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    By the Committee on Commerce





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to workforce services; amending

  3         s. 445.009, F.S.; revising certain requirements

  4         for the one-stop delivery system of employment

  5         services; deleting a requirement that regional

  6         workforce boards enter into memoranda of

  7         understanding with the Agency for Workforce

  8         Innovation for the delivery of certain

  9         services; deleting a requirement that the

10         agency have authority to direct the staff of

11         the workforce system; amending s. 445.024,

12         F.S., relating to work activities for

13         participants in the temporary cash assistance

14         program; revising definitions to conform to the

15         federal law governing work requirements;

16         revising certain requirements for and duties of

17         the regional workforce boards with respect to

18         work requirements for program participants;

19         amending s. 445.032, F.S.; clarifying

20         circumstances under which transitional child

21         care is available to former participants in the

22         welfare transition program and certain other

23         individuals; amending s. 402.305, F.S.,

24         relating to licensing standards; conforming

25         cross-references; providing an effective date.

26  

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

28  

29         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 445.009, Florida

30  Statutes, is amended to read:

31         445.009  One-stop delivery system.--

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 1         (3)  Beginning October 1, 2000, regional workforce

 2  boards shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with the

 3  Agency for Workforce Innovation for the delivery of employment

 4  services authorized by the federal Wagner-Peyser Act. This

 5  memorandum of understanding must be performance based.

 6         (a)  Unless otherwise required by federal law, at least

 7  90 percent of the Wagner-Peyser funding must go into direct

 8  customer service costs.

 9         (b)  Employment services funded by the federal

10  Wagner-Peyser Act must be provided by through the one-stop

11  delivery system, under the guidance of the one-stop delivery

12  system operators. Unless otherwise required by federal law, at

13  least 90 percent of the Wagner-Peyser funding must go into

14  direct customer service costs. One-stop delivery system

15  operators shall have overall authority for directing the staff

16  of the workforce system. Personnel matters shall remain under

17  the ultimate authority of the Agency for Workforce Innovation.

18  However, the one-stop delivery system operator shall submit to

19  the agency information concerning the job performance of

20  agency employees who deliver employment services. The agency

21  shall consider any such information submitted by the one-stop

22  delivery system operator in conducting performance appraisals

23  of the employees.

24         (c)  The agency shall retain fiscal responsibility and

25  accountability for the administration of funds allocated to

26  the state under the Wagner-Peyser Act. An agency employee who

27  is providing services authorized under the Wagner-Peyser Act

28  shall be paid using Wagner-Peyser Act funds.

29         Section 2.  Section 445.024, Florida Statutes, is

30  amended to read:

31         445.024  Work requirements.--

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 1         (1)  WORK ACTIVITIES.--The Agency for Workforce

 2  Innovation may develop activities under each of the following

 3  categories of work activities. The following categories of

 4  work activities, based on federal law and regulations, may be

 5  used individually or in combination to satisfy the work

 6  requirements for a participant in the temporary cash

 7  assistance program. The work activities must meet the

 8  respective federal definitions.:

 9         (a)  Unsubsidized employment;.--Unsubsidized employment

10  is full-time employment or part-time employment that is not

11  directly supplemented by federal or state funds. Paid

12  apprenticeship and cooperative education activities are

13  included in this activity.

14         (b)  Subsidized private-sector private sector

15  employment;.--Subsidized private sector employment is

16  employment in a private for-profit enterprise or a private

17  not-for-profit enterprise which is directly supplemented by

18  federal or state funds. A subsidy may be provided in one or

19  more of the forms listed in this paragraph.

20         1.  Work supplementation.--A work supplementation

21  subsidy diverts a participant's temporary cash assistance

22  under the program to the employer. The employer must pay the

23  participant wages that equal or exceed the applicable federal

24  minimum wage. Work supplementation may not exceed 6 months. At

25  the end of the supplementation period, the employer is

26  expected to retain the participant as a regular employee

27  without receiving a subsidy. A work supplementation agreement

28  may not be continued with any employer who exhibits a pattern

29  of failing to provide participants with continued employment

30  after the period of work supplementation ends.

