Florida 2023 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0459 Compare Versions

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10	10	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
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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to education; amending s. 1007.2616, 2
16	16	F.S.; requiring high schools to offer certain computer 3
17	17	science courses; requiring such courses to satisfy 4
18	18	specified instruction requirements; requiring Florida 5
19	19	College System institutions and state unive rsities to 6
20	20	recognize credits from such courses as foreign 7
21	21	language credits; requiring such courses to be 8
22	22	included in the Course Code Directory; amending s. 9
23	23	1009.53, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made 10
24	24	by the act; requiring the Department of Educati on to 11
25	25	include specified information in an annual 12
26	26	notification to certain individuals; amending s. 13
27	27	1009.532, F.S.; beginning in a specified academic 14
28	28	year, authorizing students who earn a Florida Gold 15
29	29	Seal Vocational Scholars award to enroll in certain 16
30	30	programs; amending s. 1009.533, F.S.; providing that 17
31	31	entities that operate apprenticeship programs are 18
32	32	considered a postsecondary education institution 19
33	33	eligible for participation in the program; amending 20
34	34	ss. 1009.534 and 1009.535, F.S.; authorizing students 21
35	35	to use a combination of volunteer service hours and 22
36	36	paid work hours to meet certain program eligibility 23
37	37	requirements; providing that paid work hours completed 24
38	38	on or after a specified date shall be used to meet 25
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53	53	aptitude tests students may use to demonstrate 28
54	54	readiness for postsecondary education for specified 29
55	55	purposes; authorizing students to use a combination of 30
56	56	volunteer service hours and paid work hour s to meet 31
57	57	certain program eligibility requirements; providing 32
58	58	that paid work hours completed on or after a specified 33
59	59	date shall be used to meet certain program eligibility 34
60	60	requirements; authorizing students who earn a Florida 35
61	61	Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award to enroll in 36
62	62	certain programs; providing an effective date. 37
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64	64	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 39
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66	66	Section 1. Subsections (7) and (8) of section 1007.2616, 41
67	67	Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (8) and (9), 42
68	68	respectively, and a new subsection (7) is added to that section, 43
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70	70	1007.2616 Computer science and technology instruction. — 45
71	71	(7) High schools must provide students opportunities to 46
72	72	take computer science courses of sufficient rigor, as identified 47
73	73	by the commissioner, such that two credits in such courses and 48
74	74	the earning of a related industry certification or technical 49
75	75	certificate satisfies two credits of sequential foreign language 50
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84	84	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
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88	88	instruction. Florida College System institutions and state 51
89	89	universities must recognize the credits as foreign language 52
90	90	credits. Computer science courses identified by the commissioner 53
91	91	and computer science courses taken to earn the related industry 54
92	92	certification or technical certificate shall be included in the 55
93	93	Course Code Directory. 56
94	94	Section 2. Subsections (1), (3), and (6) of section 57
95	95	1009.53, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 58
96	96	1009.53 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. — 59
97	97	(1) The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program is 60
98	98	created to establish a lottery -funded scholarship program to 61
99	99	reward any Florida high school graduate who merits recognition 62
100	100	of high academic achievement and who enrolls in a degree 63
101	101	program, certificate program, or applied technology program , or 64
102	102	apprenticeship program, as defined in s. 446. 021(6), at an 65
103	103	eligible Florida public or private postsecondary education 66
104	104	institution. 67
105	105	(3) The Department of Education shall administer the 68
106	106	Bright Futures Scholarship Program according to rules and 69
107	107	procedures established by the State Board of Education. A single 70
108	108	application must be sufficient for a student to apply for any of 71
109	109	the awards. The department shall advertise the availability of 72
110	110	the scholarship program and shall notify students, teachers, 73
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112	112	relevant school administrators of the criteria and application 75
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126	126	approved apprenticeship programs, eligible postsecondary 77
127	127	educational institutions, high -demand jobs and critical skill 78
128	128	sets in the state, and a wage breakdown of jobs in the state. 79
129	129	The department must begin this process of notification no later 80
130	130	than January 1 of each year beginning with a student's freshman 81
131	131	year. 82
132	132	(6) A student enrolled in 6 to 8 semester credit hours or 83
133	133	the equivalent clock hours may receive up to one -half of the 84
134	134	maximum award; a student enrolled in 9 to 11 credit hours or the 85
