| 1 | Representative(s) Patterson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 43, between line(s) 20 and 21, |
| 5 | insert: |
| 6 | Section 21. Subsection (4) is added to section 1001.44, |
| 7 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 8 | 1001.44 Career centers.-- |
| 9 | (4) DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD CAREER CENTER PROGRAM |
| 10 | DELIVERY.-- |
| 11 | (a) A district school board with an established career |
| 12 | center as part of the district school system may enter into an |
| 13 | articulation agreement for the delivery of specified associate |
| 14 | in applied science degree programs. |
| 15 | (b) A career center that offers a postsecondary adult |
| 16 | vocational program designed to articulate into an associate in |
| 17 | applied science degree program and enters into an articulation |
| 18 | agreement for the delivery of such an associate in applied |
| 19 | science degree program may use the designation "technical |
| 20 | college." |
| 21 | (c) For purposes of this subsection, "postsecondary adult |
| 22 | vocational program" is a job preparatory program, excluding |
| 23 | continuing workforce education, through which a student receives |
| 24 | a vocational certificate upon completion of instruction. |
| 25 | Section 22. Subsection (20) is added to section 1002.34, |
| 26 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 27 | 1002.34 Charter technical career centers.-- |
| 28 | (20) DESIGNATION AS A TECHNICAL COLLEGE.--A charter |
| 29 | technical career center that offers a postsecondary adult |
| 30 | vocational program designed to articulate into an associate in |
| 31 | applied science degree program and enters into an articulation |
| 32 | agreement for the delivery of such an associate in applied |
| 33 | science degree program may use the designation "technical |
| 34 | college." For purposes of this subsection, "postsecondary adult |
| 35 | vocational program" is a job preparatory program, excluding |
| 36 | continuing workforce education, through which a student receives |
| 37 | a vocational certificate upon completion of instruction. |
| 38 | Section 23. Subsection (3) of section 1007.22, Florida |
| 39 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 40 | 1007.22 Articulation; postsecondary institution |
| 41 | coordination and collaboration.-- |
| 42 | (3) Public postsecondary educational institutions serving |
| 43 | the same students in a geographic and service area are |
| 44 | encouraged to establish appropriate interinstitutional |
| 45 | mechanisms to achieve cooperative planning and delivery of |
| 46 | academic programs and related services, share a high-cost |
| 47 | instructional facility and equipment, coordinate credit and |
| 48 | noncredit outreach activities, have access to each other's |
| 49 | library and media holdings and services, and provide cooperative |
| 50 | campus activities and consultative relationships for the |
| 51 | discussion and resolution of interinstitutional issues and |
| 52 | problems which discourage student access or transfer. |
| 53 | Section 24. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 1007.23, |
| 54 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 55 | 1007.23 Statewide articulation agreement.-- |
| 56 | (1) The State Board of Education shall establish in rule a |
| 57 | statewide articulation agreement that governs: |
| 58 | (a) Articulation between secondary and postsecondary |
| 59 | education, including credit earned through high school career |
| 60 | and technical education majors and career academies; |
| 61 | (b) Admission of associate in arts degree graduates from |
| 62 | community colleges and state universities; |
| 63 | (c) Admission of applied technology diploma program |
| 64 | graduates from community colleges or career centers; |
| 65 | (d) Admission of associate in science degree and associate |
| 66 | in applied science degree graduates from community colleges; |
| 67 | (e) The use of acceleration mechanisms, including |
| 68 | nationally standardized examinations through which students may |
| 69 | earn credit; |
| 70 | (f) General education requirements and statewide course |
| 71 | numbers as provided for in ss. 1007.24 and 1007.25; and |
| 72 | (g) Articulation among programs in nursing; and. |
| 73 | (h) Admission of postsecondary vocational, technical, or |
| 74 | career certificate or diploma graduates from school district |
| 75 | career centers or charter technical career centers. |
| 76 | (3) The articulation agreement must guarantee the |
| 77 | statewide articulation of appropriate workforce education |
| 78 | development programs and courses between school districts and |
| 79 | community colleges and specifically provide that every applied |
| 80 | technology diploma graduate must be granted the same amount of |
| 81 | credit upon admission to an associate in science degree or |
| 82 | associate in applied science degree program unless it is a |
| 83 | limited access program. Preference for admission must be given |
| 84 | to graduates who are residents of Florida. |