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 1         2.  On-the-job training.--On-the-job training is

 2  full-time, paid employment in which the employer or an

 3  educational institution, in cooperation with the employer,

 4  provides training needed for the participant to perform the

 5  skills required for the position. The employer or the

 6  educational institution on behalf of the employer receives a

 7  subsidy to offset the cost of the training provided to the

 8  participant. Upon satisfactory completion of the training, the

 9  employer is expected to retain the participant as a regular

10  employee without receiving a subsidy. An on-the-job training

11  agreement may not be continued with any employer who exhibits

12  a pattern of failing to provide participants with continued

13  employment after the on-the-job training subsidy ends.

14         3.  Incentive payments.--Regional workforce boards may

15  provide additional incentive payments to encourage employers

16  to employ program participants. Incentive payments may include

17  payments to encourage the employment of hard-to-place

18  participants, in which case the amount of the payment shall be

19  weighted proportionally to the extent to which the participant

20  has limitations associated with the long-term receipt of

21  welfare and difficulty in sustaining employment. Incentive

22  payments may also include payments to encourage employers to

23  provide health care insurance benefits to current or former

24  program participants. In establishing incentive payments,

25  regional workforce boards shall consider the extent of prior

26  receipt of welfare, lack of employment experience, lack of

27  education, lack of job skills, and other appropriate factors.

28  A participant who has complied with program requirements and

29  who is approaching the time limit for receiving temporary cash

30  assistance may be defined as "hard to place." Incentive

31  payments may include payments in which an initial payment is

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 1  made to the employer upon the employment of a participant, and

 2  the majority of the incentive payment is made after the

 3  employer retains the participant as a full-time employee for

 4  at least 12 months. An incentive agreement may not be

 5  continued with any employer who exhibits a pattern of failing

 6  to provide participants with continued employment after the

 7  incentive payments cease.

 8         4.  Tax credits.--An employer who employs a program

 9  participant may qualify for enterprise zone property tax

10  credits under s. 220.182, the tax refund program for qualified

11  target industry businesses under s. 288.106, or other federal

12  or state tax benefits. The regional workforce board shall

13  provide information and assistance, as appropriate, to use

14  such credits to accomplish program goals.

15         5.  Training bonus.--An employer who hires a

16  participant in the welfare transition program and pays the

17  participant a wage that precludes the participant's

18  eligibility for temporary cash assistance may receive $250 for

19  each full month of employment for a period that may not exceed

20  3 months. An employer who receives a training bonus for an

21  employee may not receive a work supplementation subsidy for

22  the same employee. "Employment" is defined as 35 hours per

23  week at a wage of no less than minimum wage.

24         (c)  Subsidized public-sector public sector

25  employment;.--Subsidized public sector employment is

26  employment by an agency of the federal, state, or local

27  government which is directly supplemented by federal or state

28  funds. The applicable subsidies provided under paragraph (b)

29  may be used to subsidize employment in the public sector,

30  except that priority for subsidized employment shall be

31  employment in the private sector. Public sector employment is

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 1  distinguished from work experience in that the participant is

 2  paid wages and receives the same benefits as a nonsubsidized

 3  employee who performs similar work. Work-study activities

 4  administered by educational institutions are included in this

 5  activity.

 6         (d)  On-the-job training;

 7         (e)(d)  Community service programs work

 8  experience;.--Community service work experience is job

 9  training experience at a supervised public or private

10  not-for-profit agency. A participant shall receive temporary

11  cash assistance in the form of wages, which, when combined

12  with the value of food stamps awarded to the participant, is

13  proportional to the amount of time worked. A participant in

14  the welfare transition program or the Food Stamp Employment

15  and Training program assigned to community service work

16  experience shall be deemed an employee of the state for

17  purposes of workers' compensation coverage and is subject to

18  the requirements of the drug-free workplace program. Community

19  service work experience may be selected as an activity for a

20  participant who needs to increase employability by improving

21  his or her interpersonal skills, job-retention skills, stress

22  management, and job problem solving, and by learning to attain

23  a balance between job and personal responsibilities. Community

24  service is intended to:

25         1.  Assess compliance with requirements of the welfare

26  transition program before referral of the participant to

27  costly services such as career education;

28         2.  Maintain work activity status while the participant

29  awaits placement into paid employment or training;

30         3.  Fulfill a clinical practicum or internship

31  requirement related to employment; or

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 1         4.  Provide work-based mentoring.

