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By the Committees on Higher Education Appropriations; Higher
Education; and Senator Wise
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to public postsecondary
3 need-based student financial assistance;
4 amending s. 1009.77, F.S.; providing that the
5 Florida Work Experience Program is available to
6 students in specified career education programs
7 and educator preparation institutes; lowering
8 the percentage of student wages that must be
9 reimbursed to employers; providing that
10 participating postsecondary educational
11 institutions must pay for specified
12 preemployment expenses for students employed
13 with public schools; prescribing student
14 eligibility requirements; deleting provisions
15 requiring that the State Student Financial
16 Assistance Trust Fund be used for the program;
17 providing an effective date.
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19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21 Section 1. Section 1009.77, Florida Statutes, is
22 amended to read:
23 1009.77 Florida Work Experience Program.--
24 (1) There is established the Florida Work Experience
25 Program to be administered by the Department of Education. The
26 purpose of the program is to introduce eligible students to
27 work experience that will complement and reinforce their
28 educational program and career goals and provide a self-help
29 student aid program. The Such program shall be available to:
30 (a) Any student attending a state university or
31 community college authorized by Florida law; or
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1 (b) Any student attending a nonprofit Florida
2 postsecondary education institution that is eligible to
3 participate in either of the student assistance grant programs
4 established in ss. 1009.51 and 1009.52;.
5 (c) Any postsecondary student attending a career
6 center operated by a district school board under s. 1001.44;
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8 (d) Any student attending an educator preparation
9 institute established under s. 1004.85. The student may
10 participate in this program despite having previously earned a
11 baccalaureate degree.
12 (2)(a) A participating institution may use up to 25
13 percent of its program allocation for student employment
14 within the institution.
15 (b) A participating institution may use up to 10
16 percent of its program allocation for program administration.
17 (3) Each participating institution is authorized to
18 enter into contractual agreements with private or public
19 employers for the purpose of establishing a Florida work
20 experience program.
21 (4) The participating postsecondary educational
22 institution shall be responsible for reimbursing employers for
23 student wages from program allocation moneys it receives from
24 the trust fund pursuant to subsection (8). Public elementary
25 or secondary school employers shall be reimbursed for 100
26 percent of the student's wages by the participating
27 institution. All other employers shall be reimbursed for up
28 to 70 percent of the student's wages. When a college or
29 university employs a student on campus through this program,
30 other student financial aid funds may not be used to fund the
31 institution's 30-percent portion of the student's wages.
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1 (5) The employer is responsible for furnishing the
2 full cost of any mandatory benefits. Such benefits may not be
3 considered part of the 30-percent wage requirement total for
4 matching purposes.
5 (6) Each participating postsecondary educational
6 institution is responsible for furnishing the full cost of all
7 preemployment requirements, including, but not limited to,
8 background screenings and tuberculosis testing, which are
9 necessary for a student to be employed by a public elementary
10 or secondary school employer. Expenditures under this
11 subsection shall be paid from the program allocation funds
12 received by the participating postsecondary educational
13 institution.
14 (7)(6) A student is eligible to participate in the
15 Florida Work Experience Program if the student:
16 (a) Is enrolled:
17 1. At an eligible college or university as no less
18 than a half-time undergraduate student in good standing;.
19 2. In an eligible postsecondary career education
20 program as no less than a half-time student in good standing.
21 Eligible programs must be approved by the Department of
22 Education and must consist of no less than 450 clock hours of
23 instruction. Such programs must be offered by a career center
24 operated by a district school board under s. 1001.44 or a
25 community college; or
26 3. At an educator preparation institute established
27 under s. 1004.85 as no less than a half-time student in good
28 standing.
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30 However, a student may be employed during the break between
31 two consecutive terms or employed, although not enrolled,
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1 during a term if the student was enrolled at least half time
2 during the preceding term and preregisters as no less than a
3 half-time student for the subsequent academic term. A student
4 who attends an institution that does not provide
5 preregistration shall provide documentation of intent to
6 enroll as no less than a half-time student for the subsequent
7 academic term.
8 (b) Meets the general requirements for student
9 eligibility as provided in s. 1009.40, except as otherwise
10 provided in this section.
11 (c) Demonstrates financial need.
12 (d) Maintains a 2.0 cumulative grade point average on
13 a 4.0 scale for all postsecondary college work.
14 (8)(7) The State Board of Education shall adopt
15 prescribe such rules for the program as are necessary for its
16 administration, for the determination of eligibility and
17 selection of institutions to receive funds for students, to
18 ensure the proper expenditure of funds, and to provide an
19 equitable distribution of funds between students at public and
20 independent colleges and universities.
21 (8) Funds appropriated by the Legislature for the
22 Florida Work Experience Program shall be deposited in the
23 State Student Financial Assistance Trust Fund. The Chief
24 Financial Officer shall authorize expenditures from the trust
25 fund upon receipt of vouchers approved by the Department of
26 Education. Any balance therein at the end of any fiscal year
27 that has been allocated to the program shall remain therein
28 and shall be available for carrying out the purposes of the
29 program.
30 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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4 The Committee Substitute for CS/SB 918 removes the expansion
of the Florida Public Student Assistance Grant Program, while
5 leaving the expansion of the Florida Work Experience Program
(FWEP). The Committee Substitute eliminates the $500,000
6 appropriation for the FWEP expansion because funding is
already provided in the Senate proposed General Appropriations
7 Bill. Additionally, the Committee Substitute deletes the
requirement for the FWEP to be budgeted through the State
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