Bill > H1203

Introduced Session

An act relating to pathways to career opportunities; amending s. 445.07; revising requirements for the economic security report of employment and earning outcomes; amending s. 446.011, F.S.; revising legislative intent related to apprenticeship training; amending s. 446.021, F.S.; defining and revising terms; amending s. 446.032, F.S.; revising the general duties of the Department of Education with regard to apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; amending s. 446.041, F.S.; revising duties of the department for apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; amending s. 446.045, F.S.; revising the membership of the State Apprenticeship Advisory Council; revising meeting requirements for such council; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending s. 446.051, F.S.; providing that apprenticeship or preapprenticeship program sponsors are responsible for the selection and training of certain personnel, as approved by the department; encouraging district school boards and Florida College System institution and state university boards of trustees to cooperate with and providing certain resources for specified programs; amending s. 446.052, F.S.; encouraging certain boards of trustees to cooperate in developing and establishing certain apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; encouraging such boards and boards of trustees to cooperate with certain degree programs and certificate programs to ensure that certain individuals may be eligible to receive certain college credit; amending s. 446.071, F.S.; providing that certain organizations may be apprenticeship sponsors if they meet certain uniform minimum standards; updating terminology; deleting a specified definition; amending s. 446.081, F.S.; revising the applicability of a certain limitation; repealing s. 446.091, F.S., relating to the adaptation and applicability of certain provisions to on-the-job training programs; amending s. 446.092, F.S.; revising criteria for apprenticeship occupations; amending s. 1007.23, F.S.; requiring the statewide articulation agreement contain certain mathematics pathways; providing requirements for such pathways; requiring the Articulation Coordinating Committee to convene a representative workgroup; providing duties and membership of the workgroup; providing reporting requirements for the workgroup; requiring the Articulation Coordinating Committee to approve the mathematics pathways by a specified date; providing for termination of the workgroup; requiring the Commissioner of Education to submit to certain entities by a specified date a report with recommendations relating to the implementation of the Pathways in Technology Early College High School program, or a similar program; providing requirements for such program and report; providing for expiration; amending s. 1008.44, F.S.; requiring the CAPE Industry Certification Funding List to incorporate by reference the industry certifications on the career pathways list approved for the Florida Gold Seal CAPE Scholars award; providing requirements for industry certifications associated with aviation-related and aerospace-related occupations; providing that such certifications are eligible for additional full-time equivalent membership; providing that the commissioner may limit CAPE industry certification and CAPE Digital Tool certificates to students in certain grades for a specified purpose; amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; revising the calculation of certain additional full-time equivalent membership relating to funding for the operation of schools; deleting a provision related to full-time equivalent membership calculation for elementary and middle students; providing for a calculation of full-time equivalent membership for aviation-related and aerospace-related occupations; providing for the future expiration of such 76 calculation; authorizing the use of a specified 77 percentage of certain funds for other program 78 expenses; limiting the amount of funds that may be 79 used for administrative costs; prohibiting the use of 80 such funding to supplant certain funds; amending s. 81 1011.80, F.S.; revising performance funding for 82 industry certifications for school district workforce 83 education programs to provide for Federal Aviation 84 Administration (FAA) industry certifications; 85 providing for the future expiration of specified 86 performance funding; amending s. 1011.802, F.S.; 87 making technical changes; prohibiting the use of grant 88 funds for administrative costs; specifying the maximum 89 amount of funds that may be used by the department to 90 administer the Florida Pathways to Career 91 Opportunities Grant Program; amending s. 1011.81, 92 F.S.; revising performance funding for industry 93 certifications for Florida College System Institutions 94 to provide for FAA industry certifications; providing 95 for the future expiration of specified performance 96 funding; reenacting s. 1009.25, F.S., relating to fee 97 exemptions; providing effective dates. 98

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Amber Mariano (R)*,  Jennifer Webb (D), 

Other Sponsors (2)

Died on Calendar (on 03/14/2020)

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