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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to education; amending s. 14.36, F.S.; 2
requiring the Office of Reimagining Education and 3
Career Help to develop specified criteria and display 4
certain information for specified purposes; revising 5
duties of the office; renaming the workforce 6
opportunity portal as the "consumer -first workforce 7
system"; amending s. 216.135, F.S.; requiring state 8
agencies to ensure certain work product is consistent 9
with information produced by specified entities; 10
amending s. 216.136, F.S.; revising a requiremen t for 11
the provision of certain data to the Office of 12
Economic and Demographic Research; deleting a 13
provision relating to the Labor Market Estimating 14
Conference; amending s. 220.198, F.S.; renaming the 15
Internship Tax Credit Program as the "Experiential 16
Learning Tax Credit Program"; providing and revising 17
definitions; providing that businesses that hire 18
apprentices or preapprentices are eligible for the tax 19
credit; providing requirements for such eligibility; 20
providing that certain information may be required ; 21
amending s. 413.615, F.S.; revising the requirements 22
for the use of funds by the board of directors of the 23
Florida Endowment Foundation for the Division of 24
Vocational Rehabilitation within the Department of 25
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Education; extending the scheduled date of repe al of 26
the Florida Endowment for Vocational Rehabilitation; 27
amending s. 445.003, F.S.; revising requirements for 28
training providers to be included on a state or local 29
eligible training provider list; amending s. 445.004, 30
F.S.; revising the list of credentia ls that must be 31
included on the Master Credentials List; revising 32
CareerSource Florida, Inc., responsibilities in 33
providing administrative support to the state board; 34
requiring the director of the Office of Reimagining 35
Education and Career Help to serve as the chair of the 36
Credentials Review Committee; requiring that 37
credentials remain on the list for a specified time; 38
deleting the requirement that the Credentials Review 39
Committee develop a returned -value funding formula; 40
revising responsibilities of the st ate board; revising 41
the date the state board makes specified information 42
available; conforming provisions to changes made by 43
the act; amending s. 445.007, F.S.; requiring local 44
workforce development boards to create specified 45
consortiums; providing require ments for such 46
consortiums; providing for the appointment and terms 47
of consortium members and the filling of vacancies; 48
prohibiting local workforce development board members 49
from serving as a consortium member; amending s. 50
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445.009, F.S.; revising the requi rements for training 51
services provided through the one -stop delivery 52
system; amending s. 445.038, F.S.; revising the 53
criteria for certain broadband digital media jobs to 54
be eligible for specified job training; amending s. 55
446.071, F.S.; revising the entiti es that may be a 56
local apprenticeship sponsor; amending s. 446.0915, 57
F.S.; requiring diversified education programs be 58
prioritized as certain paid work -based learning 59
experiences; requiring district school boards to 60
provide at least one work -based learning opportunity 61
to certain students; amending s. 446.54, F.S.; 62
requiring specified employers to apply to the 63
Department of Financial Services for reimbursement of 64
workers' compensation premiums paid for students 65
participating in work -based learning opportunit ies; 66
providing requirements for the application for 67
reimbursement and verification of information provided 68
on such applications; requiring that reimbursements be 69
made on a first-come, first-served basis; defining the 70
term "educational institution"; amendin g s. 464.0195, 71
F.S.; revising the primary goals of the Florida Center 72
for Nursing; requiring the center to submit a 73
specified annual report to the Governor and the 74
Legislature by a date certain; amending s. 1001.43, 75
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F.S.; requiring school districts to adop t policies and 76
procedures to celebrate the academic and career 77
achievements of students; beginning in a specified 78
school year, requiring each high school to host an 79
annual career fair for certain students; providing 80
requirements for such career fairs; amen ding s. 81
1001.706, F.S.; revising requirements for a specified 82
strategic plan developed by the Board of Governors to 83
include specified information and criteria; amending 84
s. 1002.31, F.S.; providing additional requirements 85
for the controlled open enrollment process used by 86
district school boards relating to the completion of 87
certain courses or certifications; amending s. 88
1003.02, F.S.; revising requirements for parental 89
notification of acceleration options for certain 90
students; amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; re vising 91
requirements for the revisions of certain personalized 92
academic and career plans; amending s. 1003.4203, 93
F.S.; deleting a requirement that each district school 94
board provide to schools certain digital tools and 95
materials; deleting provisions relatin g to CAPE 96
innovation courses; requiring the committee to provide 97
a notice of deficiency within a specified timeframe to 98
applicants who fail to meet certain standards; 99
amending s. 1003.4282, F.S.; revising certain 100
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requirements for a high school diploma; rev ising the 101
criteria for the state board to determine the award of 102
certain credits; requiring the state board to 103
establish a process for work -based learning and 104
credits to meet students' electives graduation 105
requirements; requiring the Department of Educatio n to 106
convene a workgroup to review and identify certain 107
education programs and pathways; amending s. 108
1003.4285, F.S.; renaming the Merit designation for 109
standard high school diplomas as the "Industry 110
Scholar" designation; amending s. 1003.491, F.S.; 111
revising the data used in creating the strategic 3 -112
year plan developed by the local school district and 113
specified entities; amending s. 1003.5716, F.S.; 114
conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 115
amending s. 1004.013, F.S.; conforming provisions to 116
changes made by the act; amending s. 1004.015, F.S.; 117
providing additional duties for the Florida Talent 118
Development Council; requiring the council to submit 119
recommendations to the Governor and the Legislature by 120
a specified date; amending s. 1008.41, F.S.; 121
conforming a provision to changes made by the act; 122
amending s. 1008.44, F.S.; revising which courses must 123
be included on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding 124
List; providing the Department of Education with 125
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authority to select certain digital tool certificat es; 126
requiring the department to annually review certain 127
assessments; deleting criteria used by the 128
Commissioner of Education in limiting certain 129
certifications and certificates; amending s. 1009.77, 130
F.S.; revising student eligibility criteria for the 131
Florida Work Experience Program; providing 132
requirements for participating institutions; creating 133
s. 1009.771, F.S.; authorizing a state university to 134
establish a workforce education partnership program 135
for specified purposes; requiring the Board of 136
Governors to create a template for the establishment 137
of such program; providing board and template 138
requirements; requiring the board adopt regulations; 139
amending s. 1009.895, F.S.; deleting definitions; 140
providing that the Open Door Grant Program shall be 141
administered by specified institutions; providing 142
eligibility requirements; providing requirements for 143
grant awards; providing requirements for the 144
distribution of funds; deleting the requirement to 145
distribute a specified grant in certain ratios; 146
providing reporting req uirements; amending s. 1011.62, 147
F.S.; conforming cross -references; reenacting and 148
amending s. 1011.80, F.S.; authorizing certain 149
entities to offer continuing workforce education 150
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courses and programs without prior approval by the 151
state board; requiring cert ain Florida College System 152
institutions and school districts to maintain certain 153
records and produce certain reports; deleting a 154
requirement that a workforce education program must be 155
reviewed by the state board subject to certain 156
criteria for a Florida Co llege System Institution or 157
school district to receive certain funding; providing 158
that new workforce education programs must be approved 159
by the board of trustees of the institution or the 160
district school board; requiring each district school 161
board to be provided funds for each industry 162
certification earned by a student in specified areas; 163
amending s. 1011.801, F.S.; requiring the Department 164
of Education, rather than the state board, to 165
administer the Workforce Development Capitalization 166
Incentive Grant Prog ram; revising the purpose of the 167
program; authorizing the state board to adopt rules 168
governing program administration; amending s. 169
1011.802, F.S.; revising requirements for the Florida 170
Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant Program; 171
limiting the potential grant award for each recipient; 172
providing duties for the Department of Education 173
regarding the grant program; authorizing the 174
department to grant a bonus in the award amount to 175
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certain applicants; amending s. 1011.803, F.S.; 176
revising the purpose of and req uirements for the 177
Money-back Guarantee Program; amending s. 1011.81, 178
F.S.; deleting a requirement for the development of a 179
return-value formula; deleting requirements for the 180
allocation of specified funds; amending s. 1012.39, 181
F.S.; revising the requiremen ts for nondegreed 182
teachers; amending s. 1012.57, F.S.; revising 183
requirements for the award of an adjunct teaching 184
certificate; amending s. 1012.585, F.S.; revising the 185
requirements for district school board inservice 186
master plans; requiring the Office of P rogram Policy 187
Analysis and Government Accountability to conduct a 188
review of career statewide articulation agreements; 189
providing requirements for the review; requiring the 190
office to present a report to the Legislature by a 191
specified date; providing an effec tive date. 192
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 194
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Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subsection (3) and paragraphs 196
(a) through (e) of subsection (5) of section 14.36, Florida 197
Statutes, are amended, and paragraph (k) is added to subsec tion 198
(3) of that section, to read: 199
14.36 Reimagining Education and Career Help Act. —The 200
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Reimagining Education and Career Help Act is created to address 201
the evolving needs of Florida's economy by increasing the level 202
of collaboration and cooperation among state businesses and 203
education communities while improving training within and equity 204
and access to a more integrated workforce and education system 205
for all Floridians. 206
(3) The duties of the office are to: 207
(h) Develop the criteria for assigning a lett er grade for 208
each local workforce development board under s. 445.004. The 209
criteria shall, in part, be based on local workforce development 210
board performance accountability measures and return on 211
investment. The majority of the grade shall be based on the 212
improvement by each local workforce development board in the 213
long-term self-sufficiency of participants through outcome 214
measures such as reduction in long -term public assistance and 215
the percentage of participants whose wages were higher after 216
program completion compared to wages before participation in a 217
program. The office shall also develop criteria and display 218
public information that will assist the public in making 219
informed decisions when deciding to access the local workforce 220
board or one-stop career center. 221
(k) Facilitate coordination among the Department of 222
Economic Opportunity, the Department of Education, and 223
CareerSource Florida, Inc., to develop and expand 224
apprenticeship, preapprenticeship, and other work -based learning 225
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models and streamline effo rts to recruit and onboard new 226
apprentices, preapprentices, students, and employers interested 227
in work-based learning opportunities. Such coordination shall 228
include, but not be limited to, conducting outreach with 229
business leaders, local governments, and e ducation providers. 230
(5) The office shall provide the public with access to 231
available federal, state, and local services and provide 232
stakeholders with a systemwide, global view of workforce related 233
program data across various programs through actionable 234
qualitative and quantitative information. The office shall: 235
(a) Minimize duplication and maximize the use of existing 236
resources by facilitating the adaptation and integration of 237
state information systems to improve usability and seamlessly 238
link to the consumer-first workforce system opportunity portal 239
and other compatible state information systems and applications 240
to help residents of the state: 241
1. Explore and identify career opportunities. 242
2. Identify in-demand jobs and associated earning 243
potential. 244
3. Identify the skills and credentials needed for specific 245
jobs. 246
4. Access a broad array of federal, state, and local 247
workforce related programs. 248
5. Determine the quality of workforce related programs 249
offered by public postsecondary educational instit utions and 250
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public and private training providers, based on employment, 251
wages, continued education, student loan debt, and receipt of 252
public assistance by graduates of workforce, certificate, or 253
degree programs. To gather this information, the office shall 254
review each workforce related program 1 year after the program's 255
first graduating class and every 5 years after the first review. 256
6. Identify opportunities and resources to support 257
individuals along their career pathway. 258
7. Provide information to help individuals understand 259
their potential earnings through paid employment and cope with 260
the loss of public assistance as they progress through career 261
pathways toward self -sufficiency. 262
8. Map the timing and magnitude of the loss of public 263
assistance for in-demand occupations across the state to help 264
individuals visualize how their incomes will increase over time 265
as they move toward self -sufficiency. 266
(b) Provide access to labor market data consistent with 267
the official information developed by the Labor Mark et 268
Estimating Conference and the Labor Market Statistics Center 269
within the Department of Economic Opportunity and provide 270
guidance on how to analyze the data, the appropriate use of the 271
data, and any limitations of the data, including instances in 272
which such data may not be used. 273
(c) Maximize the use of the consumer-first workforce 274
system opportunity portal at locations within the workforce 275
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development system. 276
(d) Maximize the use of available federal and private 277
funds appropriated for the development a nd initial operation of 278
the consumer-first workforce system opportunity portal. Any 279
incidental costs to state agencies must be derived from existing 280
resources. 281
(e) Annually, by December 1, 2022, and annually 282
thereafter, report to the Legislature on the i mplementation and 283
outcomes of the consumer-first workforce system opportunity 284
portal, including the increase of economic self -sufficiency of 285
individuals. 286
Section 2. Section 216.135, Florida Statutes, is amended 287
to read: 288
216.135 Use of official inform ation by state agencies and 289
the judicial branch. —Each state agency and the judicial branch 290
shall use the official information developed by the consensus 291
estimating conferences in carrying out their duties under the 292
state planning and budgeting system. State agencies, including 293
divisions, bureaus, and statutorily created entities thereof, 294
must ensure that any related work product is consistent with the 295
official information developed by the Economic Estimating 296
Conference, the Demographic Estimating Conference , and the Labor 297
Market Estimating Conference. 298
Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 299
216.136, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 300