 2  

 3  As used in this paragraph, the terms "community service

 4  experience," "community work," and "workfare" are synonymous.

 5         (f)(e)  Work experience;.--Work experience is an

 6  appropriate work activity for participants who lack

 7  preparation for or experience in the workforce. It must

 8  combine a job training activity in a public or private

 9  not-for-profit agency with education and training related to

10  an employment goal. To qualify as a work activity, work

11  experience must include education and training in addition to

12  the time required by the work activity, and the work activity

13  must be intensively supervised and structured. Regional

14  workforce boards shall contract for any services provided for

15  clients who are assigned to this activity and shall require

16  performance benchmarks, goals, outcomes, and time limits

17  designed to assure that the participant moves toward full-time

18  paid employment. A participant shall receive temporary cash

19  assistance proportional to the time worked. A participant

20  assigned to work experience is an employee of the state for

21  purposes of workers' compensation coverage and is subject to

22  the requirements of the drug-free workplace program.

23         (g)(f)  Job search and job readiness assistance;.--Job

24  search assistance may include supervised or unsupervised

25  job-seeking activities. Job readiness assistance provides

26  support for job-seeking activities, which may include:

27         1.  Orientation to the world of work and basic

28  job-seeking and job retention skills.

29         2.  Instruction in completing an application for

30  employment and writing a resume.

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 1         3.  Instruction in conducting oneself during a job

 2  interview, including appropriate dress.

 3         4.  Instruction in how to retain a job, plan a career,

 4  and perform successfully in the workplace.

 5  

 6  Job readiness assistance may also include providing a

 7  participant with access to an employment resource center that

 8  contains job listings, telephones, facsimile machines,

 9  typewriters, and word processors. Job search and job readiness

10  activities may be used in conjunction with other program

11  activities, such as work experience, but may not be the

12  primary work activity for longer than the length of time

13  permitted under federal law.

14         (h)(g)  Vocational educational career education or

15  training;.--Career education or training is education or

16  training designed to provide participants with the skills and

17  certification necessary for employment in an occupational

18  area. Career education or training may be used as a primary

19  program activity for participants when it has been determined

20  that the individual has demonstrated compliance with other

21  phases of program participation and successful completion of

22  the career education or training is likely to result in

23  employment entry at a higher wage than the participant would

24  have been likely to attain without completion of the career

25  education or training. Career education or training may be

26  combined with other program activities and also may be used to

27  upgrade skills or prepare for a higher paying occupational

28  area for a participant who is employed.

29         1.  Unless otherwise provided in this section, career

30  education shall not be used as the primary program activity

31  for a period which exceeds 12 months. The 12-month restriction

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 1  applies to instruction in a career education program and does

 2  not include remediation of basic skills, including English

 3  language proficiency, if remediation is necessary to enable a

 4  participant to benefit from a career education program. Any

 5  necessary remediation must be completed before a participant

 6  is referred to career education as the primary work activity.

 7  In addition, use of career education or training shall be

 8  restricted to the limitation established in federal law.

 9  Career education included in a program leading to a high

10  school diploma shall not be considered career education for

11  purposes of this section.

12         2.  When possible, a provider of career education or

13  training shall use funds provided by funding sources other

14  than the regional workforce board. The regional workforce

15  board may provide additional funds to a career education or

16  training provider only if payment is made pursuant to a

17  performance-based contract. Under a performance-based

18  contract, the provider may be partially paid when a

19  participant completes education or training, but the majority

20  of payment shall be made following the participant's

21  employment at a specific wage or job retention for a specific

22  duration. Performance-based payments made under this

23  subparagraph are limited to education or training for targeted

24  occupations identified by the Workforce Estimating Conference

25  under s. 216.136, or other programs identified by Workforce

26  Florida, Inc., as beneficial to meet the needs of designated

27  groups who are hard to place. If the contract pays the full

28  cost of training, the community college or school district may

29  not report the participants for other state funding.

