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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to welfare transition;
3 providing a short title; providing legislative
4 intent; authorizing the Passport to Economic
5 Progress demonstration program in specified
6 areas; requiring Workforce Florida, Inc., and
7 the Department of Children and Family Services
8 to pursue federal-government waivers as
9 necessary; increasing the amount of income that
10 may be disregarded in determining eligibility
11 for temporary cash assistance for families
12 residing in the demonstration areas;
13 authorizing an extended period of time for the
14 receipt of welfare-transition benefits by
15 families residing in the demonstration areas;
16 providing legislative findings; directing
17 Workforce Florida, Inc., to create a
18 transitional wage supplementation program;
19 authorizing wage supplementation payments to
20 certain individuals; requiring an evaluation
21 and reports on the demonstration program;
22 providing for conflicts of laws; providing
23 appropriations; amending s. 445.004, F.S.;
24 specifying an additional member of the board of
25 directors of Workforce Florida, Inc.; requiring
26 certain funds to be expended for after-school
27 care programs; prohibiting certain uses of such
28 funds; prescribing eligibility criteria for
29 certain organizations providing such programs;
30 amending s. 445.007, F.S.; providing
31 legislative intent relating to involving
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1 certain persons in board activities; providing
2 legislative findings and intent; creating the
3 Digital Divide Council in the State Technology
4 Office; specifying membership; providing for
5 terms, filling vacancies, and compensation;
6 providing for council meetings and officers;
7 requiring the State Technology Office to
8 provide administrative and technical support;
9 providing powers and duties of the council;
10 authorizing design and implementation of
11 certain programs; providing program objectives
12 and goals; requiring the council to monitor,
13 review, and assess program performances;
14 requiring reports; providing an effective date.
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16 WHEREAS, the state has achieved dramatic success in
17 reforms to the welfare system, with more than 200,000 families
18 leaving the welfare rolls since such reforms were enacted in
19 1996, and
20 WHEREAS, the majority of those who have left the
21 welfare rolls have done so because of employment and have held
22 no more than two different jobs since leaving welfare, and
23 WHEREAS, however, many of those who have left the
24 welfare rolls are generating incomes below the federal poverty
25 level, leaving them vulnerable to falling back into the
26 welfare system, and
27 WHEREAS, there also are families that remain within the
28 welfare system who are at risk of exhausting their eligibility
29 for assistance and who would benefit from greater incentives
30 to increase their earnings, and
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1 WHEREAS, a strategy that encourages employment,
2 training, and education represents the best approach for
3 increasing family incomes and promoting economic
4 self-sufficiency, and
5 WHEREAS, the Workforce Innovation Act of 2000
6 restructured the state's workforce system to provide
7 individuals with enhanced opportunities to develop skills to
8 secure, maintain, and advance in employment through training
9 and education, and
10 WHEREAS, the expansion of incentives for employment,
11 the extension of transitional support services, and the
12 provision of wage supplements will further enhance the ability
13 of families who are participants in the welfare system or who
14 are leaving the welfare system to raise their incomes and
15 achieve economic progress, NOW, THEREFORE,
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Legislative intent.--The purpose of the
20 Passport to Economic Progress Act is to provide incentives and
21 services designed to assist individuals who are recipients of
22 temporary cash assistance or who are former recipients of
23 temporary cash assistance generate family income levels that
24 help foster the achievement and maintenance of economic
25 self-sufficiency. It is the intent of the Legislature to
26 create through this act a demonstration program for the
27 provision of such incentives and services, with the goal of
28 developing a model for the continued evolution and enhancement
29 of the welfare-reform efforts of the state.
30 Section 2. Passport to Economic Progress demonstration
31 program.--
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1 (1) AUTHORIZATION.--Notwithstanding any law to the
2 contrary, Workforce Florida, Inc., in conjunction with the
3 Department of Children and Family Services and the Agency for
4 Workforce Innovation, shall implement a Passport to Economic
5 Progress demonstration program by November 1, 2001, consistent
6 with the provisions of this section in Hillsborough and
7 Manatee counties. Workforce Florida, Inc., must consult with
8 the applicable regional workforce boards and the applicable
9 local offices of the department which serve the demonstration
10 areas and must encourage community input into the
11 implementation process.
