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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to workforce education and training 2
grants; creating s. 445.11, F.S.; establishing the 3
Florida's Potential Grant Program within the 4
Department of Education; providing purposes for the 5
program; authorizing Florida College System 6
institutions to apply to the department to receive a 7
grant under the program for certain purposes; 8
authorizing the department to award grants to 9
applicants; requiring the Department of Economic 10
Opportunity to partner with each institution receiving 11
a grant under the program to provide specified 12
insight; requiring the State Board of Education to 13
adopt rules; providing an effective date. 14
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16
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Section 1. Section 445.11, Florida Statutes, is created to 18
read: 19
445.11 Florida's Potential Grant Program. — 20
(1) Florida's Potential Grant Program is established 21
within the Department of Education for the purpo se of providing 22
grants to Florida College System institutions to assist the 23
institutions with providing workforce education and training to 24
the residents of zip codes that have low levels of postsecondary 25
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educational attainment, compared to the level of po stsecondary 26
educational attainment in the state, in combination with a 27
higher unemployment rate than the state's unemployment rate and 28
to promote local job growth and economic development. 29
(2) A Florida College System institution may apply to the 30
Department of Education for a grant under the program to provide 31
workforce education and training to the residents in at least 32
one zip code that the institution serves but does not currently 33
have a campus or a center in that area. Subject to appropriation 34
of funds by the Legislature, the department may award grants to 35
institutions that apply for grants pursuant to this subsection. 36
The Department of Economic Opportunity shall partner with each 37
Florida College System institution receiving a grant under this 38
section to provide insight into serving the needs of the 39
residents of the zip codes being provided workforce education 40
and training under the program. 41
(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to 42
implement this section. 43
Section 2. This act shall tak e effect July 1, 2022. 44