Florida Senate - 2023                                    SB 1060
       
       
        
       By Senator Ingoglia
       
       
       
       
       
       11-00622-23                                           20231060__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Apprenticeship and
    3         Preapprenticeship Direct Funding Grant Program;
    4         creating s. 1011.8031, F.S.; creating the
    5         Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Direct Funding
    6         Grant Program for specified purposes; requiring the
    7         Department of Education to administer the program;
    8         requiring apprenticeship or preapprenticeship programs
    9         to submit an application to the department for
   10         participation in the program; prohibiting certain
   11         apprenticeship or preapprenticeship programs from
   12         participating in the grant program; requiring the
   13         department to give priority to specified programs;
   14         authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt
   15         rules; providing an effective date.
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   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. Section 1011.8031, Florida Statutes, is created
   20  to read:
   21         1011.8031 Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Direct
   22  Funding Grant Program.—
   23         (1) Subject to appropriations provided in the General
   24  Appropriations Act, the Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship
   25  Direct Funding Grant Program is created to provide funding
   26  directly to apprenticeship or preapprenticeship programs, as
   27  those terms are defined in s. 446.021, rather than funding such
   28  programs through a local educational agency. The Department of
   29  Education shall administer the grant program.
   30         (2) An apprenticeship or a preapprenticeship program shall
   31  submit an application in a format prescribed by the department
   32  to receive funding under this section. An apprenticeship or a
   33  preapprenticeship program is ineligible for a grant under this
   34  section if such program uses any school district or Florida
   35  College System institution resources for the administration of
   36  the program. The department shall give priority to
   37  apprenticeship or preapprenticeship programs with demonstrated
   38  regional demand.
   39         (3) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
   40  administer this section.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.