Bill Text: FL S0824 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Dual Enrollment Program
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 837 (Ch. 2016-137) [S0824 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0824-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SB 824 By Senator Stargel 15-00901A-16 2016824__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the dual enrollment program; 3 amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; exempting dual enrollment 4 students from paying technology fees; requiring a home 5 education secondary student to be responsible for his 6 or her own instructional materials and transportation 7 in order to participate in the dual enrollment program 8 unless the articulation agreement provides otherwise; 9 requiring a postsecondary institution eligible to 10 participate in the dual enrollment program to enter 11 into a home education articulation agreement; 12 requiring the postsecondary institution to annually 13 complete and submit the agreement to the Department of 14 Education by a specified date; conforming provisions 15 to changes made by the act; authorizing certain 16 instructional materials to be made available free of 17 charge to dual enrollment students in home education 18 programs and private schools if provided for in the 19 articulation agreement; requiring the department to 20 review dual enrollment articulation agreements 21 submitted for certain students, including home 22 education students and private school students, to 23 participate in a dual enrollment program; requiring 24 the Commissioner of Education to notify the district 25 school board superintendent and the president of the 26 postsecondary institution if the dual enrollment 27 articulation agreement does not comply with statutory 28 requirements; requiring a district school board and a 29 Florida College System institution to annually 30 complete and submit to the department by a specified 31 date a dual enrollment articulation agreement with a 32 state university or an eligible independent college or 33 university, as applicable; providing requirements for 34 a private school student to participate in a dual 35 enrollment program; requiring a postsecondary 36 institution eligible to participate in the dual 37 enrollment program to enter into an articulation 38 agreement with certain eligible private schools; 39 requiring the postsecondary institution to annually 40 complete and submit the articulation agreement to the 41 department by a specified date; providing requirements 42 for the articulation agreement; providing for funding 43 for each dual enrollment course taken by certain 44 students; amending ss. 1002.20 and 1011.62, F.S.; 45 conforming provisions to changes made by the act; 46 providing an effective date. 47 48 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 49 50 Section 1. Subsections (2), (10), (11), (13), (16), (17), 51 (22), (23), and (24) of section 1007.271, Florida Statutes, are 52 amended, and subsection (25) is added to that section, to read: 53 1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.— 54 (2) For the purpose of this section, an eligible secondary 55 student is a student who is enrolled in any of grades 6 through 56 12 in a Florida public school or in a Florida private school 57 that is in compliance with s. 1002.42(2) and provides a 58 secondary curriculum pursuant to s. 1003.4282. A student 59Studentswho isareeligible for dual enrollment pursuant to 60 this section may enroll in dual enrollment courses conducted 61 during school hours, after school hours, and during the summer 62 term. However, if the student is projected to graduate from high 63 school before the scheduled completion date of a postsecondary 64 course, the student may not register for that course through 65 dual enrollment. The student may apply to the postsecondary 66 institution and pay the required registration, tuition, and fees 67 if the student meets the postsecondary institution’s admissions 68 requirements under s. 1007.263. Instructional time for dual 69 enrollment may vary from 900 hours; however, the full-time 70 equivalent student membership value isshall besubject tothe71provisions ins. 1011.61(4). A student enrolled as a dual 72 enrollment student is exempt from the payment of registration, 73 tuition, technology, and laboratory fees. Applied academics for 74 adult education instruction, developmental education, and other 75 forms of precollegiate instruction, as well as physical 76 education courses that focus on the physical execution of a 77 skill, rather than the intellectual attributes of the activity, 78 are ineligible for inclusion in the dual enrollment program. 79 Recreation and leisure studies courses shall be evaluated 80 individually in the same manner as physical education courses 81 for potential inclusion in the program. 82 (10) Early admission is a form of dual enrollment through 83 which an eligible secondary student enrollsstudents enrollin a 84 postsecondary institution on a full-time basis in courses that 85 are creditable toward the high school diploma and the associate 86 or baccalaureate degree. A student must enroll in a minimum of 87 12 college credit hours per semester or the equivalent to 88 participate in the early admission program; however, a student 89 may not be required to enroll in more than 15 college credit 90 hours per semester or the equivalent. A studentStudents91 enrolled pursuant to this subsection isareexempt from the 92 payment of registration, tuition, technology, and laboratory 93 fees. 94 (11) Career early admission is a form of career dual 95 enrollment through which an eligible secondary student enrolls 96students enrollfull time in a career center or a Florida 97 College System institution in postsecondary programs leading to 98 industry certifications, as listed in the CAPE Postsecondary 99 Industry Certification Funding List pursuant to s. 1008.44, 100 which are creditable toward the high school diploma and the 101 certificate or associate degree. Participation in the career 102 early admission program is limited to students who have 103 completed a minimum of 4 semesters of full-time secondary 104 enrollment, including studies undertaken inthe ninthgrade 9. A 105 studentStudentsenrolled pursuant to this section isareexempt 106 from the payment of registration, tuition, technology, and 107 laboratory fees. 108 (13)(a) The dual enrollment program for a home education 109 studentstudentsconsists of the enrollment of an eligible home 110 education secondary student in a postsecondary course creditable 111 toward an associate degree, a career certificate, or a 112 baccalaureate degree. To participate in the dual enrollment 113 program, an eligible home education secondary student must: 114 1. Provide proof of enrollment in a home education program 115 pursuant to s. 1002.41. 