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216.136 Consensus estimating conferences; duties and 301
principals.— 302
(7) LABOR MARKET ESTIMATING CONFERE NCE.— 303
(a) The Labor Market Estimating Conference shall develop 304
such official information with respect to real-time supply and 305
demand in Florida's statewide and, regional, and local labor 306
markets as the conference determines is needed by the state's 307
near-term and long-term state planning and budgeting system. 308
Such information must shall include labor supply by education 309
level, analyses of labor demand by occupational groups and 310
occupations compared to labor supply, and a ranking of critical 311
areas of concern, and identification of in -demand, high-skill, 312
middle-level to high-level wage occupations prioritized by level 313
of statewide or regional shortages. The Office of Economic and 314
Demographic Research is designated as the official lead for the 315
United States Census Bureau's State Data Center Program or its 316
successor. All state agencies shall must provide the Office of 317
Economic and Demographic Research with the necessary data to 318
accomplish the goals of the conference. In accordance with s. 319
216.135, state agencies must ensure that any related work 320
product regarding labor demand and supply is consistent with the 321
official information developed by the Labor Market Estimating 322
Conference created in s. 216.136. 323
Section 4. Section 220.198, Florida Statutes, is amended 324
to read: 325
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220.198 Experiential learning Internship tax credit 326
program.— 327
(1) This section may be cited as the "Florida Experiential 328
Learning Internship Tax Credit Program." 329
(2) As used in this section, the term: 330
(a) "Apprentice" has the same meaning as in s. 446.021(2).331
(b)(a) "Full time" means at least 30 hours per week. 332
(c) "Preapprentice" has the same meaning as in s. 333
446.021(1). 334
(d)(b) "Qualified business" means a business that is in 335
existence and has been continuously operating for at least 3 336
years. 337
(e)(c) "Student intern" means a person who has completed 338
at least 60 credit hours at a state university or 15 credit 339
hours at a Florida College System institution, regardless of 340
whether the student intern receives course credit for the 341
internship; a person who is enrolled in a career center operated 342
by a school district under s. 1001.44 or a charter technical 343
career center; or any graduate student enrolled at a state 344
university. 345
(3) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 346
2022, a qualified business is eligible for a credit against the 347
tax imposed by this chapter in the amount of $2,000 per 348
apprentice, preapprentice, or student intern if all of the 349
following apply: 350
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(a) The qualified business employed at least one 351
apprentice, preapprentice, or student intern in an 352
apprenticeship, preapprenticeship, or internship in which the 353
student intern worked full time in this state for at least 9 354
consecutive weeks, or the apprentice or preapprentice worked in 355
this state for at least 500 hours , and the qualified business 356
provides the department documentation evidencing each 357
apprenticeship, preapprenticeship, or internship claimed. The 358
department may require the taxpayer to provide the taxpayer's 359
Registered Apprenticeship Partners Information Data S ystem 360
program identification number and other necessary information, 361
which the department may verify with the Department of 362
Education. 363
(b) The qualified business provides the department 364
documentation for the current taxable year showing that at least 365
20 percent of the business' full -time employees were previously 366
employed by that business as apprentices, preapprentices, or 367
student interns. 368
(c) At the start of an internship, Each apprentice, 369
preapprentice, or student intern provides the qualified busine ss 370
with verification by the apprentice's, preapprentice's, or 371
student intern's state university, Florida College System 372
institution, career center operated by a school district under 373
s. 1001.44, or charter technical career center , or provider of 374
related technical instruction that the apprentice, 375
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preapprentice, or student intern is enrolled and maintains a 376
minimum grade point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale, if 377
applicable. The qualified business may accept a letter from the 378
applicable educational institution or provider of related 379
technical instruction stating that the apprentice, 380
preapprentice, or student intern is enrolled as evidence that 381
the apprentice, preapprentice, or student intern meets these 382
requirements. 383
(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3)(b), a qual ified business 384
that, on average for the 3 immediately preceding years, employed 385
10 or fewer full-time employees may receive the tax credit if it 386
provides documentation that it previously hired at least one 387
apprentice, preapprentice, or student intern and, for the 388
current taxable year, that it employs on a full -time basis at 389
least one employee who was previously employed by that qualified 390
business as an apprentice, preapprentice, or a student intern. 391
(5)(a) A qualified business , including all subsidiaries, 392
may not claim a tax credit of more than $10,000 in any one 393
taxable year. 394
(b) The combined total amount of tax credits which may be 395
granted to qualified businesses under this section is $2.5 396
million in each of state fiscal years 2021 -2022, and 2022-2023, 397
2023-2024, and 2024-2025. The department must approve the tax 398
credit prior to the taxpayer taking the credit on a return. The 399
department must approve credits on a first -come, first-served 400
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basis. 401
(6) The department may adopt rules , including emergency 402
rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4), governing the manner and form of 403
applications for the tax credit and establishing qualification 404
requirements for the tax credit. All conditions are deemed met 405
for the adoption of emergency rules pursuant to s. 120.54(4). 406
(7) A qualified business may carry forward any unused 407
portion of a tax credit under this section for up to 2 taxable 408
years. 409
Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (10) and subsection 410
(14) of section 413.615, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 411
413.615 Florida Endowment for Vocational Rehabilitation. — 412
(10) DISTRIBUTION OF MONEYS. —The board shall use the 413
moneys in the operating account, by whatever means, to provide 414
for: 415
(a)1. Planning, research, and policy development for 416
issues related to the empl oyment and training of disabled 417
citizens, and publication and dissemination of such information 418
as may serve the objectives of this section. 419
2. Research on the systems in the state that provide 420
services to persons with disabilities, including autism and 421
intellectual and developmental disabilities. The board shall 422
submit to the Legislature a report by December 1, 2023. The 423
report must: 424
a. Identify the current systems for service delivery to 425
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persons with disabilities, including operations, services, 426
coordination activities, and structures. 427
b. Identify barriers and obstacles in transportation for 428
persons with disabilities living in the home or receiving 429
community-based services for jobs, medical appointments, and 430
peer-to-peer groups. 431
c. Identify workforce issues related to direct support 432
professionals, behavioral or mental health specialists, health 433
care practitioners, and other individuals who assist with the 434
provision of services to persons with disabilities. 435
d. Examine the best practices for unifo rm and efficient 436
service delivery and the coordination of and transition among 437
systems, including transitioning out of high school. 438
e. Examine federal and state law and rules that impact or 439
limit supports or services for persons with disabilities. 440
f. Identify systemwide incongruency and inefficiencies in 441
service delivery. 442
g. Identify opportunities for job coaching and community 443
participation supports, including those opportunities for 444
individuals who cannot or choose not to go into the community 445
because of underlying issues. 446
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Any allocation of funds for research, advertising, or consulting 448
shall be subject to a competitive solicitation process. State 449
funds may not be used to fund events for private sector donors 450
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or potential donors or to honor suppor ters. 451
(14) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2027 452
2023, unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature. 453
Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section 454
445.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 455
445.003 Implementation of the federal Workforce Innovation 456
and Opportunity Act. — 457
(7) DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT. —The department shall adopt 458
rules to implement the requirements of this chapter, including: 459
(b) Initial and subsequent eligibility criteria, based on 460
input from the state board, local workforce development boards, 461
the Department of Education, and other stakeholders, for the 462
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act eligible training 463
provider list. This list directs training resources to programs 464
leading to employment i n high-demand and high-priority 465
occupations that provide economic security, particularly those 466
occupations facing a shortage of skilled workers. A training 467
provider who offers training to obtain a credential on the 468
Master Credentials List under s. 445.004( 4)(h) may not be 469
included on a state or local eligible training provider list if 470
the provider fails to submit the required information or fails 471
to meet initial or subsequent eligibility criteria. Subsequent 472
eligibility criteria must use the performance and outcome 473
measures defined and reported under s. 1008.40, to determine 474
whether each program offered by a training provider is qualified 475
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to remain on the list. 476
1. For the 2021-2022 program year, The Department of 477
Economic Opportunity and the Department of Education shall 478
establish the minimum criteria a training provider must achieve 479
for completion, earnings, and employment rates of eligible 480
participants. A provider must achieve the minimum criteria on at 481
least two of the minimum criteria for subsequent eli gibility. 482
The minimum program criteria may not exceed the threshold at 483
which more than 20 percent of all eligible training providers in 484
the state would fall below. 485
2. Beginning with the 2022 -2023 program year, each program 486
offered by a training provider must, at a minimum, meet all of 487
the following: 488
a. Income earnings for all individuals who complete the 489
program that are equivalent to or above the state's minimum wage 490
in a calendar quarter. 491
b. An employment rate of at least 75 percent for all 492
individuals. For programs linked to an occupation, the 493
employment rate is calculated based on obtaining employment in 494
the field in which the participant was trained. 495
c. A completion rate of at least 75 percent for all 496
individuals, beginning with the 2023 -2024 program year. 497
Section 7. Subsection (1), paragraph (h) of subsection 498
(4), and subsections (6) and (8) of section 445.004, Florida 499
Statutes, are amended, to read: 500
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445.004 CareerSource Florida, Inc., and the state board; 501
creation; purpose; membership; du ties and powers.— 502
(1) CareerSource Florida, Inc., is created as a not -for-503
profit corporation, which shall be registered, incorporated, 504
organized, and operated in compliance with chapter 617 and shall 505
operate at the direction of the state board. CareerSou rce 506
Florida, Inc., is not a unit or entity of state government and 507
is exempt from chapters 120 and 287. CareerSource Florida, Inc., 508
shall apply the procurement and expenditure procedures required 509
by federal law for the expenditure of federal funds. To the 510
extent permitted by state or federal law, CareerSource Florida, 511
Inc., in consultation with the department, shall assist the 512
state board in developing and administering streamlined and 513
collaborative approaches to workforce development that result in 514
cost savings and efficiencies throughout the state. CareerSource 515
Florida, Inc., shall be administratively housed within the 516
department and shall operate under agreement with the 517
department. The Legislature finds that public policy dictates 518
that CareerSource Flori da, Inc., operate in the most open and 519
accessible manner consistent with its public purpose. To this 520
end, the Legislature specifically declares that CareerSource 521
Florida, Inc., its board, councils, and any advisory committees 522
or similar groups created by C areerSource Florida, Inc., are 523
subject to the provisions of chapter 119 relating to public 524
records, and those provisions of chapter 286 relating to public 525
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meetings. 526
(4) 527
(h)1. The state board shall appoint a Credentials Review 528
Committee to identify nondegree credentials and degree 529
credentials of value for approval by the state board and 530
inclusion in the Master Credentials List. Such credentials must 531
include registered app renticeship programs, industry 532
certifications, including industry certifications for 533
agricultural occupations submitted pursuant to s. 570.07(43), 534
licenses, advanced technical certificates, college credit 535
certificates, career certificates, applied technolo gy diplomas, 536
associate degrees, baccalaureate degrees, and graduate degrees. 537
The Credentials Review Committee must include: 538
a. The Chancellor of the Division of Public Schools. 539
b. The Chancellor of the Division of Career and Adult 540
Education. 541
c. The Chancellor of the Florida College System. 542
d. The Chancellor of the State University System. 543
e. The director of the Office of Reimagining Education and 544
Career Help, who must serve as chair of the committee . 545
f. Four members from local workforce developm ent boards, 546
with equal representation from urban and rural regions. 547
g. Two members from nonpublic postsecondary institutions. 548
h. Two members from industry associations. 549
i. Two members from Florida -based businesses. 550
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j. Two members from the Departmen t of Economic 551
Opportunity. 552
k. One member from the Department of Agriculture and 553
Consumer Services. 554
2. All information pertaining to the Credentials Review 555
Committee, the process for the approval of credentials of value, 556
and the Master Credentials List must be made available and be 557
easily accessible to the public on all relevant state agency 558
websites. 559
3. The Credentials Review Committee shall establish a 560
definition for credentials of value and create a framework of 561
quality. The framework must align wit h federally funded 562
workforce accountability requirements and undergo biennial 563
review. 564
4. The criteria to determine value for nondegree 565
credentials should, at a minimum, require: 566
a. Evidence that the credential meets labor market demand 567
as identified by the Labor Market Statistics Center within the 568
Department of Economic Opportunity or the Labor Market 569
Estimating Conference created in s. 216.136 or meets local 570
demand as identified in the criteria adopted by the Credentials 571
Review Committee. Evidence to be considered by the Credentials 572
Review Committee must include employer information on present 573
credential use or emerging opportunities. 574
b. Evidence that the competencies mastered upon completion 575
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of the credential are aligned with labor market demand. 576
c. Evidence of the employment and earnings outcomes for 577
individuals after obtaining the credential. Earnings outcomes 578
must provide middle-level to high-level wages with preference 579
given to credentials generating high -level wages. Credentials 580
that do not meet the earnings outcomes criteria must be part of 581
a sequence of credentials that are required for the next level 582
occupation that does meet the earnings outcomes criteria in 583
order to be identified as a credential of value. For new 584
credentials, this criteria may be met with conditional 585
eligibility until measurable labor market outcomes are obtained. 586
5. The Credentials Review Committee shall establish the 587
criteria to determine value for degree programs. This criteria 588
