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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 the Apprenticeship and 2
Preapprenticeship Direct Funding Grant Program; 3
creating s. 1011.8031, F.S.; creating the 4
Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Direct Funding 5
Grant Program for specified purposes; requiring the 6
Department of Education to administer the program; 7
requiring apprenticeship or preapprenticeship programs 8
to submit an application to the department for 9
participation in the program; prohibiting certain 10
apprenticeship or preapprenticeship programs from 11
participating in the grant program; requiring the 12
department to give priority to specified programs; 13
authorizing the State Board of Education to adopt 14
rules; providing an effective date. 15
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 17
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Section 1. Section 1011.8031, Florida Statutes, is created 19
to read: 20
1011.8031 Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Direct 21
Funding Grant Program. — 22
(1) Subject to appropriations provided in the General 23
Appropriations Act, the Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship 24
Direct Funding Grant Program is created to provide funding 25
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directly to apprenticeship or preapprenticeship programs, as 26
those terms are defined in s. 446.021, rather than funding such 27
programs through a local educational agency. The Department of 28
Education shall administer the grant program. 29
(2) An apprenticeship or a preapprenticeship program shall 30
submit an application in a format prescribed by t he department 31
to receive funding under this section. An apprenticeship or a 32
preapprenticeship program is ineligible for a grant under this 33
section if such program uses any school district or Florida 34
College System institution resources for the administrati on of 35
the program. The department shall give priority to 36
apprenticeship or preapprenticeship programs with demonstrated 37
regional demand. 38
(3) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to 39
administer this section. 40
Section 2. This act shall take effec t July 1, 2023. 41