135	135	equivalent clock hours may receive up to three -fourths of the 86
136	136	maximum award; and a student enrolled in 12 or more credit hours 87
137	137	or the equivalent clock hours may receive up to the full award. 88
138	138	Section 3. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), 89
139	139	subsection (2), and paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 90
140	140	1009.532, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 91
141	141	1009.532 Florida Bright Futures Schol arship Program; 92
142	142	student eligibility requirements for renewal awards. — 93
143	143	(1) To be eligible to renew a scholarship from any of the 94
144	144	scholarships under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship 95
145	145	Program, a student must: 96
146	146	(a) Effective for students funded in the 2009-2010 97
147	147	academic year and thereafter, earn at least 24 semester credit 98
148	148	hours or the equivalent clock hours in the last academic year in 99
149	149	which the student earned a scholarship if the student was 100
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163	163	clock hours as determined by the Department of Education if the 102
164	164	student was enrolled less than full time for any part of the 103
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166	166	(b) Maintain the cumulative grade point average or the 105
167	167	equivalent required by the scholarship program, except that: 106
168	168	1. If a recipient's grades fall beneath the average 107
169	169	required to renew a Florida Academic Scholarship, but are 108
170	170	sufficient to renew a Florida Medallion Scholarship, a Florida 109
171	171	Gold Seal CAPE Scholarship, or a Florida Gold Seal Vocational 110
172	172	Scholarship, the Department of Education may grant a renewal 111
173	173	from one of those other scholarship programs, if the student 112
174	174	meets the renewal eligibility requirements; or 113
175	175	2. For students initially eligible in the 2010 -2011 114
176	176	academic term and thereafter, if at any time during a student's 115
177	177	first academic year the student's grades or the equivalent are 116
178	178	insufficient to renew the scholarship, the student may restore 117
179	179	eligibility by improving the grade point average or the 118
180	180	equivalent to the required level. A student is eligible for such 119
181	181	a restoration one time. The Legislature encourages education 120
182	182	institutions to assist students to calculate whether or not it 121
183	183	is possible to raise the grade point average or the equivalent 122
184	184	during the summer term. If the education institution determines 123
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201	201	the equivalent. If the summer term is not sufficient to raise 128
202	202	the grade point average or the equivalent to the required 129
203	203	renewal level, the student's next opportunity for renewal is the 130
204	204	fall semester of the following ac ademic year. 131
205	205	(2) For students initially eligible in the 2010 -2011 132
206	206	academic term and thereafter, and unless otherwise provided in 133
207	207	this section, if a student does not meet the requirements for 134
208	208	renewal of a scholarship because of lack of completion of 135
209	209	sufficient credit hours or insufficient grades or the 136
210	210	equivalent, the scholarship shall be renewed only if the student 137
211	211	failed to complete sufficient credit hours or to meet sufficient 138
212	212	grade requirements or the equivalent due to verifiable illness 139
213	213	or other documented emergency, in which case the student may be 140
214	214	granted an exception from academic requirements pursuant to s. 141
215	215	1009.40(1)(b)4. 142
216	216	(3)(a) A student who is initially eligible in the 2023-143
217	217	2024 2012-2013 academic year and thereafter may receive an award 144
218	218	for a maximum of 100 percent of the number of credit hours 145
219	219	required to complete an associate degree program, a 146
220	220	baccalaureate degree program, or a postsecondary career 147
221	221	certificate program or, for a Florida Gold Seal Vocational 148
222	222	Scholars award, may receive an awar d for a maximum of 100 149
223	223	percent of the number of credit hours or equivalent clock hours 150
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236	236	required to complete one of the following at a Florida public or 151
237	237	nonpublic education institution that offers these specific 152
238	238	programs: for an applied technology diploma p rogram as defined 153
239	239	in s. 1004.02(7), up to 60 credit hours or equivalent clock 154
240	240	hours; for a technical degree education program as defined in s. 155
241	241	1004.02(13), up to the number of hours required for a specific 156
242	242	degree not to exceed 72 credit hours or equivalent clock hours; 157
243	243	or for a career certificate program as defined in s. 158
244	244	1004.02(20), up to the number of hours required for a specific 159
245	245	certificate not to exceed 72 credit hours or equivalent clock 160
246	246	hours; for an industry certification, up to the number of hours 161
247	247	required for a specific certificate not to exceed 36 credit 162
248	248	hours or equivalent clock hours; for a technical certificate, up 163
249	249	to the number of hours required for a specific certificate not 164
250	250	to exceed 15 credit hours or equivalent clock hours; for an 165
251	251	applied technology diploma, up to the number of hours required 166
252	252	for a specific diploma not to exceed 50 credit hours or 167
253	253	equivalent clock hours; for a career and technical certificate, 168
