HB 0769

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

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