Florida 2024 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H0553 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to career -themed courses; amending s. 2
16	16	1003.491, F.S.; revising the requirements for a 3
17	17	specified school district strategic plan to include 4
18	18	certain information; amending s. 1003.492, F.S.; 5
19	19	requiring the Department of Education to include 6
20	20	specified data in an annual review of K -12 and 7
21	21	postsecondary career and technical education 8
22	22	offerings; amending s. 1003.4935, F.S.; requiring 9
23	23	school districts to provide specified information to 10
24	24	students and parents during middle school course 11
25	25	selection; providing an effective date. 12
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27	27	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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29	29	Section 1. Paragraphs (p) and (q) of subsection (3) of 16
30	30	section 1003.491, Florida Statutes, are amended, and paragraph 17
31	31	(r) is added to subsection (3) of that section, to read: 18
32	32	1003.491 Florida Career and Professional Education Act. —19
33	33	The Florida Career and Professional Education Act is created to 20
34	34	provide a statewide p lanning partnership between the business 21
35	35	and education communities in order to attract, expand, and 22
36	36	retain targeted, high -value industry and to sustain a strong, 23
37	37	knowledge-based economy. 24
38	38	(3) The strategic 3 -year plan developed jointly by the 25
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51	51	local school district, local workforce development boards, 26
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53	53	institutions must be constructed and based on: 28
54	54	(p) Strategies to provide professional development for 29
55	55	secondary certified school counselors on the benefits of career 30
56	56	and professional academies and career -themed courses that lead 31
57	57	to industry certification; and 32
58	58	(q) Strategies to redirect appropriated career funding in 33
59	59	secondary and postsecondary institutions to support career 34
60	60	academies and career -themed courses that lead to industry 35
61	61	certification; and 36
62	62	(r) Strategies to inform and promote the career and 37
63	63	technical education opportunities available in the district to 38
64	64	students, parents, the community, and stakeholders . 39
65	65	Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 1003.492, Florida 40
66	66	Statutes, is amended to read: 41
67	67	1003.492 Industry-certified career education programs. — 42
68	68	(3) The Department of Education shall collect student 43
69	69	achievement and performance data in industry -certified career 44
70	70	education programs an d career-themed courses as part of the 45
71	71	annual review required under s. 1003.491 that includes, but need 46
72	72	not be limited to, graduation rates, retention rates, Florida 47
73	73	Bright Futures Scholarship awards, additional educational 48
74	74	attainment, employment records, earnings, industry 49
75	75	certification, return on investment, and employer satisfaction . 50
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88	88	Section 3. Subsection (1) of section 1003.4935, Florida 51
89	89	Statutes, is amended to read: 52
90	90	1003.4935 Middle grades career and professional academy 53
91	91	courses and career-themed courses.— 54
92	92	(1) Beginning with the 2011 -2012 school year, Each 55
93	93	district school board, in collaboration with local workforce 56
94	94	development boards, economic development agencies, and state -57
95	95	approved postsecondary institutions, shall include plans to 58
96	96	implement a career and professional academy or a career -themed 59
97	97	course, as defined in s. 1003.493(1)(b), in at least one middle 60
98	98	school in the district as part of the strategic 3 -year plan 61
99	99	pursuant to s. 1003.491(2). The strategic plan must provide 62
100	100	students the opportunity to transfer from a middle school career 63
101	101	and professional academy or a career -themed course to a high 64
102	102	school career and professional academy or a career -themed course 65
103	103	currently operating within the school district. Students who 66
104	104	complete a middle schoo l career and professional academy or a 67
105	105	career-themed course must have the opportunity to earn an 68
106	106	industry certificate and high school credit and participate in 69
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108	108	development activities. The district must inform students and 71
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110	110	and professional academy or career -themed course available 73
111	111	within the district. 74
112	112	Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 75