754	an order of that court or the attorney of record pursuant to a
2755	lawfully issued subpoena, upon the condition that the student
2756	and the student's parent are notified of the order or subpoena
2757	in advance of compliance therewith by the educational
2758	institution or agency.
2759	b.  A person or entity pursuant to a court of competent
2760	jurisdiction in compliance with an order of that court or the
2761	attorney of record pursuant to a lawfully issued subpoena, upon
2762	the condition that the student, or his or her parent if the
2763	student is either a minor and not attending a postsecondary
2764	educational institution or a dependent of such parent as defined
2765	in 26 U.S.C. s. 152 (s. 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of
2766	1954), is notified of the order or subpoena in advance of
2767	compliance therewith by the educational institution or agency.
2768	12.  Credit bureaus, in connection with an agreement for
2769	financial aid that the student has executed, provided that such
2770	information may be disclosed only to the extent necessary to
2771	enforce the terms or conditions of the financial aid agreement.
2772	Credit bureaus shall not release any information obtained
2773	pursuant to this paragraph to any person.
2774	13.  Parties to an interagency agreement among the
2775	Department of Juvenile Justice, school and law enforcement
2776	authorities, and other signatory agencies for the purpose of
2777	reducing juvenile crime and especially motor vehicle theft by
2778	promoting cooperation and collaboration, and the sharing of
2779	appropriate information in a joint effort to improve school
2780	safety, to reduce truancy and in-school and out-of-school
2781	suspensions, and to support alternatives to in-school and out-
2782	of-school suspensions and expulsions that provide structured and
2783	well-supervised educational programs supplemented by a
2784	coordinated overlay of other appropriate services designed to
2785	correct behaviors that lead to truancy, suspensions, and
2786	expulsions, and that support students in successfully completing
2787	their education. Information provided in furtherance of such
2788	interagency agreements is intended solely for use in determining
2789	the appropriate programs and services for each juvenile or the
2790	juvenile's family, or for coordinating the delivery of such
2791	programs and services, and as such is inadmissible in any court
2792	proceedings prior to a dispositional hearing unless written
2793	consent is provided by a parent or other responsible adult on
2794	behalf of the juvenile.
2795
2796	This paragraph does not prohibit any educational institution
2797	from publishing and releasing to the general public directory
2798	information relating to a student if the institution elects to
2799	do so. However, no educational institution shall release, to any
2800	individual, agency, or organization that is not listed in
2801	subparagraphs 1.-13., directory information relating to the
2802	student body in general or a portion thereof unless it is
2803	normally published for the purpose of release to the public in
2804	general. Any educational institution making directory
2805	information public shall give public notice of the categories of
2806	information that it has designated as directory information with
2807	respect to all students attending the institution and shall
2808	allow a reasonable period of time after such notice has been
2809	given for a parent or student to inform the institution in
2810	writing that any or all of the information designated should not
2811	be released.
2812	(5)  PENALTY.--In the event that any public school official
2813	or employee, district school board official or employee, career
2814	technical center official or employee, or public postsecondary
2815	educational institution official or employee refuses to comply
2816	with any of the provisions of this section, the aggrieved parent
2817	or student shall have an immediate right to bring an action in
2818	the circuit court to enforce the violated right by injunction.
2819	Any aggrieved parent or student who brings such an action and
2820	whose rights are vindicated may be awarded attorney's fees and
2821	court costs.
2822	Section 80.  Subsection (1) of section 1002.38, Florida
2823	Statutes, is amended to read:
2824	1002.38  Opportunity Scholarship Program.--
2825	(1)  FINDINGS AND INTENT.--The purpose of this section is
2826	to provide enhanced opportunity for students in this state to
2827	gain the knowledge and skills necessary for postsecondary
2828	education, a career technical education, or the world of work.
2829	The Legislature recognizes that the voters of the State of
2830	Florida, in the November 1998 general election, amended s. 1,
2831	Art. IX of the Florida Constitution so as to make education a
2832	paramount duty of the state. The Legislature finds that the
2833	State Constitution requires the state to provide a uniform,
2834	safe, secure, efficient, and high-quality system which allows
2835	the opportunity to obtain a high-quality education. The
2836	Legislature further finds that a student should not be
2837	compelled, against the wishes of the student's parent, to remain
2838	in a school found by the state to be failing for 2 years in a 4-
2839	year period. The Legislature shall make available opportunity
2840	scholarships in order to give parents the opportunity for their
2841	children to attend a public school that is performing
2842	satisfactorily or to attend an eligible private school when the
2843	parent chooses to apply the equivalent of the public education
2844	funds generated by his or her child to the cost of tuition in
2845	the eligible private school as provided in paragraph (6)(a).
2846	Eligibility of a private school shall include the control and
2847	accountability requirements that, coupled with the exercise of
2848	parental choice, are reasonably necessary to secure the
2849	educational public purpose, as delineated in subsection (4).
2850	Section 81.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
2851	1002.42, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
2852	1002.42  Private schools.--
2853	(2)  ANNUAL PRIVATE SCHOOL SURVEY.--
2854	(a)  The Department of Education shall organize, maintain,
2855	and annually update a database of educational institutions
2856	within the state coming within the provisions of this section.
2857	There shall be included in the database of each institution the
2858	name, address, and telephone number of the institution; the type
2859	of institution; the names of administrative officers; the
2860	enrollment by grade or special group (e.g., career and technical
2861	education and exceptional child education); the number of
2862	graduates; the number of instructional and administrative
2863	personnel; the number of days the school is in session; and such
2864	data as may be needed to meet the provisions of this section and
2865	s. 1003.23(2).
2866	Section 82.  Subsection (4), paragraph (c) of subsection
2867	(9), and subsection (15) of section 1003.01, Florida Statutes,
2868	are amended to read:
2869	1003.01  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term:
2870	(4)  "Career and technical education" means education that
2871	provides instruction for the following purposes:
2872	(a)  At the elementary, middle, and secondary school
2873	levels, exploratory courses designed to give students initial
2874	exposure to a broad range of occupations to assist them in
2875	preparing their academic and occupational plans, and practical
2876	arts courses that provide generic skills that may apply to many
2877	occupations but are not designed to prepare students for entry
2878	into a specific occupation. Career and technical education
2879	provided before high school completion must be designed to
2880	enhance both occupational and academic skills through
2881	integration with academic instruction.
2882	(b)  At the secondary school level, job-preparatory
2883	instruction in the competencies that prepare students for
2884	effective entry into an occupation, including diversified
2885	cooperative education, work experience, and job-entry programs
2886	that coordinate directed study and on-the-job training.
2887	(c)  At the postsecondary education level, courses of study
2888	that provide competencies needed for entry into specific
2889	occupations or for advancement within an occupation.
2890	(9)  "Dropout" means a student who meets any one or more of
2891	the following criteria:
2892	(c)  The student has withdrawn from school, but has not
2893	transferred to another public or private school or enrolled in
2894	any career and technical, adult, home education, or alternative
2895	educational program;
2896
2897	The State Board of Education may adopt rules to implement the
2898	provisions of this subsection.
2899	(15)  "Extracurricular courses" means all courses that are
2900	not defined as "core-curricula courses," which may include, but
2901	are not limited to, physical education, fine arts, performing
2902	fine arts, vocational education, and career and technical
2903	education. The term is limited in meaning and used for the sole
2904	purpose of designating classes that are not subject to the
2905	maximum class size requirements established in s. 1, Art. IX of
2906	the State Constitution.
2907	Section 83.  Section 1003.02, Florida Statutes, is amended
2908	to read:
2909	1003.02  District school board operation and control of
2910	public K-12 education within the school district.--As provided
2911	in part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are
2912	constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation and
2913	control of public K-12 education within their school district.
2914	The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate
2915	their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees,
2916	and facilities. Their responsibilities include staff
2917	development, public K-12 school student education including
2918	education for exceptional students and students in juvenile
2919	justice programs, special programs, adult education programs,
2920	and career and technical education programs. Additionally,
2921	district school boards must:
2922	(1)  Provide for the proper accounting for all students of
2923	school age, for the attendance and control of students at
2924	school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other
2925	matters relating to the welfare of students in the following
2926	fields:
2927	(a)  Admission, classification, promotion, and graduation
2928	of students.--Adopt rules for admitting, classifying, promoting,
2929	and graduating students to or from the various schools of the
2930	district.
2931	(b)  Enforcement of attendance laws.--Provide for the
2932	enforcement of all laws and rules relating to the attendance of
2933	students at school.
2934	(c)  Control of students.--
2935	1.  Adopt rules for the control, attendance, discipline,
2936	in-school suspension, suspension, and expulsion of students and
2937	decide all cases recommended for expulsion.
2938	2.  Maintain a code of student conduct as provided in
2939	chapter 1006.
2940	(d)  Courses of study and instructional materials.--
2941	1.  Provide adequate instructional materials for all
2942	students as follows and in accordance with the requirements of
2943	chapter 1006, in the core courses of mathematics, language arts,
2944	social studies, science, reading, and literature, except for
2945	instruction for which the school advisory council approves the
2946	use of a program that does not include a textbook as a major
2947	tool of instruction.
2948	2.  Adopt courses of study for use in the schools of the
2949	district.
2950	3.  Provide for proper requisitioning, distribution,
2951	accounting, storage, care, and use of all instructional
2952	materials as may be needed, and ensure that instructional
2953	materials used in the district are consistent with the district
2954	goals and objectives and the curriculum frameworks approved by
2955	the State Board of Education, as well as with the state and
2956	school district performance standards required by law and state
2957	board rule.
2958	(e)  Transportation.--Make provision for the transportation
2959	of students to the public schools or school activities they are
2960	required or expected to attend, efficiently and economically, in
2961	accordance with the requirements of chapter 1006.
2962	(f)  Facilities and school plant.--
2963	1.  Approve and adopt a districtwide school facilities
2964	program, in accordance with the requirements of chapter 1013.
2965	2.  Approve plans for locating, planning, constructing,
2966	sanitating, insuring, maintaining, protecting, and condemning
2967	school property as prescribed in chapter 1013.
2968	3.  Approve and adopt a districtwide school building
2969	program.
2970	4.  Select and purchase school sites, playgrounds, and
2971	recreational areas located at centers at which schools are to be
2972	constructed, of adequate size to meet the needs of projected
2973	students to be accommodated.
2974	5.  Approve the proposed purchase of any site, playground,
2975	or recreational area for which school district funds are to be
2976	used.
2977	6.  Expand existing sites.
2978	7.  Rent buildings when necessary.
2979	8.  Enter into leases or lease-purchase arrangements, in
2980	accordance with the requirements and conditions provided in s.
2981	1013.15(2).
2982	9.  Provide for the proper supervision of construction.
2983	10.  Make or contract for additions, alterations, and
2984	repairs on buildings and other school properties.
2985	11.  Ensure that all plans and specifications for buildings
2986	provide adequately for the safety and well-being of students, as
2987	well as for economy of construction.
2988	12.  Provide adequately for the proper maintenance and
2989	upkeep of school plants.
2990	13.  Carry insurance on every school building in all school
2991	plants including contents, boilers, and machinery, except
2992	buildings of three classrooms or less which are of frame
2993	construction and located in a tenth class public protection zone
2994	as defined by the Florida Inspection and Rating Bureau, and on
2995	all school buses and other property under the control of the
2996	district school board or title to which is vested in the
2997	district school board, except as exceptions may be authorized
2998	under rules of the State Board of Education.
2999	14.  Condemn and prohibit the use for public school
3000	purposes of any building under the control of the district
3001	school board.
3002	(g)  School operation.--
3003	1.  Provide for the operation of all public schools as free
3004	schools for a term of at least 180 days or the equivalent on an
3005	hourly basis as specified by rules of the State Board of
3006	Education; determine district school funds necessary in addition
3007	to state funds to operate all schools for the minimum term; and
3008	arrange for the levying of district school taxes necessary to
3009	provide the amount needed from district sources.
3010	2.  Prepare, adopt, and timely submit to the Department of
3011	Education, as required by law and by rules of the State Board of
3012	Education, the annual school budget, so as to promote the
3013	improvement of the district school system.
3014	(h)  Records and reports.--
3015	1.  Keep all necessary records and make all needed and
3016	required reports, as required by law or by rules of the State
3017	Board of Education.
3018	2.  At regular intervals require reports to be made by
3019	principals or teachers in all public schools to the parents of
3020	the students enrolled and in attendance at their schools,
3021	apprising them of the academic and other progress being made by
3022	the student and giving other useful information.
3023	(i)  Parental notification of acceleration mechanisms.--At
3024	the beginning of each school year, notify parents of students in
3025	or entering high school of the opportunity and benefits of
3026	advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, Advanced
3027	International Certificate of Education, dual enrollment, and
3028	Florida Virtual School courses.
3029	(2)  Require that all laws, all rules of the State Board of
3030	Education, and all rules of the district school board are
3031	properly enforced.