30         (i)(h)  Job skills training directly related to

31  employment;.--Job skills training includes customized training

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 1  designed to meet the needs of a specific employer or a

 2  specific industry. Job skills training shall include literacy

 3  instruction, and may include English proficiency instruction

 4  or Spanish language or other language instruction if necessary

 5  to enable a participant to perform in a specific job or job

 6  training program or if the training enhances employment

 7  opportunities in the local community. A participant may be

 8  required to complete an entrance assessment or test before

 9  entering into job skills training.

10         (j)(i)  Education directly related to employment;

11  services related to employment for participants 19 years of

12  age or younger.--Education services provided under this

13  paragraph are designed to prepare a participant for employment

14  in an occupation. The agency shall coordinate education

15  services with the school-to-work activities provided under s.

16  1006.02. Activities provided under this paragraph are

17  restricted to participants 19 years of age or younger who have

18  not completed high school or obtained a high school

19  equivalency diploma.

20         (k)  Satisfactory attendance at secondary school or in

21  a course of study leading to a graduate equivalency diploma;

22  or

23         (j)  School attendance.--Attendance at a high school or

24  attendance at a program designed to prepare the participant to

25  receive a high school equivalency diploma is a required

26  program activity for each participant 19 years of age or

27  younger who:

28         1.  Has not completed high school or obtained a high

29  school equivalency diploma;

30         2.  Is a dependent child or a head of household; and

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 1         3.  For whom it has not been determined that another

 2  program activity is more appropriate.

 3         (k)  Teen parent services.--Participation in medical,

 4  educational, counseling, and other services that are part of a

 5  comprehensive program is a required activity for each teen

 6  parent who participates in the welfare transition program.

 7         (l)  Extended education and training.--Notwithstanding

 8  any other provisions of this section to the contrary, the

 9  board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc., may approve a

10  plan by a regional workforce board for assigning, as work

11  requirements, educational activities that exceed or are not

12  included in those provided elsewhere in this section and that

13  do not comply with federal work participation requirement

14  limitations.  In order to be eligible to implement this

15  provision, a regional workforce board must continue to exceed

16  the overall federal work participation rate requirements.  For

17  purposes of this paragraph, the board of directors of

18  Workforce Florida, Inc., may adjust the regional participation

19  requirement based on regional caseload decline.  However, this

20  adjustment is limited to no more than the adjustment produced

21  by the calculation used to generate federal adjustments to the

22  participation requirement due to caseload decline.

23         (m)  GED preparation and literacy

24  education.--Satisfactory attendance at secondary school or in

25  a course of study leading to a graduate equivalency diploma,

26  if a participant has not completed secondary school or

27  received such a diploma.  English language proficiency

28  training may be included as a part of the education if it is

29  deemed the individual requires such training to complete

30  secondary school or to attain a graduate equivalency diploma.

31  To calculate countable hours attributable to education, a

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 1  participant may earn study credits equal to the number of

 2  actual hours spent in formal training per week, but the total

 3  number of hours earned for actual hours spent in formal

 4  training and studying may not exceed a one to one and one-half

 5  ratio for the week.  Countable hours are subject to the

 6  restrictions contained in 45 C.F.R. s. 261.31.

 7         (l)(n)  Providing child care services.--Providing child

 8  care services to an individual who is participating in a

 9  community service program pursuant to this section.

10         (2)  WORK ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS.--Each individual who

11  is not otherwise exempt from work activity requirements must

12  participate in a work activity, except for community service

13  work experience, for the maximum number of hours allowable

14  under federal law; however, a, provided that no participant

15  may not be required to work more than 40 hours per week or

16  less than the minimum number of hours required by federal law.

