Florida Senate - 2014 SB 850
By Senator Legg
17-01275E-14 2014850__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to education; creating s. 1007.273,
3 F.S.; requiring a Florida College System institution
4 to work with each school district in its designated
5 service area to establish a collegiate high school
6 program; providing options for participation in a
7 collegiate high school program; requiring a Florida
8 College System institution to execute a contract with
9 each school district in its designated service area to
10 establish the program; authorizing another Florida
11 College System institution to execute a contract with
12 the school district in certain circumstances;
13 requiring the contract to be executed by a specified
14 date for the purpose of implementation; requiring
15 Florida College System institutions to collaborate
16 with the school districts they enter into contracts
17 with to establish student eligibility and procedural
18 requirements for participation in the program;
19 requiring that a performance contract be included in
20 the eligibility requirements; requiring a
21 participating school district to include student
22 eligibility and procedural requirements in the
23 district’s comprehensive student progression plan and
24 to inform students and parents about the collegiate
25 high school program; providing the calculation for
26 funding the collegiate high school program;
27 prohibiting a Florida College System institution from
28 reporting certain funds for purposes of funding or
29 receiving the standard tuition rate per credit hour
30 for a student enrolled in a dual enrollment course at
31 the institution unless the institution establishes a
32 collegiate high school program; providing that certain
33 independent colleges and universities are eligible to
34 work with school districts to establish a collegiate
35 high school program; requiring such independent
36 colleges and universities to collaborate with the
37 school districts they enter into contracts with to
38 establish student eligibility and procedural
39 requirements for participation in the program;
40 requiring that a performance contract be included in
41 the eligibility requirements; requiring a
42 participating school district to include student
43 eligibility and procedural requirements in the
44 district’s comprehensive student progression plan and
45 to inform students and parents about the collegiate
46 high school program; providing an effective date.
47
48 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
49
50 Section 1. Section 1007.273, Florida Statutes, is created
51 to read:
52 1007.273 Collegiate high school program.—
53 (1) Each Florida College System institution shall work with
54 each school district in its designated service area to establish
55 a collegiate high school program in a public school or public
56 charter school established under s. 1002.33(5) which offers
57 secondary education and postsecondary education.
58 (2) The collegiate high school program must include an
59 option for public school students in grade 12 participating in
60 the program, for one full school year, to earn industry
61 certifications pursuant to s. 1008.44, and to complete the first
62 year of college towards an associate degree or baccalaureate
63 degree while enrolled in the program.
64 (3) Each Florida College System institution shall execute a
65 contract with each school district in its designated service
66 area to establish a collegiate high school program. Beginning
67 with the 2015-2016 school year, if the institution does not
68 establish the program with a school district in its designated
69 service area, another Florida College System institution may
70 execute a contract with that school district to establish the
71 program. The contract must be executed by January 1 of each
72 school year for implementation of the program during the next
73 school year.
74 (4) A Florida College System institution, in collaboration
75 with each school district that it enters into a contract with
76 under this section, shall establish student eligibility and
77 procedural requirements for participation in the program. At a
78 minimum, the student eligibility requirements must include a
79 performance contract, which shall be executed by the student,
80 the parent, the school district, and the Florida College System
81 institution.
82 (5) Each school district that enters into a contract under
83 this section shall:
84 (a) Include the student eligibility and procedural
85 requirements in the comprehensive student progression plan
86 required under s. 1008.25; and
87 (b) Provide information to students and parents about the
88 collegiate high school program. Such information must include
89 student eligibility and procedural requirements and the return
90 on investment associated with participation in the program.
91 (6) Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, and each year
92 thereafter, the sum of a student’s full-time equivalent student
93 membership value for the school year or the equivalent may
94 exceed the 1.0 full-time equivalent student membership value if
95 the student participates in the collegiate high school program
96 established by a Florida College System institution and enrolls
97 in core courses of the subject areas referenced in s. 1006.40(2)
98 through the dual enrollment program under s. 1007.271 upon
99 meeting the student eligibility requirements for the dual
100 enrollment program.
101 (7) Beginning with the 2015-2016 fiscal year, for the
102 purpose of funding or receiving the standard tuition rate per
103 credit hour under s. 1007.271 from funds provided in the Florida
104 Education Finance Program or the Florida College System Program
105 Fund, a Florida College System institution may not report a
106 student enrolled in a dual enrollment course at the Florida
107 College System institution unless the institution establishes a
108 collegiate high school program.
109 (8) An institution that is eligible to participate in the
110 William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program, that
111 is a nonprofit independent college or university located and
112 chartered in this state, and that is accredited by the
113 Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges
114 and Schools to grant baccalaureate degrees may work with one or
115 more school districts to establish a collegiate high school
116 program.
117 (a) A participating independent college or university shall
118 execute a contract with the school district or school districts
119 to establish the program.
120 (b) Such independent college or university shall, in
121 collaboration with each school district that it enters into a
122 contract with under this section, establish student eligibility
123 and procedural requirements for participation in the program. At
124 a minimum, the student eligibility requirements must include a
125 performance contract, which shall be executed by the student,
126 the parent, the school district, and the independent college or
127 university.
128 (c) School districts entering into contracts under this
129 subsection shall meet the requirements imposed under subsection
130 (5).
131 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.