| 1 | Representative(s) Patterson, Baxley, and Attkisson offered the |
| 2 | following: |
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| 4 | Amendment (with directory and title amendments) |
| 5 | Between line(s) 2006 and 2007 insert: |
| 6 | 1011.98 SUCCEED, FLORIDA! Great Jobs Program.-- |
| 7 | (1) The SUCCEED, FLORIDA! Great Jobs Program is |
| 8 | established to award funds to public and private postsecondary |
| 9 | educational institutions in the state on a competitive basis to |
| 10 | produce more qualified and trained graduates to enter high- |
| 11 | skill, high-wage occupations in the state. |
| 12 | (2) Beginning with the 2006-2007 fiscal year, funds |
| 13 | appropriated by the Legislature to the Department of Education |
| 14 | for the SUCCEED, FLORIDA! Great Jobs Program shall be |
| 15 | distributed according to the provisions of this section. |
| 16 | (3) The department shall develop and issue annually a |
| 17 | request for proposals. The department shall establish |
| 18 | application procedures, guidelines, accountability measures, and |
| 19 | timelines for implementation of the grant program. |
| 20 | (4) Proposals for a grant authorized pursuant to this |
| 21 | section must: |
| 22 | (a) Indicate the number of students to be served, the |
| 23 | length of the proposed program, and the total projected cost to |
| 24 | students and the state. Funds for a grant provided pursuant to |
| 25 | this section must be used to support new students and not to |
| 26 | supplant current funding or students. |
| 27 | (b) Document the workforce need to be addressed. |
| 28 | (c) Demonstrate a pool of qualified applicants. |
| 29 | (d) Be submitted by a public or nonpublic postsecondary |
| 30 | educational institution in the state that provides postsecondary |
| 31 | instruction in a field that produces graduates prepared to enter |
| 32 | an occupation identified in the priority list established |
| 33 | pursuant to subsection (5). For purposes of this section, |
| 34 | postsecondary educational institutions include school district |
| 35 | career centers that offer postsecondary programs. |
| 36 | (e) Indicate the number of postsecondary diplomas, |
| 37 | certificates, or degrees that the institution will award using |
| 38 | funds received pursuant to this section and the fields in which |
| 39 | the diplomas, certificates, or degrees will be awarded. |
| 40 | (f) Indicate how the funds received will leverage private |
| 41 | industry contributions, grants, or scholarships and how the |
| 42 | funds will be used to offset costs to the state for program |
| 43 | startup or expansion or to offset student tuition costs. |
| 44 | (5) By March 1, 2006, and annually thereafter, the State |
| 45 | Board of Education, using information provided by the Workforce |
| 46 | Estimating Conference pursuant to s. 216.136(9), shall advise |
| 47 | the Legislature of the workforce needs in high-skill, high-wage |
| 48 | occupations and the geographic locations of these needs. The |
| 49 | Legislature shall annually establish a priority list for funds |
| 50 | provided pursuant to this section in the General Appropriations |
| 51 | Act. |
| 52 | (6) The State Board of Education must review proposals and |
| 53 | determine funding to be provided based on the priority list |
| 54 | established pursuant to subsection (5). |
| 55 | (7) Grant recipients must enter into a contract with the |
| 56 | state to produce a specific number of graduates in the |
| 57 | designated program within a specific time period. Grant |
| 58 | recipients must submit periodic reports to the department |
| 59 | documenting compliance with the accountability measures |
| 60 | established by the department. The State Board of Education must |
| 61 | monitor compliance with the accountability requirements. |
| 62 | (8) Final payments shall be tied to the number of degrees, |
| 63 | certificates, or diplomas produced and the number of graduates |
| 64 | placed in the state. |
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| 67 | Remove line(s) 1835 and insert: |
| 68 | consisting of sections 10011.96, 1011.965, 1011.97, and 1011.98, |
| 69 | is |
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| 72 | Remove line(s) 183 and insert: |
| 73 | qualification criteria; establishing the SUCCEED, FLORIDA! Great |
| 74 | Jobs Program; providing for the appropriation of funds to the |
| 75 | Department of Education to be distributed on a competitive basis |
| 76 | to postsecondary educational institutions to produce graduates |
| 77 | to enter certain occupations in the state; providing for a |
| 78 | request for proposals and requirements of such proposals; |
| 79 | requiring establishment annually by the Legislature of a |
| 80 | priority list; providing for funding of proposals; providing |
| 81 | requirements for grant recipients; amending s. 1012.82, F.S.; |