Florida Senate - 2016 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1076
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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02/19/2016 .
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Legg) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 93 - 170
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5 specify include the schedule of courses, by semester, and
6 industry certifications to be taken by the student, student
7 attendance requirements, and course grade requirements, and the
8 applicability of such courses to an associate degree or a
9 baccalaureate degree.
10 (b) By September 1 of each school year, each district
11 school board must notify each student enrolled in grades 9, 10,
12 11, and 12 in a public school within the school district about
13 the structured high school acceleration program including, but
14 not limited to:
15 1. The method for earning college credit through
16 participation in the program. Such methods must include an
17 Internet website link to the dual enrollment course equivalency
18 list approved by the Department of Education and the credit-by
19 examination equivalency list adopted by the State Board of
20 Education in rule.
21 2. The estimated cost savings to students and their
22 families resulting from students successfully completing 30
23 credit hours toward general education core or common
24 prerequisite course requirements and earning industry
25 certifications before graduating from high school versus the
26 cost of earning such credit hours and industry certifications
27 after graduating from high school.
28 (4)(5) AUTHORIZED PROGRAM CONTRACTS.—In addition to
29 executing a contract with the local Florida College System
30 institution under this section, a district school board may
31 execute a contract to establish a structured collegiate high
32 school acceleration program with a state university or an
33 institution that is eligible to participate in the William L.
34 Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant Program, that is a
35 nonprofit independent college or university located and
36 chartered in this state, and that is accredited by the
37 Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges
38 and Schools to grant baccalaureate degrees. Such university or
39 institution must meet the requirements specified under
40 subsections (2) (3) and (3) (4). A charter school may execute a
41 contract directly with the local Florida College System
42 institution or another institution as authorized under this
43 section to establish a structured high school acceleration
44 program at a mutually agreed upon location.
45 (5) FUNDING.—
46 (a)(6) The structured collegiate high school acceleration
47 program shall be funded pursuant to ss. 1007.271 and 1011.62.
48 The State Board of Education shall enforce compliance with this
49 section by withholding the transfer of funds for the school
50 districts and the Florida College System institutions in
51 accordance with s. 1008.32.
52 (b) A student who enrolls in the structured high school
53 acceleration program and successfully completes 30 credit hours
54 toward fulfilling general education core curriculum or common
55 prerequisite course requirements pursuant to s. 1007.25, which
56 may include attaining one or more industry certifications,
57 generates a 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) bonus. A student who
58 enrolls in the structured high school acceleration program and
59 successfully completes 60 credit hours toward fulfilling the
60 requirements for an associate in arts or an associate in science
61 degree pursuant to the student performance contract under
62 subsection (3), which may include attaining one or more industry
63 certifications, before graduating from high school, generates an
64 additional 0.5 FTE bonus. Each district school board that is a
65 contractual partner with a Florida College System institution
66 shall report to the commissioner the total FTE bonus for each
67 structured high school acceleration program for the students
68 from that district school board. The total FTE bonus shall be
69 added to each school district’s total weighted FTE for funding
70 in the subsequent fiscal year.
71 (6) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
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74 And the title is amended as follows:
75 Delete line 13
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77 providing reporting requirements;