254	254	up to the number of hours required for a specific certificate 169
255	255	not to exceed 19 credit hours or equivalent clock hours; or for 170
256	256	an apprenticeship program, as defined in s. 446.021(6), up to 171
257	257	the number of credit hours or equivalent clock hours required 172
258	258	for a registered apprenticeship certificate of completion if the 173
259	259	student is not exempt from paying tuition and fees, including 174
260	260	lab fees, under s. 1009.25, and 100 percent of the tools, books, 175
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274	274	not to exceed $2,000 . A student who transfers from one of these 177
275	275	program levels to anothe r program level becomes eligible for the 178
276	276	higher of the two credit hour limits. 179
277	277	Section 4. Subsection (6) is added to section 1009.533, 180
278	278	Florida Statutes, to read: 181
279	279	1009.533 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program; 182
280	280	eligible postsecondary education in stitutions.—A student is 183
281	281	eligible for an award or the renewal of an award from the 184
282	282	Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program if the student meets 185
283	283	the requirements for the program as described in this act and is 186
284	284	enrolled in a postsecondary education instit ution that meets the 187
285	285	description in any one of the following subsections: 188
286	286	(6) An entity that operates an apprenticeship program, as 189
287	287	defined in s. s. 446.021(6). 190
288	288	Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 1009.534, Florida 191
289	289	Statutes, is amended to read: 192
290	290	1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award. — 193
291	291	(1) A student is eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars 194
292	292	award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements 195
293	293	for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and: 196
294	294	(a) Has achieved a 3.5 weighted gra de point average as 197
295	295	calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or its equivalent, in high 198
296	296	school courses that are designated by the State Board of 199
297	297	Education as college -preparatory academic courses and has 200
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311	311	the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 202
312	312	Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered 203
313	313	Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 204
314	314	or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 205
315	315	(b) Has attended a home education program according to s. 206
316	316	1002.41 during grades 11 and 12, has completed the International 207
317	317	Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the International 208
318	318	Baccalaureate Diploma, or has completed the Advanced 209
319	319	International Certific ate of Education curriculum but failed to 210
320	320	earn the Advanced International Certificate of Education 211
321	321	Diploma, and has attained at least the score required under s. 212
322	322	1009.531(6)(a) on the combined verbal and quantitative parts of 213
323	323	the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or 214
324	324	the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the College 215
325	325	Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT 216
326	326	Assessment Program; 217
327	327	(c) Has been awarded an International Baccalaureate 218
328	328	Diploma from the International Bac calaureate Office or an 219
329	329	Advanced International Certificate of Education Diploma from the 220
330	330	University of Cambridge International Examinations Office; 221
331	331	(d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement 222
332	332	programs of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a 223
333	333	scholar or finalist; or 224
334	334	(e) Has been recognized by the National Hispanic 225
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349	349	The student must complete a program of volunteer service or, 228
350	350	beginning with a high school student graduating in the 2022 -2023 229
351	351	academic year and thereafter, paid work, as approved by the 230
352	352	district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic school, 231
353	353	or the Department of Education for home education program 232
354	354	students, which must include 100 hours of volunteer service , or 233
355	355	paid work, or a combination of both. Eligible paid work 234
356	356	completed on or after June 27, 2022, shall be included in the 235
357	357	student's total of paid work hours . The student may identify a 236
358	358	social or civic issue or a professional area that interests him 237
359	359	or her and develop a pla n for his or her personal involvement in 238
360	360	addressing the issue or learning about the area. The student 239
361	361	must, through papers or other presentations, evaluate and 240
362	362	reflect upon his or her volunteer service or paid work 241
363	363	experience. Such volunteer service or pai d work may include, but 242
364	364	is not limited to, a business or governmental internship, work 243
365	365	for a nonprofit community service organization, or activities on 244
366	366	behalf of a candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer 245
367	367	service or paid work must be documented in writing, and the 246
368	368	document must be signed by the student, the student's parent or 247
369	369	guardian, and a representative of the organization for which the 248
370	370	student performed the volunteer service or paid work. 249
371	371	Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 1009.535, Fl orida 250
