Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 52
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Rodrigues) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Before line 35
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 1007.273, Florida Statutes, is amended
    6  to read:
    7         1007.273 Early college Collegiate high school program.—
    8         (1) Each Florida College System institution shall work with
    9  each district school board in its designated service area to
   10  establish one or more early college collegiate high school
   11  programs. As used in this section, the term “early college
   12  program” means a structured high school acceleration program in
   13  which a cohort of students is enrolled full time in
   14  postsecondary courses toward an associate degree. The early
   15  college program must prioritize courses applicable as general
   16  education core courses under s. 1007.25 for an associate degree
   17  or a baccalaureate degree.
   18         (2) At a minimum, collegiate high school programs must
   19  include an option for public school students in grade 11 or
   20  grade 12 participating in the program, for at least 1 full
   21  school year, to earn CAPE industry certifications pursuant to s.
   22  1008.44 and to successfully complete 30 credit hours through the
   23  dual enrollment program under s. 1007.271 toward the first year
   24  of college for an associate degree or baccalaureate degree while
   25  enrolled in the program.
   26         (3) Each district school board and its local Florida
   27  College System institution shall execute a contract to establish
   28  one or more early college collegiate high school programs at a
   29  mutually agreed upon location or locations. Beginning with the
   30  2015-2016 school year, If the institution does not establish a
   31  program with a district school board in its designated service
   32  area, another Florida College System institution may execute a
   33  contract with that district school board to establish the
   34  program. The contract must be executed by January 1 of each
   35  school year for implementation of the program during the next
   36  school year. The contract must:
   37         (a) Identify the grade levels to be included in the early
   38  college collegiate high school program which must, at a minimum,
   39  include grade 12.
   40         (b) Describe the early college collegiate high school
   41  program, including the delineation of courses and industry
   42  certifications offered, including online course availability;
   43  the high school and college credits earned for each
   44  postsecondary course completed and industry certification
   45  earned; student eligibility criteria; and the enrollment process
   46  and relevant deadlines.
   47         (c) Describe the methods, medium, and process by which
   48  students and their parents are annually informed about the
   49  availability of the early college collegiate high school
   50  program, the return on investment associated with participation
   51  in the program, and the information described in paragraphs (a)
   52  and (b).
   53         (d) Identify the delivery methods for instruction and the
   54  instructors for all courses.
   55         (e) Identify student advising services and progress
   56  monitoring mechanisms.
   57         (f) Establish a program review and reporting mechanism
   58  regarding student performance outcomes.
   59         (g) Describe the terms of funding arrangements to implement
   60  the early college collegiate high school program.
   61         (3)(4) Each student participating in an early college a
   62  collegiate high school program must enter into a student
   63  performance contract which must be signed by the student, the
   64  parent, and a representative of the school district and the
   65  applicable Florida College System institution, state university,
   66  or other institution participating pursuant to subsection (4)
   67  (5). The performance contract must include the schedule of
   68  courses, by semester, and industry certifications to be taken by
   69  the student, student attendance requirements, and course grade
   70  requirements.
   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) and (3) (3) and
   83  (4).
   84         (5) A charter school may execute a contract directly with
   85  the local Florida College System institution or another
   86  institution as authorized under this section to establish an
   87  early college program at a mutually agreed upon location.
   88         (6) The early college collegiate high school program must
   89  shall be funded pursuant to ss. 1007.271 and 1011.62. The State
   90  Board of Education shall enforce compliance with this section by
   91  withholding the transfer of funds for the school districts and
   92  the Florida College System institutions in accordance with s.
   93  1008.32.
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   95  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   96  And the title is amended as follows:
   97         Between lines 2 and 3
   98  insert:
   99         s. 1007.273, F.S.; renaming collegiate high school
  100         programs as early college programs; defining the term
  101         “early college program”; requiring early college
  102         programs to prioritize certain courses; deleting
  103         obsolete language; conforming provisions to changes
  104         made by the act; authorizing charter schools to
  105         execute contracts with certain institutions to
  106         establish an early college program; amending