12 (2) WAIVERS.--If Workforce Florida, Inc., in
13 consultation with the Department of Children and Family
14 Services, finds that federal waivers would facilitate
15 implementation of the demonstration program, the department
16 shall immediately request such waivers, and Workforce Florida,
17 Inc., shall report to the Governor, the President of the
18 Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives if any
19 refusal of the federal government to grant such waivers
20 prevents the implementation of the demonstration program. If
21 Workforce Florida, Inc., finds that federal waivers to
22 provisions of the Food Stamp Program would facilitate
23 implementation of the demonstration program, the Department of
24 Children and Family Services shall immediately request such
25 waivers in accordance with section 414.175, Florida Statutes.
26 (3) INCOME DISREGARD.--In order to provide an
27 additional incentive for employment, and notwithstanding the
28 amount specified in section 414.095(12), Florida Statutes, for
29 individuals residing in the areas designated for this
30 demonstration program, the first $300 plus one-half of the
31 remainder of earned income shall be disregarded in determining
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1 eligibility for temporary cash assistance. All other
2 conditions and requirements of section 414.095(12), Florida
3 Statutes, shall continue to apply to such individuals.
4 (4) TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES.--In order to
5 assist them in making the transition to economic
6 self-sufficiency, former recipients of temporary cash
7 assistance residing within the areas designated for this
8 demonstration program shall be eligible for the following
9 benefits and services:
10 (a) Notwithstanding the time period specified in
11 section 445.030, Florida Statutes, transitional education and
12 training support services as specified in section 445.030,
13 Florida Statutes, for up to 4 years after the family is no
14 longer receiving temporary cash assistance;
15 (b) Notwithstanding the time period specified in
16 section 445.031, Florida Statutes, transitional transportation
17 support services as specified in section 445.031, Florida
18 Statutes, for up to 4 years after the family is no longer
19 receiving temporary cash assistance; and
20 (c) Notwithstanding the time period specified in
21 section 445.032, Florida Statutes, transitional child care as
22 specified in section 445.032, Florida Statutes, for up to 4
23 years after the family is no longer receiving temporary cash
24 assistance.
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26 All other provisions of sections 445.030, 445.031, and
27 445.032, Florida Statutes, shall apply to such individuals, as
28 appropriate. This subsection does not constitute an
29 entitlement to transitional benefits and services. If funds
30 are insufficient to provide benefits and services under this
31 subsection, the board of directors of Workforce Florida, Inc.,
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1 may limit such benefits and services or otherwise establish
2 priorities for the provisions of such benefits and services.
3 (5) WAGE SUPPLEMENTATION.--
4 (a) The Legislature finds that:
5 1. There are former recipients of temporary cash
6 assistance who are working full time but whose incomes are
7 below the federal poverty level.
8 2. Having incomes below the federal poverty level
9 makes such individuals particularly vulnerable to reliance on
10 public assistance despite their best efforts to achieve or
11 maintain economic independence through employment.
12 3. It is necessary to supplement the wages of such
13 individuals for a limited period of time in order to assist
14 them in fulfilling the transition to economic
15 self-sufficiency.
16 (b) Workforce Florida, Inc., in cooperation with the
17 Department of Children and Family Services and the Agency for
18 Workforce Innovation, shall create a transitional wage
19 supplementation program by November 1, 2001, as a component of
20 the Passport to Economic Progress demonstration program in the
21 areas designated for the demonstration program. This wage
22 supplementation program does not constitute an entitlement to
23 wage supplementation. If funds appropriated are insufficient
24 to provide wage supplementation, the board of directors of
25 Workforce Florida, Inc., may limit wage supplementation or
26 otherwise establish priorities for wage supplementation.
27 (c) To be eligible for wage supplementation under this
28 subsection, an individual must:
29 1. Be a former recipient of temporary cash assistance
30 who last received such assistance on or after January 1, 2000;
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1 2. Be employed full time, which for the purposes of
2 this subsection means employment averaging at least 32 hours
3 per week; and
4 3. Have an average family income for the 6 months
5 preceding the date of application for wage supplementation
6 which is less than 100 percent of the federal poverty level.
7 (d) Workforce Florida, Inc., shall determine the
8 schedule for the payment of wage supplementation under this
9 subsection. An individual eligible for wage supplementation
10 under this subsection may receive a payment that equals the
11 amount necessary to bring the individual's total family income
12 for the period covered by the payment to 100 percent of the
13 federal poverty level. An individual may not receive wage
14 supplementation payments for more than a total of 12 months.
15 (e) The wage supplementation program authorized by
16 this subsection shall be administered through the regional
17 workforce boards and the one-stop delivery system, under
18 policy guidelines, criteria, and applications developed by
19 Workforce Florida, Inc., in cooperation with the Department of
20 Children and Family Services and the Agency for Workforce
21 Innovation. To the maximum extent possible, the regional
22 workforce boards shall use electronic debit card technologies
23 to provide wage supplementation payments under this program.
24 (6) EVALUATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.--Workforce
25 Florida, Inc., in conjunction with the Department of Children
26 and Family Services, the Agency for Workforce Innovation, and
27 the regional workforce boards in the areas designated for this
28 demonstration program, shall conduct a comprehensive
29 evaluation of the effectiveness of the demonstration program
30 operated under this section. By January 1, 2003, Workforce
31 Florida, Inc., shall submit a report on such evaluation to the
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1 Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the
2 House of Representatives. The report must include
3 recommendations as to whether the demonstration program should
4 be expanded to other service areas or statewide and whether
5 the program should be revised to enhance its administration or
6 effectiveness.
7 (7) CONFLICTS.--If there is a conflict between the
8 implementation procedures described in this section and
9 federal requirements and regulations, federal requirements and
10 regulations shall control.
11 Section 3. There is appropriated from the Federal
12 Grants Trust Fund to the Department of Children and Family
13 Services $310,000 to provide funds for 9 months to implement
14 the additional income disregard for fiscal year 2001-2002.
15 There is appropriated from the Employment Security
16 Administration Trust Fund to the Agency for Workforce
17 Innovation $3,222,500 to provide funds for 9 months to extend
18 transitional benefits and services and to implement the wage
19 supplementation program for fiscal year 2001-2002. The source
20 of these funds is the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
21 block grant.
22 Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and
23 paragraph (a) of subsection (10) of section 445.004, Florida
24 Statutes, are amended to read:
25 445.004 Workforce Florida, Inc.; creation; purpose;
26 membership; duties and powers.--
27 (3)(a) Workforce Florida, Inc., shall be governed by a
28 board of directors, the number of directors to be determined
29 by the Governor, whose membership and appointment must be
30 consistent with Pub. L. No. 105-220, Title I, s. 111(b), and
31 contain one member representing the licensed nonpublic
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1 postsecondary educational institutions authorized as
2 individual training account providers, one member from the
3 staffing service industry, at least one member who is a
4 current or former recipient of welfare transition services as
5 defined in s. 445.002(3) or workforce services as provided in
6 s. 445.009(1), and five representatives of organized labor who
7 shall be appointed by the Governor. Notwithstanding s.
8 114.05(1)(f), the Governor may appoint remaining members to
9 Workforce Florida, Inc., from the current Workforce
10 Development Board and the WAGES Program State Board of
11 Directors, established pursuant to chapter 96-175, Laws of
12 Florida, to serve on the reconstituted board. By July 1, 2000,
13 the Workforce Development Board will provide to the Governor a
14 transition plan to incorporate the changes required by this
15 act and Pub. L. No. 105-220, specifying the manner of changes
16 to the board. This plan shall govern the transition, unless
17 otherwise notified by the Governor. The importance of
18 minority, gender, and geographic representation shall be
19 considered when making appointments to the board.
20 (10) The workforce development strategy for the state
21 shall be designed by Workforce Florida, Inc., and shall be
22 centered around the strategies of First Jobs/First Wages,
23 Better Jobs/Better Wages, and High Skills/High Wages.
24 (a) First Jobs/First Wages is the state's strategy to
25 promote successful entry into the workforce through education
26 and workplace experience that lead to self-sufficiency and
27 career advancement. The components of the strategy include
28 efforts that enlist business, education, and community support
29 for students to achieve long-term career goals, ensuring that
30 young people have the academic and occupational skills
31 required to succeed in the workplace. A minimum of 15 percent
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1 of all Workforce Investment Act youth services funds shall be
2 expended for after-school care programs, through contracts
3 with qualified community-based organizations and faith-based
4 organizations, on an equal basis with other private
5 organizations, to provide after-school care programs to
6 eligible children 14 through 18 years of age. These programs
7 shall include academic tutoring, mentoring, and other
8 appropriate services. Similar services may be provided for
9 eligible children 6 through 13 years of age using Temporary
10 Assistance for Needy Families funds. Funds expended under this
11 paragraph may not be used for religious or sectarian purposes.