3032	(3)  Maintain a system of school improvement and education
3033	accountability as required by law and State Board of Education
3034	rule, including but not limited to the requirements of chapter
3035	1008.
3036	(4)  In order to reduce the anonymity of students in large
3037	schools, adopt policies that encourage subdivision of the school
3038	into schools-within-a-school, which shall operate within
3039	existing resources. A "school-within-a-school" means an
3040	operational program that uses flexible scheduling, team
3041	planning, and curricular and instructional innovation to
3042	organize groups of students with groups of teachers as smaller
3043	units, so as to functionally operate as a smaller school.
3044	Examples of this include, but are not limited to:
3045	(a)  An organizational arrangement assigning both students
3046	and teachers to smaller units in which the students take some or
3047	all of their coursework with their fellow grouped students and
3048	from the teachers assigned to the smaller unit. A unit may be
3049	grouped together for 1 year or on a vertical, multiyear basis.
3050	(b)  An organizational arrangement similar to that
3051	described in paragraph(a) with additional variations in
3052	instruction and curriculum.  The smaller unit usually seeks to
3053	maintain a program different from that of the larger school, or
3054	of other smaller units. It may be vertically organized, but is
3055	dependent upon the school principal for its existence, budget,
3056	and staff.
3057	(c)  A separate and autonomous smaller unit formally
3058	authorized by the district school board or district school
3059	superintendent. The smaller unit plans and runs its own program,
3060	has its own staff and students, and receives its own separate
3061	budget. The smaller unit must negotiate the use of common space
3062	with the larger school and defer to the building principal on
3063	matters of safety and building operation.
3064	Section 84.  Paragraph (h) of subsection (1) of section
3065	1003.43, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3066	1003.43  General requirements for high school graduation.--
3067	(1)  Graduation requires successful completion of either a
3068	minimum of 24 academic credits in grades 9 through 12 or an
3069	International Baccalaureate curriculum. The 24 credits shall be
3070	distributed as follows:
3071	(h)1.  One credit in practical arts career and technical
3072	education or exploratory career and technical education. Any
3073	career and technical education course as defined in s. 1003.01
3074	may be taken to satisfy the high school graduation requirement
3075	for one credit in practical arts or exploratory career and
3076	technical education provided in this subparagraph;
3077	2.  One credit in performing fine arts to be selected from
3078	music, dance, drama, painting, or sculpture. A course in any art
3079	form, in addition to painting or sculpture, that requires manual
3080	dexterity, or a course in speech and debate, may be taken to
3081	satisfy the high school graduation requirement for one credit in
3082	performing arts pursuant to this subparagraph; or
3083	3.  One-half credit each in practical arts career and
3084	technical education or exploratory career and technical
3085	education and performing fine arts, as defined in this
3086	paragraph.
3087
3088	Such credit for practical arts career and technical education or
3089	exploratory career and technical education or for performing
3090	fine arts shall be made available in the 9th grade, and students
3091	shall be scheduled into a 9th grade course as a priority.
3092
3093	District school boards may award a maximum of one-half credit in
3094	social studies and one-half elective credit for student
3095	completion of nonpaid voluntary community or school service
3096	work. Students choosing this option must complete a minimum of
3097	75 hours of service in order to earn the one-half credit in
3098	either category of instruction. Credit may not be earned for
3099	service provided as a result of court action. District school
3100	boards that approve the award of credit for student volunteer
3101	service shall develop guidelines regarding the award of the
3102	credit, and school principals are responsible for approving
3103	specific volunteer activities. A course designated in the Course
3104	Code Directory as grade 9 through grade 12 that is taken below
3105	the 9th grade may be used to satisfy high school graduation
3106	requirements or Florida Academic Scholars award requirements as
3107	specified in a district school board's student progression plan.
3108	A student shall be granted credit toward meeting the
3109	requirements of this subsection for equivalent courses, as
3110	identified pursuant to s. 1007.271(6), taken through dual
3111	enrollment.
3112	Section 85.  Subsection (3) of section 1003.47, Florida
3113	Statutes, is amended to read:
3114	1003.47  Biological experiments on living subjects.--
3115	(3)  If any instructional employee of a public high school
3116	or career area technical center knowingly or intentionally fails
3117	or refuses to comply with any of the provisions of this section,
3118	the district school board may suspend, dismiss, return to annual
3119	contract, or otherwise discipline such employee as provided in
3120	s. 1012.22(1)(f) in accordance with procedures established in
3121	chapter 1012. If any instructional employee of any private
3122	school knowingly or intentionally fails or refuses to comply
3123	with the provisions of this section, the governing authority of
3124	the private school may suspend, dismiss, or otherwise discipline
3125	such employee in accordance with its standard personnel
3126	procedures.
3127	Section 86.  Paragraphs (e) and (f) of subsection (2) of
3128	section 1003.51, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3129	1003.51  Other public educational services.--
3130	(2)  The State Board of Education shall adopt and maintain
3131	an administrative rule articulating expectations for effective
3132	education programs for youth in Department of Juvenile Justice
3133	programs, including, but not limited to, education programs in
3134	juvenile justice commitment and detention facilities. The rule
3135	shall articulate policies and standards for education programs
3136	for youth in Department of Juvenile Justice programs and shall
3137	include the following:
3138	(e)  Assessment procedures, which:
3139	1.  Include appropriate academic and career and technical
3140	assessments administered at program entry and exit that are
3141	selected by the Department of Education in partnership with
3142	representatives from the Department of Juvenile Justice,
3143	district school boards, and providers.
3144	2.  Require district school boards to be responsible for
3145	ensuring the completion of the assessment process.
3146	3.  Require assessments for students in detention who will
3147	move on to commitment facilities, to be designed to create the
3148	foundation for developing the student's education program in the
3149	assigned commitment facility.
3150	4.  Require assessments of students sent directly to
3151	commitment facilities to be completed within the first week of
3152	the student's commitment.
3153
3154	The results of these assessments, together with a portfolio
3155	depicting the student's academic and career and technical
3156	accomplishments, shall be included in the discharge package
3157	assembled for each youth.
3158	(f)  Recommended instructional programs, including, but not
3159	limited to, career and technical training and job preparation.
3160	Section 87.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) and
3161	subsections (3), (5), and (23) of section 1003.52, Florida
3162	Statutes, are amended to read:
3163	1003.52  Educational services in Department of Juvenile
3164	Justice programs.--
3165	(1)  The Legislature finds that education is the single
3166	most important factor in the rehabilitation of adjudicated
3167	delinquent youth in the custody of the Department of Juvenile
3168	Justice in detention or commitment facilities. It is the goal of
3169	the Legislature that youth in the juvenile justice system
3170	continue to be allowed the opportunity to obtain a high quality
3171	education. The Department of Education shall serve as the lead
3172	agency for juvenile justice education programs, curriculum,
3173	support services, and resources. To this end, the Department of
3174	Education and the Department of Juvenile Justice shall each
3175	designate a Coordinator for Juvenile Justice Education Programs
3176	to serve as the point of contact for resolving issues not
3177	addressed by district school boards and to provide each
3178	department's participation in the following activities:
3179	(c)  Developing academic and career and technical protocols
3180	that provide guidance to district school boards and providers in
3181	all aspects of education programming, including records transfer
3182	and transition.
3183
3184	Annually, a cooperative agreement and plan for juvenile justice
3185	education service enhancement shall be developed between the
3186	Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Education
3187	and submitted to the Secretary of Juvenile Justice and the
3188	Commissioner of Education by June 30.
3189	(3)  The district school board of the county in which the
3190	residential or nonresidential care facility or juvenile
3191	assessment facility is located shall provide appropriate
3192	educational assessments and an appropriate program of
3193	instruction and special education services. The district school
3194	board shall make provisions for each student to participate in
3195	basic, career and technical education, and exceptional student
3196	programs as appropriate. Students served in Department of
3197	Juvenile Justice programs shall have access to the appropriate
3198	courses and instruction to prepare them for the GED test.
3199	Students participating in GED preparation programs shall be
3200	funded at the basic program cost factor for Department of
3201	Juvenile Justice programs in the Florida Education Finance
3202	Program. Each program shall be conducted according to applicable
3203	law providing for the operation of public schools and rules of
3204	the State Board of Education.
3205	(5)  The educational program shall consist of appropriate
3206	basic academic, career and technical, or exceptional curricula
3207	and related services which support the treatment goals and
3208	reentry and which may lead to completion of the requirements for
3209	receipt of a high school diploma or its equivalent. If the
3210	duration of a program is less than 40 days, the educational
3211	component may be limited to tutorial activities and career and
3212	technical employability skills.
3213	(23)  The Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department
3214	of Education shall, in consultation with the statewide Workforce
3215	Development Youth Council, district school boards, providers,
3216	and others, jointly develop a multiagency plan for career and
3217	technical education which describes the curriculum, goals, and
3218	outcome measures for career and technical education programming
3219	in juvenile commitment facilities, pursuant to s. 985.3155.
3220	Section 88.  Subsections (21), (23), (25), and (26) of
3221	section 1004.02, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3222	1004.02  Definitions.--As used in this chapter:
3223	(21)  "Career Technical certificate program" means a course
3224	of study that leads to at least one occupational completion
3225	point. The program may also confer credit that may articulate
3226	with a diploma or career technical degree education program, if
3227	authorized by rules of the State Board of Education. Any credit
3228	instruction designed to articulate to a degree program is
3229	subject to guidelines and standards adopted by the Department of
3230	Education pursuant to chapter 1007. The term is interchangeable
3231	with the term "certificate career and technical education
3232	program."
3233	(23)  "Career and technical education planning region"
3234	means the geographic area in which career and technical or adult
3235	education is provided. Each career and technical region is
3236	contiguous with one of the 28 community college service areas.
3237	(25)  "Career and technical program" means a group of
3238	identified competencies leading to occupations identified by a
3239	Classification of Instructional Programs number.
3240	(26)  "Workforce development education" means adult general
3241	education or career and technical education and may consist of a
3242	continuing workforce education course or a program of study
3243	leading to an occupational completion point, a career technical
3244	certificate, an applied technology diploma, or a career
3245	technical degree.
3246	Section 89.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (5) of section
3247	1004.04, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3248	1004.04  Public accountability and state approval for
3249	teacher preparation programs.--
3250	(5)  CONTINUED PROGRAM APPROVAL.--Notwithstanding
3251	subsection (4), failure by a public or nonpublic teacher
3252	preparation program to meet the criteria for continued program
3253	approval shall result in loss of program approval. The
3254	Department of Education, in collaboration with the departments
3255	and colleges of education, shall develop procedures for
3256	continued program approval that document the continuous
3257	improvement of program processes and graduates' performance.
3258	(f)1.  Each Florida public and private institution that
3259	offers a state-approved teacher preparation program must
3260	annually report information regarding these programs to the
3261	state and the general public. This information shall be reported
3262	in a uniform and comprehensible manner that is consistent with
3263	definitions and methods approved by the Commissioner of the
3264	National Center for Educational Statistics and that is approved
3265	by the State Board of Education. This information must include,
3266	at a minimum:
3267	a.  The percent of graduates obtaining full-time teaching
3268	employment within the first year of graduation.
3269	b.  The average length of stay of graduates in their full-
3270	time teaching positions.
3271	c.  Satisfaction ratings required in paragraph (e).
3272	2.  Each public and private institution offering training
3273	for school readiness related professions, including training in
3274	the fields of child care and early childhood education, whether
3275	offering career technical credit, associate in applied science
3276	degree programs, associate in science degree programs, or
3277	associate in arts degree programs, shall annually report
3278	information regarding these programs to the state and the
3279	general public in a uniform and comprehensible manner that
3280	conforms with definitions and methods approved by the State
3281	Board of Education. This information must include, at a minimum:
3282	a.  Average length of stay of graduates in their positions.
3283	b.  Satisfaction ratings of graduates' employers.
3284
3285	This information shall be reported through publications,
3286	including college and university catalogs and promotional
3287	materials sent to potential applicants, secondary school
3288	guidance counselors, and prospective employers of the
3289	institution's program graduates.
3290	Section 90.  Section 1004.07, Florida Statutes, is amended
3291	to read:
3292	1004.07  Student withdrawal from courses due to military
3293	service; effect.--Each district school board, community college
3294	district board of trustees, and university board of trustees
3295	shall establish, by rule and pursuant to guidelines of the State
3296	Board of Education, policies regarding currently enrolled
3297	students who are called to, or enlist in, active military
3298	service. Such policies shall provide that any student enrolled
3299	in a postsecondary course or courses at a career an area
3300	technical center, a public community college, a public college,
3301	or a state university shall not incur academic or financial
3302	penalties by virtue of performing military service on behalf of
3303	our country. Such student shall be permitted the option of
3304	either completing the course or courses at a later date without
3305	penalty or withdrawing from the course or courses with a full
3306	refund of fees paid. If the student chooses to withdraw, the
3307	student's record shall reflect that the withdrawal is due to
3308	active military service.