116 2. Be responsible for his or her own instructional 117 materials and transportation unless provided for in the 118 articulation agreementotherwise. 119 3. Sign a home education articulation agreement pursuant to 120 paragraph (b). 121 (b) Each postsecondary institution eligible to participate 122 in the dual enrollment program pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(i) must 123shallenter into a home education articulation agreement with 124 each home education student seeking enrollment in a dual 125 enrollment course and the student’s parent. By August 1 of each 126 year, the eligible postsecondary institution shall complete and 127 submit the home education articulation agreement to the 128 Department of Education. The home education articulation 129 agreement mustshallinclude, at a minimum: 130 1. A delineation of courses and programs available to a 131dually enrolledhome education student who participates in a 132 dual enrollment programstudents. The postsecondary institution 133 may add, revise, or delete courses and programsmay be added,134revised, or deletedat any timeby the postsecondary135institution. 136 2. The initial and continued eligibility requirements for 137 home education student participation, not to exceed those 138 required of other dual enrollmentdually enrolledstudents. 139 3. A provision expressing whether the postsecondary 140 institution or the student is responsibleThe student’s141responsibilitiesfor providinghis or her owninstructional 142 materials and transportation. 143 4. A copy of the statement on transfer guarantees developed 144 by the Department of Education under subsection (15). 145 (16) A studentStudentswho meetsmeetthe eligibility 146 requirements of this section and who chooseschooseto 147 participate in dual enrollment programs isareexempt from the 148 payment of registration, tuition, technology, and laboratory 149 fees. 150 (17) Instructional materials assigned for use inwithin151 dual enrollment courses shall be made available to dual 152 enrollment students from Florida public high schools free of 153 charge. This subsection does not prohibit a postsecondary 154Florida College Systeminstitution from providing instructional 155 materials at no cost to a home education student or student from 156 a private school, if provided for in the articulation agreement. 157 Instructional materials purchased by a district school board or 158 Florida College System institution board of trustees on behalf 159 of dual enrollment students areshall bethe property of the 160 board against which the purchase is charged. 161 (22) The Department of Education shall develop an 162 electronic submission system for dual enrollment articulation 163 agreements and shall review, for compliance, each dual 164 enrollment articulation agreement submitted pursuant to 165 subsections (13),subsection(21), and (24). The Commissioner of 166 Education shall notify the district school superintendent and 167 the president of the postsecondary institution that is eligible 168 to participate in the dual enrollment program pursuant to s. 169 1011.62(1)(i)Florida College System institution presidentif 170 the dual enrollment articulation agreement does not comply with 171 statutory requirements and shall submit any dual enrollment 172 articulation agreement with unresolved issues of noncompliance 173 to the State Board of Education. 174 (23) A district school boardboardsand a Florida College 175 System institutioninstitutionsmay enter into an additional 176 dual enrollment articulation agreementagreementswith a state 177 universityuniversitiesfor the purposes of this section. A 178 school districtdistrictsmay also enter into a dual enrollment 179 articulation agreementagreementswith an eligible independent 180 college or universitycollegesanduniversitiespursuant to s. 181 1011.62(1)(i). By August 1 of each year, the district school 182 board and the Florida College System institution shall complete 183 and submit the dual enrollment articulation agreement with the 184 state university or an eligible independent college or 185 university, as applicable, to the Department of Education. 186 (24)(a) The dual enrollment program for a private school 187 student consists of the enrollment of an eligible private school 188 student in a postsecondary course creditable toward an associate 189 degree, a career certificate, or a baccalaureate degree. In 190 addition, the private school in which the student is enrolled 191 must award credit toward high school completion for the 192 postsecondary course under the dual enrollment program. To 193 participate in the dual enrollment program, an eligible private 194 school student must: 195 1. Provide proof of enrollment in a private school pursuant 196 to subsection (2). 197 2. Be responsible for his or her own instructional 198 materials and transportation unless provided for in the 199 articulation agreement. 200 3. Sign a private school articulation agreement pursuant to 201 paragraph (b). 202 (b) Each postsecondary institution eligible to participate 203 in the dual enrollment program pursuant to s. 1011.62(1)(i) must 204 enter into a private school articulation agreement with each 205 eligible private school in its geographic service area seeking 206 to offer dual enrollment courses to its students. By August 1 of 207 each year, the eligible postsecondary institution shall complete 208 and submit the private school articulation agreement to the 209 Department of Education. The articulation agreement must 210 include, at a minimum: 211 1. A delineation of courses and programs available to the 212 private school. The postsecondary institution may add, revise, 213 or delete courses and programs at any time. 214 2. The initial and continued eligibility requirements for 215 private school student participation, not to exceed those 216 required of other dual enrollment students. 