1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to the Lake County magnet high school |
3 | pilot project; providing for a pilot project that includes |
4 | the formation of a magnet high school focusing on health- |
5 | related professions on the Lake-Sumter Community College |
6 | South Lake Campus which would allow high school students |
7 | to complete an associate in science or associate in arts |
8 | degree; providing goals; providing for implementation for |
9 | the architectural design, initial construction, and |
10 | support of the magnet high school; 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. (1) The purpose of this section is to enable |
16 | the School Board of Lake County, the Lake-Sumter Community |
17 | College, and hospitals in Lake County to implement a pilot |
18 | project on the Lake-Sumter Community College South Lake Campus |
19 | that includes the formation of a magnet high school that will |
20 | focus on health-related professions. This special high school |
21 | would allow Lake County students to pursue the completion of an |
22 | associate in science or an associate in arts degree while they |
23 | complete their high school education. This pilot project will |
24 | provide students an outstanding career-technical option while at |
25 | the same time providing outstanding economic opportunity in the |
26 | field of health-related professions. The goals of this project |
27 | are to: |
28 | (a) Develop health-related majors for high school |
29 | students, creating a seamless K-20 education experience. |
30 | (b) Help high school students earn college credit through |
31 | dual enrollment in health-related and general education courses. |
32 | (c) Provide opportunities for degree and certificate |
33 | programs in areas where critical shortages exist, thereby |
34 | offering the greatest employment potential for students. |
35 | (d) Provide academic excellence in a small learning |
36 | environment. |
37 | (e) Offer on-the-job experiences through business |
38 | partnership, internships, and job-shadowing opportunities. |
39 | (f) Provide hands-on projects linking education to the |
40 | real world while incorporating current technological skills. |
41 | (g) Provide a foundation for certifying teachers in |
42 | critical shortage areas and in the areas of math and science. |
43 | (h) Assist students in recognizing their interests, |
44 | aptitudes, and abilities as they relate to adult roles in the |
45 | world of work. |
46 | (i) Help students understand the broad scope of work and |
47 | career possibilities currently available in the areas of health |
48 | and science. |
49 | (j) Ensure that career education will be thoroughly |
50 | blended into the school curriculum in order to promote |
51 | intellectual development and higher-level thinking and the |
52 | acquisition of problem-solving skills. |
53 | (k) Assist in the development of the social skills, |
54 | personal values, and self-esteem of all students. |
55 | (l) Work with the families of all students to support |
56 | their child's career aspirations. |
57 | (m) Maximize the shared use of both the Lake-Sumter |
58 | Community College and the magnet high school facilities. |
59 | (n) Strengthen the partnership between the Lake County |
60 | schools and Lake-Sumter Community College and promote solid |
61 | coordination between the high school and the community college. |
62 | (o) Lighten the burden of overcrowding in Lake County's |
63 | high-growth areas as well as offer all Lake County students |
64 | immediate access to community college facilities. |
65 | (2) Beginning in the 2008-2009 school year, the School |
66 | Board of Lake County shall implement this pilot project for the |
67 | architectural design, initial construction, and support of this |
68 | special high school, including the following: |
69 | (a) Provide seed money for the implementation of the |
70 | magnet high school design. |
71 | (b) Create a plan for sharing the pilot project with |
72 | school districts around the state. |
73 | (c) Provide a pilot project evaluation to the President of |
74 | the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on |
75 | the effectiveness of the project with recommendations for |
76 | assistance in how to best duplicate this project in other |
77 | partnerships with school districts and community colleges |
78 | throughout the state. |
79 | Section 2. The sum of $250,000 is appropriated from the |
80 | General Revenue Fund to the School Board of Lake County for the |
81 | 2008-2009 school year, which sum shall be matched by the School |
82 | Board of Lake County, for the purposes of paying expenses in |
83 | establishing the pilot project created in this act. |
84 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2008. |