3309	Section 91.  Paragraphs (b), (c), (d), and (g) of
3310	subsection (4) of section 1004.54, Florida Statutes, are amended
3311	to read:
3312	1004.54  Learning Development and Evaluation Center.--
3313	(4)  An outreach component shall be established which shall
3314	include:
3315	(b)  Working with community colleges, career technical
3316	centers, and community agencies to identify students who may
3317	benefit from the program.
3318	(c)  Providing secondary schools, community colleges,
3319	career technical centers, and community agencies with a
3320	description of methods used by the program for identification of
3321	students who have learning disabilities.
3322	(d)  Providing secondary schools, community colleges,
3323	career technical centers, and community agencies with a
3324	description of program services and the support services
3325	available.
3326	(g)  Designing, developing, and implementing, in
3327	cooperation with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University,
3328	public school districts, community colleges, and career
3329	technical centers within the Department of Education, model
3330	programs for the learning disabled student.
3331	Section 92.  Subsection (6) and paragraph (a) of subsection
3332	(8) of section 1004.65, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3333	1004.65  Community colleges; definition, mission, and
3334	responsibilities.--
3335	(6)  The primary mission and responsibility of community
3336	colleges is responding to community needs for postsecondary
3337	academic education and career technical degree education. This
3338	mission and responsibility includes being responsible for:
3339	(a)  Providing lower level undergraduate instruction and
3340	awarding associate degrees.
3341	(b)  Preparing students directly for careers vocations
3342	requiring less than baccalaureate degrees. This may include
3343	preparing for job entry, supplementing of skills and knowledge,
3344	and responding to needs in new areas of technology. Career and
3345	technical education in the community college shall consist of
3346	career technical certificates, credit courses leading to
3347	associate in science degrees and associate in applied science
3348	degrees, and other programs in fields requiring substantial
3349	academic work, background, or qualifications. A community
3350	college may offer career and technical education programs in
3351	fields having lesser academic or technical requirements.
3352	(c)  Providing student development services, including
3353	assessment, student tracking, support for disabled students,
3354	advisement, counseling, financial aid, career development, and
3355	remedial and tutorial services, to ensure student success.
3356	(d)  Promoting economic development for the state within
3357	each community college district through the provision of special
3358	programs, including, but not limited to, the:
3359	1.  Enterprise Florida-related programs.
3360	2.  Technology transfer centers.
3361	3.  Economic development centers.
3362	4.  Workforce literacy programs.
3363	(e)  Providing dual enrollment instruction.
3364	(8)  Funding for community colleges shall reflect their
3365	mission as follows:
3366	(a)  Postsecondary academic and career and technical
3367	education programs and adult general education programs shall
3368	have first priority in community college funding.
3369	Section 93.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (3) and paragraph
3370	(a) of subsection (8) of section 1004.73, Florida Statutes, are
3371	amended to read:
3372	1004.73  St. Petersburg College.--
3373	(3)  STUDENTS; FEES.--
3374	(b)  The Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg College shall
3375	establish the level of tuition and other authorized student fees
3376	consistent with law and proviso in the General Appropriations
3377	Act.
3378	1.  For each credit hour of enrollment in a certificate
3379	level course or lower-division level college credit course,
3380	tuition and fees must be within the range authorized in law and
3381	rule for a community college student at that level.
3382	2.  For each credit hour of enrollment in an upper-division
3383	level course, matriculation and tuition fees must be in an
3384	amount established by the Board of Trustees of St. Petersburg
3385	College. However, fees for upper-division students must reflect
3386	the fact that the college does not incur the costs of major
3387	research programs. Therefore, the board of trustees shall
3388	establish fees for upper-division students within a range that
3389	is lower than the fees established for students at a state
3390	university but higher than the fees for community college
3391	students.
3392	3.  Other mandatory fees and local fees must be at the same
3393	level for all lower-division students. For upper-division
3394	students, other mandatory fees and local fees must be at a level
3395	less than fees established for University of South Florida
3396	students, regardless of program enrollment or level. However,
3397	students in workforce development education courses maintain the
3398	authorized fee exemptions described in s. 1009.25 and may be
3399	exempt from local fees imposed by the board of trustees, at the
3400	board's discretion.
3401	(8)  STATE FUNDING.--
3402	(a)  The Legislature intends to fund St. Petersburg College
3403	as a community college for its workforce development education
3404	programs and for its lower-division level college credit courses
3405	and programs.
3406	Section 94.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1004.91,
3407	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3408	1004.91  Career-preparatory Vocational-preparatory
3409	instruction.--
3410	(1)  The State Board of Education shall adopt, by rule,
3411	standards of basic skill mastery for certificate career
3412	technical education programs. Each school district and community
3413	college that conducts programs that confer career technical
3414	credit shall provide career-preparatory vocational-preparatory
3415	instruction through which students receive the basic skills
3416	instruction required pursuant to this section.
3417	(2)  Students who enroll in a program offered for career
3418	technical credit of 450 hours or more shall complete an entry-
3419	level examination within the first 6 weeks of admission into the
3420	program. The State Board of Education shall designate
3421	examinations that are currently in existence, the results of
3422	which are comparable across institutions, to assess student
3423	mastery of basic skills. Any student found to lack the required
3424	level of basic skills for such program shall be referred to
3425	career-preparatory vocational-preparatory instruction or adult
3426	basic education for a structured program of basic skills
3427	instruction. Such instruction may include English for speakers
3428	of other languages. A student may not receive a career technical
3429	certificate of completion without first demonstrating the basic
3430	skills required in the state curriculum frameworks for the
3431	program.
3432	Section 95.  Section 1004.92, Florida Statutes, is amended
3433	to read:
3434	1004.92  Purpose and responsibilities for career and
3435	technical education.--
3436	(1)  The purpose of career and technical education is to
3437	enable students who complete career and technical programs to
3438	attain and sustain employment and realize economic self-
3439	sufficiency. The purpose of this section is to identify issues
3440	related to career and technical education for which school
3441	boards and community college boards of trustees are accountable.
3442	It is the intent of the Legislature that the standards
3443	articulated in subsection (2) be considered in the development
3444	of accountability standards for public schools pursuant to ss.
3445	1000.03, 1001.42(16), and 1008.345 and for community colleges
3446	pursuant to s. 1008.45.
3447	(2)(a)  School board, superintendent, and career technical
3448	center, and community college board of trustees and president,
3449	accountability for career and technical education programs
3450	includes, but is not limited to:
3451	1.  Student demonstration of the academic skills necessary
3452	to enter an occupation.
3453	2.  Student preparation to enter an occupation in an entry-
3454	level position or continue postsecondary study.
3455	3.  Career and technical program articulation with other
3456	corresponding postsecondary programs and job training
3457	experiences.
3458	4.  Employer satisfaction with the performance of students
3459	who complete career and technical education or reach
3460	occupational completion points.
3461	5.  Student completion, placement, and retention rates
3462	pursuant to s. 1008.43.
3463	(b)  Department of Education accountability for career and
3464	technical education includes, but is not limited to:
3465	1.  The provision of timely, accurate technical assistance
3466	to school districts and community colleges.
3467	2.  The provision of timely, accurate information to the
3468	State Board of Education, the Legislature, and the public.
3469	3.  The development of policies, rules, and procedures that
3470	facilitate institutional attainment of the accountability
3471	standards and coordinate the efforts of all divisions within the
3472	department.
3473	4.  The development of program standards and industry-
3474	driven benchmarks for career and technical, adult, and community
3475	education programs, which must be updated every 3 years. The
3476	standards must include career technical, academic, and workplace
3477	skills; viability of distance learning for instruction; and
3478	work/learn cycles that are responsive to business and industry.
3479	5.  Overseeing school district and community college
3480	compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
3481	6.  Ensuring that the educational outcomes for the
3482	technical component of career and technical programs are uniform
3483	and designed to provide a graduate who is capable of entering
3484	the workforce on an equally competitive basis regardless of the
3485	institution of choice.
3486	(3)  Each career technical center operated by a district
3487	school board shall establish a center advisory council pursuant
3488	to s. 1001.452. The center advisory council shall assist in the
3489	preparation and evaluation of center improvement plans required
3490	pursuant to s. 1001.42(16) and may provide assistance, upon the
3491	request of the center director, in the preparation of the
3492	center's annual budget and plan as required by s. 1008.385(1).
3493	Section 96.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1), paragraph (d)
3494	of subsection (2), and paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of
3495	section 1004.93, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3496	1004.93  Adult general education.--
3497	(1)
3498	(b)  It is further intended that educational opportunities
3499	be available for adults who have earned a diploma or high school
3500	equivalency diploma but who lack the basic skills necessary to
3501	function effectively in everyday situations, to enter the job
3502	market, or to enter career technical certificate instruction.
3503	(2)  The adult education program must provide academic
3504	services to students in the following priority:
3505	(d)  Students who have earned high school diplomas and
3506	require specific improvement in order to:
3507	1.  Obtain or maintain employment or benefit from
3508	certificate career technical education programs;
3509	2.  Pursue a postsecondary degree; or
3510	3.  Develop competence in the English language to qualify
3511	for employment.
3512	(4)
3513	(c)  The State Board of Education shall define, by rule,
3514	the levels and courses of instruction to be funded through the
3515	college-preparatory program. The state board shall coordinate
3516	the establishment of costs for college-preparatory courses, the
3517	establishment of statewide standards that define required levels
3518	of competence, acceptable rates of student progress, and the
3519	maximum amount of time to be allowed for completion of college-
3520	preparatory instruction. College-preparatory instruction is part
3521	of an associate in arts degree program and may not be funded as
3522	an adult career and technical education program.
3523	Section 97.  Subsection (2) of section 1004.98, Florida
3524	Statutes, is amended to read:
3525	1004.98  Workforce literacy programs.--
3526	(2)  Each community college and school district may conduct
3527	courses and programs through which adults gain the communication
3528	and computation skills necessary to complete a career and
3529	technical program, to gain or maintain entry-level employment,
3530	or to upgrade employment. Courses may not be conducted until the
3531	community college or school district identifies current and
3532	prospective employees who do not possess the skills necessary to
3533	enter career and technical programs or to obtain or maintain
3534	employment.
3535	Section 98.  Subsection (8) of section 1005.02, Florida
3536	Statutes, is amended to read:
3537	1005.02  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term:
3538	(8)  "Diploma" means a credential that is not a degree but
3539	is any of the following: a certificate, transcript, report,
3540	document, or title; a designation, mark, or appellation; or a
3541	series of letters, numbers, or words that generally are taken to
3542	signify satisfactory completion of the requirements of an
3543	educational, technical, or career program of study or training
3544	or course of study.
3545	Section 99.  Subsection (2) of section 1005.06, Florida
3546	Statutes, is amended to read:
3547	1005.06  Institutions not under the jurisdiction or purview
3548	of the commission.--
3549	(2)  The Department of Education may contract with the
3550	Commission on Independent Education to provide services for
3551	independent postsecondary educational institutions not under the
3552	jurisdiction of the commission relating to licensure of
3553	postsecondary career technical certificate and diploma programs
3554	that such institutions may wish to offer and preliminary review
3555	of programs such institutions may wish to offer which are beyond
3556	the scope of the institutions's current accreditation status.
3557	Upon completion of its review, the commission shall forward its
3558	recommendation to the department for final action.  The
3559	department shall assess the institution seeking such services
3560	the cost to the commission of providing such services. Revenues
3561	collected pursuant to this provision shall be deposited in the
3562	Institutional Assessment Trust Fund.
3563	Section 100.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
3564	1005.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3565	1005.21  Commission for Independent Education.--
3566	(2)  The Commission for Independent Education shall consist
3567	of seven members who are residents of this state. The commission
3568	shall function in matters concerning independent postsecondary
3569	educational institutions in consumer protection, program
3570	improvement, and licensure for institutions under its purview.
3571	The Governor shall appoint the members of the commission who are
3572	subject to confirmation by the Senate. The membership of the
3573	commission shall consist of:
3574	(c)  One member from a public school district or community
3575	college who is an administrator of career and technical
3576	education.
3577	Section 101.  Subsections (2) and (5) of section 1006.035,
3578	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3579	1006.035  Dropout reentry and mentor project.--
3580	(2)  The project shall identify 15 black students in each
3581	location who have dropped out of high school but were not
3582	encountering academic difficulty when they left school. Students
3583	chosen to participate may not have a high school diploma, be
3584	enrolled in an adult general education program which includes a
3585	GED program or an adult high school, or be enrolled in a career
3586	center technical school. Students may be employed but must be
3587	able to adjust their work schedules to accommodate classes and
3588	project sessions. Priority must be given to students who have
3589	dropped out of school within the last 3 years.
