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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to job opportunities for youth;
    3         providing legislative intent to support statewide
    4         vocational training and placement provided to at-risk
    5         youth through the Jobs for Florida’s Graduates
    6         program; requiring that a proposal for funding a
    7         statewide summer program for youth employment be
    8         submitted to the Florida Endowment Foundation for
    9         Florida’s Graduates; providing criteria concerning the
   10         proposal; requiring a report to the Legislature;
   11         providing for the Florida Endowment Foundation for
   12         Florida’s Graduates to be the fiscal agent for the
   13         Jobs for Florida’s Graduates program; providing an
   14         effective date.
   15  
   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   17  
   18         Section 1. Jobs for Florida’s Graduates; legislative
   19  intent; statewide program; fiscal oversight.—
   20         (1) Contingent upon appropriate funding made available
   21  through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, it is the
   22  intent of the Legislature that these funds be used, in part, to
   23  provide support and funding for programs conducted by Jobs for
   24  Florida’s Graduates (JFG). JFG provides paid internships,
   25  educational, and developmental skills to youth between 16 and 18
   26  years of age who have significant family troubles; have
   27  significant school troubles; have experienced drug or alcohol
   28  use, or both; or exhibit predelinquent behavior.
   29         (2) In order to receive funding, JFG shall submit to the
   30  Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida’s Graduates, by
   31  September 1, 2009, a proposal for funding a statewide summer
   32  program for youth employment. The program shall include a summer
   33  internship of at least 8 weeks, student-selection criteria,
   34  required parental involvement, and followup during the school
   35  year. By January 1, 2010, and each January 1 thereafter, JFG
   36  shall provide to the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
   37  the House of Representatives a report that includes, but need
   38  not be limited to, an itemized list of program costs, the number
   39  and types of businesses or partnerships that provide summer
   40  internships, and the following statistics concerning the youth
   41  served by the program: high school retention and graduation
   42  rates, postsecondary education or vocational training, job
   43  placement, increase in basic skills, mastery of work and life
   44  skills, and increase or decrease in juvenile crime.
   45         (3) The Florida Endowment Foundation for Florida’s
   46  Graduates shall be the fiscal agent for the Jobs for Florida’s
   47  Graduates program.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.