Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 514 Ì606634,Î606634 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 02/02/2022 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Burgess) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Section 112.219, Florida Statutes, is created 6 to read: 7 112.219 Substitution of work experience for postsecondary 8 educational requirements.- 9 (1) Beginning July 1, 2022, the head of an employing agency 10 may elect to substitute verifiable, related work experience in 11 lieu of postsecondary educational requirements for a position of 12 employment if the person seeking the position of employment is 13 otherwise qualified for such position. 14 (2) Related work experience may not substitute for any 15 required licensure, certification, or registration required for 16 the position of employment as established by the employing 17 agency and indicated in the advertised description of the 18 position of employment. 19 (3) If the head of an employing agency elects to substitute 20 related work experience for postsecondary educational 21 requirements, the employing agency must include, in all 22 advertisements for the position of employment made by the 23 employing agency, a notice that such substitution is authorized 24 and a description of the related work experience equivalencies 25 that may be substituted for the required postsecondary 26 education. 27 (4) This section does not abridge state and federal laws 28 and regulations governing equal opportunity employment. 29 (5) For purposes of this section, the term "employing 30 agency" means any agency or unit of government of the state or 31 any county, municipality, or political subdivision thereof, 32 including special districts, that is authorized to employ 33 personnel to carry out the responsibilities of the agency or 34 unit of government. 35 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 36 37 38 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 39 And the title is amended as follows: 40 Delete everything before the enacting clause 41 and insert: 42 A bill to be entitled 43 An act relating to substitution of work experience for 44 postsecondary educational requirements; creating s. 45 112.129, F.S.; authorizing the head of an employing 46 agency, beginning on a specified date, to elect to 47 substitute certain work experience for postsecondary 48 educational requirements under certain circumstances; 49 prohibiting the substitution of certain work 50 experience for postsecondary educational requirements; 51 providing advertising requirements relating to 52 positions of employment; specifying that certain laws 53 and regulations governing equal opportunity employment 54 apply; providing a definition; providing an effective 55 date.