3590	(5)  Selected project participants shall be evaluated and
3591	enrolled in a GED program, regular high school, career center
3592	technical school, or alternative school. In conjunction with
3593	school guidance personnel, project staff shall design a
3594	supplemental program to reinforce basic skills, provide
3595	additional counseling, and offer tutorial assistance. Weekly,
3596	project staff shall monitor students' attendance, performance,
3597	homework, and attitude toward school.
3598	Section 102.  Subsection (1) of section 1006.051, Florida
3599	Statutes, is amended to read:
3600	1006.051  Sunshine Workforce Solutions Grant Program.--
3601	(1)  The Legislature recognizes the need for school
3602	districts to be able to respond to critical workforce shortages
3603	in nursing. The Sunshine Workforce Solutions Grant Program is
3604	created to provide grants to school districts on a competitive
3605	basis to fund all or some of the costs associated with
3606	establishing an exploratory program in nursing at the middle
3607	school level or a comprehensive career and technical education
3608	program within a high school that provides a program of study in
3609	nursing that will provide a seamless transition to appropriate
3610	postsecondary education or employment.
3611	(a)  A comprehensive career and technical education program
3612	within a high school that provides a program of study in nursing
3613	must be certified or endorsed by the Florida Board of Nursing to
3614	ensure that all components of the program are relevant and
3615	appropriate to prepare the student for further education and
3616	employment in nursing.
3617	(b)  For career and technical education programs in which
3618	high school credit is articulated to a related postsecondary
3619	education program, there must be an articulation agreement that
3620	ensures seamless transition from one level to the next without a
3621	loss of credit for the student.
3622	(c)  Participation in work-based learning experiences, as
3623	defined in rule by the Department of Education, shall be
3624	required in career and technical education programs at the high
3625	school level.
3626	Section 103.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
3627	1006.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3628	1006.21  Duties of district school superintendent and
3629	district school board regarding transportation.--
3630	(3)  District school boards, after considering
3631	recommendations of the district school superintendent:
3632	(c)  May provide transportation for public school migrant,
3633	exceptional, nursery, and other public school students in
3634	membership below kindergarten; kindergarten through grade 12
3635	students in membership in a public school; and adult students in
3636	membership in adult career and technical, basic, and high school
3637	graduation programs in a public school when, and only when,
3638	transportation is necessary to provide adequate educational
3639	facilities and opportunities which otherwise would not be
3640	available.
3641	Section 104.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
3642	1006.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3643	1006.31  Duties of each state instructional materials
3644	committee.--The duties of each state instructional materials
3645	committee are:
3646	(4)  EVALUATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.--To evaluate
3647	carefully all instructional materials submitted, to ascertain
3648	which instructional materials, if any, submitted for
3649	consideration best implement the selection criteria developed by
3650	the commissioner and those curricular objectives included within
3651	applicable performance standards provided for in s. 1001.03(1).
3652	(a)  When recommending instructional materials for use in
3653	the schools, each committee shall include only instructional
3654	materials that accurately portray the ethnic, socioeconomic,
3655	cultural, and racial diversity of our society, including men and
3656	women in professional, career and technical, and executive
3657	roles, and the role and contributions of the entrepreneur and
3658	labor in the total development of this state and the United
3659	States.
3660
3661	The findings of the committees, including the evaluation of
3662	instructional materials, shall be in sessions open to the
3663	public. All decisions leading to determinations of the
3664	committees shall be by roll call vote, and at no time will a
3665	secret ballot be permitted.
3666	Section 105.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph
3667	(b) of subsection (3) of section 1007.21, Florida Statutes, are
3668	amended to read:
3669	1007.21  Readiness for postsecondary education and the
3670	workplace.--
3671	(2)(a)  Students entering the 9th grade and their parents
3672	shall be active participants in choosing an end-of-high-school
3673	student destination based upon both student and parent or
3674	guardian goals. Four or more destinations should be available
3675	with bridges between destinations to enable students to shift
3676	destinations should they choose to change goals. The
3677	destinations shall accommodate the needs of students served in
3678	exceptional education programs to the extent appropriate for
3679	individual students. Exceptional education students may continue
3680	to follow the courses outlined in the district school board
3681	student progression plan. Participating students and their
3682	parents shall choose among destinations, which must include:
3683	1.  Four-year college or university, community college plus
3684	university, or military academy.
3685	2.  Two-year postsecondary degree.
3686	3.  Postsecondary career and technical certificate.
3687	4.  Immediate employment or entry-level military.
3688	(3)
3689	(b)  The school principal shall:
3690	1.  Designate a member of the existing instructional or
3691	administrative staff to serve as a specialist to help coordinate
3692	the use of student achievement strategies to help students
3693	succeed in their coursework. The specialist shall also assist
3694	teachers in integrating the academic and career and technical
3695	curricula, utilizing technology, providing feedback regarding
3696	student achievement, and implementing the Blueprint for Career
3697	Preparation and Tech Prep programs.
3698	2.  Institute strategies to eliminate reading, writing, and
3699	mathematics deficiencies of secondary students.
3700	Section 106.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
3701	1007.23, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3702	1007.23  Statewide articulation agreement.--
3703	(1)  The State Board of Education shall establish in rule a
3704	statewide articulation agreement that governs:
3705	(c)  Admission of applied technology diploma program
3706	graduates from community colleges or career technical centers;
3707	Section 107.  Subsection (2) of section 1007.24, Florida
3708	Statutes, is amended to read:
3709	1007.24  Statewide course numbering system.--
3710	(2)  The Commissioner of Education shall appoint faculty
3711	committees representing faculties of participating institutions
3712	to recommend a single level for each course, including
3713	postsecondary career and technical education courses, included
3714	in the statewide course numbering system.
3715	(a)  Any course designated as an upper-division-level
3716	course must be characterized by a need for advanced academic
3717	preparation and skills that a student would be unlikely to
3718	achieve without significant prior coursework.
3719	(b)  A course that is offered as part of an associate in
3720	science degree program and as an upper-division course for a
3721	baccalaureate degree shall be designated for both the lower and
3722	upper division.
3723	(c)  A course designated as lower-division may be offered
3724	by any community college.
3725	Section 108.  Subsections (2) and (11) of section 1007.25,
3726	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3727	1007.25  General education courses; common prerequisites;
3728	and other degree requirements.--
3729	(2)  The department shall identify postsecondary career and
3730	technical education programs offered by community colleges and
3731	district school boards. The department shall also identify
3732	career and technical courses designated as college credit
3733	courses applicable toward a career and technical education
3734	diploma or degree. Such courses must be identified within the
3735	statewide course numbering system.
3736	(11)  The Commissioner of Education shall appoint faculty
3737	committees representing both community college and public school
3738	faculties to recommend to the commissioner for approval by the
3739	State Board of Education a standard program length and
3740	appropriate occupational completion points for each
3741	postsecondary career and technical certificate program, diploma,
3742	and degree.
3743	Section 109.  Subsection (4) of section 1007.27, Florida
3744	Statutes, is amended to read:
3745	1007.27  Articulated acceleration mechanisms.--
3746	(4)  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide
3747	articulated acceleration mechanisms for students who are in home
3748	education programs, as defined in s. 1003.01(11), consistent
3749	with the educational opportunities available to public and
3750	private secondary school students. Home education students may
3751	participate in dual enrollment, career and technical dual
3752	enrollment, early admission, and credit by examination. Credit
3753	earned by home education students through dual enrollment shall
3754	apply toward the completion of a home education program that
3755	meets the requirements of s. 1002.41.
3756	Section 110.  Subsections (1), (3), (4), (8), and (10) of
3757	section 1007.271, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3758	1007.271  Dual enrollment programs.--
3759	(1)  The dual enrollment program is the enrollment of an
3760	eligible secondary student or home education student in a
3761	postsecondary course creditable toward a career and technical
3762	certificate or an associate or baccalaureate degree.
3763	(3)  The Department of Education shall adopt guidelines
3764	designed to achieve comparability across school districts of
3765	both student qualifications and teacher qualifications for dual
3766	enrollment courses. Student qualifications must demonstrate
3767	readiness for college-level coursework if the student is to be
3768	enrolled in college courses. Student qualifications must
3769	demonstrate readiness for career-level career and technical-
3770	level coursework if the student is to be enrolled in career and
3771	technical courses. In addition to the common placement
3772	examination, student qualifications for enrollment in college
3773	credit dual enrollment courses must include a 3.0 unweighted
3774	grade point average, and student qualifications for enrollment
3775	in career and technical certificate dual enrollment courses must
3776	include a 2.0 unweighted grade point average. Exceptions to the
3777	required grade point averages may be granted if the educational
3778	entities agree and the terms of the agreement are contained
3779	within the dual enrollment interinstitutional articulation
3780	agreement. Community college boards of trustees may establish
3781	additional admissions criteria, which shall be included in the
3782	district interinstitutional articulation agreement developed
3783	according to s. 1007.235, to ensure student readiness for
3784	postsecondary instruction. Additional requirements included in
3785	the agreement shall not arbitrarily prohibit students who have
3786	demonstrated the ability to master advanced courses from
3787	participating in dual enrollment courses. District school boards
3788	may not refuse to enter into an agreement with a local community
3789	college if that community college has the capacity to offer dual
3790	enrollment courses.
3791	(4)  Career and technical dual enrollment shall be provided
3792	as a curricular option for secondary students to pursue in order
3793	to earn a series of elective credits toward the high school
3794	diploma. However, career and technical dual enrollment shall not
3795	supplant student acquisition of the diploma. Career and
3796	technical dual enrollment shall be available for secondary
3797	students seeking a degree or certificate from a complete career-
3798	preparatory job-preparatory program, but shall not sustain
3799	student enrollment in isolated career and technical courses. It
3800	is the intent of the Legislature that career and technical dual
3801	enrollment reflect the interests and aptitudes of the student.
3802	The provision of a comprehensive academic and career and
3803	technical dual enrollment program within the career area
3804	technical center or community college is supportive of
3805	legislative intent; however, such provision is not mandatory.
3806	(8)  Career and technical early admission is a form of
3807	career and technical dual enrollment through which eligible
3808	secondary students enroll full time in a career an area
3809	technical center or a community college in courses that are
3810	creditable toward the high school diploma and the certificate or
3811	associate degree. Participation in the career and technical
3812	early admission program shall be limited to students who have
3813	completed a minimum of 6 semesters of full-time secondary
3814	enrollment, including studies undertaken in the ninth grade.
3815	Students enrolled pursuant to this section are exempt from the
3816	payment of registration, tuition, and laboratory fees.
3817	(10)(a)  The dual enrollment program for home education
3818	students consists of the enrollment of an eligible home
3819	education secondary student in a postsecondary course creditable
3820	toward an associate degree, a career or technical certificate,
3821	or a baccalaureate degree. To participate in the dual enrollment
3822	program, an eligible home education secondary student must:
3823	1.  Provide proof of enrollment in a home education program
3824	pursuant to s. 1002.41.
3825	2.  Be responsible for his or her own instructional
3826	materials and transportation unless provided for otherwise.
3827	(b)  Each career technical center, community college, and
3828	state university shall:
3829	1.  Delineate courses and programs for dually enrolled home
3830	education students. Courses and programs may be added, revised,
3831	or deleted at any time.
3832	2.  Identify eligibility criteria for home education
3833	student participation, not to exceed those required of other
3834	dually enrolled students.
3835	Section 111.  Subsection (1) of section 1008.37, Florida
3836	Statutes, is amended to read:
3837	1008.37  Postsecondary feedback of information to high
3838	schools.--
3839	(1)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that
3840	require the Commissioner of Education to report to the State
3841	Board of Education, the Legislature, and the district school
3842	boards on the performance of each first-time-in-postsecondary
3843	education student from each public high school in this state who
3844	is enrolled in a public postsecondary institution or public
3845	career technical center. Such reports must be based on
3846	information databases maintained by the Department of Education.
3847	In addition, the public postsecondary educational institutions
3848	and career technical centers shall provide district school
3849	boards access to information on student performance in regular
3850	and preparatory courses and shall indicate students referred for
3851	remediation pursuant to s. 1004.91 or s. 1008.30.
3852	Section 112.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
3853	1008.385, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
3854	1008.385  Educational planning and information systems.--
3855	(1)  EDUCATIONAL PLANNING.--
3856	(b)  Each district school board shall maintain a continuing
3857	system of planning and budgeting designed to aid in identifying
3858	and meeting the educational needs of students and the public.