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384	384	Statutes, is amended to read: 251
385	385	1009.535 Florida Medallion Scholars award. — 252
386	386	(1) A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars 253
387	387	award if he or she meets the general eligibility requirements 254
388	388	for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and: 255
389	389	(a) Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as 256
390	390	calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high 257
391	391	school courses that are designated by the State Board of 258
392	392	Education as college -preparatory academic courses and has 259
393	393	attained at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on 260
394	394	the combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 261
395	395	Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered 262
396	396	Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 263
397	397	or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 264
398	398	(b) Has completed the International Baccalaureate 265
399	399	curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate 266
400	400	Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate 267
401	401	of Education curriculum but failed to e arn the Advanced 268
402	402	International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained 269
403	403	at least the score required under s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the 270
404	404	combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic 271
405	405	Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the rece ntered 272
406	406	Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, 273
407	407	or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 274
408	408	(c) Has attended a home education program according to s. 275
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423	423	and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the 278
424	424	Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic 279
425	425	Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an 280
426	426	equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program; 281
427	427	(d) Has been recognized by the merit or achievement 282
428	428	program of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a 283
429	429	scholar or finalist but has not completed the program of 284
430	430	volunteer service or paid work required under s. 1009.534; or 285
431	431	(e) Has been recognized by the National Hispanic 286
432	432	Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed the 287
433	433	program of volunteer service or paid work required under s. 288
434	434	1009.534. 289
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436	436	A high school student must complete a program at least 75 hours 291
437	437	of volunteer service or, beginning with a high school student 292
438	438	graduating in the 2022 -2023 academic year and thereafter, 100 293
439	439	hours of paid work approved by the district school board, the 294
440	440	administrators of a nonpublic school, or the Department of 295
441	441	Education for home educa tion program students , which must 296
442	442	include 75 hours of volunteer service, 100 hours of paid work, 297
443	443	or 100 hours of a combination of both. Eligible paid work 298
444	444	completed on or after June 27, 2022, shall be included in a 299
445	445	student's total of required paid work hou rs. The student may 300
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459	459	interests him or her and develop a plan for his or her personal 302
460	460	involvement in addressing the issue or learning about the area. 303
461	461	The student must, through papers or other prese ntations, 304
462	462	evaluate and reflect upon his or her volunteer service or paid 305
463	463	work experience. Such volunteer service or paid work may 306
464	464	include, but is not limited to, a business or governmental 307
465	465	internship, work for a nonprofit community service organization, 308
466	466	or activities on behalf of a candidate for public office. The 309
467	467	hours of volunteer service or paid work must be documented in 310
468	468	writing, and the document must be signed by the student, the 311
469	469	student's parent or guardian, and a representative of the 312
470	470	organization for which the student performed the volunteer 313
471	471	service or paid work. 314
472	472	Section 7. Paragraphs (b) and (e) of subsection (1), 315
473	473	paragraph (b) of subsection (2), and paragraph (a) of subsection 316
474	474	(5) of section 1009.536, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 317
475	475	1009.536 Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars and Florida 318
476	476	Gold Seal CAPE Scholars awards. —The Florida Gold Seal Vocational 319
477	477	Scholars award and the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award are 320
478	478	created within the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to 321
479	479	recognize and reward academic achievement and career preparation 322
480	480	by high school students who wish to continue their education. 323
481	481	(1) A student is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal 324
482	482	Vocational Scholars award if he or she meets the general 325
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496	496	Scholarship Program and: 327
497	497	(b) Demonstrates readiness for postsecondary education by 328
498	498	earning a passing score on : 329
499	499	1. The Florida College Entry Level Placement Test or its 330
500	500	equivalent as identified by the Department of Edu cation; or 331
501	501	2. Other aptitude tests identified by the department, 332
502	502	including, but not limited to, the Armed Services Vocational 333