217 3. A provision expressing whether the private school, the 218 postsecondary institution, or the student is responsible for 219 providing instructional materials and transportation. 220 4. A provision clarifying that the private school will 221 award appropriate credit toward high school completion for the 222 postsecondary course under the dual enrollment program. 223 5. A provision expressing that costs associated with 224 tuition and fees, including technology, registration, and 225 laboratory fees, will not be passed along to the student. 226 6. A provision stating whether the private school will 227 compensate the postsecondary institution for the standard 228 tuition rate per credit hour for each dual enrollment course 229 taken by its students or the postsecondary institution will seek 230 compensation pursuant to subsection (25). 231 7. A copy of the statement on transfer guarantees developed 232 by the Department of Education under subsection (15) 233Postsecondary institutions may enter into dual enrollment234articulation agreements with private secondary schools pursuant235to subsection (2). 236 (25) Subject to annual appropriation in the General 237 Appropriations Act, a public postsecondary institution shall 238 receive an amount of funding equivalent to the standard tuition 239 rate per credit hour for each dual enrollment course taken by a 240 private school student pursuant to subsection (24) during the 241 prior academic year, except for any students for whom the 242 postsecondary institution is otherwise compensated at the 243 standard tuition rate per credit hour. 244 Section 2. Paragraph (d) of subsection (19) of section 245 1002.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 246 1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public 247 school students must receive accurate and timely information 248 regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed 249 of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12 250 students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory 251 rights including, but not limited to, the following: 252 (19) INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.— 253 (d) Dual enrollment students.—Instructional materials 254 purchased by a district school board or Florida College System 255 institution board of trustees on behalf ofpublic schooldual 256 enrollment students shall be made available free of charge to 257 the dual enrollment studentsfree of charge,in accordance with 258 s. 1007.271(17). 259 Section 3. Paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section 260 1011.62, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 261 1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual 262 allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each 263 district for operation of schools is not determined in the 264 annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing 265 the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as 266 follows: 267 (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR 268 OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in 269 determining the annual allocation to each district for 270 operation: 271 (i) Calculation of full-time equivalent membership with 272 respect to dual enrollment instruction.—Students enrolled in 273 dual enrollment instruction pursuant to s. 1007.271 may be 274 included in calculations of full-time equivalent student 275 memberships for basic programs for grades 9 through 12 by a 276 district school board. Instructional time for dual enrollment 277 may vary from 900 hours; however, the full-time equivalent 278 student membership value shall be subject to the provisions in 279 s. 1011.61(4). Dual enrollment full-time equivalent student 280 membership shall be calculated in an amount equal to the hours 281 of instruction that would be necessary to earn the full-time 282 equivalent student membership for an equivalent course if it 283 were taught in the school district. Students in dual enrollment 284 courses may also be calculated as the proportional shares of 285 full-time equivalent enrollments they generate for a Florida 286 College System institution or university conducting the dual 287 enrollment instruction. Early admission students shall be 288 considered dual enrollments for funding purposes. Students may 289 be enrolled in dual enrollment instruction provided by an 290 eligible independent college or university and may be included 291 in calculations of full-time equivalent student memberships for 292 basic programs for grades 9 through 12 by a district school 293 board. However, those provisions of law which exempt dual 294 enrollment studentsenrolledand early admission students from 295 payment of instructional materials and tuition and fees, 296 including registration, technology, and laboratory fees, do 297shallnot apply to students who select the option of enrolling 298 in an eligible independent institution. An independent college 299 or university thatwhichis located and chartered in Florida, is 300 not for profit, is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of 301 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools or the 302 Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, and 303 confers degrees as defined in s. 1005.02 isshall beeligible 304 for inclusion in the dual enrollment or early admission program. 305 Students enrolled in dual enrollment instruction areshall be306 exempt from the payment of tuition and fees, including 307 registration, technology, and laboratory fees. ANostudent 308 enrolled in college credit mathematics or English dual 309 enrollment instruction may notshallbe funded as a dual 310 enrollment unless the student has successfully completed the 311 relevant section of the entry-level examination required 312 pursuant to s. 1008.30. 313 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.