3859	Provision shall be made for coordination between district school
3860	boards and community college boards of trustees concerning the
3861	planning for career and technical education and adult
3862	educational programs. The major emphasis of the system shall be
3863	upon locally determined goals and objectives, the state plan for
3864	education, and the Sunshine State Standards developed by the
3865	Department of Education and adopted by the State Board of
3866	Education. The district planning and budgeting system must
3867	include consideration of student achievement data obtained
3868	pursuant to ss. 1008.22 and 1008.34. The system shall be
3869	structured to meet the specific management needs of the district
3870	and to align the budget adopted by the district school board
3871	with the plan the board has also adopted. Each district school
3872	board shall utilize its system of planning and budgeting to
3873	emphasize a system of school-based management in which
3874	individual school centers become the principal planning units
3875	and to integrate planning and budgeting at the school level.
3876	Section 113.  Section 1008.405, Florida Statutes, is
3877	amended to read:
3878	1008.405  Adult student information.--Each school district
3879	and community college shall maintain sufficient information for
3880	each student enrolled in workforce development education to
3881	allow local and state administrators to locate such student upon
3882	the termination of instruction and to determine the
3883	appropriateness of student placement in specific instructional
3884	programs. The State Board of Education shall adopt, in rule,
3885	specific information that must be maintained and acceptable
3886	means of maintaining that information.
3887	Section 114.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1008.41,
3888	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3889	1008.41  Workforce Development education; management
3890	information system.--
3891	(1)  The Commissioner of Education shall coordinate uniform
3892	program structures, common definitions, and uniform management
3893	information systems for workforce development education for all
3894	divisions within the department. In performing these functions,
3895	the commissioner shall designate deadlines after which data
3896	elements may not be changed for the coming fiscal or school
3897	year. School districts and community colleges shall be notified
3898	of data element changes at least 90 days prior to the start of
3899	the subsequent fiscal or school year. Such systems must provide
3900	for:
3901	(a)  Individual student reporting.
3902	(b)  Compliance with state and federal confidentiality
3903	requirements, except that the department shall have access to
3904	the unemployment insurance wage reports to collect and report
3905	placement information about former students. Such placement
3906	reports must not disclose the individual identities of former
3907	students.
3908	(c)  Maximum use of automated technology and records in
3909	existing data bases and data systems. To the extent feasible,
3910	the Florida Information Resource Network shall be employed for
3911	this purpose.
3912	(d)  Annual reports of student enrollment, completion, and
3913	placement by program.
3914	(2)  The State Board of Education shall identify, by rule,
3915	the components to be included in the workforce development
3916	education management information system. All such components
3917	shall be comparable between school districts and community
3918	colleges.
3919	Section 115.  Subsection (2) of section 1008.42, Florida
3920	Statutes, is amended to read:
3921	1008.42  Public information on career and technical
3922	education programs.--
3923	(2)  The dissemination shall be conducted in accordance
3924	with the following procedures:
3925	(a)  Annually, the Department of Education shall publish
3926	the placement rates and average quarterly earnings for students
3927	who complete each type of career technical certificate program
3928	and career technical degree program. This information must be
3929	aggregated to the state level and must be included in any
3930	accountability reports. A program that was created or modified
3931	so that placement rates cannot be calculated must be so
3932	identified in such reports.
3933	(b)1.  Each district school board shall publish, at a
3934	minimum, the most recently available placement rate for each
3935	career technical certificate program conducted by that school
3936	district at the secondary school level and at the career
3937	technical degree level. The placement rates for the preceding 3
3938	years shall be published if available, shall be included in each
3939	publication that informs the public of the availability of the
3940	program, and shall be made available to each school guidance
3941	counselor. If a program does not have a placement rate, a
3942	publication that lists or describes that program must state that
3943	the rate is unavailable.
3944	2.  Each community college shall publish, at a minimum, the
3945	most recent placement rate for each career technical certificate
3946	program and for each career technical degree program in its
3947	annual catalog. The placement rates for the preceding 3 years
3948	shall be published, if available, and shall be included in any
3949	publication that informs the public of the availability of the
3950	program. If a program does not have a placement rate, the
3951	publication that lists or describes that program must state that
3952	the rate is unavailable.
3953	3.  If a school district or a community college has
3954	calculated for a program a placement rate that differs from the
3955	rate reported by the department, and if each record of a
3956	placement was obtained through a process that was capable of
3957	being audited, procedurally sound, and consistent statewide, the
3958	district or the community college may use the locally calculated
3959	placement rate in the report required by this section. However,
3960	that rate may not be combined with the rate maintained in the
3961	computer files of the Department of Education's Florida
3962	Education and Training Placement Information Program.
3963	4.  An independent career and technical, trade, or business
3964	school may not publish a placement rate unless the placement
3965	rate was determined as provided by this section.
3966	Section 116.  Paragraphs (a) and (c) of subsection (1) and
3967	subsection (2) of section 1008.43, Florida Statutes, are amended
3968	to read:
3969	1008.43  Career and technical program reporting
3970	requirements.--
3971	(1)(a)  The Department of Education shall develop a system
3972	of performance measures in order to evaluate the career and
3973	technical education programs as required in s. 1008.42. This
3974	system must measure program enrollment, completion rates,
3975	placement rates, and amount of earnings at the time of
3976	placement. Placement and employment information, where
3977	applicable, shall contain data relevant to job retention,
3978	including retention rates. The State Board of Education shall
3979	adopt by rule the specific measures and any definitions needed
3980	to establish the system of performance measures.
3981	(c)  The State Board of Education shall adopt standards for
3982	the department, district school boards, and community college
3983	district boards of trustees to use in program planning, program
3984	review, and program evaluation. The standards must include, at a
3985	minimum, the completion rates, placement rates, and earnings
3986	from employment of former students of career and technical
3987	education programs.
3988	(2)  The State Board of Education shall adopt procedures
3989	for reviewing the career and technical education programs
3990	administered by the district school boards and the community
3991	college district boards of trustees when program performance
3992	falls below the standards required by this section.
3993	Section 117.  Paragraphs (d) and (f) of subsection (1) of
3994	section 1008.45, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
3995	1008.45  Community college accountability process.--
3996	(1)  It is the intent of the Legislature that a management
3997	and accountability process be implemented which provides for the
3998	systematic, ongoing improvement and assessment of the
3999	improvement of the quality and efficiency of the Florida
4000	community colleges. Accordingly, the State Board of Education
4001	and the community college boards of trustees shall develop and
4002	implement an accountability plan to improve and evaluate the
4003	instructional and administrative efficiency and effectiveness of
4004	the Florida Community College System. This plan shall be
4005	designed in consultation with staff of the Governor and the
4006	Legislature and must address the following issues:
4007	(d)  Job placement rates of community college career and
4008	technical students.
4009	(f)  Career and technical accountability standards
4010	identified in s. 1008.42.
4011	Section 118.  Subsection (14) of section 1009.23, Florida
4012	Statutes, is amended to read:
4013	1009.23  Community college student fees.--
4014	(14)  Each community college board of trustees shall report
4015	only those students who have actually enrolled in instruction
4016	provided or supervised by instructional personnel under contract
4017	with the community college in calculations of actual full-time
4018	equivalent enrollments for state funding purposes.  No student
4019	who has been exempted from taking a course or who has been
4020	granted academic or career technical credit through means other
4021	than actual coursework completed at the granting institution
4022	shall be calculated for enrollment in the course from which he
4023	or she has been exempted or granted credit. Community colleges
4024	that report enrollments in violation of this subsection shall be
4025	penalized at a rate equal to two times the value of such
4026	enrollments. Such penalty shall be charged against the following
4027	year's allocation from the Community College Program Fund and
4028	shall revert to the General Revenue Fund.
4029	Section 119.  Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1009.25,
4030	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
4031	1009.25  Fee exemptions.--
4032	(1)  The following students are exempt from any requirement
4033	for the payment of tuition and fees, including lab fees, for
4034	adult basic, adult secondary, or career-preparatory vocational-
4035	preparatory instruction:
4036	(a)  A student who does not have a high school diploma or
4037	its equivalent.
4038	(b)  A student who has a high school diploma or its
4039	equivalent and who has academic skills at or below the eighth
4040	grade level pursuant to state board rule. A student is eligible
4041	for this exemption from fees if the student's skills are at or
4042	below the eighth grade level as measured by a test administered
4043	in the English language and approved by the Department of
4044	Education, even if the student has skills above that level when
4045	tested in the student's native language.
4046	(2)  The following students are exempt from the payment of
4047	tuition and fees, including lab fees, at a school district that
4048	provides postsecondary career and technical programs, community
4049	college, or state university:
4050	(a)  A student enrolled in a dual enrollment or early
4051	admission program pursuant to s. 1007.27 or s. 1007.271.
4052	(b)  A student enrolled in an approved apprenticeship
4053	program, as defined in s. 446.021.
4054	(c)  A student to whom the state has awarded a Road-to-
4055	Independence Scholarship, or who is or was at the time he or she
4056	reached 18 years of age in the custody of a relative under s.
4057	39.5085, or who is adopted from the Department of Children and
4058	Family Services after May 5, 1997. Such exemption includes fees
4059	associated with enrollment in career-preparatory vocational-
4060	preparatory instruction and completion of the college-level
4061	communication and computation skills testing program. Such an
4062	exemption is available to any student who was in the custody of
4063	a relative under s. 39.5085 at the time he or she reached 18
4064	years of age or was adopted from the Department of Children and
4065	Family Services after May 5, 1997; however, the exemption
4066	remains valid for no more than 4 years after the date of
4067	graduation from high school.
4068	(d)  A student enrolled in an employment and training
4069	program under the welfare transition program. The regional
4070	workforce board shall pay the state university, community
4071	college, or school district for costs incurred for welfare
4072	transition program participants.
4073	(e)  A student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
4074	nighttime residence or whose primary nighttime residence is a
4075	public or private shelter designed to provide temporary
4076	residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or a
4077	public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as,
4078	a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
4079	(f)  A student who is a proprietor, owner, or worker of a
4080	company whose business has been at least 50 percent negatively
4081	financially impacted by the buy-out of property around Lake
4082	Apopka by the State of Florida. Such a student may receive a fee
4083	exemption only if the student has not received compensation
4084	because of the buy-out, the student is designated a Florida
4085	resident for tuition purposes, pursuant to s. 1009.21, and the
4086	student has applied for and been denied financial aid, pursuant
4087	to s. 1009.40, which would have provided, at a minimum, payment
4088	of all student fees. The student is responsible for providing
4089	evidence to the postsecondary education institution verifying
4090	that the conditions of this paragraph have been met, including
4091	support documentation provided by the Department of Revenue. The
4092	student must be currently enrolled in, or begin coursework
4093	within, a program area by fall semester 2000. The exemption is
4094	valid for a period of 4 years from the date that the
4095	postsecondary education institution confirms that the conditions
4096	of this paragraph have been met.
4097	Section 120.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
4098	1009.40, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4099	1009.40  General requirements for student eligibility for
4100	state financial aid.--
4101	(1)(a)  The general requirements for eligibility of
4102	students for state financial aid awards consist of the
4103	following:
4104	1.  Achievement of the academic requirements of and
4105	acceptance at a state university or community college; a nursing
4106	diploma school approved by the Florida Board of Nursing; a
4107	Florida college, university, or community college which is
4108	accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the State
4109	Board of Education; any Florida institution the credits of which
4110	are acceptable for transfer to state universities; any career
4111	technical center; or any private career technical institution
4112	accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the State
4113	Board of Education.
4114	2.  Residency in this state for no less than 1 year
4115	preceding the award of aid for a program established pursuant to
4116	s. 1009.50, s. 1009.51, s. 1009.52, s. 1009.53, s. 1009.54, s.
4117	1009.56, s. 1009.57, s. 1009.60, s. 1009.62, s. 1009.63, s.
4118	1009.68, s. 1009.72, s. 1009.73, s. 1009.76, s. 1009.77, or s.
4119	1009.89. Residency in this state must be for purposes other than
4120	to obtain an education. Resident status for purposes of
4121	receiving state financial aid awards shall be determined in the
4122	same manner as resident status for tuition purposes pursuant to
4123	s. 1009.21 and rules of the State Board of Education.
4124	3.  Submission of certification attesting to the accuracy,
4125	completeness, and correctness of information provided to
4126	demonstrate a student's eligibility to receive state financial
4127	aid awards. Falsification of such information shall result in
4128	the denial of any pending application and revocation of any
4129	award currently held to the extent that no further payments
4130	shall be made. Additionally, students who knowingly make false
4131	statements in order to receive state financial aid awards shall
4132	be guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree subject to the
4133	provisions of s. 837.06 and shall be required to return all
4134	state financial aid awards wrongfully obtained.