must shall include evidence that the progr am meets statewide or 589
regional the labor market demand as identified by the Labor 590
Market Statistics Center within the Department of Economic 591
Opportunity or the Labor Market Estimating Conference created in 592
s. 216.136 or meets local demand as determined by the committee. 593
Such criteria, once available and applicable to baccalaureate 594
degrees and graduate degrees, must be used to designate programs 595
of emphasis under s. 1001.706 and to guide the development of 596
program standards and benchmarks under s. 1004.92. 597
6. The Credentials Review Committee shall establish a 598
process for prioritizing nondegree credentials and degree 599
programs based on critical statewide or regional shortages. 600
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7. The Credentials Review Committee shall establish a 601
process for: 602
a. At a minimum, quarterly review and approval of 603
credential applications. Approved credentials of value shall be 604
used by the committee to develop the Master Credentials List. 605
b. Annual review of the Master Credentials List. 606
c. Phasing out credentials on the Maste r Credentials List 607
that no longer meet the framework of quality. Credentials must 608
remain on the list for at least 1 year after identification for 609
removal. 610
d. Designating performance funding eligibility under ss. 611
1011.80 and 1011.81, based upon the highes t available 612
certification for postsecondary students. 613
e. Upon approval Beginning with the 2022 -2023 school year, 614
the state board shall submit the Master Credentials List to the 615
State Board of Education. The list must, at a minimum, identify 616
nondegree credentials and degree programs determined to be of 617
value for purposes of the CAPE Industry Certification Funding 618
List adopted under ss. 1008.44 and 1011.62(1); if the credential 619
or degree program meets statewide, regional, or local level 620
demand; the type of certificate, credential, or degree; and the 621
primary standard occupation classification code. For the 2021-622
2022 school year, the Master Credentials List shall be comprised 623
of the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List and the CAPE 624
Postsecondary Industry C ertification Funding List under ss. 625
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1008.44 and 1011.62(1) and adopted by the State Board of 626
Education before October 1, 2021. 627
8. The Credentials Review Committee shall establish a 628
process for linking Classifications of Instructional Programs 629
(CIP) to Standard Occupational Classifications (SOC) for all new 630
credentials of value identified on the Master Credentials List. 631
The CIP code aligns instructional programs to occupations. A CIP 632
to SOC link indicates that programs classified in the CIP code 633
category prepare individuals for jobs classified in the SOC code 634
category. The state board shall submit approved CIP to SOC 635
linkages to the State Board of Education with each credential 636
that is added to the Master Credentials List. 637
9. The Credentials Review Commit tee shall identify all 638
data elements necessary to collect information on credentials by 639
the Florida Education and Training Placement Program automated 640
system under s. 1008.39. 641
10. The Credentials Review Committee shall develop a 642
returned-value funding formula as provided under ss. 643
1011.80(7)(b) and 1011.81(2)(b). When developing the formula, 644
the committee may not penalize Florida College System 645
institutions or school districts if students postpone employment 646
to continue their education. 647
(6) The state board, in consultation with the department, 648
shall achieve the purposes of this section by: 649
(a) Creating a state employment, education, and training 650
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policy that ensures workforce related programs are responsive to 651
present and future business and industry needs and complement 652
the initiatives of Enterprise Florida, Inc. 653
(b) Establishing policy direction for a uniform funding 654
system that prioritizes evidence -based, results-driven solutions 655
by providing incentives to improve the outcomes of career 656
education, registered apprenticeship, and work -based learning 657
programs and that focuses resources on occupations related to 658
new or emerging industries that add greatly to the value of the 659
state's economy. 660
(c) Establishing a comprehensive policy related to the 661
education and training of target populations such as those who 662
have disabilities, are economically disadvantaged, receive 663
public assistance, are not proficient in English, or are 664
dislocated workers. This approach should ensure the effective 665
use of federal, state, local, and private resources in reducing 666
the need for public assistance by combining two or more sources 667
of funding to support workforce related programs or activities 668
for vulnerable populations. 669
(d) Identifying barriers to coordination and alignment 670
among workforce related programs and activities and developing 671
solutions to remove such barriers. 672
(e) Maintaining a Master Credentials List that: 673
1. Serves as a public and transparent inventory of state -674
approved credentials of value. 675
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2. Directs the use of federal and state funds for 676
workforce education and training programs that lead to approved 677
credentials of value. 678
3. Guides workforce education and training programs by 679
informing the public of the credentials that have value in the 680
current or future job market. 681
(f) Requiring administrative cost arrangements among 682
planning regions. 683
(g) Implementing consistent contract and procurement 684
policies and procedures. 685
(h) Requiring the use of a state -established template for 686
contracts or other method fo r ensuring all contract mechanisms 687
follow certain standards established by the state board. 688
(i) Leveraging buying power to achieve cost savings for 689
fringe benefits, including, but not limited to, health 690
insurance, life insurance, and retirement. 691
(8) Each October 15, Annually, beginning July 1, 2022, the 692
state board shall assign and make the public information 693
available and easily accessible on its website a letter grade 694
for each local workforce development board using the criteria 695
established by the Off ice of Reimagining Education and Career 696
Help under s. 14.36, including the most recently assigned letter 697
grade. 698
Section 8. Subsection (15) is added to section 445.007, 699
Florida Statutes, to read: 700
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445.007 Local workforce development boards. — 701
(15) Each local workforce development board shall create 702
an education and industry consortium composed of representatives 703
of educational entities and businesses in the designated service 704
delivery area. Each consortium shall provide quarterly reports 705
to the applicable local board which provide community -based 706
information related to educational programs and industry needs 707
to assist the local board in making decisions on programs, 708
services, and partnerships in the service delivery area. The 709
local board shall consider the information obtained from the 710
consortium to determine the most effective ways to grow, retain, 711
and attract talent to the service delivery area. The chair of 712
each local workforce development board shall appoint the 713
consortium members. A member of a loca l workforce development 714
board may not serve as a member of the consortium. Consortium 715
members shall be appointed for 2 -year terms beginning on January 716
1 of the year of appointment, and any vacancy on the consortium 717
must be filled for the remainder of the u nexpired term in the 718
same manner as the original appointment. 719
Section 9. Paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (8) of 720
section 445.009, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 721
445.009 One-stop delivery system. — 722
(8) 723
(a) Individual Training Accounts mu st be expended on 724
programs that prepare people to enter occupations identified by 725
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the Labor Market Statistics Center within the Department of 726
Economic Opportunity and the Labor Market Estimating Conference 727
created by s. 216.136, and on other programs recom mended and 728
approved by the state board following a review by the department 729
to determine the program's compliance with federal law. 730
(e) Training services provided through Individual Training 731
Accounts must be performance -based, with successful job 732
placement triggering final payment of at least 10 percent . 733
Section 10. Section 445.038, Florida Statutes, is amended 734
to read: 735
445.038 Digital media; job training. —CareerSource Florida, 736
Inc., through the Department of Economic Opportunity, may use 737
funds dedicated for incumbent worker training for the digital 738
media industry. Training may be provided by public or private 739
training providers for broadband digital media jobs listed on 740
the occupations list developed by the Labor Market Estimating 741
Conference or the Labor Market Statistics Center within the 742
Department of Economic Opportunity and on other programs 743
recommended and approved by the state board following a review 744
by the department to determine the program's compliance with 745
federal law. Programs that operat e outside the normal semester 746
time periods and coordinate the use of industry and public 747
resources must should be given priority status for funding. 748
Section 11. Subsection (2) of section 446.071, Florida 749
Statutes, is amended to read: 750
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446.071 Apprenticeship sponsors. — 751
(2) A local apprenticeship sponsor may be a committee, a 752
group of employers, an employer, or a group of employees, an 753
educational institution, a local workforce board, a community or 754
faith-based organization, an association, or any combination 755
thereof. 756
Section 12. Subsection (3) of section 446.0915, Florida 757
Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (4), subsection (2) is 758
amended, and a new subsection (3) is added to that section, to 759
read: 760
446.0915 Work-based learning opportunit ies.— 761
(2) A work-based learning opportunity must meet all of the 762
following criteria: 763
(a) Be developmentally appropriate. 764
(b) Identify learning objectives for the term of 765
experience. 766
(c) Explore multiple aspects of an industry. 767
(d) Develop workplace skills and competencies. 768
(e) Assess performance. 769
(f) Provide opportunities for work -based reflection. 770
(g) Link to next steps in career planning and preparation 771
in a student's chosen career pathway. 772
(h) Be provided in an equal and fair man ner. 773
(i) Be documented and reported in compliance with state 774
and federal labor laws. 775
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A work-based learning opportunity should prioritize paid 777
experiences, such as apprenticeship , and preapprenticeship, and 778
diversified education programs. 779
(3) Each district school board shall ensure that each 780
student enrolled in grades 9 through 12 has access to at least 781
one work-based learning opportunity. 782
Section 13. Section 446.54, Florida Statutes, is amended 783
to read: 784
446.54 Reimbursement for workers' compensat ion insurance 785
premiums.— 786
(1) A student 18 years of age or younger who is in a paid 787
work-based learning opportunity must shall be covered by the 788
workers' compensation insurance of his or her employer in 789
accordance with chapter 440. For purposes of chapter 440, a 790
school district or Florida College System institution is 791
considered the employer of a student 18 years of age or younger 792
who is providing unpaid services under a work -based learning 793
opportunity provided by the school district or Florida College 794
System institution. 795
(2) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Education 796
may reimburse employers, including school districts and Florida 797
College System institutions, may apply to the Department of 798
Financial Services for reimbursement of the proportionate cost 799
of workers' compensation premiums paid during the fiscal year 800
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for students participating in work-based learning opportunities 801
in the previous state fiscal year in accordance with department 802
rules. 803
(a) An application for reimbursement must include the 804
following information: 805
1. The number of students participating in work -based 806
learning opportunities with the employer, including the number 807
of students who are participating in paid and unpaid work -based 808
learning opportunities with the employer; 809
2. An attestation that: 810
a. The students were 18 years of age or younger during the 811
time when participating in the work -based learning opportunity. 812
b. For an employer who paid the students, the employer is 813
seeking reimbursement for the proportionate cost of workers' 814
compensation premiums related to those students only or, for a 815
school district or Florida College System institution that is 816
considered the employer, the employer is seeking reimbursement 817
for the proportionate cost of workers' compensation pre miums 818
related to those students only. 819
3. A description of the method used by the employer to 820
determine the proportionate share of the cost of workers' 821
compensation premiums attributable to students. 822
4. The total amount of reimbursement requested. 823
5. The employer's name, point of contact, and contact 824
information. 825
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6. A statement by the employer agreeing to maintain 826
documentation supporting the information in the application for 827
5 years. 828
7. Any other information requested by the department. 829
(b) Within 45 days after receipt of a complete 830
application, the Department of Financial Services must process 831
the application and provide the applicant with notification of 832
approval or denial of the application. The Department of 833
Financial Services shall coordina te with the educational 834
institution to verify the information on the application related 835
to the employer and the students participating in the work -based 836
learning opportunity. Reimbursements must be made on a first -837
come, first-served basis. 838
(c) For purposes of this section, the term "educational 839
institution" means a school as defined in s. 1003.01(2) operated 840
by a district school board, a charter school formed under s. 841
1002.33, a career center operated by a district school board 842
under s. 1001.44, a charte r technical career center under s. 843
1002.34, or a Florida College System institution listed in s. 844
1000.21(3). 845
Section 14. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 846
464.0195, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (c) is 847
added to subsection (2) and subsection (5) is added to that 848
section, to read: 849
464.0195 Florida Center for Nursing; goals. — 850
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(2) The primary goals for the center shall be to: 851
(a) Develop a strategic statewide plan for nursing 852
manpower in this state by: 853
1. Conducting a statisti cally valid biennial data -driven 854
gap analysis of the supply and demand of the health care 855
workforce. Demand must align with the Labor Market Estimating 856
Conference created in s. 216.136. The center shall: 857
a. Establish and maintain a database on nursing su pply and 858
demand in the state, to include current supply and demand. 859
b. Analyze the current and future supply and demand in the 860
state and the impact of this state's participation in the Nurse 861
Licensure Compact under s. 464.0095. 862
2. Developing recommenda tions to increase nurse faculty 863
and clinical preceptors, support nurse faculty development, and 864
promote advanced nurse education. 865
3. Developing best practices in the academic preparation 866
and continuing education needs of qualified nurse educators, 867
nurse faculty, and clinical preceptors. 868
4. Collecting data on nurse faculty, employment, 869
distribution, and retention. 870
5. Piloting innovative projects to support the 871
recruitment, development, and retention of qualified nurse 872
faculty and clinical preceptors. 873
6. Encouraging and coordinating the development of 874
academic-practice partnerships to support nurse faculty 875
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employment and advancement. 876
7. Developing distance learning infrastructure for nursing 877
education and advancing faculty competencies in the pedagog y of 878
teaching and the evidence -based use of technology, simulation, 879
and distance learning techniques. 880
(c) Convene various groups representative of nurses, other 881
health care providers, businesses and industries, consumers, 882
lawmakers, and educators to: 883
1. Review and comment on data analysis prepared for the 884