503	503	Aptitude Battery and ACT WorkKeys Assessments . 334
504	504	(e) Completes at least 30 hours of volunteer service or, 335
505	505	beginning with high sc hool students graduating in the 2022 -2023 336
506	506	academic year and thereafter, 100 hours of paid work, approved 337
507	507	by the district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic 338
508	508	school, or the Department of Education for home education 339
509	509	program students, or 100 hours of a combination of both. 340
510	510	Eligible paid work completed on or after June 27, 2022, shall be 341
511	511	included in a student's total of required paid work hours . The 342
512	512	student may identify a social or civic issue or a professional 343
513	513	area that interests him or her an d develop a plan for his or her 344
514	514	personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about 345
515	515	the area. The student must, through papers or other 346
516	516	presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her volunteer 347
517	517	service or paid work experience. Such volunteer service or paid 348
518	518	work may include, but is not limited to, a business or 349
519	519	governmental internship, work for a nonprofit community service 350
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533	533	office. The hours of volunteer service or paid work must be 352
534	534	documented in writing, and the document must be signed by the 353
535	535	student, the student's parent or guardian, and a representative 354
536	536	of the organization for which the student performed the 355
537	537	volunteer service or paid work. 356
538	538	(2) A student is eligible for a Flor ida Gold Seal CAPE 357
539	539	Scholars award if he or she meets the general eligibility 358
540	540	requirements for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program, 359
541	541	and the student: 360
542	542	(b) Completes at least 30 hours of volunteer service or, 361
543	543	beginning with a high school student g raduating in the 2022 -2023 362
544	544	academic year and thereafter, 100 hours of paid work, approved 363
545	545	by the district school board, the administrators of a nonpublic 364
546	546	school, or the Department of Education for home education 365
547	547	program students, or 100 hours of a combinat ion of both. 366
548	548	Eligible paid work completed on or after June 27, 2022, shall be 367
549	549	included in a student's total required paid work hours . The 368
550	550	student may identify a social or civic issue or a professional 369
551	551	area that interests him or her and develop a plan for h is or her 370
552	552	personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about 371
553	553	the area. The student must, through papers or other 372
554	554	presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her experience. 373
555	555	Such volunteer service or paid work may include, but is not 374
556	556	limited to, a business or governmental internship, work for a 375
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570	570	behalf of a candidate for public office. The hours of volunteer 377
571	571	service or paid work must be documented in writing, and the 378
572	572	document must be signed by the student, the student's parent or 379
573	573	guardian, and a representative of the organization for which the 380
574	574	student performed the volunteer service or paid work. 381
575	575	(5)(a) A student who is initially eligible in the 2023-382
576	576	2024 2012-2013 academic year and thereafter may earn a Florida 383
577	577	Gold Seal Vocational Scholarship for a maximum of 100 percent of 384
578	578	the number of credit hours or equivalent clock hours required to 385
579	579	complete one of the following at a Florida public or nonpublic 386
580	580	education institution that offers these specific programs: for 387
581	581	an applied technology diploma program as defined in s. 388
582	582	1004.02(7), up to 60 credit hours or equivalent clock hours; for 389
583	583	a technical degree education program as defined in s. 390
584	584	1004.02(13), up to the number of hours required for a specific 391
585	585	degree not to exceed 72 credit hours or equivalent clock hours; 392
586	586	or for a career certificate program as defined in s. 393
587	587	1004.02(20), up to the number of hours required for a specific 394
588	588	certificate not to exceed 72 credit hours or equivalent clock 395
589	589	hours; for an industry certification, up to the number of hours 396
590	590	required for a specific certificate not to exceed 36 credit 397
591	591	hours or equivalent clock hours; for a technical certificate, up 398
592	592	to the number of hours required for a specific certificate not 399
593	593	to exceed 15 credit hours or equivalent clock hours; for an 400
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607	607	for a specific diploma not to exceed 50 credit hours or 402
608	608	equivalent clock hours; for a career and technical certificate, 403
609	609	up to the number of h ours required for a specific certificate 404
610	610	not to exceed 19 credit hours or equivalent clock hours; or for 405
611	611	an apprenticeship program, as defined in s. 446.021(6), up to 406
612	612	the number of credit hours or equivalent clock hours required 407
613	613	for a registered apprentice ship certificate of completion if the 408
614	614	student is not exempt from paying tuition and fees, including 409
615	615	lab fees, under s. 1009.25, and 100 percent of the tools, books, 410
616	616	and materials necessary to complete the apprenticeship program 411
617	617	not to exceed $2,000 . 412
618	618	Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 413