12 To provide after-school care programs under this paragraph, a
13 community-based organization or a faith-based organization
14 must be a nonprofit organization that holds a current
15 exemption from federal taxation under s. 501(c)(3) or (4) of
16 the Internal Revenue Code or must be a religious organization
17 that is not required to apply for recognition of its exemption
18 from federal taxation under s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal
19 Revenue Code.
20 Section 5. Subsection (1) of section 445.007, Florida
21 Statutes, is amended to read:
22 445.007 Regional workforce boards.--
23 (1) One regional workforce board shall be appointed in
24 each designated service delivery area and shall serve as the
25 local workforce investment board pursuant to Pub. L. No.
26 105-220. The membership of the board shall be consistent with
27 Pub. L. No. 105-220, Title I, s. 117(b), and contain one
28 representative from a nonpublic postsecondary educational
29 institution that is an authorized individual training account
30 provider within the region and confers certificates and
31 diplomas, one representative from a nonpublic postsecondary
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1 educational institution that is an authorized individual
2 training account provider within the region and confers
3 degrees, and three representatives of organized labor.
4 Individuals serving as members of regional workforce
5 development boards or local WAGES coalitions, as of June 30,
6 2000, are eligible for appointment to regional workforce
7 boards, pursuant to this section. It is the intent of the
8 Legislature that, whenever possible and to the greatest extent
9 practicable, membership of a regional workforce board include
10 persons who are current or former recipients of welfare
11 transition assistance as defined in s. 445.002(3) or workforce
12 services as provided in s. 445.009(1), or that such persons be
13 included as ex officio members of the board or of committees
14 organized by the board. The importance of minority and gender
15 representation shall be considered when making appointments to
16 the board. If the regional workforce board enters into a
17 contract with an organization or individual represented on the
18 board of directors, the contract must be approved by a
19 two-thirds vote of the entire board, and the board member who
20 could benefit financially from the transaction must abstain
21 from voting on the contract. A board member must disclose any
22 such conflict in a manner that is consistent with the
23 procedures outlined in s. 112.3143.
24 Section 6. Legislative findings and intent; Digital
25 Divide Council; powers and duties; program objectives and
26 goals; review and assessment of program performances; annual
27 report.--
28 (1) LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.--The Legislature
29 finds as follows:
30 (a) Frequent access to use of information technology
31 and possession of the knowledge and skills required to use
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1 information technology productively is becoming increasingly
2 more important to being competitively qualified for
3 high-skill, high-wage employment.
4 (b) The availability of reasonable opportunities to
5 have frequent access to use of information technology and to
6 obtain the education and training necessary to acquire the
7 knowledge and skills required to use information technology
8 productively is critical to becoming competitively qualified
9 for high-skill, high-wage employment.
10 (c) Families that are living near or below the poverty
11 level are without adequate economic resources to have
12 reasonable opportunities to obtain frequent access to use of
13 information technology or the education and training necessary
14 to acquire the knowledge and skills required to become
15 competively qualified for high-skill, high-wage employment.
16 (d) The absence of such economic resources divides
17 such families from those who have adequate economic resources
18 to have such opportunities, places such families at risk of
19 never realizing their employment and income earning potential,
20 and prevents the state's economy from prospering to the extent
21 possible if such families realized their employment and income
22 earning potential.
23 (e) The divide between the members of such at-risk
24 families and those who have adequate economic resources to
25 have reasonable opportunities to obtain access to frequent use
26 of information technology and the education and training
27 necessary to acquire the knowledge and skills required to
28 become competitively qualified for high-skill, high-wage
29 employment could be reduced, and the economy of the state
30 could be enhanced, by designing and implementing programs that
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1 provide such opportunities to members of such at-risk
2 families.