center. 885
2. Recommend systemic changes, including strategies for 886
implementation of recommended changes. 887
3. Evaluate and report the results of these efforts to the 888
Legislature and others. 889
(5) No later than each January 10, the center shall submit 890
to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of 891
the House of Representatives providing details of its activities 892
during the preceding calendar year in pursuit of its goals and 893
in the execution of its duties under subsection (2), including a 894
nursing education program report. 895
Section 15. Subsection (14) of section 1001.43, Florida 896
Statutes, is amended to read: 897
1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school 898
board.—The district school board may exercise the following 899
supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or 900
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State Board of Education rule. 901
(14) RECOGNITION OF ACADEMIC AND CAREER ACHIEVEMENT.— 902
(a) The Legislature recognizes the importance of promoting 903
student academic and career achievement, motivating students to 904
attain academic and career achievement, and providing positive 905
acknowledgment for that achievement. It is the intent of the 906
Legislature that school districts bestow the same level of 907
recognition to the state's academic and career scholars as to 908
its athletic scholars. 909
(b) The district school board is required encouraged to 910
adopt policies and procedures to celebrate the academic and 911
career workforce achievement of students by: 912
1. Declaring an "Academic Scholarship Signing Day" to 913
recognize the outstanding academic achievement of high school 914
seniors who sign a letter of intent to accept an academic 915
scholarship offered to the student by a postsecondary 916
educational institution. 917
2. Declaring a "College and Career Decision Day" to 918
recognize high school seniors for their postsecondary education 919
plans, to encourage early preparation for college, and to 920
encourage students to pursue advanced career pathways through 921
the attainment of industry certificat ions for which there are 922
statewide college credit articulation agreements. 923
3. Beginning with the 2023 -2024 school year, requiring 924
each high school to host an annual career fair during the school 925
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year and establish a process to provide students in grades 11 926
and 12 the opportunity to meet or interview with potential 927
employers during the career fair. The career fair must be held 928
on the campus of the high school, except that a group of high 929
schools in the district may hold a joint career fair to satisfy 930
the requirement in this subparagraph. The career fair must be 931
held during the school day. 932
933
District school board policies and procedures may include 934
conducting assemblies or other appropriate public events in 935
which students sign actual or ceremonial documents a ccepting 936
scholarships or enrollment. The district school board may 937
encourage holding such events in an assembly or gathering of the 938
entire student body as a means of making academic and career 939
success and recognition visible to all students. 940
Section 16. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section 941
1001.706, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 942
1001.706 Powers and duties of the Board of Governors. — 943
(5) POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ACCOUNTABILITY. — 944
(b) The Board of Governors shall develop a strategic plan 945
specifying goals and objectives for the State University System 946
and each constituent university, including each university's 947
contribution to overall system goals and objectives. The 948
strategic plan must: 949
1. Include performance metrics and s tandards common for 950
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all institutions and metrics and standards unique to 951
institutions depending on institutional core missions, 952
including, but not limited to, student admission requirements, 953
retention, graduation, percentage of graduates who have attained 954
employment, percentage of graduates enrolled in continued 955
education, licensure passage, average wages of employed 956
graduates, average cost per graduate, excess hours, student loan 957
burden and default rates, faculty awards, total annual research 958
expenditures, patents, licenses and royalties, intellectual 959
property, startup companies, annual giving, endowments, and 960
well-known, highly respected national rankings for institutional 961
and program achievements. 962
2. Consider reports and recommendations of the Florida 963
Talent Development Council under s. 1004.015 and the 964
Articulation Coordinating Committee under s. 1007.01 , and the 965
information provided by the Labor Market Statistics Center 966
within the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Labor 967
Market Estimating Confe rence. 968
3. Include student enrollment and performance data 969
delineated by method of instruction, including, but not limited 970
to, traditional, online, and distance learning instruction. 971
4. Include criteria for designating baccalaureate degree 972
and master's degree programs at specified universities as high -973
demand programs of emphasis. Once available and applicable to 974
baccalaureate degrees and graduate degrees The programs of 975
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emphasis list adopted by the Board of Governors before July 1, 976
2021, shall be used fo r the 2021-2022 academic year. Beginning 977
in the 2022-2023 academic year, the Board of Governors shall 978
adopt the criteria to determine value for and prioritization of 979
degree credentials and degree programs established by the 980
Credentials Review Committee und er s. 445.004 for designating 981
high-demand programs of emphasis. The Board of Governors must 982
review designated programs of emphasis, at a minimum, every 3 983
years to ensure alignment with the prioritization of degree 984
credentials and degree programs identified by the Credentials 985
Review Committee. 986
Section 17. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (3) of 987
section 1002.31, Florida Statutes, to read: 988
1002.31 Controlled open enrollment; public school parental 989
choice.— 990
(3) Each district school board shall adopt by rule and 991
post on its website the process required to participate in 992
controlled open enrollment. The process must: 993
(l) Enable a student who, in middle school, completed a 994
career and technical education course or an industry 995
certification included in t he CAPE Industry Certification 996
Funding List to continue a sequential program of career and 997
technical education in the same concentration, if a high school 998
in the district offers the program. 999
Section 18. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 1000
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1003.02, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1001
1003.02 District school board operation and control of 1002
public K-12 education within the school district. —As provided in 1003
part II of chapter 1001, district school boards are 1004
constitutionally and statutorily charged with the operation and 1005
control of public K-12 education within their school districts. 1006
The district school boards must establish, organize, and operate 1007
their public K-12 schools and educational programs, employees, 1008
and facilities. Their responsibilities in clude staff 1009
development, public K -12 school student education including 1010
education for exceptional students and students in juvenile 1011
justice programs, special programs, adult education programs, 1012
and career education programs. Additionally, district school 1013
boards must: 1014
(1) Provide for the proper accounting for all students of 1015
school age, for the attendance and control of students at 1016
school, and for proper attention to health, safety, and other 1017
matters relating to the welfare of students in the following 1018
areas: 1019
(i) Parental Notification of acceleration , academic, and 1020
career planning options.—At the beginning of each school year, 1021
notify parents of students in or entering high school and the 1022
students' parents, in a language that is understandable to 1023
students and parents, of the opportunity and benefits of 1024
advanced placement, International Baccalaureate, Advanced 1025
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International Certificate of Education, and dual enrollment 1026
courses; career and professional academies; career -themed 1027
courses; the career and technica l education pathway to earn a 1028
standard high school diploma under s. 1003.4282(10); work -based 1029
learning opportunities, including internships and apprenticeship 1030
and preapprenticeship programs; , and Florida Virtual School 1031
courses; and options for early gradua tion under s. 1003.4281 and 1032
provide those students and parents with guidance on accessing 1033
and utilizing the state's online career planning and work -based 1034
learning coordination system and the contact information of a 1035
certified school counselor who can advis e students on these 1036
options. 1037
Section 19. Paragraph (e) of subsection (1) of section 1038
1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1039
1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades 1040
promotion.— 1041
(1) In order for a student to be promoted to high scho ol 1042
from a school that includes middle grades 6, 7, and 8, the 1043
student must successfully complete the following courses: 1044
(e) One course in career and education planning to be 1045
completed in grades 6, 7, or 8, which may be taught by any 1046
member of the instruc tional staff. The course must be Internet -1047
based, customizable to each student, and include research -based 1048
assessments to assist students in determining educational and 1049
career options and goals. In addition, the course must result in 1050
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a completed personalize d academic and career plan for the 1051
student which must utilize, when available, the state's online 1052
career planning and work -based learning coordination system. The 1053
course must teach each student how to access and update the plan 1054
and encourage the student to access and update the plan at least 1055
once before the student's progression to high school and at 1056
least annually that may be revised as the student progresses 1057
through middle school and high school. The personalized academic 1058
and career plan; must emphasize the importance of 1059
entrepreneurship and employability skills ; and must include 1060
information from the Department of Economic Opportunity's 1061
economic security report under s. 445.07 and other state career 1062
planning resources. The required personalized academic an d 1063
career plan must inform students of high school graduation 1064
requirements, including a detailed explanation of the 1065
requirements for earning a high school diploma designation under 1066
s. 1003.4285 and the career and technical education pathway to 1067
earn a standard high school diploma under s. 1003.4282(10) ; the 1068
requirements for each scholarship in the Florida Bright Futures 1069
Scholarship Program; state university and Florida College System 1070
institution admission requirements; available opportunities to 1071
earn college credit in high school, including Advanced Placement 1072
courses; the International Baccalaureate Program; the Advanced 1073
International Certificate of Education Program; dual enrollment, 1074
including career dual enrollment; work-based learning 1075
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opportunities, includi ng internships and preapprenticeship and 1076
apprenticeship programs; and career education courses, including 1077
career-themed courses, preapprenticeship and apprenticeship 1078
programs, and course sequences that lead to industry 1079
certification pursuant to s. 1003.492 or s. 1008.44. The course 1080
may be implemented as a stand -alone course or integrated into 1081
another course or courses. 1082
Section 20. Subsections (3) through (9) of section 1083
1003.4203, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (2) 1084
through (8), respectiv ely, subsection (2) and present subsection 1085
(5) are amended, and paragraph (c) is added to present 1086
subsection (8) of that section, to read: 1087
1003.4203 Digital materials, CAPE Digital Tool 1088
certificates, and technical assistance. — 1089
(2) CAPE ESE DIGITAL TOOL S.—Each district school board, in 1090
consultation with the district school superintendent, shall make 1091
available digital and instructional materials, including 1092
software applications, to students with disabilities who are in 1093
prekindergarten through grade 12. Be ginning with the 2015 -2016 1094
school year: 1095
(a) Digital materials may include CAPE Digital Tool 1096
certificates, workplace industry certifications, and OSHA 1097
industry certifications identified pursuant to s. 1008.44 for 1098
students with disabilities; and 1099
(b) Each student's individual educational plan for 1100
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students with disabilities developed pursuant to this chapter 1101
must identify the CAPE Digital Tool certificates and CAPE 1102
industry certifications the student seeks to attain before high 1103
school graduation. 1104
(5) CAPE INNOVATION AND CAPE ACCELERATION. — 1105
(a) CAPE Innovation. —Courses, identified in the CAPE 1106
Industry Certification Funding List, that combine academic and 1107
career content, and performance outcome expectations that, if 1108
achieved by a student, shall articulate for college credit and 1109
be eligible for additional full -time equivalent membership under 1110
s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.c. Such approved courses must incorporate at 1111
least two third-party assessments that, if successfully 1112
completed by a student, shall articulate for coll ege credit. At 1113
least one of the two third -party assessments must be associated 1114
with an industry certification that is identified on the CAPE 1115
Industry Certification Funding List. Each course that is 1116
approved by the commissioner must be specifically identifi ed in 1117
the Course Code Directory as a CAPE Innovation Course. 1118
(4)(b) CAPE ACCELERATION.—Industry certifications that 1119
articulate for 15 or more college credit hours and, if 1120
successfully completed, are eligible for additional full -time 1121
equivalent membership under s. 1011.62(1)(o)1.d. Each approved 1122
industry certification must be specifically identified in the 1123
CAPE Industry Certification Funding List as a CAPE Acceleration 1124
Industry Certification. 1125
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(7)(8) PARTNERSHIPS.— 1126
(c) If an application submitted to the Credentials Review 1127
Committee does not meet the required standards, the Credentials 1128
Review Committee shall provide a notice of deficiency to the 1129
applicant and the provider who was identified as the point of 1130
contact provided on the application by the end of the next 1131
quarter after receipt of the application. 1132
Section 21. Subsection (11) of section 1003.4282, Florida 1133
Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (12), paragraph (e) of 1134
subsection (3) and paragraph (a) of subsection (8) are amended, 1135
and a new subsection (11) is added to that section, to read: 1136
1003.4282 Requirements for a standard high school 1137
diploma.— 1138
(3) STANDARD HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA; COURSE AND ASSESSMENT 1139
REQUIREMENTS.— 1140
(e) One credit in fine or performing arts, speech and 1141
debate, or career and technical education , or practical arts.—A 1142
The practical arts course that incorporates must incorporate 1143
artistic content and techniques of creativity, interpretation, 1144
and imagination satisfies the one credit requirement in fine or 1145
performing arts, speech and debate, or career and technical 1146
education. Eligible practical arts courses are identified in the 1147
Course Code Directory. 1148
(8) CAREER EDUCATION COURSES THAT SATISFY HIGH SCHOOL 1149
CREDIT REQUIREMENTS. — 1150
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(a) Participation in career education courses engages 1151
students in their high school education, increases academic 1152
achievement, enhances employability, and increases postsecondary 1153
success. The department shall develop, for approval by the State 1154
Board of Education, multiple, additional career education 1155
courses or a series of courses that meet the requirements set 1156
forth in s. 1003.493(2), (4), and (5) and this subsection and 1157
allow students to earn credit in both the career education 1158
course and courses required for high school graduation under 1159
this section and s. 1003.4281. 1160
1. The state board must determine at least biennially if 1161
sufficient academic standards are covered to warrant the award 1162
of academic credit, including satisfaction of graduation, 1163
