Bill > H1505

Introduced Session

An act relating to workforce programs and services; amending s. 445.011, F.S.; establishing an automated consumer-first workforce system; requiring the Department of Education and the Department of Children and Families, in consultation with the Department of Economic Opportunity, to implement such system; requiring that such system improve coordination among specified partners; revising requirements for such system; requiring that certain contracts be performance based; requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to develop training for specified partners; amending s. 446.021, F.S.; revising a definition; amending s. 446.032, F.S.; requiring certain standards and policies established by the Department of Education to include a specified requirement for training providers; requiring, rather than authorizing, the department to adopt rules; revising provisions relating to a certain summary of expenditures for apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; providing requirements for a certain annual report; requiring the department to provide data from certain resources to specified persons and entities; amending s. 446.041, F.S.; revising a catchline relating to the department's duties regarding hb1505-00 HB 1505 apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; creating s. 446.090, F.S.; providing a definition for the term "work-based learning opportunity"; specifying the required criteria for such opportunity; requiring that such opportunity prioritizes paid experiences; requiring the State Board of Education to adopt rules; amending s. 1003.4156, F.S.; requiring a career and education planning course to include certain resources; amending s. 1003.42, F.S.; requiring a specified character development curriculum to include certain instruction and resources; creating s. 1006.75, F.S.; requiring specified educational centers and institutions to ensure that certain services and resources prepare students for employment; requiring student career service centers to use specified resources to assist students with certain activities; amending s. 1007.25, F.S.; requiring specified students to complete certain courses before a certain degree is awarded; requiring the chairs of the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors, or their designees, to jointly appoint faculty committees to identify competencies which will result in a digital credential; requiring specified institutions to grant and accept such credential; requiring the department to identify certain courses in which such hb1505-00 HB 1505 credential may be earned; requiring certain courses to use specified resources and provide students with the opportunity to create a digital resume; amending ss. 443.151, 445.010, and 445.045, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss. 943.22 and 1001.64, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an effective date.

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Lauren Melo (R)*,  Alex Andrade (R),  Chuck Brannan (R),  Christine Hunschofsky (D),  Christopher Latvala (R),  Amber Mariano (R),  Ralph Massullo (R),  Stan McClain (R),  Rick Roth (R),  John Snyder (R),  Jackeline Toledo (R),  Kaylee Tuck (R),  Patricia Williams (D),  Marie Woodson (D),  Clay Yarborough (R), 

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Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1507 (Ch. 2021-164) (on 04/30/2021)

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