Florida Senate - 2014 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 850
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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5 board to establish the program. Each district school board must
6 execute the contract with the local Florida College System
7 institution under this section. The contract must be executed by
8 January 1 of each school year for implementation of the program
9 during the next school year. The contract must:
10 (a) Identify the grade levels to be included in the
11 collegiate high school program which must, at a minimum, include
12 grade 12.
13 (b) Describe the collegiate high school program, including
14 the delineation of courses and industry certifications offered,
15 including online course availability; the high school and
16 college credits earned for each postsecondary course completed
17 and industry certification earned; student eligibility criteria;
18 and the enrollment process and relevant deadlines.
19 (c) Describe the methods, medium, and process by which
20 students and their parents are annually informed about the
21 availability of the collegiate high school program, the return
22 on investment associated with participation in the program, and
23 the information described in paragraphs (a) and (b).
24 (d) Identify the delivery methods for instruction and the
25 instructors for all courses.
26 (e) Identify student advising services and progress
27 monitoring mechanisms.
28 (f) Establish a program review and reporting mechanism
29 regarding student performance outcomes.
30 (g) Describe the terms of funding arrangements to implement
31 the collegiate high school program.
32 (4) Each student participating in a collegiate high school
33 program must enter into a student performance contract which
34 must be signed by the student, the parent, and a representative
35 of the school district and the applicable Florida College System
36 institution, state university, or other institution
37 participating pursuant to subsection (7). The performance
38 contract must include the schedule of courses, by semester, and
39 industry certifications to be taken by the student, student
40 attendance requirements, and course grade requirements.
41 (5) Each student in grade 11 or grade 12 who enrolls in the
42 collegiate high school program and successfully completes 30
43 credit hours through the dual enrollment program under s.
44 1007.271 toward general education courses or common
45 prerequisites pursuant to s. 1007.25, generates a 1.0 full-time
46 equivalent (FTE) bonus. The total FTE bonus for each collegiate
47 high school program shall be reported by each district school
48 board that is a contractual partner with a Florida College
49 System institution for the students from that district school
50 board. The total FTE bonus shall be added to each school
51 district’s total weighted FTE for funding in the subsequent
52 fiscal year. Funds shall be distributed pursuant to the
53 collegiate high school program contract.
54 (6) Beginning with the 2015-2016 fiscal year, for the
55 purpose of funding or receiving the standard tuition rate per
56 credit hour under s. 1007.271 from funds provided in the Florida
57 Education Finance Program or the Florida College System Program
58 Fund, a Florida College System institution may not report a
59 student enrolled in a dual enrollment course at the Florida
60 College System institution unless the institution establishes a
61 collegiate high school program.
62 (7) In addition to executing a contract with the local
63 Florida College System institution under this section, a
64 district school board may execute a contract to establish a
65 collegiate high school program with a state university or an
66 institution that is eligible to participate in the William L.
67 Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program, that is a
68 nonprofit independent college or university located and
69 chartered in this state, and that is accredited by the
70 Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges
71 and Schools to grant baccalaureate degrees. Such university or
72 institution must meet the requirements specified under
73 subsections (3) and (4).
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76 And the title is amended as follows:
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79 requiring each district school board to execute the
80 contract with the local Florida College System
81 institution; requiring the contract to be executed by
82 a specified date for the purpose of implementation;
83 specifying information that must be included in the
84 contract; specifying requirements for student
85 performance contracts for students participating in
86 the collegiate high school program; providing the
87 calculation for funding the collegiate high school
88 program; prohibiting a Florida College System
89 institution from reporting certain funds for purposes
90 of funding or receiving the standard tuition rate per
91 credit hour for a student enrolled in a dual
92 enrollment course at the institution unless the
93 institution establishes a collegiate high school
94 program; authorizing district school boards to execute
95 a contract with a state university or certain
96 independent colleges and universities to establish the
97 collegiate high school program; amending s. 1008.44,
98 F.S.;