assessment, and state university admissions requirements under 1164
this section. 1165
2. Career education courses must: 1166
a. Include workforce and digital literacy skills. 1167
b. Integrate required course content with practical 1168
applications and designated rigorous coursework that results in 1169
one or more industry certific ations or clearly articulated 1170
credit or advanced standing in a 2 -year or 4-year certificate or 1171
degree program, which may include high school junior and senior 1172
year work-related internships or apprenticeships. The department 1173
shall negotiate state licenses f or material and testing for 1174
industry certifications. 1175
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The instructional methodology used in these courses must 1177
comprise authentic projects, problems, and activities for 1178
contextual academic learning and emphasize workplace skills 1179
identified under s. 445.06. 1180
3. A student who earns credit upon completion of an 1181
apprenticeship or preapprenticeship program registered with the 1182
Department of Education under chapter 446 may use such credit to 1183
satisfy the high school graduation credit requirements in 1184
paragraph (3)(e) or paragraph (3)(g). The state board shall 1185
approve and identify in the Course Code Directory the 1186
apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs from which earned 1187
credit may be used pursuant to this subparagraph. 1188
4. The State Board of Education shall, b y rule, establish 1189
a process that enables a student to receive work -based learning 1190
or credit in electives for completing a threshold level of 1191
demonstrable participation in extracurricular activities 1192
associated with career and technical student organizations . 1193
Work-based learning or credit in electives for extracurricular 1194
activities or supervised agricultural experiences may not be 1195
limited by grade level. 1196
(11) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION CREDIT. —The Department 1197
of Education shall convene a workgroup to: 1198
(a) Identify best practices in career and technical 1199
education pathways from middle school to high school to aid 1200
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middle school students in career planning and facilitate their 1201
transition to high school programs. The career pathway must be 1202
linked to postsecondary programs. 1203
(b) Establish three mathematics pathways for students 1204
enrolled in secondary grades by aligning mathematics courses to 1205
programs, postsecondary education, and careers. The workgroup 1206
shall collaborate to identify the three mathematics pathwa ys and 1207
the mathematics course sequence within each pathway which align 1208
to the mathematics skills needed for success in the 1209
corresponding academic programs, postsecondary education, and 1210
careers. 1211
Section 22. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 1212
1003.4285, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1213
1003.4285 Standard high school diploma designations. — 1214
(1) Each standard high school diploma shall include, as 1215
applicable, the following designations if the student meets the 1216
criteria set forth for the desig nation: 1217
(b) Industry Scholar Merit designation.—In addition to the 1218
requirements of s. 1003.4282, in order to earn the Industry 1219
Scholar Merit designation, a student must attain one or more 1220
industry certifications from the list established under s. 1221
1003.492. 1222
Section 23. Subsection (3) of section 1003.491, Florida 1223
Statutes, is amended to read: 1224
1003.491 Florida Career and Professional Education Act. —1225
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The Florida Career and Professional Education Act is created to 1226
provide a statewide planning partnership between the business 1227
and education communities in order to attract, expand, and 1228
retain targeted, high -value industry and to sustain a strong, 1229
knowledge-based economy. 1230
(3) The strategic 3 -year plan developed jointly by the 1231
local school district, local wor kforce development boards, 1232
economic development agencies, and state -approved postsecondary 1233
institutions must shall be constructed and based on: 1234
(a) Research conducted to objectively determine local and 1235
regional workforce needs for the ensuing 3 years, us ing labor 1236
projections as identified by the Labor Market Statistics Center 1237
within the Department of Economic Opportunity and the Labor 1238
Market Estimating Conference as factors in the criteria for the 1239
plan created in s. 216.136 ; 1240
(b) Strategies to develop an d implement career academies 1241
or career-themed courses based on occupations identified by the 1242
Labor Market Statistics Center within the Department of Economic 1243
Opportunity and the Labor Market Estimating Conference created 1244
in s. 216.136; 1245
(c) Strategies to provide shared, maximum use of private 1246
sector facilities and personnel; 1247
(d) Strategies to that ensure instruction by industry -1248
certified faculty and standards and strategies to maintain 1249
current industry credentials and for recruiting and retaining 1250
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faculty to meet those standards; 1251
(e) Strategies to provide personalized student advisement, 1252
including a parent-participation component, and coordination 1253
with middle grades to promote and support career -themed courses 1254
and education planning; 1255
(f) Alignment of requirements for middle school career 1256
planning, middle and high school career and professional 1257
academies or career-themed courses leading to industry 1258
certification or postsecondary credit, and high school 1259
graduation requirements; 1260
(g) Provisions to ensure that career-themed courses and 1261
courses offered through career and professional academies are 1262
academically rigorous, meet or exceed appropriate state -adopted 1263
subject area standards, result in attainment of industry 1264
certification, and, when appropriate, res ult in postsecondary 1265
credit; 1266
(h) Plans to sustain and improve career -themed courses and 1267
career and professional academies; 1268
(i) Strategies to improve the passage rate for industry 1269
certification examinations if the rate falls below 50 percent; 1270
(j) Strategies to recruit students into career -themed 1271
courses and career and professional academies which include 1272
opportunities for students who have been unsuccessful in 1273
traditional classrooms but who are interested in enrolling in 1274
career-themed courses or a care er and professional academy. 1275
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School boards shall provide opportunities for students who may 1276
be deemed as potential dropouts or whose cumulative grade point 1277
average drops below a 2.0 to enroll in career -themed courses or 1278
participate in career and profession al academies. Such students 1279
must be provided in-person academic advising that includes 1280
information on career education programs by a certified school 1281
counselor or the school principal or his or her designee during 1282
any semester the students are at risk of d ropping out or have a 1283
cumulative grade point average below a 2.0; 1284
(k) Strategies to provide sufficient space within 1285
academies to meet workforce needs and to provide access to all 1286
interested and qualified students; 1287
(l) Strategies to implement career -themed courses or 1288
career and professional academy training that lead to industry 1289
certification in juvenile justice education programs; 1290
(m) Opportunities for high school students to earn 1291
weighted or dual enrollment credit for higher -level career and 1292
technical courses; 1293
(n) Promotion of the benefits of the Gold Seal Bright 1294
Futures Scholarship; 1295
(o) Strategies to ensure the review of district pupil -1296
progression plans and to amend such plans to include career -1297
themed courses and career and professional academy c ourses and 1298
to include courses that may qualify as substitute courses for 1299
core graduation requirements and those that may be counted as 1300
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elective courses; 1301
(p) Strategies to provide professional development for 1302
secondary certified school counselors on the b enefits of career 1303
and professional academies and career -themed courses that lead 1304
to industry certification; and 1305
(q) Strategies to redirect appropriated career funding in 1306
secondary and postsecondary institutions to support career 1307
academies and career -themed courses that lead to industry 1308
certification. 1309
Section 24. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and paragraph 1310
(a) of subsection (2) of section 1003.5716, Florida Statutes, 1311
are amended to read: 1312
1003.5716 Transition to postsecondary education and career 1313
opportunities.—All students with disabilities who are 3 years of 1314
age to 21 years of age have the right to a free, appropriate 1315
public education. As used in this section, the term "IEP" means 1316
individual education plan. 1317
(1) To ensure quality planning for a su ccessful transition 1318
of a student with a disability to postsecondary education and 1319
career opportunities, during the student's seventh grade year or 1320
when the student attains the age of 12, whichever occurs first, 1321
an IEP team shall begin the process of, and d evelop an IEP for, 1322
identifying the need for transition services before the student 1323
with a disability enters high school or attains the age of 14 1324
years, whichever occurs first, in order for his or her 1325
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postsecondary goals and career goals to be identified. T he plan 1326
must be operational and in place to begin implementation on the 1327
first day of the student's first year in high school. This 1328
process must include, but is not limited to: 1329
(b) Preparation for the student to graduate from high 1330
school with a standard h igh school diploma pursuant to s. 1331
1003.4282 with a Scholar designation unless the parent chooses 1332
an Industry Scholar a Merit designation; and 1333
(2) Beginning not later than the first IEP to be in effect 1334
when the student enters high school, attains the age of 14, or 1335
when determined appropriate by the parent and the IEP team, 1336
whichever occurs first, the IEP must include the following 1337
statements that must be updated annually: 1338
(a) A statement of intent to pursue a standard high school 1339
diploma and a Scholar or an Industry Scholar Merit designation, 1340
pursuant to s. 1003.4285, as determined by the parent. 1341
1. The statement must document discussion of the process 1342
for a student with a disability who meets the requirements for a 1343
standard high school diploma to defer the receipt of such 1344
diploma pursuant to s. 1003.4282(9)(c). 1345
2. For the IEP in effect at the beginning of the school 1346
year the student is expected to graduate, the statement must 1347
include a signed statement by the parent, the guardian, or the 1348
student, if the student has reached the age of majority and 1349
rights have transferred to the student, that he or she 1350
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understands the process for deferment and identifying if the 1351
student will defer the receipt of his or her standard high 1352
school diploma. 1353
Section 25. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 1354
1004.013, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1355
1004.013 SAIL to 60 Initiative. — 1356
(3) There is created within the SAIL to 60 Initiative the 1357
Strategic Efforts to Achieve Self -Sufficiency (SEAS) which 1358
consists of: 1359
(a) The consumer-first workforce system opportunity portal 1360
under s. 14.36, which provides the public with more effective 1361
access to available federal, state, and local services and a 1362
systemwide, global view of workforce related program data across 1363
various programs through actionable qualitative and quantitative 1364
information. 1365
Section 26. Subsection (7) is added to section 1004.015, 1366
Florida Statutes, to read: 1367
1004.015 Florida Talent Development Council. — 1368
(7) The council shall identify barriers and bes t practices 1369
in the facilitation of work -based learning opportunities for 1370
students in middle and high school. By December 1, 2023, the 1371
council shall submit to the Governor, the President of the 1372
Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives 1373
recommendations on best practices for collaboration between 1374
district school boards, local workforce development boards, and 1375
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local businesses and business groups. The recommendations must 1376
include any necessary legislative action to facilitate work -1377
based learning opportunities for students in middle and high 1378
school, including the identification of potential targeted 1379
financial incentives that may help to facilitate work -based 1380
learning opportunities for students. 1381
Section 27. Paragraph (f) of subsection (3) of sect ion 1382
1008.41, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (g), and 1383
a new paragraph (f) is added to that subsection, to read: 1384
1008.41 Workforce education; management information 1385
system.— 1386
(3) Planning and evaluation of job -preparatory programs 1387
shall be based on standard sources of data and use standard 1388
occupational definitions and coding structures, including, but 1389
not limited to: 1390
(f) The Labor Market Statistics Center within the 1391
Department of Economic Opportunity. 1392
Section 28. Subsections (1) and ( 4) of section 1008.44, 1393
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 1394
1008.44 CAPE Industry Certification Funding List. — 1395
(1) The State Board of Education shall adopt, at least 1396
annually, based upon recommendations by the Commissioner of 1397
Education, the CAPE Indu stry Certification Funding List that 1398
assigns additional full -time equivalent membership to 1399
certifications identified in the Master Credentials List under 1400
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s. 445.004(4) that meets a statewide, regional, or local demand , 1401
and courses that lead to such certifi cations, in accordance with 1402
s. 1011.62(1)(o). Additional full-time equivalent membership 1403
funding for regional and local demand certifications and courses 1404
that lead to such certifications may only be earned in those 1405
areas with regional or local demand as id entified by the 1406
Credentials Review Committee. The CAPE Industry Certification 1407
Funding List may include the following certificates and, 1408
certifications, and courses: 1409
(a) CAPE industry certifications identified as credentials 1410
of value that meet the framewor k of quality under s. 445.004(4), 1411
that must be applied in the distribution of funding to school 1412
districts under s. 1011.62(1)(o). The CAPE Industry 1413
Certification Funding List shall incorporate by reference the 1414
industry certifications on the career pathways list approved for 1415
the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award. 1416
(b) CAPE Digital Tool certificates selected by the 1417
department under s. 1003.4203(2) s. 1003.4203(3) that do not 1418
articulate for college credit. The certificates must shall be 1419
made available to students in elementary school and middle 1420
school grades and, if earned by a student, must shall be 1421
eligible for additional full -time equivalent membership under s. 1422
1011.62(1)(o)1. The department shall annually review available 1423
assessments that meet the requirements for inclusion on the 1424
list. 1425
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(c) CAPE ESE Digital Tool certificates, workplace industry 1426
certifications, and OSHA industry certifications for students 1427
with disabilities under s. 1003.4203(2). Such certificates and 1428
certifications shall, if earned by a student, be eligible for 1429
additional full-time equivalent membership under s. 1430
1011.62(1)(o)1. 1431
(d) CAPE Innovation Courses that combine academic and 1432
career performance outcomes with embedded industry 1433
certifications under s. 1003.42 03(5)(a). Such courses shall, if 1434
completed by a student, be eligible for additional full -time 1435
equivalent membership under s. 1011.62(1)(o)1. 1436
(c)(e) CAPE Acceleration Industry Certifications that 1437
articulate for 15 or more college credit hours under s. 1438
1003.4203(4) s. 1003.4203(5)(b). Such certifications must shall, 1439
if successfully completed, be eligible for additional full -time 1440
equivalent membership under s. 1011.62(1)(o)1. 1441
(d)(f) The Commissioner of Education shall conduct a 1442
review of the methodology us ed to determine additional full -time 1443
equivalent membership weights assigned in s. 1011.62(1)(o) and, 1444
if necessary, recommend revised weights. The weights must factor 1445
in the prioritization of critical shortages of labor market 1446