4135	Section 121.  Subsection (2) of section 1009.532, Florida
4136	Statutes, is amended to read:
4137	1009.532  Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
4138	student eligibility requirements for renewal awards.--
4139	(2)  A student who is enrolled in a program that terminates
4140	in an associate degree or a baccalaureate degree may receive an
4141	award for a maximum of 110 percent of the number of credit hours
4142	required to complete the program. A student who is enrolled in a
4143	program that terminates in a career technical certificate may
4144	receive an award for a maximum of 110 percent of the credit
4145	hours or clock hours required to complete the program up to 90
4146	credit hours. A student who transfers from one of these program
4147	levels to another becomes eligible for the higher of the two
4148	credit hour limits.
4149	Section 122.  Subsection (1) of section 1009.533, Florida
4150	Statutes, is amended to read:
4151	1009.533  Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
4152	eligible postsecondary education institutions.--A student is
4153	eligible for an award or the renewal of an award from the
4154	Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program if the student meets
4155	the requirements for the program as described in this act and is
4156	enrolled in a postsecondary education institution that meets the
4157	description in any one of the following subsections:
4158	(1)  A Florida public university, community college, or
4159	career technical center.
4160	Section 123.  Section 1009.536, Florida Statutes, is
4161	amended to read:
4162	1009.536  Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award.--The
4163	Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award is created within
4164	the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to recognize and
4165	reward academic achievement and career and technical preparation
4166	by high school students who wish to continue their education.
4167	(1)  A student is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal
4168	Vocational Scholars award if the student meets the general
4169	eligibility requirements for the Florida Bright Futures
4170	Scholarship Program and the student:
4171	(a)  Completes the secondary school portion of a sequential
4172	program of studies that requires at least three secondary school
4173	career and technical credits taken over at least 2 academic
4174	years, and is continued in a planned, related postsecondary
4175	education program. If the student's school does not offer such a
4176	two-plus-two or tech-prep program, the student must complete a
4177	job-preparatory career education program selected by the
4178	Workforce Estimating Conference or Workforce Florida, Inc., for
4179	its ability to provide high-wage employment in an occupation
4180	with high potential for employment opportunities. On-the-job
4181	training may not be substituted for any of the three required
4182	career and technical credits.
4183	(b)  Demonstrates readiness for postsecondary education by
4184	earning a passing score on the Florida College Entry Level
4185	Placement Test or its equivalent as identified by the Department
4186	of Education.
4187	(c)  Earns a minimum cumulative weighted grade point
4188	average of 3.0, as calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, on all
4189	subjects required for a standard high school diploma, excluding
4190	elective courses.
4191	(d)  Earns a minimum unweighted grade point average of 3.5
4192	on a 4.0 scale for secondary career and technical courses
4193	comprising the career and technical program.
4194	(2)  A Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholar is eligible for
4195	an award equal to the amount required to pay 75 percent of
4196	tuition and fees, if the student is enrolled in a public
4197	postsecondary education institution. A student who is enrolled
4198	in a nonpublic postsecondary education institution is eligible
4199	for an award equal to the amount that would be required to pay
4200	75 percent of the tuition and mandatory fees of a public
4201	postsecondary education institution at the comparable level.
4202	(3)  To be eligible for a renewal award as a Florida Gold
4203	Seal Vocational Scholar, a student must maintain the equivalent
4204	of a cumulative grade point average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale with
4205	an opportunity for reinstatement one time as provided in this
4206	chapter.
4207	(4)  A student may earn a Florida Gold Seal Vocational
4208	Scholarship for 110 percent of the number of credit hours
4209	required to complete the program, up to 90 credit hours or the
4210	equivalent. A Florida Gold Seal Scholar who has a cumulative
4211	grade point average of 2.75 in all postsecondary education work
4212	attempted may apply for a Florida Medallion Scholars award at
4213	any renewal period. All other provisions of that program apply,
4214	and the credit-hour limitation must be calculated by subtracting
4215	from the student's total eligibility the number of credit hours
4216	the student attempted while earning the Gold Seal Vocational
4217	Scholarship.
4218	Section 124.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (2) and paragraph
4219	(c) of subsection (3) of section 1009.55, Florida Statutes, are
4220	amended to read:
4221	1009.55  Rosewood Family Scholarship Program.--
4222	(2)  The Rosewood Family Scholarship Program shall be
4223	administered by the Department of Education. The State Board of
4224	Education shall adopt rules for administering this program which
4225	shall at a minimum provide for the following:
4226	(d)  Payment of an award shall be transmitted in advance of
4227	the registration period each semester on behalf of the student
4228	to the president of the university or community college, or his
4229	or her representative, or to the director of the career center
4230	technical school which the recipient is attending.
4231	(3)  Beginning with the 1994-1995 academic year, the
4232	department is authorized to make awards for undergraduate study
4233	to students who:
4234	(c)  Enroll as certificate-seeking or degree-seeking
4235	students at a state university, community college, or career
4236	center technical school authorized by law.
4237	Section 125.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
4238	1009.61, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4239	1009.61  Teacher/Quest Scholarship Program.--The
4240	Teacher/Quest Scholarship Program is created for the purpose of
4241	providing teachers with the opportunity to enhance their
4242	knowledge of science, mathematics, and computer applications in
4243	business, industry, and government. A school district or
4244	developmental research school may propose that one or more
4245	teachers be granted a Teacher/Quest Scholarship by submitting to
4246	the Department of Education:
4247	(1)  A project proposal specifying activities a teacher
4248	will carry out to improve his or her:
4249	(c)  Knowledge of career and technical requirements for
4250	competency in mathematics, science, and computing; and
4251	Section 126.  Subsection (4) and paragraph (a) of
4252	subsection (6) of section 1009.64, Florida Statutes, are amended
4253	to read:
4254	1009.64  Certified Education Paraprofessional Welfare
4255	Transition Program.--
4256	(4)  The agencies shall complete an implementation plan
4257	that addresses at least the following recommended components of
4258	the program:
4259	(a)  A method of selecting participants. The method must
4260	not duplicate services provided by those assigned to screen
4261	participants of the welfare transition program, but must assure
4262	that screening personnel are trained to identify recipients of
4263	public assistance whose personal aptitudes and motivation make
4264	them most likely to succeed in the program and advance in a
4265	career related to the school community.
4266	(b)  A budget for use of incentive funding to provide
4267	motivation to participants to succeed and excel. The budget for
4268	incentive funding includes:
4269	1.  Funds allocated by the Legislature directly for the
4270	program.
4271	2.  Funds that may be made available from the federal
4272	Workforce Investment Act based on client eligibility or
4273	requested waivers to make the clients eligible.
4274	3.  Funds made available by implementation strategies that
4275	would make maximum use of work supplementation funds authorized
4276	by federal law.
4277	4.  Funds authorized by strategies to lengthen
4278	participants' eligibility for federal programs such as Medicaid,
4279	subsidized child care, and transportation.
4280
4281	Incentives may include a stipend during periods of college
4282	classroom training, a bonus and recognition for a high grade-
4283	point average, child care and prekindergarten services for
4284	children of participants, and services to increase a
4285	participant's ability to advance to higher levels of employment.
4286	Nonfinancial incentives should include providing a mentor or
4287	tutor, and service incentives should continue and increase for
4288	any participant who plans to complete the baccalaureate degree
4289	and become a certified teacher. Services may be provided in
4290	accordance with family choice by community colleges and school
4291	district career technical centers, through family service
4292	centers and full-service schools, or under contract with
4293	providers through central agencies.
4294	(6)(a)  A community college or school district career
4295	technical center is eligible to participate if it provides a
4296	career technical certificate program in Child Development Early
4297	Intervention as approved by Workforce Florida, Inc. Priority
4298	programs provide an option and incentives to articulate with an
4299	associate in science degree program or a baccalaureate degree
4300	program.
4301	Section 127.  Subsection (3) of section 1009.98, Florida
4302	Statutes, is amended to read:
4303	1009.98  Florida Prepaid College Program.--
4304	(3)  TRANSFER OF BENEFITS TO PRIVATE AND OUT-OF-STATE
4305	COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES AND TO CAREER AREA TECHNICAL
4306	CENTERS.--A qualified beneficiary may apply the benefits of an
4307	-A qualified beneficiary may apply the benefits of an advance
4308	payment contract toward:
4309	(a)  An independent college or university that is located
4310	and chartered in Florida, that is not for profit, that is
4311	accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
4312	Association of Colleges and Schools or the Accrediting Council
4313	for Independent Colleges and Schools, and that confers degrees
4314	as defined in s. 1005.02.
4315	(b)  An out-of-state college or university that is not for
4316	profit and is accredited by a regional accrediting association,
4317	and that confers degrees.
4318	(c)  An applied technology diploma program or career
4319	technical certificate program conducted by a community college
4320	listed in s. 1004.02(2) or career technical center operated by a
4321	district school board.
4322
4323	The board shall transfer or cause to be transferred to the
4324	institution designated by the qualified beneficiary an amount
4325	not to exceed the redemption value of the advance payment
4326	contract at a state postsecondary institution. If the cost of
4327	registration or housing fees at such institution is less than
4328	the corresponding fees at a state postsecondary institution, the
4329	amount transferred may not exceed the actual cost of
4330	registration and housing fees. A transfer authorized under this
4331	subsection may not exceed the number of semester credit hours or
4332	semesters of dormitory residence contracted on behalf of a
4333	qualified beneficiary. Notwithstanding any other provision in
4334	this section, an institution must be an "eligible educational
4335	institution" under s. 529 of the Internal Revenue Code to be
4336	eligible for the transfer of advance payment contract benefits.
4337	Section 128.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
4338	1010.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4339	1010.20  Cost accounting and reporting for school
4340	districts.--
4341	(3)  PROGRAM EXPENDITURE REQUIREMENTS.--
4342	(a)  Each district shall expend at least the percent of the
4343	funds generated by each of the programs listed in this section
4344	on the aggregate total school costs for such programs:
4345	1.  Kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3, 90 percent.
4346	2.  Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, 80 percent.
4347	3.  Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, 80 percent.
4348	4.  Programs for exceptional students, on an aggregate
4349	program basis, 90 percent.
4350	5.  Grades 7 through 12 career and technical education
4351	programs, on an aggregate program basis, 80 percent.
4352	6.  Students-at-risk programs, on an aggregate program
4353	basis, 80 percent.
4354	7.  Juvenile justice programs, on an aggregate program
4355	basis, 80 percent.
4356	8.  Any new program established and funded under s.
4357	1011.62(1)(c), that is not included under subparagraphs 1.-6.,
4358	on an aggregate basis as appropriate, 80 percent.
4359	Section 129.  Subsection (1) of section 1010.58, Florida
4360	Statutes, is amended to read:
4361	1010.58  Procedure for determining number of instruction
4362	units for community colleges.--The number of instruction units
4363	for community colleges shall be determined from the full-time
4364	equivalent students in the community college, provided that
4365	full-time equivalent students may not be counted more than once
4366	in determining instruction units. Instruction units for
4367	community colleges shall be computed as follows:
4368	(1)  One unit for each 12 full-time equivalent students at
4369	a community college for the first 420 students and one unit for
4370	each 15 full-time equivalent students for all over 420 students,
4371	in other than career and technical education programs as defined
4372	by rules of the State Board of Education, and one unit for each
4373	10 full-time equivalent students in career and technical
4374	education programs and compensatory education programs as
4375	defined by rules of the State Board of Education. Full-time
4376	equivalent students enrolled in a community college shall be
4377	defined by rules of the State Board of Education.
4378	Section 130.  Paragraphs (c), (d), and (e) of subsection
4379	(1) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
4380	1011.62  Funds for operation of schools.--If the annual
4381	allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
4382	district for operation of schools is not determined in the
4383	annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
4384	the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
4385	follows:
4386	(1)  COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
4387	OPERATION.--The following procedure shall be followed in
4388	determining the annual allocation to each district for
4389	operation:
4390	(c)  Determination of programs.--Cost factors based on
4391	desired relative cost differences between the following programs
4392	shall be established in the annual General Appropriations Act.
4393	The Commissioner of Education shall specify a matrix of services
4394	and intensity levels to be used by districts in the
4395	determination of the two weighted cost factors for exceptional
4396	students with the highest levels of need. For these students,
4397	the funding support level shall fund the exceptional students'
4398	education program, with the exception of extended school year
4399	services for students with disabilities.
4400	1.  Basic programs.--
4401	a.  Kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3.
4402	b.  Grades 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.
4403	c.  Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12.
4404	2.  Programs for exceptional students.--
4405	a.  Support Level IV.
4406	b.  Support Level V.
4407	3.  Secondary career and technical education programs.--
4408	4.  English for Speakers of Other Languages.--
4409	(d)  Annual allocation calculation.--
4410	1.  The Department of Education is authorized and directed
4411	to review all district programs and enrollment projections and
4412	calculate a maximum total weighted full-time equivalent student
4413	enrollment for each district for the K-12 FEFP.
4414	2.  Maximum enrollments calculated by the department shall
4415	be derived from enrollment estimates used by the Legislature to
4416	calculate the FEFP.  If two or more districts enter into an
4417	agreement under the provisions of s. 1001.42(4)(d), after the
4418	final enrollment estimate is agreed upon, the amount of FTE
4419	specified in the agreement, not to exceed the estimate for the
4420	specific program as identified in paragraph (c), may be
4421	transferred from the participating districts to the district
4422	providing the program.
4423	3.  As part of its calculation of each district's maximum
4424	total weighted full-time equivalent student enrollment, the
4425	department shall establish separate enrollment ceilings for each
4426	of two program groups. Group 1 shall be composed of basic
4427	programs for grades K-3, grades 4-8, and grades 9-12. Group 2
4428	shall be composed of students in exceptional student education
4429	programs, English for Speakers of Other Languages programs, and
4430	all career and technical programs in grades 7-12.
4431	a.  The weighted enrollment ceiling for group 2 programs
4432	shall be calculated by multiplying the final enrollment
4433	conference estimate for each program by the appropriate program
4434	weight.  The weighted enrollment ceiling for program group 2
4435	shall be the sum of the weighted enrollment ceilings for each
4436	program in the program group, plus the increase in weighted
4437	full-time equivalent student membership from the prior year for
4438	clients of the Department of Children and Family Services and
4439	the Department of Juvenile Justice.
4440	b.  If, for any calculation of the FEFP, the weighted
4441	enrollment for program group 2, derived by multiplying actual
4442	enrollments by appropriate program weights, exceeds the
4443	enrollment ceiling for that group, the following procedure shall
4444	be followed to reduce the weighted enrollment for that group to
4445	equal the enrollment ceiling:
4446	(I)  The weighted enrollment ceiling for each program in
4447	the program group shall be subtracted from the weighted
4448	enrollment for that program derived from actual enrollments.
4449	(II)  If the difference calculated under sub-sub-
4450	subparagraph (I) is greater than zero for any program, a
4451	reduction proportion shall be computed for the program by
4452	dividing the absolute value of the difference by the total
4453	amount by which the weighted enrollment for the program group
4454	exceeds the weighted enrollment ceiling for the program group.
4455	(III)  The reduction proportion calculated under sub-sub-
4456	subparagraph (II) shall be multiplied by the total amount of the
4457	program group's enrollment over the ceiling as calculated under
4458	sub-sub-subparagraph (I).
4459	(IV)  The prorated reduction amount calculated under sub-
4460	sub-subparagraph(III) shall be subtracted from the program's
4461	weighted enrollment.  For any calculation of the FEFP, the
4462	enrollment ceiling for group 1 shall be calculated by
4463	multiplying the actual enrollment for each program in the
4464	program group by its appropriate program weight.
4465	c.  For program group 2, the weighted enrollment ceiling
4466	shall be a number not less than the sum obtained by:
4467	(I)  Multiplying the sum of reported FTE for all programs
4468	in the program group that have a cost factor of 1.0 or more by
4469	1.0, and
4470	(II)  By adding this number to the sum obtained by
4471	multiplying the projected FTE for all programs with a cost
4472	factor less than 1.0 by the actual cost factor.
4473	4.  Following completion of the weighted enrollment ceiling
4474	calculation as provided in subparagraph 3., a supplemental
4475	capping calculation shall be employed for those districts that
4476	are over their weighted enrollment ceiling. For each such
4477	district, the total reported unweighted FTE enrollment for group
4478	2 programs shall be compared with the total appropriated
4479	unweighted FTE enrollment for group 2 programs. If the total
4480	reported unweighted FTE for group 2 is greater than the
4481	appropriated unweighted FTE, then the excess unweighted FTE up
4482	to the unweighted FTE transferred from group 2 to group 1 for
4483	each district by the Public School FTE Estimating Conference
4484	shall be funded at a weight of 1.0 and added to the funded
4485	weighted FTE computed in subparagraph 3.
4486	(e)  Funding model for exceptional student education
4487	programs.--
4488	1.a.  The funding model uses basic, at-risk, support levels
4489	IV and V for exceptional students and career and technical
4490	Florida Education Finance Program cost factors, and a guaranteed
4491	allocation for exceptional student education programs.
4492	Exceptional education cost factors are determined by using a
4493	matrix of services to document the services that each
4494	exceptional student will receive. The nature and intensity of
4495	the services indicated on the matrix shall be consistent with
4496	the services described in each exceptional student's individual
4497	educational plan.
4498	b.  In order to generate funds using one of the two
4499	weighted cost factors, a matrix of services must be completed at
4500	the time of the student's initial placement into an exceptional
4501	student education program and at least once every 3 years by
4502	personnel who have received approved training. Nothing listed in
4503	the matrix shall be construed as limiting the services a school
4504	district must provide in order to ensure that exceptional
4505	students are provided a free, appropriate public education.
4506	c.  Students identified as exceptional, in accordance with
4507	chapter 6A-6, Florida Administrative Code, who do not have a
4508	matrix of services as specified in sub-subparagraph b. shall
4509	generate funds on the basis of full-time-equivalent student
4510	membership in the Florida Education Finance Program at the same
4511	funding level per student as provided for basic students.
4512	Additional funds for these exceptional students will be provided
4513	through the guaranteed allocation designated in subparagraph 2.
4514	2.  For students identified as exceptional who do not have
4515	a matrix of services, there is created a guaranteed allocation
4516	to provide these students with a free appropriate public
4517	education, in accordance with s. 1001.42(4)(m) and rules of the
4518	State Board of Education, which shall be allocated annually to
4519	each school district in the amount provided in the General
4520	Appropriations Act. These funds shall be in addition to the
4521	funds appropriated on the basis of FTE student membership in the
4522	Florida Education Finance Program, and the amount allocated for
4523	each school district shall not be recalculated during the year.
4524	These funds shall be used to provide special education and
4525	related services for exceptional students.
4526	Section 131.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
4527	1011.68, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4528	1011.68  Funds for student transportation.--The annual
4529	allocation to each district for transportation to public school
4530	programs, including charter schools as provided in s.
4531	1002.33(17)(b), of students in membership in kindergarten
4532	through grade 12 and in migrant and exceptional student programs
4533	below kindergarten shall be determined as follows:
4534	(1)  Subject to the rules of the State Board of Education,
4535	each district shall determine the membership of students who are
4536	transported:
4537	(d)  By reason of being career and technical, dual
4538	enrollment, or students with disabilities transported from one
4539	school center to another to participate in an instructional
4540	program or service; or students with disabilities, transported
4541	from one designation to another in the state, provided one
4542	designation is a school center and provided the student's
4543	individual educational plan (IEP) identifies the need for the
4544	instructional program or service and transportation to be
4545	provided by the school district. A "school center" is defined as
4546	a public school center, community college, state university, or
4547	other facility rented, leased, or owned and operated by the
4548	school district or another public agency. A "dual enrollment
4549	student" is defined as a public school student in membership in
4550	both a public secondary school program and a community college
4551	or a state university program under a written agreement to
4552	partially fulfill ss. 1003.435 and 1007.23 and earning full-time
4553	equivalent membership under s. 1011.62(1)(i).
4554	Section 132.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2), subsection
4555	(3), and paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of section 1012.01,
4556	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
4557	1012.01  Definitions.--Specific definitions shall be as
4558	follows, and wherever such defined words or terms are used in
4559	the Florida K-20 Education Code, they shall be used as follows:
4560	(2)  INSTRUCTIONAL PERSONNEL.--"Instructional personnel"
4561	means any staff member whose function includes the provision of
4562	direct instructional services to students. Instructional
4563	personnel also includes personnel whose functions provide direct
4564	support in the learning process of students. Included in the
4565	classification of instructional personnel are:
4566	(a)  Classroom teachers.--Classroom teachers are staff
4567	members assigned the professional activity of instructing
4568	students in courses in classroom situations, including basic
4569	instruction, exceptional student education, career and technical
4570	education, and adult education, including substitute teachers.
4571	(3)  ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL.--"Administrative personnel"
4572	includes personnel who perform management activities such as
4573	developing broad policies for the school district and executing
4574	those policies through the direction of personnel at all levels
4575	within the district. Administrative personnel are generally
4576	high-level, responsible personnel who have been assigned the
4577	responsibilities of systemwide or schoolwide functions, such as
4578	district school superintendents, assistant superintendents,
4579	deputy superintendents, school principals, assistant principals,
4580	career technical center directors, and others who perform
4581	management activities. Broad classifications of administrative
4582	personnel are as follows:
4583	(a)  District-based instructional administrators.--Included
4584	in this classification are persons with district-level
4585	administrative or policymaking duties who have broad authority
4586	for management policies and general school district operations
4587	related to the instructional program. Such personnel often
4588	report directly to the district school superintendent and
4589	supervise other administrative employees. This classification
4590	includes assistant, associate, or deputy superintendents and
4591	directors of major instructional areas, such as curriculum,
4592	federal programs such as Title I, specialized instructional
4593	program areas such as exceptional student education, career and
4594	technical education, and similar areas.
4595	(b)  District-based noninstructional
4596	administrators.--Included in this classification are persons
4597	Included in this classification are persons with district-level
4598	administrative or policymaking duties who have broad authority
4599	for management policies and general school district operations
4600	related to the noninstructional program. Such personnel often
4601	report directly to the district school superintendent and
4602	supervise other administrative employees. This classification
4603	includes assistant, associate, or deputy superintendents and
4604	directors of major noninstructional areas, such as personnel,
4605	construction, facilities, transportation, data processing, and
4606	finance.
4607	(c)  School administrators.--Included in this
4608	classification are:
4609	1.  School principals or school directors who are staff
4610	members performing the assigned activities as the administrative
4611	head of a school and to whom have been delegated responsibility
4612	for the coordination and administrative direction of the
4613	instructional and noninstructional activities of the school.
4614	This classification also includes career technical center
4615	directors.
4616	2.  Assistant principals who are staff members assisting
4617	the administrative head of the school. This classification also
4618	includes assistant principals for curriculum and administration.
4619	(6)  EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT EMPLOYEES.--"Educational support
4620	employees" means employees whose job functions are neither
4621	administrative nor instructional, yet whose work supports the
4622	educational process.
4623	(b)  Technicians are individuals whose occupations require
4624	a combination of knowledge and manual skill which can be
4625	obtained through about 2 years of post-high school education,
4626	such as is offered in many career centers technical institutes
4627	and community colleges, or through equivalent on-the-job
4628	training.
4629	Section 133.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
4630	1012.39, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4631	1012.39  Employment of substitute teachers, teachers of
4632	adult education, nondegreed teachers of career education, and
4633	career specialists; students performing clinical field
4634	experience.--
4635	(1)  Notwithstanding ss. 1012.32, 1012.55, 1012.56, and
4636	1012.57, or any other provision of law or rule to the contrary,
4637	each district school board shall establish the minimal
4638	qualifications for:
4639	(c)  Part-time and full-time nondegreed teachers of career
4640	and technical programs. Qualifications shall be established for
4641	agriculture, business, health occupations, family and consumer
4642	sciences, industrial, marketing, career specialist, and public
4643	service education teachers, based primarily on successful
4644	occupational experience rather than academic training. The
4645	qualifications for such teachers shall require:
4646	1.  The filing of a complete set of fingerprints in the
4647	same manner as required by s. 1012.32. Faculty employed solely
4648	to conduct postsecondary instruction may be exempted from this
4649	requirement.
4650	2.  Documentation of education and successful occupational
4651	experience including documentation of:
4652	a.  A high school diploma or the equivalent.
4653	b.  Completion of 6 years of full-time successful
4654	occupational experience or the equivalent of part-time
4655	experience in the teaching specialization area. Alternate means
4656	of determining successful occupational experience may be
4657	established by the district school board.
4658	c.  Completion of career education training conducted
4659	through the local school district inservice master plan.
4660	d.  For full-time teachers, completion of professional
4661	education training in teaching methods, course construction,
4662	lesson planning and evaluation, and teaching special needs
4663	students. This training may be completed through coursework from
4664	an accredited or approved institution or an approved district
4665	teacher education program.
4666	e.  Demonstration of successful teaching performance.
4667	Section 134.  Section 1012.41, Florida Statutes, is amended
4668	to read:
4669	1012.41  Employment of directors of career and technical
4670	education.--In order to receive state funding, each district
4671	school board that employs at least 15 full-time equivalent
4672	career and technical teachers must employ a director of career
4673	and technical education who meets the certification requirements
4674	established by the State Board of Education. The directors shall
4675	be directly accountable to the district school superintendent,
4676	or his or her designee, for the planning and implementation of
4677	career and technical programs. Two or more district school
4678	boards may employ a single director.
