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Introduced
02/26/2025
02/26/2025
In Committee
03/06/2025
03/06/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
2025 Regular Session
Bill Summary
An act relating to apprenticeship and preapprenticeship program funding; amending s. 446.032, F.S.; revising requirements for the uniform minimum standards and policies governing apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs and agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; revising the required date for a specified report on apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; revising the requirements for such report; requiring the Department of Education to develop a standard model contract template for local educational agencies and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; providing requirements for such template; providing requirements for local educational agencies and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requiring the department to develop an apprenticeship and preapprenticeship funding transparency tool by a specified date; providing requirements for such tool; amending s. 1011.80, F.S.; providing requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; providing requirements for certain workpapers; authorizing such meetings to be held using communications media technology; defining the term “communications media technology”; requiring a specified funding model to be provided to the Legislature annually within a specified timeframe; providing an effective date.
AI Summary
This bill addresses apprenticeship and preapprenticeship program funding in Florida by introducing several key changes. It requires the Department of Education to develop a standard model contract template for partnerships between local educational agencies and apprenticeship programs, which must outline specific details like contract duration, financial responsibilities, and legal compliance. The bill mandates that partnership agreements must clearly define each party's roles and divide funding based on their specific responsibilities, with administrative-only roles limited to a 10% funding share. By November 30 each year, the department must publish a comprehensive annual report on apprenticeship programs, including detailed financial information, participant demographics, program performance metrics, and wage progression data. Additionally, the bill requires the development of a funding transparency tool by July 1, 2026, which will display historical funding amounts for apprenticeship programs across school districts and Florida College System institutions. The bill also modifies requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings, mandating public notice, open meetings, and allowing for remote participation through communications media technology. These changes aim to increase transparency, accountability, and effectiveness in apprenticeship and preapprenticeship program funding and partnerships.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance
Sponsors (1)
Other Sponsors (1)
Education Postsecondary (S)
Last Action
Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 681 (on 04/24/2025)
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