| 85 | Section 25. Section 1007.234, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 86 | to read: |
| 87 | 1007.234 Statewide articulation agreements for articulated |
| 88 | career paths.-- |
| 89 | (1) By March 1, 2007, the State Board of Education, in |
| 90 | consultation with the Board of Governors, shall establish |
| 91 | statewide articulation agreements for articulated career paths |
| 92 | for specific workforce education professions, including, but not |
| 93 | limited to, the program areas of criminal justice, business, |
| 94 | manufacturing, nursing, allied health, and early childhood |
| 95 | education. The career paths shall provide for the articulation |
| 96 | of: |
| 97 | (a) Credit earned in vocational, technical, or career |
| 98 | certificate or diploma programs to associate in science degrees |
| 99 | or associate in applied science degrees. |
| 100 | (b) Credit earned in associate in science degree programs |
| 101 | to credit in baccalaureate degree programs. |
| 102 | (c) Credit awarded by public and private institutions. |
| 103 | (d) Credit for experiential learning associated with |
| 104 | minimum training requirements for employment. |
| 105 | (2) To participate in a statewide articulation agreement |
| 106 | for an articulated career path required in this section, |
| 107 | nonpublic colleges and schools must be fully accredited by a |
| 108 | regional or national accrediting agency recognized by the United |
| 109 | States Department of Education, must participate in the Florida |
| 110 | Education and Training Placement Information Program pursuant to |
| 111 | s. 1008.39, and must meet one of the following criteria: |
| 112 | (a) Be eligible to participate in the William L. Boyd, IV, |
| 113 | Florida Resident Access Grant Program; or |
| 114 | (b) Have been issued a license pursuant to s. 1005.31 or |
| 115 | s. 1005.32 and use an assessment required in s. 1005.04(1)(b) |
| 116 | that has been recommended by the State Board of Education. In |
| 117 | these licensed colleges and schools for courses not in the |
| 118 | statewide course numbering system pursuant to s. 1007.24, |
| 119 | credits to be accepted by a receiving institution must be |
| 120 | generated in courses for which the faculty possess credentials |
| 121 | that are comparable to those required by the accrediting |
| 122 | association of the receiving institution. |
| 123 | (3) To determine the appropriate courses and programs for |
| 124 | statewide articulation agreements for articulated career paths, |
| 125 | the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government |
| 126 | Accountability, by December 31, 2006, shall collect, review, and |
| 127 | conduct an assessment of all existing articulation agreements |
| 128 | between school district career centers or charter technical |
| 129 | career centers and community colleges. |
| 130 | (4) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government |
| 131 | Accountability shall use the information compiled pursuant to |
| 132 | subsection (3) to evaluate the effectiveness of articulation |
| 133 | agreements for articulated career paths and to identify other |
| 134 | postsecondary technical or career programs within a school |
| 135 | district career center or charter technical career center that |
| 136 | may articulate to an associate in science degree program or an |
| 137 | associate in applied science degree program on an individual |
| 138 | course or block basis for statewide articulation agreements for |
| 139 | articulated career paths. By December 31, 2007, the Office of |
| 140 | Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability shall |
| 141 | submit a report to the President of the Senate and the Speaker |
| 142 | of the House of Representatives. |
| 143 | (5) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government |
| 144 | Accountability shall review all career paths that provide for |
| 145 | the articulation of credit awarded by public and private |
| 146 | institutions as required pursuant to subsection (1). The review |
| 147 | shall include an assessment of methods used to evaluate the |
| 148 | following: a student's ability to successfully complete the |
| 149 | course of study for which the student has applied before |
| 150 | accepting the student into the program; completion rates; job |
| 151 | placement rates; and the method used by institutions to report |
| 152 | data. By December 31, 2007, the Office of Program Policy |
| 153 | Analysis and Government Accountability shall submit a report to |
| 154 | the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of |
| 155 | Representatives. |
| 156 | Section 26. Section 1011.802, Florida Statutes, is created |
| 157 | to read: |
| 158 | 1011.802 School District Career Center Facility |
| 159 | Enhancement Challenge Grant Program.-- |
| 160 | (1) There is established the School District Career Center |
| 161 | Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant Program for the purpose of |
| 162 | assisting career centers in building high priority instructional |
| 163 | capital facilities consistent with s. 1001.44, including common |
