Bill Text: FL S1670 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Apprenticeships
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations [S1670 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S1670-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Apprenticeships
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2016-03-11 - Died in Appropriations [S1670 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S1670-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SB 1670 By Senator Bean 4-01500A-16 20161670__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to apprenticeships; amending s. 3 446.021, F.S.; revising definitions; amending ss. 4 446.032 and 446.091, F.S.; conforming provisions to 5 changes made by the act; amending s. 446.092, F.S.; 6 revising the characteristics of apprenticeable 7 occupations; deleting provisions that limit 8 apprenticeable occupations; amending s. 1001.65, F.S.; 9 requiring Florida College System institution 10 presidents to develop and implement articulation 11 agreements with certain apprenticeship programs; 12 providing articulation agreement requirements; 13 amending s. 1009.25, F.S.; providing that students 14 enrolled in certain apprenticeship programs are exempt 15 from tuition and fees associated with certain courses; 16 creating s. 1011.802, F.S.; creating the Florida 17 Apprenticeship Grant Program within the Department of 18 Education to provide grants to Florida College System 19 institutions for the creation of new apprenticeship 20 programs or the expansion of existing apprenticeship 21 programs; requiring the Division of Career and Adult 22 Education to administer the program; providing 23 requirements related to applications, program 24 priority, use of grant funds, and quarterly reports; 25 creating s. 1011.803, F.S.; creating the Rapid 26 Response Grant Program; providing for the purpose and 27 application requirements of the program; requiring 28 Florida College System institutions that receive 29 grants to provide quarterly reports to the department; 30 providing uses for grant funds; requiring the 31 department to administer and conduct an annual 32 analysis of the program; providing an effective date. 33 34 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 35 36 Section 1. Section 446.021, Florida Statutes, is reordered 37 and amended to read: 38 446.021 Definitions of terms used in ss. 446.011-446.092. 39 As used in ss. 446.011-446.092, the term: 40 (8)(1)“Preapprentice” means any person 16 years of age or 41 over engaged in any course of instruction in the public school 42 system or elsewhere, which course is registered as a 43 preapprenticeship program with the department. 44 (1)(2)“Apprentice” means a person at least 16 years of age 45 who is engaged in learning a recognized skilled trade through 46 actual work experience under the supervision of journeyworker 47journeymencraftsmen, which training should be combined with 48 properly coordinated studies of related technical and 49 supplementary subjects, and who has entered into a written 50 agreement, which may be cited as an apprentice agreement, with a 51 registered apprenticeship sponsor who may be either an employer, 52 an association of employers, or a local joint apprenticeship 53 committee. 54 (11)(3)“Trainee” means a person at least 16 years of age 55 who is engaged in learning a specific skill, trade, or 56 occupation within a formalized, on-the-job training program. 57 (5)(4)“JourneyworkerJourneyman” means a person working in 58 an apprenticeable occupation who has successfully completed a 59 registered apprenticeship program or who has worked the number 60 of years required by established industry practices for the 61 particular trade or occupation. The term includes a mentor, 62 technician, specialist, or other skilled worker who has 63 documented sufficient skills and knowledge of an occupation, 64 either through formal apprenticeship or through practical on 65 the-job experience and formal training. 66 (9)(5)“Preapprenticeship program” means an organized 67 course of instruction in the public school system or elsewhere, 68 which course is designed to prepare a person 16 years of age or 69 older to become an apprentice and which course is approved by 70 and registered with the department and sponsored by a registered 71 apprenticeship program. 72 (2)(6)“Apprenticeship program” means an organized course 73 of instruction, registered and approved by the department, which 74 course shall: 75 (a) Contain all terms and conditions for the 76 qualifications, recruitment, selection, employment, and training 77 of apprentices including such matters as the requirements for a 78 written apprenticeship agreement. 79 (b) Enable learning that may include online courses and 80 remote platforms for distributing training content. 81 (c) Award credit for existing skills and knowledge 82 demonstrated by prior learning assessments, as determined by 83 institution policy on credit for prior learning pursuant to s. 84 1001.64. 85 (7) “On-the-job training program” means a formalized system 86 of job processes which may be augmented by related instruction 87 that provides the experience and knowledge necessary to meet the 88 training objective of learning a specific skill, trade, or 89 occupation. The training program must be at least 6 months and 90 not more than 2 years in duration and must be registered with 91 the department. 92 (12)(8)“Uniform minimum preapprenticeship standards” means 93 the minimum requirements established uniformly for each craft 94 under which a preapprenticeship program is administered and 95 includes standards of admission, training goals, training 96 objectives, curriculum outlines, objective standards to measure 97 successful completion of the preapprenticeship program, and the 98 percentage of credit which may be given to preapprenticeship 99 graduates upon acceptance into the apprenticeship program. 100 (10)(9)“Related instruction” means an organized and 101 systematic form of instruction designed to provide the 102 apprentice with knowledge of the theoretical subjects related to 103 a specific trade or occupation. 104 (3)(10)“Cancellation” means the deregistration of an 105 apprenticeship program or the termination of an apprenticeship 106 agreement. 107 (6)(11)“Jurisdiction” means the specific geographical area 108 for which a particular program is registered. 109 (4)(12)“Department” means the Department of Education. 110 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 446.032, Florida 111 Statutes, is amended to read: 112 446.032 General duties of the department for apprenticeship 113 training.—The department shall: 114 (1) Establish uniform minimum standards and policies 115 governing apprentice programs and agreements. The standards and 116 policies shall govern the terms and conditions of the 117 apprentice’s employment and training, including the quality 118 training of the apprentice for, but not limited to, such matters 119 as ratios of apprentices to journeyworkersjourneymen, safety, 120 related instruction, and on-the-job training; but these 121 standards and policies may not include rules, standards, or 122 guidelines that require the use of apprentices and job trainees 123 on state, county, or municipal contracts. The department may 124 adopt rules necessary to administer the standards and policies. 