Florida Senate - 2020 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1246
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Stargel) recommended
the following:
1 Senate Amendment
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3 Delete lines 658 - 798
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5 programs. As used in this section, the term “early college
6 program” means a structured high school acceleration program in
7 which a cohort of students is taking postsecondary courses full
8 time toward an associate degree. The early college program must
9 prioritize courses applicable as general education core courses
10 under s. 1007.25 for an associate degree or a baccalaureate
11 degree.
12 (2) At a minimum, collegiate high school programs must
13 include an option for public school students in grade 11 or
14 grade 12 participating in the program, for at least 1 full
15 school year, to earn CAPE industry certifications pursuant to s.
16 1008.44 and to successfully complete 30 credit hours through the
17 dual enrollment program under s. 1007.271 toward the first year
18 of college for an associate degree or baccalaureate degree while
19 enrolled in the program.
20 (2)(3) Each district school board and its local Florida
21 College System institution shall execute a contract to establish
22 one or more early college collegiate high school programs at a
23 mutually agreed upon location or locations. Beginning with the
24 2015-2016 school year, If the Florida College System institution
25 does not establish an early college a program with a district
26 school board in its designated service area, another Florida
27 College System institution may execute a contract with that
28 district school board to establish the early college program.
29 The contract must be executed by January 1 of each school year
30 for implementation of the program during the next school year.
31 The contract must:
32 (a) Identify the grade levels to be included in the early
33 college program collegiate high school program which must, at a
34 minimum, include grade 12.
35 (b) Describe the early college collegiate high school
36 program, including the delineation of courses that must, at a
37 minimum, include general education core courses pursuant to s.
38 1007.25; and industry certifications offered, including online
39 course availability; the high school and college credits earned
40 for each postsecondary course completed and industry
41 certification earned; student eligibility criteria; and the
42 enrollment process and relevant deadlines.
43 (c) Describe the methods, medium, and process by which
44 students and their parents or legal guardians are annually
45 informed about the availability of the early college collegiate
46 high school program, the return on investment associated with
47 participation in the early college program, and the information
48 described in paragraphs (a) and (b).
49 (d) Identify the delivery methods for instruction and the
50 instructors for all courses.
51 (e) Identify student advising services and progress
52 monitoring mechanisms.
53 (f) Establish a program review and reporting mechanism
54 regarding student performance outcomes.
55 (g) Describe the terms of funding arrangements to implement
56 the early college collegiate high school program pursuant to
57 subsection (5).
58 (3)(4) Each student participating in an early college a
59 collegiate high school program must enter into a student
60 performance contract, which must be signed by the student, the
61 parent or legal guardian, and a representative of the school
62 district and the applicable Florida College System institution
63 partner, state university, or other eligible postsecondary
64 institution partner participating pursuant to subsection (4)
65 (5). The performance contract must, at a minimum, specify
66 include the schedule of courses, by semester, and industry
67 certifications to be taken by the student, if any; student
68 attendance requirements;, and course grade requirements; and the
69 applicability of such courses to an associate degree or a
70 baccalaureate degree.
71 (4)(5) In addition to executing a contract with the local
72 Florida College System institution under this section, a
73 district school board may execute a contract to establish an
74 early college a collegiate high school program with a state
75 university or an institution that is eligible to participate in
76 the William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education
77 Grant Program, that is a nonprofit independent college or
78 university located and chartered in this state, and that is
79 accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
80 Association of Colleges and Schools to grant baccalaureate
81 degrees. Such university or institution must meet the
82 requirements specified under subsections (2) (3) and (3) (4). A
83 charter school may execute a contract directly with the local
84 Florida College System institution or another institution as
85 authorized under this section to establish an early college
86 program at a mutually agreed upon location.
87 (5)(6) The early college collegiate high school program
88 shall be funded pursuant to ss. 1007.271 and 1011.62. The State
89 Board of Education shall enforce compliance with this section by
90 withholding the transfer of funds for the school districts and
91 the Florida College System institutions in accordance with s.
92 1008.32.
93 (6) By November 30, 2021, and annually thereafter, the
94 commissioner must report the status of early college programs,
95 including, at a minimum, a summary of student enrollment in
96 public and private postsecondary institutions and completion
97 information to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
98 the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
99 Section 3. Section 1009.31, Florida Statutes, is created to
100 read:
101 1009.31 Dual Enrollment Scholarship Program.—
102 (1) The Legislature finds and declares that dual enrollment
103 is an integral part of the education system in this state and
104 should be available for all eligible secondary students without
105 cost to the student. There is established the Dual Enrollment
106 Scholarship Program to support public postsecondary institutions
107 in providing dual enrollment.
108 (2) The department shall administer the Dual Enrollment
109 Scholarship Program in accordance with rules of the State Board
110 of Education.
111 (3)(a) Beginning in the 2020 fall term, the program shall
112 reimburse eligible public postsecondary institutions for tuition
113 and related instructional materials costs for dual enrollment
114 courses taken by private school or home education program
115 secondary students during the fall or spring terms.
116 (b) Beginning in the 2021 summer term, the program shall
117 reimburse eligible public institutions for tuition and related
118 instructional materials costs for dual enrollment courses taken
119 by public school, private school, or home education program
120 secondary students during the summer terms.
121 (4) A student participating in a dual enrollment program
122 must meet the minimum eligibility requirements specified in s.
123 1007.271 in order for the institution to receive a
124 reimbursement.
125 (5) Annually, by March 15, each participating public
126 institution must report to the department its eligible secondary
127 students from private schools or home education programs who
128 were enrolled during the previous fall or spring terms.
129 Annually, by July 15, each participating public institution must
130 report to the department its eligible public school, private
131 school, or home education program students who were enrolled
132 during the summer terms. For each dual enrollment course in
133 which the student is enrolled, the report must include a unique
134 student identifier, the postsecondary institution name, the
135 postsecondary course number, the postsecondary course name, and
136 the number of postsecondary course credits earned by the
137 student.
138 (6)(a) Florida College System institutions shall be
139 reimbursed for college credit instruction at the in-state
140 resident tuition rate established in s. 1009.23(3)(a).
141 (b) State universities shall be reimbursed at the standard
142 tuition rate established in s. 1009.24(4)(a).
143 (c) Workforce education instruction leading to a career
144 certificate or an applied technology diploma shall be reimbursed
145 at the standard tuition rate established in s. 1009.22(3)(c).
146 (d) Institutions shall be reimbursed for instructional
147 materials costs based on a rate as specified in the General
148 Appropriations Act.