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4 It is the intent of the Legislature to provide the authority
5 and resources reasonably necessary to facilitate design and
6 implementation of such programs.
7 (2) DIGITAL DIVIDE COUNCIL.--The Digital Divide
8 Council is created in the State Technology Office. The council
9 shall consist of:
10 (a) The chief information officer in the State
11 Technology Office.
12 (b) The director of the Office of Tourism, Trade, and
13 Economic Development in the Executive Office of the Governor.
14 (c) The president of Workforce Florida, Inc.
15 (d) The director of the Agency for Workforce
16 Innovation.
17 (e) The chair of itflorida.com, Inc.
18 (f) The Commissioner of Education.
19 (g) The executive director of the State Board of
20 Community Colleges.
21 (h) The executive director of the State Board for
22 Career Education.
23 (i) The chair of the Network Access Point of the
24 Americas.
25 (j) A representative of the information technology
26 industry in this state appointed by the Speaker of the House
27 of Representatives.
28 (k) A representative of the information technology
29 industry in this state appointed by the President of the
30 Senate.
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1 (l) Two members of the House of Representatives, who
2 shall be ex officio, nonvoting members of the council,
3 appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one
4 of whom shall be a member of the Republican caucus and the
5 other of whom shall be a member of the Democratic caucus.
6 (m) Two members of the Senate, who shall be ex
7 officio, nonvoting members of the council, appointed by the
8 President of the Senate, one of whom shall be a member of the
9 Republican caucus and the other of whom shall be a member of
10 the Democratic caucus.
11 (3) TERMS OF APPOINTED MEMBERS OF COUNCIL; VACANCIES;
12 COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.--The appointed members of the council
13 shall serve an initial term of 1 year commencing July 1, 2001,
14 and ending June 30, 2002, and successor appointees shall serve
15 a term of 2 years, the first of which shall commence July 1,
16 2002, and end June 30, 2004. Successive 2-year terms shall
17 commence and end on the same schedule in subsequent years. Any
18 vacancy in the membership of the council resulting from
19 resignation, incapacity, or death shall be filled within 30
20 days after the date the vacancy is effective. The appointed
21 members of the council shall serve without compensation, but
22 such appointees and the other members of the council shall be
23 entitled to receive per diem and reimbursement for travel
24 expenses as provided in section 112.061, Florida Statutes.
25 Payment of such per diem and reimbursement of such travel
26 expenses may be made from appropriations authorized to be used
27 for such purposes.
28 (4) COUNCIL MEETINGS; ELECTION OF OFFICERS.--The
29 council shall conduct its initial meeting by August 1, 2001,
30 and shall meet thereafter at least once every 60 days. In its
31 initial meeting, the members of the council shall elect a
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1 member to serve as chair and another to serve as vice chair,
2 each for a term of 1 year from the date of the election. Any
3 vacancy in the offices of chair and vice chair resulting from
4 resignation, incapacity, or death shall be filled by similar
5 election within 30 days after the date the vacancy is
6 effective.
7 (5) ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT; PAYMENT OF
8 SUPPORT COSTS.--The State Technology Office shall provide such
9 administrative and technical support to the council as is
10 reasonably necessary for the council to effectively and timely
11 carry out its duties and responsibilities. All direct and
12 indirect costs of providing such support and performing the
13 other duties assigned to the State Technology Office related
14 to design and implementation of the programs authorized by
15 this section may be paid from appropriations authorized to be
16 used for such purposes.
17 (6) POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNCIL.--The council,
18 through the State Technology Office, is authorized and
19 empowered to facilitate the design and implementation of
20 programs that are aimed at achieving the objectives and goals
21 stated in this section. The State Technology Office shall
22 present and demonstrate to the council the design
23 characteristics and functional elements of each program
24 proposed to be implemented to achieve the objectives and goals
25 stated in this section and each such program shall be reviewed
26 and approved by the council before being implemented. Such
27 programs shall initially be implemented as pilot programs in a
28 minimum of six different areas of the state to develop model
29 programs that are likely to be successful if implemented
30 throughout the state. The areas of the state where the pilot
31 programs are implemented shall be selected by the council with
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1 the objectives of testing the merits of the programs in each
2 geographic region of the state and providing equal exposure of
3 the programs to urban and rural communities alike.