125 Section 3. Section 446.091, Florida Statutes, is amended to 126 read: 127 446.091 On-the-job training program.—All provisions of ss. 128 446.011-446.092 relating to apprenticeship and 129 preapprenticeship, including, but not limited to, programs, 130 agreements, standards, administration, procedures, definitions, 131 expenditures, local committees, powers and duties, limitations, 132 grievances, and ratios of apprentices and job trainees to 133 journeyworkersjourneymenon state, county, and municipal 134 contracts, shall be appropriately adapted and made applicable to 135 a program of on-the-job training authorized under those 136 provisions for persons other than apprentices. 137 Section 4. Section 446.092, Florida Statutes, is amended to 138 read: 139 446.092 Criteria for apprenticeship occupations.—An 140 apprenticeable occupation is a skilled trade which possesses all 141 of the following characteristics: 142 (1) It is customarily learnedin a practical waythrough a 143 structured, systematic program of on-the-job, supervised 144 training. 145 (2) It is commonly recognized throughout the industry or 146 recognized with a positive view towards emerging and evolving 147changingtechnology. 148 (3) It typically involves manual, mechanical, or technical 149 skills and knowledge which require a minimum of 2,000 hours of 150 work and training, which hours are excluded from the time spent 151 at related instruction. 152 (4) It requires related instruction to supplement on-the 153 job training and online training. Such instruction may be given 154 in a classroom or through correspondence courses. 155 (5) It involves the development of skill sufficiently broad 156 to be applicable in like occupations throughout an industry, 157 rather than of restricted application to the products or 158 services of any one company. 159(6) It does not fall into any of the following categories:160(a) Selling, retailing, or similar occupations in the161distributive field.162(b) Managerial occupations.163(c) Professional and scientific vocations for which164entrance requirements customarily require an academic degree.165 Section 5. Subsections (22) through (25) of section 166 1001.65, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (23) 167 through (26), respectively, and a new subsection (22) is added 168 to that section, to read: 169 1001.65 Florida College System institution presidents; 170 powers and duties.—The president is the chief executive officer 171 of the Florida College System institution, shall be corporate 172 secretary of the Florida College System institution board of 173 trustees, and is responsible for the operation and 174 administration of the Florida College System institution. Each 175 Florida College System institution president shall: 176 (22) Develop and implement jointly with apprenticeship 177 programs registered with the Department of Education in 178 accordance with chapter 446 an articulation agreement for the 179 students enrolled in the respective apprenticeship programs. 180 Such articulation agreement must provide for at least two 181 general education courses offered by the institution to be 182 included in the apprenticeship program, for the award of college 183 credit upon satisfactory completion of the courses as defined by 184 the institution pursuant to s. 1001.64, and for enrollment into 185 a degree program at the institution upon completion of the 186 apprenticeship program. 187 Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 188 1009.25, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 189 1009.25 Fee exemptions.— 190 (1) The following students are exempt from the payment of 191 tuition and fees, including lab fees, at a school district that 192 provides workforce education programs, Florida College System 193 institution, or state university: 194 (b) A student enrolled in an approved apprenticeship 195 program, as defined in s. 446.021, including tuition and fees, 196 including lab fees, associated with a course taken at a Florida 197 College System institution through an articulation agreement 198 with the student’s apprenticeship program. 199 Section 7. Section 1011.802, Florida Statutes, is created 200 to read: 201 1011.802 Florida Apprenticeship Grant (FLAG) Program.— 202 (1) The Florida Apprenticeship Grant Program is created to 203 provide grants, in an amount provided in the General 204 Appropriations Act, to Florida College System institutions on a 205 competitive basis to establish new apprenticeship programs and 206 expand existing apprenticeship programs. The Division of Career 207 and Adult Education within the Department of Education shall 208 administer the grant program. 209 (2) Applications from Florida College System institutions 210 must contain projected enrollment and projected costs for the 211 new or expanded apprenticeship programs. 212 (3) The department shall give priority to apprenticeship 213 programs in the areas of information technology, health, and 214 machining and manufacturing. Grant funds may be used for 215 instructional equipment, supplies, personnel, student services, 216 and other expenses associated with the creation or expansion of 217 an apprenticeship program. Grant funds may not be used for 218 recurring instructional costs or for an institution’s indirect 219 costs. Grant recipients must submit quarterly reports in a 220 format prescribed by the department. 221 Section 8. Section 1011.803, Florida Statutes, is created 222 to read: 223 1011.803 Rapid Response Grant Program.— 224 (1) The Rapid Response Grant Program is established to 225 award grants on a competitive basis, in an amount provided in 226 the General Appropriations Act, for the expansion or 227 implementation of high-demand postsecondary programs at Florida 228 College System institutions, as defined in s. 1000.21. 229 (2) Each Florida College System institution applying for a 230 grant must submit an application to the Department of Education 231 in the format prescribed by the department. The application must 232 include, but is not limited to, program expansion or development 233 details, projected enrollment, and projected costs. 234 (3) Each Florida College System institution that is awarded 235 a grant under this section shall submit quarterly reports to the 236 department in the format prescribed by the department. Grant 237 funds may not be used to replace current funds and must be used 238 to expand enrollment in existing postsecondary programs or 239 develop new postsecondary programs. 240 (4) The Department of Education shall administer the 241 program and shall conduct an annual analysis and assessment of 242 the effectiveness of the postsecondary programs funded under 243 this section in meeting labor market demand. 244 Section 9. This act shall take effect July 1, 2016.