17  The maximum number of hours each month that a family

18  participant may be required to participate in community

19  service or work experience programs activities is the greater

20  of: the number of hours that would result from dividing the

21  family's monthly amount for temporary cash assistance and food

22  stamps by the applicable federal minimum wage and then

23  dividing that result by the number of participants in the

24  family who participate in community service activities, or the

25  minimum required to meet federal participation requirements.

26  However, in no case shall the maximum hours required per week

27  for community service or work experience may not exceed 40

28  hours. An applicant shall be referred for employment at the

29  time of application if the applicant is eligible to

30  participate in the welfare transition program.

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 1         (a)  A participant in a work activity may also be

 2  required to enroll in and attend a course of instruction

 3  designed to increase literacy skills to a level necessary for

 4  obtaining or retaining employment if, provided that the

 5  instruction plus the work activity does not require more than

 6  40 hours per week.

 7         (b)  Program funds may be used, as available, to

 8  support the efforts of a participant who meets the work

 9  activity requirements and who wishes to enroll in or continue

10  enrollment in an adult general education program or other

11  training programs a career education program.

12         (3)  EXEMPTION FROM WORK ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS.--The

13  following individuals are exempt from work activity

14  requirements:

15         (a)  A minor child under 16 years of age.

16         (a)(b)  An individual who receives benefits under the

17  Supplemental Security Income program or the Social Security

18  Disability Insurance program.

19         (b)(c)  Adults who are not defined as work-eligible

20  individuals under federal law included in the calculation of

21  temporary cash assistance in child-only cases.

22         (c)(d)  A single One custodial parent of with a child

23  under 3 months of age, except that the parent may be required

24  to attend parenting classes or other activities to better

25  prepare for the responsibilities of raising a child. If the

26  custodial parent is 19 years of age or younger and has not

27  completed high school or the equivalent, he or she may be

28  required to attend school or other appropriate educational

29  activities.

30         (d)(e)  An individual who is exempt from the time

31  period pursuant to s. 414.105.

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 1         (4)  PRIORITIZATION OF WORK REQUIREMENTS.--Regional

 2  workforce boards shall require participation in work

 3  activities to the maximum extent possible, subject to federal

 4  and state funding. If funds are projected to be insufficient

 5  to allow full-time work activities by all program participants

 6  who are required to participate in work activities, regional

 7  workforce boards shall screen participants and assign priority

 8  based on the following:

 9         (a)  In accordance with federal requirements, at least

10  one adult in each two-parent family shall be assigned priority

11  for full-time work activities.

12         (b)  Among single-parent families, a family that has

13  older preschool children or school-age children shall be

14  assigned priority for work activities.

15         (c)  A participant who has access to subsidized or

16  unsubsidized nonsubsidized child care may be assigned priority

17  for work activities.

18         (d)  Priority may be assigned based on the amount of

19  time remaining until the participant reaches the applicable

20  time limit for program participation or may be based on

21  requirements of a case plan.

22  

23  Regional workforce boards may limit a participant's weekly

24  work requirement to the minimum required to meet federal work

25  activity requirements in lieu of the level defined in

26  subsection (2). Regional workforce boards may develop

27  screening and prioritization procedures based on the

28  allocation of resources, the availability of community

29  resources, the provision of supportive services, or the work

30  activity needs of the service area district.

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 1         (5)  USE OF CONTRACTS.--Regional workforce boards shall

 2  provide work activities, training, and other services, as

 3  appropriate, through contracts. In contracting for work

 4  activities, training, or services, the following applies:

 5         (a)  A contract must be performance-based. Payment

 6  shall be tied to performance outcomes that include factors

 7  such as, but not limited to, diversion from cash assistance,

 8  job entry, job entry at a target wage, job retention, and

 9  connection to transition services rather than tied to

10  completion of training or education or any other phase of the

11  program participation process.

12         (b)  A contract may include performance-based incentive

13  payments that may vary according to the extent to which the

14  participant is more difficult to place. Contract payments may

15  be weighted proportionally to reflect the extent to which the

16  participant has limitations associated with the long-term

17  receipt of welfare and difficulty in sustaining employment.

18  The factors may include the extent of prior receipt of

19  welfare, lack of employment experience, lack of education,

20  lack of job skills, and other factors determined appropriate

21  by the regional workforce board.

