Senate Bill sb0198

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 198

    By Senator Siplin





    19-69-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to job opportunities for

  3         youths; providing legislative intent to support

  4         vocational training and placement provided to

  5         at-risk youths through the Professional

  6         Opportunities Program for Students (POPS);

  7         providing for a pilot program; requiring

  8         program proposals to be submitted to the

  9         Department of Juvenile Justice; requiring a

10         report to the Legislature; providing an

11         appropriation; providing an effective date.

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

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15         Section 1.  Professional Opportunities Program for

16  Students; legislative intent; pilot program.--

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

18  support and funding for programs conducted by the Professional

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

20  provides vocational-and-employability-skills training and

21  placement programs and initiatives to youths between the ages

22  of 16 and 18 years who may also qualify for the Department of

23  Juvenile Justice's initiative programs for youth who have

24  significant family troubles; have significant school troubles;

25  have experienced drug or alcohol use, or both; or exhibit

26  predelinquent behavior.

27         (2)  During the 2005-2006 fiscal year, a pilot

28  Professional Opportunities Program for Students may be

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

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

31  the Department of Juvenile Justice by September 1, 2005, a

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 198
    19-69-05




 1  proposal for a training and placement program for youths

 2  between the ages of 16 and 18 years who reside in Brevard

 3  County, Lake County, Osceola County, Orange County, Seminole

 4  County, or Volusia County. The program should include up to 6

 5  months of education and training and appropriate followup,

 6  including documentation of the percentage of the youths who

 7  have been placed in jobs for which training was provided under

 8  the program since its inception and the percentage of those

 9  youths who remain in such jobs for at least 3 months after

10  their placement. By January 1, 2006, the POPS entity that has

11  received funding under this act shall provide to the President

12  of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives

13  a report that includes an itemized list of program costs; the

14  statistics on job placement and retention of the youths served

15  by the program; and recommendations for further legislation,

16  including an opinion as to the feasibility of extending such

17  programs throughout the state.

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

19  the Department of Juvenile Justice for the 2005-2006 fiscal

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

21  by the Professional Opportunities Program for Students (POPS)

22  and approved by the department.

23         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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26                          SENATE SUMMARY

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

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