Bill Text: FL S1342 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Postsecondary Education for Secondary Students
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations [S1342 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S1342-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Postsecondary Education for Secondary Students
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations [S1342 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S1342-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 1342 By Senator Stargel 22-01314-19 20191342__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to postsecondary education for 3 secondary students; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; 4 requiring, rather than authorizing, instructional 5 materials to be made available to certain dual 6 enrollment students free of charge; prohibiting 7 certain costs associated with a private school student 8 who is enrolled in a dual enrollment course from being 9 passed along to the student’s school; amending s. 10 1007.273, F.S.; defining the term “early college 11 program”; providing additional options for students 12 participating in an early college program; revising 13 the requirements for an early college program; 14 authorizing certain private school and home education 15 students to enroll in an early college program; 16 prohibiting certain entities from limiting the number 17 of students who may participate in an early college 18 program; revising early college program contract and 19 student performance contract requirements; requiring 20 each district school board to annually notify students 21 in certain grades of specified information about the 22 early college program; authorizing a charter school to 23 establish an early college program; providing that 24 certain students and schools are not responsible for 25 specified costs; providing that students who meet 26 certain requirements generate a full-time equivalent 27 bonus; providing requirements for such bonuses; 28 requiring a district school superintendent to annually 29 report to the Commissioner of Education certain 30 information relating to the early college program; 31 requiring the commissioner to annually submit a report 32 to the Governor and the Legislature; providing an 33 effective date. 34 35 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 36 37 Section 1. Subsection (17) and paragraph (b) of subsection 38 (24) of section 1007.271, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 39 1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.— 40 (17) Instructional materials assigned for use within dual 41 enrollment courses shall be made available to dual enrollment 42 students from Florida public high schools, home education 43 programs, and private schools free of charge.This subsection44does not prohibit a Florida College System institution from45providing instructional materials at no cost to a home education46student or student from a private school.Instructional 47 materials purchased by a district school board or Florida 48 College System institution board of trustees on behalf of dual 49 enrollment students shall be the property of the board against 50 which the purchase is charged. 51 (24) 52 (b) Each public postsecondary institution eligible to 53 participate in the dual enrollment program pursuant to s. 54 1011.62(1)(i) must enter into a private school articulation 55 agreement with each eligible private school in its geographic 56 service area seeking to offer dual enrollment courses to its 57 students, including, but not limited to, students with 58 disabilities. By August 1 of each year, the eligible 59 postsecondary institution shall complete and submit the private 60 school articulation agreement to the Department of Education. 61 The private school articulation agreement must include, at a 62 minimum: 63 1. A delineation of courses and programs available to the 64 private school student. The postsecondary institution may add, 65 revise, or delete courses and programs at any time. 66 2. The initial and continued eligibility requirements for 67 private school student participation, not to exceed those 68 required of other dual enrollment students. 69 3. The student’s responsibilities for providing his or her 70 own instructional materials and transportation. 71 4. A provision clarifying that the private school will 72 award appropriate credit toward high school completion for the 73 postsecondary course under the dual enrollment program. 74 5. A provision expressing that costs associated with 75 tuition and fees, including registration,and laboratory fees, 76 will not be passed along to the student or the student’s private 77 school of enrollment. 78 Section 2. Section 1007.273, Florida Statutes, is amended 79 to read: 80 1007.273 Early college acceleration programsCollegiate81high school program.— 82(1)Each Florida College System institution shall work with 83 each district school board in its designated service area to 84 establish one or more early college programs, including, but not 85 limited to, collegiate high school programs. As used in this 86 section, the term “early college program” means a structured 87 high school acceleration program. 88 (1)(2)PURPOSE.—At a minimum, early collegecollegiate high89schoolprograms must include an option for public school 90 students in gradesgrade11 andor grade12 participating in the 91 early college program, for at least 21full school yearsyear, 92 to earn CAPE industry certifications pursuant to s. 1008.44 and 93 to successfully complete at least 6030credit hours through the 94 dual enrollment program under s. 1007.271. Private school 95 students and home education students in grades 11 and 12 may 96 enroll in the early college program. The early college program 97 must prioritize dual enrollment courses applicable as general 98 education core courses or common prerequisite courses under s. 99 1007.25toward the first year of collegefor an associate degree 100 or a baccalaureate degree over dual enrollment courses 101 applicable as electiveswhile enrolled in the program. A 102 district school board or Florida College System institution may 103 not limit the number of eligible students who may enroll in such 104 early college programs. 105 (2)(3)REQUIRED EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM CONTRACTS.—Each 106 district school board and its local Florida College System 107 institution shall execute a contract to establish one or more 108 early collegecollegiate high schoolprograms at a mutually 109 agreed upon location or locations.Beginning with the 2015-2016110school year,If the local Florida College System institution 111 does not establish an early collegeaprogram with a district 112 school board in its designated service area, another Florida 113 College System institution may execute a contract with that 114 district school board to establish the early college program. 115 Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the contract must be 116 executed by January 1 of each school year for implementation of 117 the early college program during the next school year. The 118 contract must: 119 (a) Identify the grade levels to be included in the early 120 collegecollegiate high schoolprogramwhich must, at a minimum,121include grade 12. 122 (b) Describe the early collegecollegiate high school123 program, including a list of the meta-major academic pathways 124 approved pursuant to s. 1008.30(4) that are available to 125 participating students through the partner Florida College 126 System institution or other eligible partner postsecondary 127 institution participating pursuant to subsection (4); the 128 delineation of courses that must, at a minimum, include general 129 education core courses and common prerequisite courses pursuant 130 to s. 1007.25;andindustry certifications offered, including 131 online course availability; the high school and college credits 132 earned for each postsecondary course completed and industry 133 certification earned; student eligibility criteria; and the 134 enrollment process and relevant deadlines. 