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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to apprenticeship and 2
preapprenticeship program funding; amending s. 3
446.032, F.S.; revising requirements for the uniform 4
minimum standards and policies governing 5
apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs and 6
agreements to include requi rements for partnerships 7
between local educational agencies and apprenticeship 8
and preapprenticeship programs; revising the required 9
date for a specified report on apprenticeship and 10
preapprenticeship programs; revising the requirements 11
for such report; requiring the Department of Education 12
to develop a standard model contract template for 13
local educational agencies and apprenticeship and 14
preapprenticeship programs; providing requirements for 15
such template; providing requirements for local 16
educational agencies and apprenticeship and 17
preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership 18
agreements; requiring the department to develop an 19
apprenticeship funding transparency tool by a 20
specified date; providing requirements for such tool; 21
amending s. 1011.80, F. S.; providing requirements for 22
District Workforce Education Funding Steering 23
Committee meetings; providing requirements for certain 24
workpapers; authorizing such meetings to be held using 25
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communications media technology; defining the term 26
"communications media technology"; requiring a 27
specified funding model to be provided to the 28
Legislature annually within a specified timeframe; 29
providing an effective date. 30
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 32
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Section 1. Subsections (1) and (2 ) of section 446.032, 34
Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsections (5) and (6) are 35
added to that section, to read: 36
446.032 General duties of the department for 37
apprenticeship training. —The department shall: 38
(1)(a) Establish uniform minimum standards and policies 39
governing apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs and 40
agreements which must require training providers to submit data 41
necessary to determine program performance consistent with state 42
and federal law. The standards and policies : 43
1. Shall govern the terms and conditions of the 44
apprentice's employment and training, including the quality 45
training of the apprentice for, but not limited to, such matters 46
as ratios of apprentices to journeyworkers, safety, related 47
instruction, and on-the-job training; but these standards and 48
policies may not include rules, standards, or guidelines that 49
require the use of apprentices and job trainees on state, 50
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county, or municipal contracts. 51
2. Must allow an apprenticeship or preapprenticeship 52
program to partner with a local educational agency and determine 53
an equitable split of apprenticeship funding. The local 54
educational agency must ensure that all parties understand the 55
total amount of apprenticeship funding and allocations. The 56
terms of a partnership betwee n an apprenticeship or 57
preapprenticeship program and a local educational agency must be 58
documented in an agreement or a contract. A local educational 59
agency may not impose additional fees or withhold additional 60
funds beyond the agreed upon amount in such a greement or 61
contract unless explicitly outlined to ensure financial clarity 62
and prevent unexpected costs for apprenticeship and 63
preapprenticeship program sponsors. 64
(b) The department shall Adopt rules necessary to 65
administer the standards and policies. 66
(2) By November 30 September 1 of each year, publish an 67
annual report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs. 68
The report must be published on the department's website and, at 69
a minimum, include all of the following: 70
(a) A list of registered ap prenticeship and 71
preapprenticeship programs, sorted by local educational agency, 72
as defined in s. 1004.02(18), and apprenticeship sponsor, under 73
s. 446.071. 74
(b) A detailed summary of each local educational agency's 75
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and apprenticeship or preapprenticeship program's 76
responsibilities, costs, and expenditure of funds for 77
apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs, including , but 78
not limited to, all the following : 79
1. The total amount of funds received and expended for 80
apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs. 81
2. The total amount of funds received and allocated by 82
training provider, program, and occupation. 83
3. The total amount of funds expended for administrative 84
costs by training provider, program, and occupation , and the 85
total number of personnel hours required to administer each 86
apprenticeship and preapprenticeship program . 87
4. The total amount of funds expended for instructional 88
costs by training provider, program, and occupation. 89
(c) The number of apprentices and preapprentices per trade 90
and occupation. 91
(d) The percentage of apprentices and preapprentices who 92
complete their respective programs in the appropriate timeframe. 93
(e) Information and resources related to applications for 94
new apprenticeship programs and technical assistance and 95
requirements for potential applicants. 96