demand and middle-level to high-level wage earning outcomes as 1447
identified by the Credentials Review Committee under s. 445.004. 1448
The results of the review and the commissioner's recommendations 1449
must be submitted to the Governor, the President of the Senate, 1450
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and the Speaker of the House of Representatives no later than 1451
December 1, 2023 2021. 1452
(4)(a) CAPE industry certifications and CAPE Digital Tool 1453
certificates placed on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding 1454
List must include the version of the certifications and 1455
certificates availabl e at the time of the adoption and, without 1456
further review and approval, include the subsequent updates to 1457
the certifications and certificates on the approved list, unless 1458
the certifications and certificates are specifically removed 1459
from the CAPE Industry C ertification Funding List by the 1460
Commissioner of Education. 1461
(b) The Commissioner of Education may limit CAPE industry 1462
certifications and CAPE Digital Tool certificates to students in 1463
certain grades based on formal recommendations by providers of 1464
CAPE industry certifications and CAPE Digital Tool certificates . 1465
(c) The Articulation Coordinating Committee shall review 1466
statewide articulation agreement proposals for industry 1467
certifications and make recommendations to the State Board of 1468
Education for approval . After an industry certification is 1469
approved by CareerSource Florida, Inc., under s. 445.004(4), the 1470
Chancellor of Career and Adult Education, within 90 days, must 1471
provide to the Articulation Coordinating Committee 1472
recommendations for articulation of post secondary credit for 1473
related degrees for the approved certifications. 1474
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1009.77, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (10) 1476
through (12), respectively, paragraph (c) of subsection (1), 1477
paragraph (a) of subsection (8), and present subsection (9) are 1478
amended, and a new subsection (9) is added to that section, to 1479
read: 1480
1009.77 Florida Work Experience Program. — 1481
(1) There is established the Florida Work Experience 1482
Program to be administered by t he Department of Education. The 1483
purpose of the program is to introduce eligible students to work 1484
experience that will complement and reinforce their educational 1485
program and career goals and provide a self -help student aid 1486
program that reduces student loan indebtedness. Additionally, 1487
the program's opportunities for employment at a student's school 1488
will serve as a retention tool because students employed on 1489
campus are more likely to complete their postsecondary 1490
education. The program shall be available to: 1491
(c) Any postsecondary student attending a career center 1492
operated by a district school board under s. 1001.44 or a 1493
charter technical career center under s. 1002.34 ; or 1494
(8) A student is eligible to participate in the Florida 1495
Work Experience Program if the student: 1496
(a) Is enrolled: 1497
1. At an eligible college or university as no less than a 1498
half-time undergraduate student in good standing; 1499
2. In an eligible postsecondary career certificate or 1500
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applied technology diploma program as no less than a half -time 1501
student in good standing. Eligible programs must be approved by 1502
the Department of Education and must consist of no less than 450 1503
clock hours of instruction. Such programs must be offered by a 1504
career center operated by a district school board under s. 1505
1001.44, a charter technical career center under s. 1002.34, or 1506
by a Florida College System institution; or 1507
3. At an educator preparation institute established under 1508
s. 1004.85 as no less than a half -time student in good standing. 1509
1510
However, a student may be employed during the break between two 1511
consecutive terms or employed, although not enrolled, during a 1512
term if the student was enrolled at least half time during the 1513
preceding term and preregisters as no less than a half -time 1514
student for the subsequent acade mic term. A student who attends 1515
an institution that does not provide preregistration shall 1516
provide documentation of intent to enroll as no less than a 1517
half-time student for the subsequent academic term. 1518
(9) A participating postsecondary education institu tion is 1519
encouraged to provide academic credit to students who 1520
participate in the program, subject to State Board of Education 1521
rule. 1522
(10)(9) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules for 1523
the program as are necessary for its administration, for the 1524
determination of eligibility and selection of institutions to 1525
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receive funds for students, to ensure the proper expenditure of 1526
funds, and to provide an equitable distribution of funds between 1527
students at public and independent colleges and universities , 1528
and career centers operated by district school boards under s. 1529
1001.44, and charter technical career centers under s. 1002.34 . 1530
Section 30. Section 1009.771, Florida Statutes, is created 1531
to read: 1532
1009.771 Workforce education partnership programs .— 1533
(1) A state university may establish a workforce education 1534
partnership program to provide assistance to a student who is 1535
enrolled at the state university and employed by a private 1536
employer participating in the program to allow the student to 1537
graduate from the st ate university without student loans. The 1538
Board of Governors shall create a template for a state 1539
university to establish such a program. The Board of Governors 1540
shall consult with state and local workforce and economic 1541
development agencies to develop the te mplate. The template must 1542
include all of the following: 1543
(a) The process for a private employer to participate in 1544
the program. 1545
(b) Student eligibility criteria, including that a student 1546
be enrolled in a degree -granting program at a state university 1547
on at least a half-time basis and be a paid employee of a 1548
private employer participating in the program. 1549
(c) The process for an eligible student to enroll in the 1550
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program. 1551
(d) Guidance and requirements for the state university and 1552
private employer to: 1553
1. Each designate a mentor to assist participating 1554
students. 1555
2. Create a process to make a housing stipend available to 1556
participating students. 1557
3. Create a process to provide life management and 1558
professional skills training to participating students. 1559
(e) The requirement that a private employer establish an 1560
educational assistance program pursuant to s. 127 of the 1561
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and provide tuition assistance for 1562
a student enrolled at the state university while such student 1563
works for the private employer up to the maximum amount that the 1564
employer may exclude from the employer's gross income under that 1565
section. 1566
(f) The requirement that the state university work with 1567
participating students to ensure that they have applied for and 1568
are receiving the maximum amount of financial aid in the form of 1569
scholarships and grants. 1570
(g) The requirement that the state university and private 1571
employer seek out additional sources of funding to pay for 1572
remaining costs for participating students. 1573
(2) The Board of Governors shall evaluate the 1574
effectiveness of workforce education partnership programs 1575
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established pursuant to this section to determine whether 1576
additional training and employment programs may use the template 1577
created pursuant to subsection (1) to esta blish a workforce 1578
education partnership program. 1579
(3) The Board of Governors shall adopt regulations to 1580
administer this section. 1581
Section 31. Section 1009.895, Florida Statutes, is amended 1582
to read: 1583
1009.895 Open Door Grant Program. — 1584
(1) As used in this section, the term: 1585
(a) "Cost of the program" means the cost of tuition, fees, 1586
examination, books, and materials to a student enrolled in an 1587
eligible program. 1588
(b) "Department" means the Department of Education. 1589
(c) "Institution" means school dist rict postsecondary 1590
technical career centers under s. 1001.44, Florida College 1591
System institutions under s. 1000.21(3), charter technical 1592
career centers under s. 1002.34, and school districts with 1593
eligible integrated education and training programs. 1594
(d) "Program" means a noncredit industry certification 1595
preparation, clock hour career certificate programs, or for -1596
credit short-term career and technical education programs that 1597
result in the award of credentials identified under s. 1598
445.004(4). 1599
(e) "Student" means a person who is a resident of this 1600
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state as determined under s. 1009.21 and is unemployed, 1601
underemployed, or furloughed. 1602
(1)(2) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE. —The Open Door Grant Program 1603
is established and shall be administered by participating 1604
institutions in accordance with rules of the State Board of 1605
Education. The program is created to incentivize for the purpose 1606
of: 1607
(a) Creating and sustaining a demand -driven supply of 1608
credentialed workers for high -demand occupations by addressing 1609
and closing the gap between the skills needed by workers in the 1610
state and the skills of the available workforce in the state. 1611
(b) Expanding the affordability of workforce training and 1612
credentialing. 1613
(c) Increasing the interest of current and future workers 1614
to enroll in short-term, high-demand career and technical 1615
education that leads to a credential, credentialing and 1616
certificate, or degree programs. 1617
(2) ELIGIBILITY.—In order to be eligible for the program, 1618
a student must: 1619
(a) Meet the requirements under s. 1009.40(1 )(a)2. and 3.; 1620
(b) Be enrolled in an integrated education and training 1621
program in which institutions establish partnerships with local 1622
workforce development boards to provide basic skills 1623
instruction, contextually and concurrently, with workforce 1624
training that results in the award of credentials under s. 1625
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445.004(4) or a workforce education program as defined under s. 1626
1011.80(1)(b)-(f) that is included on the Master Credentials 1627
List under s. 445.004(4); and 1628
(c) Be enrolled at a school district postsecond ary 1629
technical career center under s. 1001.44, a Florida College 1630
System institution under s. 1000.21(3), or a charter technical 1631
career center under s. 1002.34. 1632
1633
An institution may not impose additional criteria to determine a 1634
student's eligibility to receive a grant under this section. 1635
(3) GRANT AWARD.—A student is eligible to receive a 1636
maximum award equal to the amount needed to cover 100 percent of 1637
tuition and fees, exam or assessment costs, books, and related 1638
materials for eligible programs after all other federal and 1639
state financial aid is applied. In addition, a student may 1640
receive a stipend up to $1,500, or an amount specified in the 1641
General Appropriations Act, per academic year to cover other 1642
education expenses related to the institutional cost of 1643
attendance. The institution shall make awards and stipends 1644
subject to availability of funding. Returning students must be 1645
given priority over new students. 1646
(4) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS. — 1647
(a) For the 2023-2024 fiscal year, funding for eligible 1648
institutions must consist of a base amount provided for in the 1649
General Appropriations Act plus each institution's proportionate 1650
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share of full-time equivalent students enrolled in career and 1651
technical education programs. Beginning in fiscal year 2024 -1652
2025, the funds appropriated for the Open Door Grant Program 1653
must be distributed to eligible institutions in accordance with 1654
a formula approved by the State Board of Education. The formula 1655
must consider at least the prior year's distribution of funds 1656
and the number of eligible applicants who did not receive 1657
awards. 1658
(b) Subject to the appropriation of funds by the 1659
Legislature, the Department of Education shall transmit payment 1660
of grants to the institution in advance of the registration 1661
period. Institutions shall notify students of the amount of 1662
their awards. 1663
(c) The eligibility status of each student to receive a 1664
disbursement must be determined by each institution as of the 1665
end of its regular registration period, inclusive of a drop -add 1666
period. Institutions may not be required to reevaluate a 1667
student's eligibility status after this date for purposes of 1668
changing eligibility determinations previously made. 1669
(d) Each term, institutions shall certify to the 1670
department within 30 days after the end of the regular 1671
registration period the amount of funds disbursed to each 1672
student. Institutions shall remit to the department any 1673
undisbursed advances for the fall, spring, and summer terms 1674
within 30 days after the end of the summer term. 1675
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(5) INSTITUTIONAL REPORTING. —Each institution shall report 1676
to the department by the established date: 1677
(a) The number of students eligible for the program for 1678
each academic term. Each institution shall also report to the 1679
department any necessary demographic and eligibility data for 1680
students; and 1681
(3) The department shall provide grants to institutions on 1682
a first-come, first-serve basis for students who enroll in an 1683
eligible program. The department shall prioritize funding for 1684
integrated education and training programs in which institutions 1685
establish partnerships with local workforce development boards 1686
to provide basic skills instruction, contextually and 1687
concurrently, with workforce training that results in the award 1688
of credentials under s. 445.004(4). One -quarter of the 1689
appropriated funds m ust be prioritized to serve students 1690
attending rural institutions. No more than one -quarter of the 1691
appropriated funds may be disbursed annually to any eligible 1692
institution. 1693
(4) Subject to the availability of funds: 1694
(a) A student who enrolls in an eligi ble program offered 1695
by an institution and who does not receive state or federal 1696
financial aid may apply for and be awarded a grant to cover two -1697
thirds of the cost of the program, if at the time of enrollment 1698
the student pays one -third of the cost of the pr ogram and signs 1699
an agreement to either complete the program or pay an additional 1700
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one-third of the cost of the program in the event of 1701
noncompletion. The department shall reimburse the institution in 1702
an amount equal to one -third of the cost of the program u pon a 1703
student's completion of the program. An additional one -third 1704
shall be provided upon attainment of a workforce credential or 1705
certificate by the student. Grant funds may be used to cover the 1706
student's one-third of the cost of the program for students i n 1707
integrated education and training programs and students who do 1708
not have a high school diploma and meet the requirements 1709
established by the department. An institution may cover the 1710
student's one-third of the cost of the program based on student 1711
need, as determined by the institution. 1712
(b) A student receiving state or federal financial aid who 1713
enrolls in an eligible program offered by an institution may 1714
apply for and be awarded a grant to cover the unmet need of the 1715
cost of the program after the applicatio n of all eligible 1716
financial aid. Financial aid and grants received by the student 1717
shall be credited first to the student's costs before the award 1718
of an open door grant. After a student is enrolled in an 1719
eligible program, the department shall award the gran t to the 1720
institution for the amount of unmet need for the eligible 1721
student. 1722
(5) The department may not reimburse any institution more 1723
than $3,000 per completed workforce training program by an 1724
eligible student. 1725
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(6) The department shall administer the g rant and shall 1726
carry out the goals and purposes of the grant set forth in 1727
subsection (2). In administering the grant, the department 1728
shall: 1729
(a) Require eligible institutions to provide student -1730
specific data. 1731
(b) Undertake periodic assessments of the ov erall success 1732
of the grant program and recommend modifications, interventions, 1733
