Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 784
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/30/2009 09:05 AM       .                                
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       Senator Siplin moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Jobs for Florida’s Graduates; legislative
    6  intent; statewide program; fiscal oversight.—
    7         (1) Contingent upon appropriate funding made available
    8  through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, it is the
    9  intent of the Legislature that these funds be used, in part, to
   10  provide support and funding for programs conducted by Jobs for
   11  Florida’s Graduates (JFG). JFG provides paid internships,
   12  educational, and developmental skills to youth between 16 and 18
   13  years of age who have significant family troubles; have
   14  significant school troubles; have experienced drug or alcohol
   15  use, or both; or exhibit predelinquent behavior.
   16         (2) In order to receive funding, JFG shall submit to the
   17  Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida’s Graduates, by
   18  September 1, 2009, a proposal for funding a statewide summer
   19  program for youth employment. The program shall include a summer
   20  internship of at least 8 weeks, student-selection criteria,
   21  required parental involvement, and followup during the school
   22  year. By January 1, 2010, and each January 1 thereafter, JFG
   23  shall provide to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
   24  the House of Representatives a report that includes, but need
   25  not be limited to, an itemized list of program costs, the number
   26  and types of businesses or partnerships that provide summer
   27  internships, and the following statistics concerning the youth
   28  served by the program: high school retention and graduation
   29  rates, postsecondary education or vocational training, job
   30  placement, increase in basic skills, mastery of work and life
   31  skills, and increase or decrease in juvenile crime.
   32         (3) The Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida’s
   33  Graduates shall be the fiscal agent for the Jobs for Florida’s
   34  Graduates program.
   35         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38         And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   40  and insert:
   41                        A bill to be entitled                      
   42         An act relating to job opportunities for youth;
   43         providing legislative intent to support statewide
   44         vocational training and placement provided to at-risk
   45         youth through the Jobs for Florida’s Graduates
   46         program; requiring that a proposal for funding a
   47         statewide summer program for youth employment be
   48         submitted to the Florida Endowment Foundation for
   49         Florida’s Graduates; providing criteria concerning the
   50         proposal; requiring a report to the Legislature;
   51         providing for the Florida Endowment Foundation for
   52         Florida’s Graduates to be the fiscal agent for the
   53         Jobs for Florida’s Graduates program; providing an
   54         effective date.