(f) Documentation of activities conducted by the 97
department to promote apprenticeship and preapprenticeship 98
programs through public engagement, community -based 99
partnerships, and other initiatives and the outcomes of s uch 100
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activities and their impact on establishing or expanding 101
apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs. 102
(g) Retention and completion rates of participants 103
disaggregated by training provider, program, and occupation. 104
(h) Wage progression of particip ants as demonstrated by 105
starting, exit, and postapprenticeship wages at 1 and 5 years 106
after participants exit the program. 107
(5)(a) Develop a standard model contract template to be 108
used by local educational agencies and apprenticeship and 109
preapprenticeship programs. At a minimum, the contract template 110
shall include sections to address the following: 111
1. The parties to the contract. 112
2. The duration of the contract. 113
3. The funds paid or received pursuant to the contract. 114
4. The responsibilities assigne d to each party to the 115
contract, including which party is responsible for providing 116
equipment, related technical instruction, and on -the-job 117
training; hiring instructors and evaluating such instructors' 118
credentials and qualifications; and providing adminis trative 119
support, including any reporting requirements. 120
5. A requirement that each party follow all applicable 121
federal and state laws and insurance requirements. 122
6. The execution of such contract. 123
(b) A local educational agency and an apprenticeship o r 124
preapprenticeship program provider that partner to provide 125
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apprenticeship or preapprenticeship education and training 126
programs must define their respective roles in the partnership 127
agreement and establish how the funding will be divided. The 128
partnership agreement must divide the funding based on the 129
responsibilities that the local educational agency and 130
apprenticeship or preapprenticeship program provider will hold 131
in the partnership agreement. 132
1. If the local educational agency does not provide 133
classroom space, related technical instruction, or on -the-job 134
training services, its role is deemed to be administrative only 135
and its funding share may not exceed 10 percent. 136
2. If the local educational agency and apprenticeship or 137
preapprenticeship program pro vider share the responsibilities of 138
providing administrative support, classroom space, related 139
technical instruction, and on -the-job training, the manner in 140
which the agency and provider divide the funding must be 141
directly tied to each of their responsibil ities under the 142
partnership agreement. 143
(6) By July 1, 2026, develop an apprenticeship and 144
preapprenticeship funding transparency tool showing historical 145
funding amounts provided to school district and Florida College 146
System institution apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs 147
from workforce development funds and other funds appropriated by 148
the Legislature. The transparency tool shall be published on the 149
Department of Education's website and shall include historical 150
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funding amounts searchable by the s ource of funds, school 151
district, or Florida College System institution for the 152
preceding 3 fiscal years. 153
Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 154
1011.80, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 155
1011.80 Funds for operation of workforce edu cation 156
programs.— 157
(7)(a) A school district or a Florida College System 158
institution that provides workforce education programs shall 159
receive funds in accordance with distributions for base and 160
performance funding established by the Legislature in the 161
General Appropriations Act. To ensure equitable funding for all 162
school district workforce education programs and to recognize 163
enrollment growth, the Department of Education shall use the 164
funding model developed by the District Workforce Education 165
Funding Steering Committee to determine each district's 166
workforce education funding needs. Any District Workforce 167
Education Funding Steering Committee meeting held for the 168
purpose of taking action or recommending the workload for the 169
funding model used by the Departmen t of Education shall be 170
publicly noticed 7 days in advance, open to the public, and 171
provide a reasonable opportunity for public comment. All 172
workpapers shall be published and distributed at the time of 173
notice. Such meetings may be held using communications media 174
technology. For purposes of this paragraph, the term 175
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"communications media technology" means telephone conference, 176
video conference, or other communications technology by which 177
all persons attending a public meeting or workshop may audibly 178
communicate. To assist the Legislature in allocating workforce 179
education funds in the General Appropriations Act, the funding 180
model shall annually be provided to the legislative 181
appropriations committees no less than 2 months before the start 182
of the regular session of the Legislature later than March 1. 183
Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 184