and other actions based on such assessments. 1734
(c) Establish the procedure by which eligible institutions 1735
shall notify the department when eligible students enroll in 1736
eligible programs. 1737
(d) Require each eligible institution to submit a report 1738
with 1739
(b) Data from the previous fiscal year on program 1740
completion and credential attainment by students participating 1741
in the grant program that, at a minimum, includes: 1742
1. A list of the programs offered. 1743
2. The number of students who enrolled in the programs. 1744
3. The number of students who completed the programs. 1745
4. The number of students who attained workforce 1746
credentials, categorized by credential name and relevant 1747
occupation, after completing training programs. 1748
5. The average cost per workforce credential attained, 1749
categorized by credential name and relevant occupation. 1750
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(6)(7) REPORTING.—The department shall compile the data 1751
provided under paragraph (5)(b) (6)(d) and annually report such 1752
aggregate data, in the aggregate and categorize such information 1753
by eligible institution, to the State Board of Education. The 1754
report shall also include information on the average wage, age, 1755
gender, race, ethnicity, veteran status, and other relevant 1756
information, of students who have completed workforce training 1757
programs categorized by credential name and relevant occupation. 1758
(7)(8) RULES.—The State Board of Education shall adopt 1759
rules to implement this section. 1760
Section 32. Paragraph (o) of subsection (1) of section 1761
1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1762
1011.62 Funds for operation of schools. —If the annual 1763
allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 1764
district for operation of schools is not determined in the 1765
annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 1766
the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 1767
follows: 1768
(1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR 1769
OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in 1770
determining the annual allocation to each district for 1771
operation: 1772
(o) Calculation of additional full -time equivalent 1773
membership based on successful completion of a career -themed 1774
course pursuant to ss. 1003.491, 1003.492, and 1003.493, or 1775
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courses with embedded CAPE indus try certifications or CAPE 1776
Digital Tool certificates, and issuance of industry 1777
certification identified on the CAPE Industry Certification 1778
Funding List pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of 1779
Education or CAPE Digital Tool certificates pursuant to s. 1780
1003.4203.— 1781
1.a. A value of 0.025 full -time equivalent student 1782
membership shall be calculated for CAPE Digital Tool 1783
certificates earned by students in elementary and middle school 1784
grades. 1785
b. A value of 0.1 or 0.2 full -time equivalent student 1786
membership shall be calculated for each student who completes a 1787
course as defined in s. 1003.493(1)(b) or courses with embedded 1788
CAPE industry certifications and who is issued an industry 1789
certification identified annually on the CAPE Industry 1790
Certification Funding List approved under rules adopted by the 1791
State Board of Education. A value of 0.2 full -time equivalent 1792
membership shall be calculated for each student who is issued a 1793
CAPE industry certification that has a statewide articulation 1794
agreement for college cred it approved by the State Board of 1795
Education. For CAPE industry certifications that do not 1796
articulate for college credit, the Department of Education shall 1797
assign a full-time equivalent value of 0.1 for each 1798
certification. Middle grades students who earn ad ditional FTE 1799
membership for a CAPE Digital Tool certificate pursuant to sub -1800
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subparagraph a. may not use the previously funded examination to 1801
satisfy the requirements for earning an industry certification 1802
under this sub-subparagraph. Additional FTE membersh ip for an 1803
elementary or middle grades student may not exceed 0.1 for 1804
certificates or certifications earned within the same fiscal 1805
year. The State Board of Education shall include the assigned 1806
values on the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List under 1807
rules adopted by the state board. Such value shall be added to 1808
the total full-time equivalent student membership for grades 6 1809
through 12 in the subsequent year. CAPE industry certifications 1810
earned through dual enrollment must be reported and funded 1811
pursuant to s. 1011.80. However, if a student earns a 1812
certification through a dual enrollment course and the 1813
certification is not a fundable certification on the 1814
postsecondary certification funding list, or the dual enrollment 1815
certification is earned as a result of an agreement between a 1816
school district and a nonpublic postsecondary institution, the 1817
bonus value shall be funded in the same manner as other nondual 1818
enrollment course industry certifications. In such cases, the 1819
school district may provide for an agreement between the high 1820
school and the technical center, or the school district and the 1821
postsecondary institution may enter into an agreement for 1822
equitable distribution of the bonus funds. 1823
c. A value of 0.3 full -time equivalent student membership 1824
shall be calculated for student completion of the courses and 1825
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the embedded certifications identified on the CAPE Industry 1826
Certification Funding List and approved by the commissioner 1827
pursuant to ss. 1003.4203 and 1008.44 ss. 1003.4203(5)(a) and 1828
1008.44. 1829
d. A value of 0.5 full-time equivalent student membership 1830
shall be calculated for CAPE Acceleration Industry 1831
Certifications that articulate for 15 to 29 college credit 1832
hours, and 1.0 full-time equivalent student membership shall be 1833
calculated for CAPE Acceleration Indus try Certifications that 1834
articulate for 30 or more college credit hours pursuant to CAPE 1835
Acceleration Industry Certifications approved by the 1836
commissioner pursuant to ss. 1003.4203 and 1008.44 ss. 1837
1003.4203(5)(b) and 1008.44 . 1838
2. Each district must allocat e at least 80 percent of the 1839
funds provided for CAPE industry certification, in accordance 1840
with this paragraph, to the program that generated the funds. 1841
This allocation may not be used to supplant funds provided for 1842
basic operation of the program. 1843
3. For CAPE industry certifications earned in the 2013 -1844
2014 school year and in subsequent years, the school district 1845
shall distribute to each classroom teacher who provided direct 1846
instruction toward the attainment of a CAPE industry 1847
certification that qualified for additional full-time equivalent 1848
membership under subparagraph 1.: 1849
a. A bonus of $25 for each student taught by a teacher who 1850
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provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of a 1851
CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certificati on 1852
Funding List with a weight of 0.1. 1853
b. A bonus of $50 for each student taught by a teacher who 1854
provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of a 1855
CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certification 1856
Funding List with a weight of 0.2. 1857
c. A bonus of $75 for each student taught by a teacher who 1858
provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment of a 1859
CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry Certification 1860
Funding List with a weight of 0.3. 1861
d. A bonus of $100 for e ach student taught by a teacher 1862
who provided instruction in a course that led to the attainment 1863
of a CAPE industry certification on the CAPE Industry 1864
Certification Funding List with a weight of 0.5 or 1.0. 1865
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Bonuses awarded pursuant to this paragraph shall be provided to 1867
teachers who are employed by the district in the year in which 1868
the additional FTE membership calculation is included in the 1869
calculation. Bonuses shall be calculated based upon the 1870
associated weight of a CAPE industry certification on the CAP E 1871
Industry Certification Funding List for the year in which the 1872
certification is earned by the student. Any bonus awarded to a 1873
teacher pursuant to this paragraph is in addition to any regular 1874
wage or other bonus the teacher received or is scheduled to 1875
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receive. A bonus may not be awarded to a teacher who fails to 1876
maintain the security of any CAPE industry certification 1877
examination or who otherwise violates the security or 1878
administration protocol of any assessment instrument that may 1879
result in a bonus being a warded to the teacher under this 1880
paragraph. 1881
Section 33. Subsection (2) and paragraph (b) of subsection 1882
(7) of section 1011.80, Florida Statutes, are amended, and 1883
notwithstanding the expiration date in section 32 of chapter 1884
2022-157, Laws of Florida, pa ragraph (b) of subsection (8) of 1885
that section is reenacted, to read: 1886
1011.80 Funds for operation of workforce education 1887
programs.— 1888
(2) Upon approval by the State Board of Education, Any 1889
workforce education program may be conducted by a Florida 1890
College System institution or a school district , as described in 1891
this subsection, except that college credit in an associate in 1892
applied science or an associate in science degree may be awarded 1893
only by a Florida College System institution. However, if an 1894
associate in applied science or an associate in science degree 1895
program contains within it an occupational completion point that 1896
confers a certificate or an applied technology diploma, that 1897
portion of the program may be conducted by a school district 1898
career center. Any instruction designed to articulate to a 1899
degree program is subject to guidelines and standards adopted by 1900
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the State Board of Education under s. 1007.25. 1901
(a) To be responsive to industry needs for a skilled 1902
workforce, Florida College System institutions and school 1903
districts may offer continuing workforce education courses or 1904
programs without prior State Board of Education approval. Each 1905
Florida College System institution and school district offering 1906
continuing workforce education courses or programs must maintain 1907
adequate and accurate records of instructional activity. For 1908
purposes of measuring program performance and responsiveness to 1909
industry needs, institutions must report continuing workforce 1910
education instructional activity in a format prescribed by the 1911
Department of Education. Continuing workforce education courses 1912
and programs are exempt from the requirements in paragraphs (b) 1913
and (c) and are ineligible for performance funding. 1914
(b)(a) The State Board of Education shall establish 1915
criteria, based on the framework of quality established by the 1916
Credentials Review Committee under s. 445.004(4), for review and 1917
approval of new workforce education programs by a Florida 1918
College System institution or a school district that are not 1919
included in the statewide c urriculum framework. 1920
(c)(b) A Florida College System institution or school 1921
district offering a new workforce education program that is in 1922
the statewide curriculum framework must be may not receive 1923
performance funding and additional full -time equivalent 1924
membership funding until the workforce education program is 1925
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reviewed, through an expedited review process, and approved by 1926
the board of trustees of the Florida College System institution 1927
or the district school board State Board of Education based on 1928
criteria that must include, but are is not limited to, the 1929
following: 1930
1. A description of the new workforce education program 1931
that includes all of the following: 1932
a. An analysis of workforce demand and unmet need 1933
consistent with the information provided by the Labor Market 1934
Estimating Conference and the Labor Market Statistics Center 1935
within the Department of Economic Opportunity for graduates of 1936
the program on a district, regional, or statewide basis, as 1937
appropriate, including evidence from entities independent of the 1938
technical center or institution. 1939
b. The geographic region to be served. 1940
2. Documentation of collaboration among technical centers 1941
and institutions serving the same students in a geographical or 1942
service area that enhances program offerings and pr events 1943
program duplication that exceeds workforce need. Unnecessary 1944
duplication of programs offered by public and private 1945
institutions must be avoided. 1946
3. Alignment Beginning with the 2022 -2023 academic year, 1947
alignment of program offerings with credentials or degree 1948
programs identified on the Master Credentials List under s. 1949
445.004(4). 1950
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4. Articulation agreements between technical centers and 1951
Florida College System institutions for the enrollment of 1952
graduates in related workforce education programs. 1953
5. Documentation of alignment between the exit 1954
requirements of a technical center and the admissions 1955
requirements of a Florida College System institution into which 1956
students typically transfer. 1957
6. Performance and compli ance indicators that will be used 1958
in determining the program's success. 1959
(7) 1960
(b) Performance funding for industry certifications for 1961
school district workforce education programs is contingent upon 1962
specific appropriation in the General Appropriations Act and 1963
must shall be determined as follows: 1964
1. Postsecondary industry certifications identified on the 1965
CAPE Industry Certification Funding List approved by the State 1966
Board of Education under s. 1008.44 are eligible for performance 1967
funding. 1968
2. Each school district shall be provided $1,000 for each 1969
industry certification earned by a workforce education student. 1970
If funds are insufficient to fully fund the calculated total 1971
award, such funds must shall be prorated. Beginning with the 1972
2022-2023 fiscal year, the Credentials Review Committee 1973
established in s. 445.004 shall develop a returned -value funding 1974
formula to allocate school district performance funds that 1975
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rewards student job placements and wages for students earning 1976
industry certifications, with a focus on increasing the economic 1977
mobility of underserved populations. One -third of the 1978
performance funds shall be allocated based on student job 1979
placements. The remaining two -thirds shall be allocated using a 1980
tiered weighted system based on aggregat e student wages that 1981
exceed minimum wage, with the highest weight applied to the 1982
highest wage tier, with additional weight for underserved 1983
populations. Student wages above minimum wage are considered to 1984
be the value added by the institution's training. At a minimum, 1985
the formula must take into account variables such as differences 1986
in population and wages across school districts. 1987
(8) 1988
(b) Notwithstanding s. 1011.81(4), state funds provided 1989
for the operation of postsecondary workforce programs may be 1990
expended for the education of state inmates with 24 months or 1991
less of time remaining to serve on their sentences. 1992
Section 34. Section 1011.801, Florida Statutes, is amended 1993
to read: 1994
1011.801 Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive 1995
Grant Program.—The Legislature recognizes that the need for 1996
school districts and Florida College System institutions to be 1997
able to respond to emerging local or statewide economic 1998
development needs is critical to the workforce development 1999
system. The Workforce Development Cap italization Incentive Grant 2000
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Program is created to provide grants to school districts and 2001
Florida College System institutions on a competitive basis to 2002
fund some or all of the costs associated with the creation or 2003
expansion of workforce development programs that serve secondary 2004
students in career and technical education programs, including 2005
dual enrollment programs and other programs that lead to 2006
industry certifications included on the CAPE Industry 2007
Certification Funding List specific employment workforce nee ds. 2008
(1) Funds awarded for a workforce development 2009
capitalization incentive grant may be used for instructional 2010
equipment, laboratory equipment, supplies, personnel, student 2011
services, or other expenses associated with the creation or 2012
