Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 942
       
       
        
       By Senator Gaetz
       
       
       
       
       
       1-00787A-15                                            2015942__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a Rapid Response Education and
    3         Training Program; amending s. 1006.735, F.S.;
    4         establishing the Rapid Response Education and Training
    5         Program within the Complete Florida Plus Program;
    6         requiring the Complete Florida Plus Program to work
    7         with Enterprise Florida, Inc., to offer certain
    8         education and training commitments to businesses;
    9         specifying the duties of the program; requiring
   10         reports to the Legislature; requiring the Division of
   11         Career and Adult Education within the Department of
   12         Education to conduct an analysis and assessment of the
   13         effectiveness of the education and training programs;
   14         providing an effective date.
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   16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   18         Section 1. Present subsections (5) and (6) of section
   19  1006.735, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6)
   20  and (7), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to that
   21  section, to read:
   22         1006.735 Complete Florida Plus Program.—The Complete
   23  Florida Plus Program is created at the University of West
   24  Florida.
   25         (5) RAPID RESPONSE EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.—The
   26  Rapid Response Education and Training Program is established
   27  within the Complete Florida Plus Program. Under this education
   28  and training program, the Complete Florida Plus Program shall
   29  work directly with Enterprise Florida, Inc., in project-specific
   30  industry recruitment and retention efforts to offer credible
   31  education and training commitments to businesses.
   32         (a) The Rapid Response Education and Training Program must:
   33         1. Issue challenge grants through requests for proposals
   34  that are open to all education and training providers, public or
   35  private. These grants match state dollars with education and
   36  training provider dollars to implement particular education and
   37  training programs.
   38         2. Generate periodic reports from an independent forensic
   39  accounting or auditing entity to ensure transparency of the
   40  program. These periodic reports must be submitted to the
   41  President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   42  Representatives.
   43         3. Keep administrative costs to a minimum through the use
   44  of existing organizational structures.
   45         4. Work directly with businesses to recruit individuals for
   46  education and training.
   47         5. Be able to terminate an education and training program
   48  by giving 30 days’ notice.
   49         6. Survey employers after completion of an education and
   50  training program to ascertain the effectiveness of the program.
   51         (b) The Division of Career and Adult Education within the
   52  Department of Education shall conduct an analysis and assessment
   53  of the effectiveness of the education and training programs
   54  under this section in meeting labor market and occupational
   55  trends and gaps.
   56         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.