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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to career -themed courses; amending s. 2
1003.493, F.S.; requiring the Department of Education 3
to identify career-themed courses that are appropriate 4
for middle school students; encouraging school 5
districts to offer such courses at middle schools 6
within the district; providing an effective date. 7
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9
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Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 11
1003.493, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 12
1003.493 Career and professional academies and career -13
themed courses.— 14
(1) 15
(b) A "career-themed course" is a course, or a course in a 16
series of courses, that leads to an industry certification 17
identified in the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List 18
pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of Education. 19
Career-themed courses have industry -specific curriculum aligned 20
directly to priority workforce needs established by the local 21
workforce development board or the Department of Economic 22
Opportunity. School districts shall offer at least two career -23
themed courses, and each secondary school is encouraged to offer 24
at least one career-themed course. The Department of Education 25
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shall identify career -themed courses that are appropriate for 26
middle school students. School districts are encouraged to offer 27
such courses at each middle school within the district. The 28
Florida Virtual School is encou raged to develop and offer 29
rigorous career-themed courses as appropriate. High school 30
students completing a career -themed course must be provided 31
opportunities to earn postsecondary credit if the credit for the 32
career-themed course can be articulated to a postsecondary 33
institution approved to operate in the state. 34
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 35