expansion of a workfo rce development program that serves 2013
secondary students. Expansion of a program may include either 2014
the expansion of enrollments in a program or expansion into new 2015
areas of specialization within a program. No grant funds may be 2016
used for recurring instruction al costs or for institutions' 2017
indirect costs. 2018
(2) The Department of Education shall administer the State 2019
Board of Education shall accept applications from school 2020
districts or Florida College System institutions for workforce 2021
development capitalization in centive grants. Applications from 2022
school districts or Florida College System institutions shall 2023
contain projected enrollments and projected costs for the new or 2024
expanded workforce development program. The State Board of 2025
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Education may adopt rules for progra m administration, in 2026
consultation with CareerSource Florida, Inc., shall review and 2027
rank each application for a grant according to subsection (3) 2028
and shall submit to the Legislature a list in priority order of 2029
applications recommended for a grant award . 2030
(3) The State Board of Education shall give highest 2031
priority to programs that train people to enter high -skill, 2032
high-wage occupations identified by the Labor Market Estimating 2033
Conference and other programs approved by the state board as 2034
defined in s. 445.002, programs that train people to enter 2035
occupations under the welfare transition program, or programs 2036
that train for the workforce adults who are eligible for public 2037
assistance, economically disadvantaged, disabled, not proficient 2038
in English, or dislocated workers. The State Board of Education 2039
shall consider the statewide geographic dispersion of grant 2040
funds in ranking the applications and shall give priority to 2041
applications from education agencies that are making maximum use 2042
of their workforce development funding by offering high -2043
performing, high-demand programs. 2044
Section 35. Section 1011.802, Florida Statutes, is amended 2045
to read: 2046
1011.802 Florida Pathways to Career Opportunities Grant 2047
Program.— 2048
(1) Subject to appropriations provided in the General 2049
Appropriations Act, the Florida Pathways to Career Opportunities 2050
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Grant Program is created to provide grants to high schools, 2051
career centers, charter technical career centers, Florida 2052
College System institutions, and other entities authorized to 2053
sponsor an apprenticeship or preapprenticeship program, as 2054
defined in s. 446.021(6) and (5), respectively, s. 446.021, on a 2055
competitive basis to establish, new apprenticeship or 2056
preapprenticeship programs and expand, and operate new and 2057
existing apprenticeship or prea pprenticeship programs. An 2058
individual applicant may not receive more than 10 percent of the 2059
total amount appropriated The Department of Education shall 2060
administer the grant program . 2061
(2) The department shall administer the grant, identify 2062
projects, solicit proposals, and make funding recommendations to 2063
the Commissioner of Education, who is authorized to approve 2064
grant awards Applications must contain projected enrollment and 2065
projected costs for the new or expanded apprenticeship program. 2066
(3)(a) The department shall award grants for 2067
preapprenticeship or apprenticeship programs with demonstrated 2068
statewide or regional demand that: 2069
(a)1. Address a critical statewide or regional shortage , 2070
with consideration given to the information provided as 2071
identified by the Labor Market Statistics Center within the 2072
Department of Economic Opportunity, the Labor Market Estimating 2073
Conference, and the Credentials Review Committee, created in s. 2074
216.136 and are in industry sectors not adequately represented 2075
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throughout the state , such as health care; 2076
(b)2. Address a critical statewide or regional shortage , 2077
with consideration given to the information provided as 2078
identified by the Labor Market Statistics Center within the 2079
Department of Economic Opportunity, the Labor Market Estim ating 2080
Conference, and the Credentials Review Committee created in s. 2081
216.136; or 2082
(c)3. Expand existing programs that exceed the median 2083
completion rate and employment rate 1 year after completion of 2084
similar programs in the region, or the state if there ar e no 2085
similar programs in the region. 2086
(3)(b) Grant funds may be used to fund the cost of 2087
providing related technical instruction, for instructional 2088
equipment, supplies, instructional personnel, student services, 2089
and other expenses associated with the crea tion, or expansion, 2090
or operation of an apprenticeship program. Grant funds may not 2091
be used for administrative or indirect costs. Grant recipients 2092
must submit quarterly reports in a format prescribed by the 2093
department. 2094
(4) The department may grant a bonus in the award amount 2095
to applicants that submit a joint application for shared 2096
resources. 2097
(5)(4) The department shall annually report on its 2098
website: 2099
(a) The number of programs funded and represented 2100
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throughout the state under this section. 2101
(b) Retention, completion, and employment rates, 2102
categorized by program and provider. 2103
(c) Starting and ending salaries, as categorized by 2104
program and provider, for participants who complete the program. 2105
(6)(5) The department may use up to $200,000 of the total 2106
amount allocated to administer the grant program. 2107
(7)(6) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to 2108
administer this section. 2109
Section 36. Subsection (2) of section 1011.803, Florida 2110
Statutes, is amended to read: 2111
1011.803 Money-back Guarantee Program. — 2112
(2) Beginning in the 2022 -2023 academic year, Each school 2113
district and Florida College System institution shall establish 2114
a money-back guarantee program to: 2115
(a) Offer a money-back guarantee on at least three 2116
programs that prepare individuals to enter in -demand, middle-2117
level to high-level wage occupations identified by the Labor 2118
Market Estimating Conference created in s. 216.136 . School 2119
districts or Florida College System institutions must of fer a 2120
money-back guarantee on at least 50 percent of workforce 2121
education programs if they offer six or fewer programs. 2122
(b) Offer a money-back guarantee for all workforce 2123
education programs that are established to meet a critical local 2124
economic industry need, but are not linked to the statewide 2125
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needs list as identified by the Labor Market Estimating 2126
Conference created in s. 216.136. 2127
(b)(c) Establish student eligibility criteria for the 2128
money-back guarantee program that includes: 2129
1. Student attendance. 2130
2. Student program performance. 2131
3. Career Service or Career Day attendance. 2132
4. Participation in internship or work -study programs. 2133
5. Job search documentation. 2134
6. Development of a student career plan with the 2135
institution's career services departm ent. 2136
Section 37. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 2137
1011.81, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2138
1011.81 Florida College System Program Fund. — 2139
(2) Performance funding for industry certifications for 2140
Florida College System institutions is contingent upon specific 2141
appropriation in the General Appropriations Act and shall be 2142
determined as follows: 2143
(b) Each Florida College System institution shall be 2144
provided $1,000 for each industry certification earned by a 2145
student under paragraph (a). If funds are insufficient to fully 2146
fund the calculated total award, such funds must shall be 2147
prorated. Beginning with the 2022 -2023 fiscal year, the 2148
Credentials Review Committee established in s. 445.004 shall 2149
develop a returned-value funding formula to alloc ate institution 2150
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performance funds that rewards student job placements and wages 2151
for students earning industry certifications, with a focus on 2152
increasing the economic mobility of underserved populations. 2153
One-third of the performance funds shall be allocated based on 2154
student job placements. The remaining two -thirds shall be 2155
allocated using a tiered, weighted system based on aggregate 2156
student wages that exceed minimum wage, with the highest weight 2157
applied to the highest wage tier, with additional weight for 2158
underserved populations. Student wages above minimum wage are 2159
considered to be the value added by the institution's training. 2160
At a minimum, the formula must take into account variables such 2161
as differences in population and wages across the state. 2162
Section 38. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 2163
1012.39, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2164
1012.39 Employment of substitute teachers, teachers of 2165
adult education, nondegreed teachers of career education, and 2166
career specialists; students performing cl inical field 2167
experience.— 2168
(1) Notwithstanding ss. 1012.32, 1012.55, 1012.56, and 2169
1012.57, or any other provision of law or rule to the contrary, 2170
each district school board shall establish the minimal 2171
qualifications for: 2172
(c) Part-time and full-time nondegreed teachers of career 2173
programs. Qualifications must shall be established for 2174
nondegreed teachers of career and technical education courses 2175
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for program clusters that are recognized in the state and are 2176
based primarily on successful occupational experien ce rather 2177
than academic training. The qualifications for such teachers 2178
must shall require: 2179
1. The filing of a complete set of fingerprints in the 2180
same manner as required by s. 1012.32. Faculty employed solely 2181
to conduct postsecondary instruction may be e xempted from this 2182
requirement. 2183
2. Documentation of education and successful occupational 2184
experience including documentation of: 2185
a. A high school diploma or the equivalent. 2186
b. Completion of 3 6 years of full-time successful 2187
occupational experience or the equivalent of part -time 2188
experience in the teaching specialization area. The district 2189
school board may establish alternative qualifications for 2190
teachers with an industry certification in the career area in 2191
which they teach. 2192
c. Completion of career edu cation training conducted 2193
through the local school district inservice master plan or 2194
through an educator preparation institute approved by the 2195
Department of Education pursuant to s. 1004.85. 2196
c.d. For full-time teachers, completion of professional 2197
education training in teaching methods, course construction, 2198
lesson planning and evaluation, and teaching special needs 2199
students. This training may be completed through coursework from 2200
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an accredited or approved institution , or an approved district 2201
teacher education program, or the local school district 2202
inservice master plan . 2203
e. Demonstration of successful teaching performance. 2204
d.f. Documentation of industry certification when state or 2205
national industry certifications are available and applicable. 2206
Section 39. Subsection (1) of section 1012.57, Florida 2207
Statutes, is amended to read: 2208
1012.57 Certification of adjunct educators. — 2209
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 1012.32, 2210
1012.55, and 1012.56, or any other provision of law or rule to 2211
the contrary, district school boards shall adopt rules to allow 2212
for the issuance of an adjunct teaching certificate to any 2213
applicant who fulfills the requirements of s. 1012.56(2)(a) -(f) 2214
and (10) and who has expertise in the subject area to be taught. 2215
An applicant is shall be considered to have expertise in the 2216
subject area to be taught if the applicant demonstrates 2217
sufficient subject area mastery through passage of a subject 2218
area test or has achieved an industry certification in the 2219
subject area to be taught . 2220
Section 40. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 2221
1012.585, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 2222
1012.585 Process for renewal of professional 2223
certificates.— 2224
(3) For the renewal of a professional certificate, the 2225
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following requirements must be met: 2226
(a) The applicant must earn a minimum of 6 college credits 2227
or 120 inservice points or a combination thereof. For each area 2228
of specialization to be retained on a certificate, the applicant 2229
must earn at least 3 of the required credit hours or equivalent 2230
inservice points in the specialization area. Education in 2231
"clinical educator" training pursuant to s. 1004.04(5)(b); 2232
participation in mentorship and induction activities, including 2233
as a mentor, pursuant to s. 1012.56(8)(a); and credits or points 2234
that provide training in the area of scientifically researched, 2235
knowledge-based reading literacy, including explicit, 2236
systematic, and sequential approaches to reading instruction, 2237
developing phonemic awareness, and implementing multisensory 2238
intervention strategies, and com putational skills acquisition, 2239
exceptional student education, normal child development, and the 2240
disorders of development may be applied toward any 2241
specialization area. Credits or points that provide training in 2242
the areas of drug abuse, child abuse and negl ect, strategies in 2243
teaching students having limited proficiency in English, or 2244
dropout prevention, or training in areas identified in the 2245
educational goals and performance standards adopted pursuant to 2246
ss. 1000.03(5) and 1008.345 may be applied toward any 2247
specialization area, except specialization areas identified by 2248
State Board of Education rule that include reading instruction 2249
or intervention for any students in kindergarten through grade 2250
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6. Each district school board shall include in its inservice 2251
master plan the ability for teachers to receive inservice points 2252
for supporting students in extracurricular career and technical 2253
education activities, such as career and technical student 2254
organization activities outside of regular school hours and 2255
training related to supervising students participating in a 2256
career and technical student organization. Credits or points 2257
earned through approved summer institutes may be applied toward 2258
the fulfillment of these requirements. Inservice points may also 2259
be earned by partici pation in professional growth components 2260
approved by the State Board of Education and specified pursuant 2261
to s. 1012.98 in the district's approved master plan for 2262
inservice educational training; however, such points may not be 2263
used to satisfy the specializa tion requirements of this 2264
paragraph. 2265
Section 41. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and 2266
Government Accountability shall conduct a review of approved 2267
career statewide articulation agreements. Such career 2268
articulation agreements include industry certi fication, career 2269
certificate, and applied technology diploma programs that 2270
articulate to associate in science or associate in applied 2271
science degrees; early childhood education programs; and 2272
associate in science to baccalaureate degree programs. 2273
(1) The review must include, but is not limited to: 2274
(a) The number of CAPE industry certifications on the 2275
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Master Credentials List under s. 445.004 which are included in a 2276
statewide articulation agreement. 2277
(b) The number of career programs or degrees offered by 2278
career centers and Florida College System institutions compared 2279
to the number of such certifications or programs included in a 2280
statewide articulation agreement. 2281
(c) The extent to which articulated programs included in a 2282
statewide articulation agreement are offered in a region or 2283
service area. 2284
(d) The number and percentage of students in an 2285
articulated career program who transfer to and then complete the 2286
linked program specified in the statewide articulation 2287
agreement. 2288
(e) Recommendations to strengthe n the process of 2289
developing statewide articulation agreements, and on the role of 2290
such agreements in a Florida stackable credential framework. 2291
(2) The office shall report its findings to the President 2292
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Represe ntatives by 2293
November 1, 2023. 2294
Section 42. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 2295