4679	Section 135.  Section 1012.43, Florida Statutes, is amended
4680	to read:
4681	1012.43  Career and technical teachers.--
4682	(1)  Career and technical teachers and other teachers who
4683	qualify for certificates on the basis of nonacademic preparation
4684	shall be entitled to all the contractual rights and privileges
4685	now granted to other instructional personnel holding equivalent
4686	certificates.
4687	(2)  A holder of a certificate based on nonacademic
4688	preparation which entitled him or her to employment to teach
4689	classes in career and technical or adult education shall not be
4690	assigned to teach in a regular academic field of the
4691	kindergarten through grade 12 school program.
4692	Section 136.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section
4693	1013.03, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4694	1013.03  Functions of the department.--The functions of the
4695	Department of Education as it pertains to educational facilities
4696	shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
4697	(10)(a)  Review and validate surveys proposed or amended by
4698	the boards and recommend to the Commissioner of Education, for
4699	approval, surveys that meet the requirements of this chapter.
4700	1.  The term "validate" as applied to surveys by school
4701	districts means to review inventory data as submitted to the
4702	department by district school boards; provide for review and
4703	inspection, where required, of student stations and aggregate
4704	square feet of inventory changed from satisfactory to
4705	unsatisfactory or changed from unsatisfactory to satisfactory;
4706	compare new school inventory to allocation limits provided by
4707	this chapter; review cost projections for conformity with cost
4708	limits set by s. 1013.64(6); compare total capital outlay full-
4709	time equivalent enrollment projections in the survey with the
4710	department's projections; review facilities lists to verify that
4711	student station and auxiliary facility space allocations do not
4712	exceed the limits provided by this chapter and related rules;
4713	review and confirm the application of uniform facility
4714	utilization factors, where provided by this chapter or related
4715	rules; utilize the documentation of programs offered per site,
4716	as submitted by the board, to analyze facility needs; confirm
4717	that need projections for career and technical and adult
4718	educational programs comply with needs documented by the Office
4719	of Workforce and Economic Development; and confirm the
4720	assignment of full-time student stations to all space except
4721	auxiliary facilities, which, for purposes of exemption from
4722	student station assignment, include the following:
4723	a.  Cafeterias.
4724	b.  Multipurpose dining areas.
4725	c.  Media centers.
4726	d.  Auditoriums.
4727	e.  Administration.
4728	f.  Elementary, middle, and high school resource rooms, up
4729	to the number of such rooms recommended for the applicable
4730	occupant and space design capacity of the educational plant in
4731	the State Requirements for Educational Facilities, beyond which
4732	student stations must be assigned.
4733	g.  Elementary school skills labs, up to the number of such
4734	rooms recommended for the applicable occupant and space design
4735	capacity of the educational plant in the State Requirements for
4736	Educational Facilities, beyond which student stations must be
4737	assigned.
4738	h.  Elementary school art and music rooms.
4739	2.  The term "validate" as applied to surveys by community
4740	colleges and universities means to review and document the
4741	approval of each new site and official designation, where
4742	applicable; review the inventory database as submitted by each
4743	board to the department, including noncareer and technical, and
4744	total capital outlay full-time equivalent enrollment projections
4745	per site and per college; provide for the review and inspection,
4746	where required, of student stations and aggregate square feet of
4747	space changed from satisfactory to unsatisfactory; utilize and
4748	review the documentation of programs offered per site submitted
4749	by the boards as accurate for analysis of space requirements and
4750	needs; confirm that needs projected for career and technical and
4751	adult educational programs comply with needs documented by the
4752	Office of Workforce and Economic Development; compare new
4753	facility inventory to allocations limits as provided in this
4754	chapter; review cost projections for conformity with state
4755	averages or limits designated by this chapter; compare student
4756	enrollment projections in the survey to the department's
4757	projections; review facilities lists to verify that area
4758	allocations and space factors for generating space needs do not
4759	exceed the limits as provided by this chapter and related rules;
4760	confirm the application of facility utilization factors as
4761	provided by this chapter and related rules; and review, as
4762	submitted, documentation of how survey recommendations will
4763	implement the detail of current campus master plans and
4764	integrate with local comprehensive plans and development
4765	regulations.
4766	Section 137.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
4767	1013.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4768	1013.31  Educational plant survey; localized need
4769	assessment; PECO project funding.--
4770	(1)  At least every 5 years, each board shall arrange for
4771	an educational plant survey, to aid in formulating plans for
4772	housing the educational program and student population, faculty,
4773	administrators, staff, and auxiliary and ancillary services of
4774	the district or campus, including consideration of the local
4775	comprehensive plan. The Office of Workforce and Economic
4776	Development shall document the need for additional career and
4777	adult education programs and the continuation of existing
4778	programs before facility construction or renovation related to
4779	career or adult education may be included in the educational
4780	plant survey of a school district or community college that
4781	delivers career or adult education programs. Information used by
4782	the Office of Workforce and Economic Development to establish
4783	facility needs must include, but need not be limited to, labor
4784	market data, needs analysis, and information submitted by the
4785	school district or community college.
4786	(b)  Required need assessment criteria for district,
4787	community college, college and state university plant
4788	surveys.--Educational plant surveys must use uniform data
4789	Educational plant surveys must use uniform data sources and
4790	criteria specified in this paragraph. Each revised educational
4791	plant survey and each new educational plant survey supersedes
4792	previous surveys.
4793	1.  The school district's survey must be submitted as a
4794	part of the district educational facilities plan defined in s.
4795	1013.35. To ensure that the data reported to the Department of
4796	Education as required by this section is correct, the department
4797	shall annually conduct an onsite review of 5 percent of the
4798	facilities reported for each school district completing a new
4799	survey that year. If the department's review finds the data
4800	reported by a district is less than 95 percent accurate, within
4801	1 year from the time of notification by the department the
4802	district must submit revised reports correcting its data. If a
4803	district fails to correct its reports, the commissioner may
4804	direct that future fixed capital outlay funds be withheld until
4805	such time as the district has corrected its reports so that they
4806	are not less than 95 percent accurate.
4807	2.  Each survey of a special facility, joint-use facility,
4808	or cooperative career and technical education facility must be
4809	based on capital outlay full-time equivalent student enrollment
4810	data prepared by the department for school districts, community
4811	colleges, colleges, and universities. A survey of space needs of
4812	a joint-use facility shall be based upon the respective space
4813	needs of the school districts, community colleges, colleges, and
4814	universities, as appropriate. Projections of a school district's
4815	facility space needs may not exceed the norm space and occupant
4816	design criteria established by the State Requirements for
4817	Educational Facilities.
4818	3.  Each community college's survey must reflect the
4819	capacity of existing facilities as specified in the inventory
4820	maintained by the Department of Education.  Projections of
4821	facility space needs must comply with standards for determining
4822	space needs as specified by rule of the State Board of
4823	Education. The 5-year projection of capital outlay student
4824	enrollment must be consistent with the annual report of capital
4825	outlay full-time student enrollment prepared by the Department
4826	of Education.
4827	4.  Each college and state university's survey must reflect
4828	the capacity of existing facilities as specified in the
4829	inventory maintained and validated by the Division of Colleges
4830	and Universities. Projections of facility space needs must be
4831	consistent with standards for determining space needs approved
4832	by the Division of Colleges and Universities. The projected
4833	capital outlay full-time equivalent student enrollment must be
4834	consistent with the 5-year planned enrollment cycle for the
4835	State University System approved by the Division of Colleges and
4836	Universities.
4837	5.  The district educational facilities plan of a school
4838	district and the educational plant survey of a community
4839	college, or college or state university may include space needs
4840	that deviate from approved standards for determining space needs
4841	if the deviation is justified by the district or institution and
4842	approved by the department, as necessary for the delivery of an
4843	approved educational program.
4844	Section 138.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
4845	1013.64, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
4846	1013.64  Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs;
4847	construction cost maximums for school district capital
4848	projects.--Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay
4849	and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital
4850	outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
4851	(3)(a)  Each district school board shall receive an amount
4852	from the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust
4853	Fund to be calculated by computing the capital outlay full-time
4854	equivalent membership as determined by the department. Such
4855	membership must include, but is not limited to:
4856	1.  K-12 students, except hospital and homebound part-time
4857	students; and
4858	2.  Students who are career and technical education
4859	students, and adult disabled students and who are enrolled in
4860	school district career technical centers. The capital outlay
4861	full-time equivalent membership shall be determined for
4862	kindergarten through the 12th grade and for career technical
4863	centers by averaging the unweighted full-time equivalent student
4864	membership for the second and third surveys and comparing the
4865	results on a school-by-school basis with the Florida Inventory
4866	for School Houses. The capital outlay full-time equivalent
4867	membership by grade level organization shall be used in making
4868	the following calculations: The capital outlay full-time
4869	equivalent membership by grade level organization for the 4th
4870	prior year must be used to compute the base-year allocation. The
4871	capital outlay full-time equivalent membership by grade-level
4872	organization for the prior year must be used to compute the
4873	growth over the highest of the 3 years preceding the prior year.
4874	From the total amount appropriated by the Legislature pursuant
4875	to this subsection, 40 percent shall be allocated among the base
4876	capital outlay full-time equivalent membership and 60 percent
4877	among the growth capital outlay full-time equivalent membership.
4878	The allocation within each of these groups shall be prorated to
4879	the districts based upon each district's percentage of base and
4880	growth capital outlay full-time membership.  The most recent 4-
4881	year capital outlay full-time equivalent membership data shall
4882	be used in each subsequent year's calculation for the allocation
4883	of funds pursuant to this subsection. If a change, correction,
4884	or recomputation of data during any year results in a reduction
4885	or increase of the calculated amount previously allocated to a
4886	district, the allocation to that district shall be adjusted
4887	correspondingly. If such recomputation results in an increase or
4888	decrease of the calculated amount, such additional or reduced
4889	amounts shall be added to or reduced from the district's future
4890	appropriations.  However, no change, correction, or
4891	recomputation of data shall be made subsequent to 2 years
4892	following the initial annual allocation.
4893	Section 139.  Subsections (1) and (2), and paragraphs (a)
4894	and (c) of subsection (4) of section 1013.75, Florida Statutes,
4895	are amended to read:
4896	1013.75  Cooperative funding of career center and technical
4897	educational facilities.--
4898	(1)  Each district school board operating a designated
4899	career technical center may submit, prior to August 1 of each
4900	year, a request to the commissioner for funds from the Public
4901	Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund to plan,
4902	construct, and equip a career center and technical educational
4903	facility identified as being critical to the economic
4904	development and the workforce needs of the school district.
4905	Prior to submitting a request, each school district shall:
4906	(a)  Adopt and submit to the commissioner a resolution
4907	indicating its commitment to fund the planning, construction,
4908	and equipping of the proposed facility at 40 percent of the
4909	requested project amount. The resolution shall also designate
4910	the locale of the proposed facility. If funds from a private or
4911	noneducational public entity are to be committed to the project,
4912	then a joint resolution shall be required.
4913	(b)  Except as provided in paragraph (5)(b), levy the
4914	maximum millage against the nonexempt assessed property value as
4915	provided in s. 1011.71(2).
4916	(c)  Certify to the Office of Workforce and Economic
4917	Development that the project has been survey recommended.
4918	(d)  Certify to the Office of Workforce and Economic
4919	Development that final phase III construction documents comply
4920	with applicable building codes and life safety codes.
4921	(e)  Sign an agreement that the district school board shall
4922	advertise for bids within 90 days of receiving an encumbrance
4923	authorization from the department.
4924	(f)  If a construction contract has not been signed 90 days
4925	after the advertising of bids, certify to the Office of
4926	Workforce and Economic Development and the department the cause
4927	for delay. Upon request, an additional 90 days may be granted by
4928	the commissioner.
4929	(2)  The Office of Workforce and Economic Development shall
4930	establish the need for additional career and technical education
4931	programs and the continuation of existing programs before
4932	facility construction or renovation related to career and
4933	technical education can be included in the educational plant
4934	survey. Information used by the Office of Workforce and Economic
4935	Development to establish facility needs shall include, but not
4936	be limited to, labor market needs analysis and information
4937	submitted by the school districts.
4938	(4)(a)  A career and technical education construction
4939	committee shall be composed of the following: three
4940	representatives from the Department of Education and one
4941	representative from the Executive Office of the Governor.
4942	(c)  The commissioner's legislative capital outlay budget
4943	request may include up to 2 percent of the new construction
4944	allocation to public schools for career and technical capital
4945	outlay projects recommended by the career and technical
4946	education construction committee.
4947	Section 140.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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