| 164 | areas connecting such facilities. The direct-support |
| 165 | organizations that serve the school districts may solicit gifts |
| 166 | from private sources which are eligible for state matching funds |
| 167 | for capital facilities. For purposes of this section, private |
| 168 | sources of funds shall not include any federal, state, or local |
| 169 | government funds that a school district may receive. |
| 170 | (2) The School District Career Center Facility Enhancement |
| 171 | Challenge Grant Program shall provide funds to match private |
| 172 | contributions for the development of high priority instructional |
| 173 | capital facilities, including common areas connecting such |
| 174 | facilities, within the career centers. |
| 175 | (3) Within the direct-support organization of each school |
| 176 | district, a separate career center capital facilities matching |
| 177 | account must be established for the purpose of providing |
| 178 | matching funds from the direct-support organization's |
| 179 | unrestricted donations or other private contributions for the |
| 180 | development of high priority instructional capital facilities, |
| 181 | including common areas connecting such facilities. The |
| 182 | Legislature may appropriate funds for distribution to a school |
| 183 | district after matching funds are certified by the direct- |
| 184 | support organization and school district to the Department of |
| 185 | Education. The Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service |
| 186 | Trust Fund shall not be used as the source of the state match |
| 187 | for private contributions. |
| 188 | (4) A project may not be initiated unless all private |
| 189 | funds for planning, construction, and equipping the facility |
| 190 | have been received and deposited in the direct-support |
| 191 | organization's matching account and the state's share for the |
| 192 | minimum amount of funds needed to begin the project has been |
| 193 | appropriated by the Legislature. The Legislature may appropriate |
| 194 | the state's matching funds in one or more fiscal years for the |
| 195 | planning, construction, and equipping of an eligible facility. |
| 196 | However, these requirements shall not preclude the school |
| 197 | district or direct-support organization from expending available |
| 198 | funds from private sources to develop a prospectus, including |
| 199 | preliminary architectural schematics or models, for use in its |
| 200 | efforts to raise private funds for a facility. Additionally, any |
| 201 | private sources of funds expended for this purpose are eligible |
| 202 | for state matching funds if the project is awarded grant funds |
| 203 | under this section. |
| 204 | (5) To be eligible to participate in the School District |
| 205 | Career Center Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant Program, a |
| 206 | school district, through its direct-support organization, shall |
| 207 | raise contributions from private sources equal to one-third of |
| 208 | the total cost of a facility construction project. After raising |
| 209 | such contributions, the school district shall be eligible for a |
| 210 | match by a state appropriation equal to the amount raised for a |
| 211 | facility construction project up to one-third of the cost of the |
| 212 | project, subject to the General Appropriations Act. Another one- |
| 213 | third of the total cost must be provided from the school |
| 214 | district's local capital funds. |
| 215 | (6) If the state's share of the required match is |
| 216 | insufficient to meet the requirements of subsection (5), the |
| 217 | school district shall renegotiate the terms of the contribution |
| 218 | with the donors. If the project is terminated, each private |
| 219 | donation, plus accrued interest, shall revert to the direct- |
| 220 | support organization for remittance to the donor at the donor's |
| 221 | discretion. |
| 222 | (7) By September 1 of each year, the State Board of |
| 223 | Education shall transmit to the Legislature, in the capital |
| 224 | outlay budget request, a list of projects that meet all |
| 225 | eligibility requirements to participate in the School District |
| 226 | Career Center Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant Program and a |
| 227 | budget request that includes the recommended schedule necessary |
| 228 | to complete each project. |
| 229 | (8) In order for a project to be eligible under this |
| 230 | program, it must be survey-recommended under the provisions of |
| 231 | s. 1013.31, included in the school district's 5-year capital |
| 232 | improvement plan, and receive prior approval from the State |
| 233 | Board of Education. |
| 234 | (9) Any project funds that are unexpended after a project |
| 235 | is completed shall revert to the school district direct-support |
| 236 | organization's career center capital facilities matching |
| 237 | account. One-third of such unexpended funds shall be reserved |
| 238 | for the school district career center that originally received |
| 239 | the private contribution for the purpose of providing private |