22         (c)  Notwithstanding the exemption from the competitive

23  sealed bid requirements provided in s. 287.057(5)(f) for

24  certain contractual services, each contract awarded under this

25  chapter must be awarded on the basis of a competitive sealed

26  bid, except for a contract with a governmental entity as

27  determined by the regional workforce board.

28         (d)  Regional workforce boards may contract with

29  commercial, charitable, or religious organizations. A contract

30  must comply with federal requirements with respect to

31  nondiscrimination and other requirements that safeguard the

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 1  rights of participants. Services may be provided under

 2  contract, certificate, voucher, or other form of disbursement.

 3         (e)  The administrative costs associated with a

 4  contract for services provided under this section may not

 5  exceed the applicable administrative cost ceiling established

 6  in federal law. An agency or entity that is awarded a contract

 7  under this section may not charge more than 7 percent of the

 8  value of the contract for administration, unless an exception

 9  is approved by the regional workforce board. A list of any

10  exceptions approved must be submitted to the board of

11  directors of Workforce Florida, Inc., for review, and the

12  board may rescind approval of the exception.

13         (f)  Regional workforce boards may enter into contracts

14  to provide short-term work experience for the chronically

15  unemployed as provided in this section.

16         (g)  A tax-exempt organization under s. 501(c) of the

17  Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which receives funds under this

18  chapter must disclose receipt of federal funds on any

19  advertising, promotional, or other material in accordance with

20  federal requirements.

21         (6)  PROTECTIONS FOR PARTICIPANTS.--Each participant is

22  subject to the same health, safety, and nondiscrimination

23  standards established under federal, state, or local laws that

24  otherwise apply to other individuals engaged in similar

25  activities who are not participants in the welfare transition

26  program.

27         (7)  PROTECTION FOR CURRENT EMPLOYEES.--In establishing

28  and contracting for work experience and community service

29  activities, other work experience activities, on-the-job

30  training, subsidized employment, and work supplementation

31  under the welfare transition program, an employed worker may

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 1  not be displaced, either completely or partially. A

 2  participant may not be assigned to an activity or employed in

 3  a position if the employer has created the vacancy or

 4  terminated an existing employee without good cause in order to

 5  fill that position with a program participant.

 6         Section 3.  Section 445.032, Florida Statutes, is

 7  amended to read:

 8         445.032  Transitional child care.--In order to assist

 9  former welfare transition program participants and individuals

10  who have been redirected through up-front diversion in

11  obtaining employment, continuing to be employed, and improving

12  their employment prospects, transitional child care is

13  available for up to 2 years:

14         (1)  To After a former program participant who is no

15  longer receiving temporary cash assistance and who is employed

16  or actively seeking employment if his or her has left the

17  program due to employment and whose income does not exceed 200

18  percent of the federal poverty level at any time during that

19  2-year period.

20         (2)  To an individual who has been redirected through

21  up-front diversion and who is employed or actively seeking

22  employment if his or her whose income does not exceed 200

23  percent of the federal poverty level at any time during that

24  2-year period.

25         Section 4.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section

26  402.305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

27         402.305  Licensing standards; child care facilities.--

28         (4)  STAFF-TO-CHILDREN RATIO.--

29         (b)  This subsection does not apply to nonpublic

30  schools and their integral programs as defined in s.

31  402.3025(2)(d)1. In addition, an individual participating in a

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 1  community service program work experience activity under s.

 2  445.024(1)(e) s. 445.024(1)(d), or a work experience activity

 3  under s. 445.024(1)(f) s. 445.024(1)(e), at a child care

 4  facility may not be considered in calculating the

 5  staff-to-children ratio.

 6         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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10                          SENATE SUMMARY

11    Revises certain requirements of the one-stop delivery
      system of employment services. Revises the definitions of
12    work activities for participants in the temporary cash
      assistance program for the purpose of conforming those
13    definitions to the federal law governing work
      requirements. Revises provisions specifying the
14    circumstances under which transitional child care is
      available to former participants in the welfare
15    transition program and certain other individuals.

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