| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to funds for operation of workforce |
| 3 | education programs; amending s. 1011.80, F.S.; |
| 4 | deleting a restriction on funding for a student |
| 5 | coenrolled in a K-12 education program and an adult |
| 6 | education program; providing that a student who is |
| 7 | coenrolled may be reported for purposes of funding |
| 8 | under certain circumstances; providing an effective |
| 9 | date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Subsection (10) of section 1011.80, Florida |
| 14 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 15 | 1011.80 Funds for operation of workforce education |
| 16 | programs.- |
| 17 | (10) A high school student dually enrolled under s. |
| 18 | 1007.271 in a workforce education program operated by a Florida |
| 19 | College System institution or school district career center |
| 20 | generates the amount calculated for workforce education funding, |
| 21 | including any payment of performance funding, and the |
| 22 | proportional share of full-time equivalent enrollment generated |
| 23 | through the Florida Education Finance Program for the student's |
| 24 | enrollment in a high school. If a high school student is dually |
| 25 | enrolled in a Florida College System institution program, |
| 26 | including a program conducted at a high school, the Florida |
| 27 | College System institution earns the funds generated for |
| 28 | workforce education funding, and the school district earns the |
| 29 | proportional share of full-time equivalent funding from the |
| 30 | Florida Education Finance Program. If a student is dually |
| 31 | enrolled in a career center operated by the same district as the |
| 32 | district in which the student attends high school, that district |
| 33 | earns the funds generated for workforce education funding and |
| 34 | also earns the proportional share of full-time equivalent |
| 35 | funding from the Florida Education Finance Program. If a student |
| 36 | is dually enrolled in a workforce education program provided by |
| 37 | a career center operated by a different school district, the |
| 38 | funds must be divided between the two school districts |
| 39 | proportionally from the two funding sources. A student may not |
| 40 | be reported for funding in a dual enrollment workforce education |
| 41 | program unless the student has completed the basic skills |
| 42 | assessment pursuant to s. 1004.91. A student who is coenrolled |
| 43 | in a K-12 education program and an adult education program may |
| 44 | not be reported for purposes of funding in an adult education |
| 45 | program. If, except that for the 2011-2012 fiscal year only, |
| 46 | students who are coenrolled in core program areas curricula |
| 47 | courses for credit recovery or dropout prevention purposes, a |
| 48 | student may be reported for funding for up to two courses per |
| 49 | student. Such students are exempt from the payment of the block |
| 50 | tuition for adult general education programs provided in s. |
| 51 | 1009.22(3)(c). |
| 52 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |