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14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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15 | 15 | | An act relating to guidance services on academic and 2 |
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16 | 16 | | career planning; amending s. 1003.02, F.S.; requiring 3 |
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17 | 17 | | school boards to inform students and parents of 4 |
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18 | 18 | | certain acceleration, academic, and career planning 5 |
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19 | 19 | | options; requiring certain information to be included 6 |
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20 | 20 | | in such notification; amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; 7 |
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21 | 21 | | requiring a personalized academic and career plan be 8 |
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22 | 22 | | developed in consultation with a certified sch ool 9 |
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23 | 23 | | counselor for certain students; requiring certain 10 |
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24 | 24 | | information to be included in such plan; providing an 11 |
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25 | 25 | | effective date. 12 |
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27 | 27 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 |
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29 | 29 | | Section 1. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 16 |
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30 | 30 | | 1003.02, Florida- Statutes, is amended to read: 17 |
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31 | 31 | | 1003.02 District school board operation and control of 18 |
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32 | 32 | | public K-12 education within the school district. —As provided in 19 |
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33 | 33 | | part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are 20 |
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34 | 34 | | constitutionally and statutorily charged wit h the operation and 21 |
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35 | 35 | | control of public K-12 education within their school districts. 22 |
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36 | 36 | | The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate 23 |
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37 | 37 | | their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees, 24 |
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38 | 38 | | and facilities. Their responsibilities inclu de staff 25 |
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51 | 51 | | development, public K -12 school student education including 26 |
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52 | 52 | | education for exceptional students and students in juvenile 27 |
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53 | 53 | | justice programs, special programs, adult education programs, 28 |
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54 | 54 | | and career education programs. Additionally, district school 29 |
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55 | 55 | | boards must: 30 |
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56 | 56 | | (1) Provide for the proper accounting for all students of 31 |
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57 | 57 | | school age, for the attendance and control of students at 32 |
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58 | 58 | | school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other 33 |
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59 | 59 | | matters relating to the welfare of students in the following 34 |
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60 | 60 | | areas: 35 |
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61 | 61 | | (i) Parental Notification of acceleration , academic, and 36 |
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62 | 62 | | career planning options.—At the beginning of each school year, 37 |
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63 | 63 | | notify parents of students in or entering high school and the 38 |
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64 | 64 | | students' parents, in a language that is understandable to 39 |
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65 | 65 | | students and parents, of the opportunity and benefits of 40 |
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66 | 66 | | advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, Advanced 41 |
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67 | 67 | | International Certificate of Education, dual enrollment, career 42 |
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68 | 68 | | and professional academies, career -themed courses, the career 43 |
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69 | 69 | | and technical education pat hway to earn a standard high school 44 |
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88 | 88 | | Section 2. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 51 |
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89 | 89 | | 1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 52 |
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90 | 90 | | 1003.4156 General requirements for middl e grades 53 |
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91 | 91 | | promotion.— 54 |
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92 | 92 | | (1) In order for a student to be promoted to high school 55 |
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93 | 93 | | from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the 56 |
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94 | 94 | | student must successfully complete the following courses: 57 |
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95 | 95 | | (e) One course in career and education planning to be 58 |
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96 | 96 | | completed in grades 6, 7, or 8, which may be taught by any 59 |
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97 | 97 | | member of the instructional staff. The course must be Internet -60 |
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98 | 98 | | based, customizable to each student, and include research -based 61 |
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99 | 99 | | assessments to assist students in determining educational and 62 |
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100 | 100 | | career options and goals. In addition, the course must result in 63 |
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101 | 101 | | a completed personalized academic and career plan for the 64 |
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102 | 102 | | student that may be revised as the student progresses through 65 |
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103 | 103 | | middle school and high school; must emphasize the importance of 66 |
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104 | 104 | | entrepreneurship and employability skills; and must include 67 |
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105 | 105 | | information from the Department of Economic Opportunity's 68 |
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106 | 106 | | economic security report under s. 445.07 and other state career 69 |
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107 | 107 | | planning resources. The required personalized academic and 70 |
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108 | 108 | | career plan, developed in consult ation with a certified school 71 |
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109 | 109 | | counselor, must inform students of high school graduation 72 |
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110 | 110 | | requirements, including a detailed explanation of the 73 |
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111 | 111 | | requirements for earning a high school diploma designation under 74 |
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112 | 112 | | s. 1003.4285 and the career and technical educati on pathway to 75 |
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126 | 126 | | requirements for each scholarship in the Florida Bright Futures 77 |
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127 | 127 | | Scholarship Program; state university and Florida College System 78 |
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128 | 128 | | institution admission requirements; available opp ortunities to 79 |
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129 | 129 | | earn college credit in high school, including Advanced Placement 80 |
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130 | 130 | | courses; the International Baccalaureate Program; the Advanced 81 |
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131 | 131 | | International Certificate of Education Program; dual enrollment, 82 |
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132 | 132 | | including career dual enrollment; work-based learning 83 |
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133 | 133 | | opportunities, including internships and preapprenticeship and 84 |
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134 | 134 | | apprenticeship programs; and career education courses, including 85 |
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135 | 135 | | career-themed courses, preapprenticeship and apprenticeship 86 |
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136 | 136 | | programs, and course sequences that lead to industry 87 |
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137 | 137 | | certification pursuant to s. 1003.492 or s. 1008.44. The course 88 |
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138 | 138 | | may be implemented as a stand -alone course or integrated into 89 |
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139 | 139 | | another course or courses. 90 |
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