Title: School District Career Center Workforce Education Programs

Summary: Revises workforce education programs that school district career centers are authorized to conduct.

Full Text:
An act relating to school district career center workforce education programs; amending s. 1011.80, F.S.; revising the workforce education programs that school district career centers are authorized to conduct; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1011.80, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1011.80 Funds for ope ration of workforce education programs.-(2) Any workforce education program may be conducted by a Florida College System institution or a school district, except that college credit in an associate in applied science or an associate in science degree ma ybe awarded only by a Florida College System institution. However, a school district career center may conduct the following: (a) Portions of if an associate in applied science or an associate in science degree program which contain contains within it an occupational completion point that confers a certificate or an applied technology diploma.(b) An associate in applied science or an associate in science degree nursing program if the career center offering the CS/HB 2021 associate in applied science or associate in science nursing degree program offers it only to graduates of a licensed practical nursing program offered by the same center,that portion of the program may be conducted by a school district career center.Any instruction designed to articulate to a degree program is subject to guidelines and standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to s. 1007.25. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.