Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 102
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/18/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Gaetz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 17 - 26
    4  and insert:
    5  autism spectrum disorder or students on a modified curriculum.
    6  The Department of Education shall develop and implement by
    7  January 31, 2026, a workforce credential program for students
    8  with an autism spectrum disorder or students on a modified
    9  curriculum. The department shall work with the Florida Center
   10  for Students with Unique Abilities established under s.
   11  1004.6495 for the development and implementation of the program.
   12  The purpose of the program is to assist such students in
   13  securing employment upon graduation. The program must allow for
   14  such students to earn badges that designate that the students
   15  have acquired specific skills that meet employer needs.
   16         (1)(a) Each badge must require the student to demonstrate
   17  five discrete skills or behaviors, including, but not limited
   18  to, workplace safety.
   19         (b) The department shall collaborate with the Occupational
   20  Safety and Health Administration to develop a workplace safety
   21  badge.
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   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete line 6
   26  and insert:
   27         an autism spectrum disorder or students on a modified
   28         curriculum; providing the purpose of