4 Implementation of all such pilot and model programs shall be
5 administered by and through the local workforce development
6 boards and each such board shall coordinate and confirm the
7 ready availability and timely delivery of all elements of such
8 programs to ensure the highest probability of such programs
9 achieving their intended results.
10 (7) PROGRAM OBJECTIVES AND GOALS.--The programs
11 authorized by this section shall have the following objectives
12 and goals:
13 (a) Maximizing efficient and productive use of
14 existing facilities, equipment, personnel, programs, and funds
15 available from federal, state, and local government agencies
16 and from any private person or entity.
17 (b) Using innovative concepts employing newly
18 developed technologies in educating and training those who are
19 enrolled in the programs authorized by this section.
20 (c) Developing viable partnerships between public
21 agencies and private persons and entities based on mutual
22 commitment to responsible and dedicated participation in
23 designing and implementing the programs authorized by this
24 section.
25 (d) Recruiting, enrolling, retaining, and graduating
26 as many at-risk family members as feasible to ensure that they
27 have reasonable opportunities to obtain access to frequent use
28 of information technology and the education and training
29 necessary to competitively qualify them for high-skill,
30 high-wage employment.
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1 (e) Reducing the number of underachieving and failing
2 students in the state's public school systems who are members
3 of at-risk families.
4 (f) Reducing the number of underemployed and
5 unemployed members of at-risk families.
6 (g) Using information technology to facilitate
7 achievement of the Sunshine State Standards by all children
8 enrolled in the state's K-12 school system who are members of
9 at-risk families.
10 (h) Training teachers in the state's K-12 school
11 system to efficiently and effectively use information
12 technology to plan, teach, and administer all courses of
13 instruction required and available by election of children
14 enrolled in the system.
15 (i) Using information technology to enable members of
16 at-risk families who are no longer enrolled in K-12 schools to
17 obtain the education needed to achieve successful completion
18 of general education development test preparation to earn a
19 high school diploma, an applied technology diploma, a
20 vocational certificate, an associate of arts degree, or a
21 baccalaureate degree.
22 (j) Bridge the digital divide in developing a
23 competitive workforce to meet the employment needs of
24 state-based information technology businesses and establish
25 this state as having the most information technology ready
26 workforce in the western hemisphere.
27 (8) MONITORING, REVIEWING, AND EVALUATING PROGRAM
28 PERFORMANCES; REPORTING RESULTS.--The council, through the
29 State Technology Office, shall continually monitor, review,
30 and evaluate the progress of performances realized from
31 implementation of the programs authorized by this section. The
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1 State Technology Office shall prepare and submit a report to
2 the council at least 10 days before each of its meetings
3 subsequent to its initial meeting and each such report shall,
4 at a minimum, identify and describe the functional elements of
5 each program being implemented and identify and describe the
6 facilities, equipment, personnel, programs, and funds used to
7 design and implement the program. For each such program, the
8 report shall also identify by name, address, age, and sex the
9 school-age children, and their older siblings and parents, who
10 are enrolled in the program, state the educational level
11 achieved by each enrollee as of the date he or she enrolled in
12 the program, state the attendance and achievement level
13 recorded for each enrollee in the program, evaluate the
14 progress each enrollee is making toward successful completion
15 of the program, and identify by name, address, age, and sex
16 each enrollee who successfully completes the program. For each
17 such program that is designed to prepare enrollees for
18 high-skill, high-wage employment, the report shall identify
19 each enrollee who successfully completes the program, describe
20 each such employment position for which each enrollee has
21 applied, identify by name, address, and nature of business
22 each employer based in this state to whom each such
23 application for employment has been addressed, state the
24 results each enrollee obtained from making each such
25 application, and describe the nature of any employment
26 obtained and terms of compensation being earned from such
27 employment by each enrollee as a result of making such
28 applications.
29 (9) ANNUAL REPORT.--By March 1, 2002, the council,
30 through the State Technology Office, shall report to the
31 Executive Office of the Governor, the Speaker of the House of
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1 Representatives, and the President of the Senate the results
2 of the council's monitoring, reviewing, and evaluating such
3 programs since their inception and the council's
4 recommendations as to whether such programs should be
5 continued and expanded to achieve the objectives and goals
6 stated in this section.
7 Section 7. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
8 law.
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