| 240 | matching funds for future facility construction projects as |
| 241 | provided in this section. One-third of such unexpended funds |
| 242 | shall be returned to the General Revenue Fund. One-third of such |
| 243 | unexpended funds shall be returned to the school district. |
| 244 | (10) The surveys, architectural plans, facility, and |
| 245 | equipment shall be the property of the participating school |
| 246 | district. |
| 247 | Section 27. Board of Governors Scholarship Matching Pilot |
| 248 | Project.--The Board of Governors and the Board of Governors |
| 249 | Foundation are authorized to provide donors with an incentive in |
| 250 | the form of matching grants for donations for the sole purpose |
| 251 | of providing needs-based financial assistance for students |
| 252 | attending state universities. Donations received by the Board of |
| 253 | Governors for this purpose prior to September 30, 2006, are |
| 254 | eligible for state matching funds through legislative |
| 255 | appropriations. Any donations and state matching grants received |
| 256 | by the Board of Governors pursuant to this section may be |
| 257 | invested by the Board of Governors Foundation. Donations, state |
| 258 | matching funds, and associated investment earnings must be fully |
| 259 | disbursed for needs-based financial assistance to state |
| 260 | university students prior to June 30, 2010. The Board of |
| 261 | Governors shall provide annual reports to the Governor, the |
| 262 | President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
| 263 | Representatives providing information on the unexpended balance |
| 264 | of funds associated with this pilot project; the number of |
| 265 | students who received financial assistance; the number of |
| 266 | scholarship recipients at each state university; and the |
| 267 | minimum, maximum, and average annual award per recipient, by |
| 268 | university. The reports shall be submitted by September 30 for |
| 269 | the preceding annual period ending on June 30. This section is |
| 270 | repealed effective September 30, 2010. |
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| 273 | On page 5, line(s) 8, |
| 274 | remove: all of said line |
| 275 |
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| 276 | and insert: |
| 277 |
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| 278 | address specified matters; amending s. 1001.44, F.S.; |
| 279 | authorizing an articulation agreement for delivery of associate |
| 280 | in applied science degree programs by career centers; providing |
| 281 | requirements for use of the designation "technical college"; |
| 282 | providing a definition; amending s. 1002.34, F.S.; providing for |
| 283 | a charter technical career center to use the designation |
| 284 | "technical college"; providing a definition; amending s. |
| 285 | 1007.22, F.S.; revising provisions relating to establishment of |
| 286 | interinstitutional mechanisms by public postsecondary |
| 287 | educational institutions; amending s. 1007.23, F.S.; revising |
| 288 | components of the statewide articulation agreement; revising |
| 289 | terminology; creating s. 1007.234, F.S.; requiring the State |
| 290 | Board of Education, in consultation with the Board of Governors, |
| 291 | to establish statewide articulation agreements for articulated |
| 292 | career paths for specific professions; requiring career paths to |
| 293 | provide for the articulation of credit for certain programs and |
| 294 | experiential learning; providing criteria for participation by |
| 295 | nonpublic colleges and schools in the statewide articulation |
| 296 | agreements for articulated career paths; requiring the Office of |
| 297 | Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability to assess |
| 298 | articulation agreements and identify career center programs that |
| 299 | may articulate to certain degree programs; requiring the office |
| 300 | to review career paths for articulation of credit awarded by |
| 301 | public and private institutions; requiring reporting to the |
| 302 | Legislature; creating s. 1011.802, F.S.; establishing the School |
| 303 | District Career Center Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant |
| 304 | Program; authorizing a school district direct-support |
| 305 | organization to solicit funds and establish a separate career |
| 306 | center capital facilities matching account for private |
| 307 | contributions for instructional facility construction projects; |
| 308 | providing for match by state appropriations; providing for a |
| 309 | portion of the cost of a facility construction project to be |
| 310 | provided from a school district's local capital funds; providing |
| 311 | State Board of Education requirements relating to capital outlay |
| 312 | budget requests for such projects; providing for reversion of |
| 313 | funds; creating the Board of Governors Scholarship Matching |
| 314 | Pilot Project; providing for funding; providing for annual |
| 315 | reports to the Governor and Legislature; providing for future |
| 316 | repeal; providing an |