135 (c) Describe the methods, medium, and process by which 136 students and their parents are annually informed about the 137 availability of the early collegecollegiate high school138 program, the return on investment associated with participation 139 in the early college program, and the information described in 140 paragraphs (a) and (b). 141 (d) Identify the delivery methods for instruction and the 142 instructors for all courses. 143 (e) Identify student advising services and progress 144 monitoring mechanisms. 145 (f) Establish a program review and reporting mechanism 146 regarding student performance outcomes. 147 (g) Describe the terms of funding arrangements to implement 148 the early collegecollegiate high schoolprogram pursuant to 149 paragraph (5)(a). 150 (3) STUDENT PERFORMANCE CONTRACT AND NOTIFICATION.— 151 (a)(4)Each student participating in an early collegea152collegiate high schoolprogram must enter into a student 153 performance contract which must be signed by the student, the 154 parent, and a representative of the school district and the 155 partneringapplicableFlorida College System institution, state156university,or other eligible partner postsecondary institution 157 participating pursuant to subsection (4)(5). The performance 158 contract must, at a minimum, specifyincludethe schedule of 159 courses, by semester, and industry certifications to be taken by 160 the student, if any; student attendance requirements;, and161 course grade requirements; and the applicability of such courses 162 to an associate degree or a baccalaureate degree. 163 (b) By September 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, each 164 district school board must notify each student in grades 9, 10, 165 11, and 12 in a public school, each home education student in 166 grades 9, 10, 11, or 12, and each private school with students 167 in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 within the school district about the 168 early college program, including, but not limited to, all of the 169 following: 170 1. The method for earning college credit through 171 participation in the early college program. The notification 172 must include Internet websites to the dual enrollment course 173 equivalency list approved by the State Board of Education; the 174 common degree program prerequisite requirements published by the 175 Articulation Coordinating Committee pursuant to s. 176 1007.01(3)(f); the industry certification articulation 177 agreements adopted by the State Board of Education in rule; and 178 the approved meta-major academic pathways of the partner Florida 179 College System institution or other eligible partner 180 postsecondary institution participating pursuant to subsection 181 (4). 182 2. The estimated cost savings to students and their 183 families resulting from students successfully completing 30 184 credit hours and 60 credit hours applicable toward general 185 education core courses or common prerequisite courses before 186 graduating from high school versus the cost of students earning 187 such credit hours after graduating from high school. 188 (4)(5)AUTHORIZED EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM CONTRACTS.—In 189 addition to executing a contract with the local Florida College 190 System institution under this section, a district school board 191 may execute a contract to establish an early collegea192collegiate high schoolprogram with a state university or an 193 institution that is eligible to participate in the William L. 194 Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education Grant Program, 195 that is a nonprofit independent college or university located 196 and chartered in this state, and that is accredited by the 197 Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges 198 and Schools to grant baccalaureate degrees. Such university or 199 institution must meet the requirements specified under 200 subsections (2)(3)and (3)(4). A charter school may execute a 201 contract directly with the local Florida College System 202 institution or another institution as authorized under this 203 section to establish an early college program at a mutually 204 agreed upon location. 205 (5) FUNDING.— 206 (a)(6)The early collegecollegiate high schoolprogram 207 shall be funded pursuant to ss. 1007.271 and 1011.62. Pursuant 208 to s. 1007.271, a home education student, private school 209 student, and private school student’s school of enrollment are 210 not responsible for the costs associated with instructional 211 materials, tuition, and fees, including registration and 212 laboratory fees. The State Board of Education shall enforce 213 compliance with this section by withholding the transfer of 214 funds for the school districts and the Florida College System 215 institutions in accordance with s. 1008.32. 216 (b) A student who enrolls in the early college program and 217 successfully completes an associate degree or at least 60 218 college credit hours toward fulfilling the requirements for a 219 baccalaureate degree pursuant to the student performance 220 contract under subsection (3) before graduating from high school 221 generates a 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE) bonus. Each district 222 school board that is a contractual partner with a Florida 223 College System institution or other eligible postsecondary 224 institution pursuant to subsection (4) shall report to the 225 Commissioner of Education the total FTE bonus for each early 226 college program for the students from that school district. The 227 total FTE bonus shall be added to each school district’s total 228 weighted FTE for funding in the subsequent fiscal year. 229 (c) For any industry certification a student attains under 230 this section, the FTE bonus shall be calculated and awarded in 231 accordance with s. 1011.62(1)(o). 232 (6) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 233 (a) Beginning September 1, 2020, and annually thereafter, 234 each district school superintendent shall report to the 235 commissioner, at a minimum, the following information on each 236 early college program administered during the previous school 237 year: 238 1. The number of students in public schools, private 239 schools, and home education programs within the school district 240 who enrolled in the early college program and the partnering 241 postsecondary institutions pursuant to subsections (2) and (4). 242 2. The total and average number of dual enrollment courses 243 completed, high school and college credits earned, standard high 244 school diplomas and associate and baccalaureate degrees awarded, 245 and industry certifications attained, if any, by the students 246 who enrolled in the early college program. 247 3. The projected student enrollment in the early college 248 program during the next school year. 249 4. Any barriers to executing contracts to establish one or 250 more early college programs. 251 (b) By November 30, 2020, and annually thereafter, the 252 commissioner must report to the Governor, the President of the 253 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives the 254 status of early college programs, including, at a minimum, a 255 summary of student enrollment and completion information 256 pursuant to this subsection; barriers, if any, to establishing 257 such programs; and recommendations for expanding access to such 258 programs statewide. 259 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.