Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1342
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Education (Stargel) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 36 and 37
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsections (5) through (8) of section 1007.27,
    6  Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (6) through
    7  (9), respectively, and a new subsection (5) is added to that
    8  section, to read:
    9         1007.27 Articulated acceleration mechanisms.—
   10         (5)(a) Beginning September 1, 2020, and annually
   11  thereafter, each postsecondary institution shall report to the
   12  Commissioner of Education at least the following information, by
   13  school district, for the previous school year for each dual
   14  enrollment articulation agreement it enters into pursuant to s.
   15  1007.271:
   16         1. The number of students who enrolled in a dual enrollment
   17  course under each articulation agreement, including those
   18  students enrolled in an early college program under s. 1007.273;
   19         2. The total and average number of dual enrollment courses
   20  completed; clock hours earned; high school and college credits
   21  earned; standard high school diplomas, certificates, and
   22  associate and baccalaureate degrees awarded; and industry
   23  certifications attained by the students who enrolled in each
   24  dual enrollment program or early college program;
   25         3. The projected student enrollment in each dual enrollment
   26  program and early college program during the next school year;
   27  and
   28         4. Any barriers to entering into an agreement to establish
   29  one or more early college programs as provided in ss. 1007.271
   30  and 1007.273.
   31         (b) By November 30, 2020, and annually thereafter, the
   32  Department of Education shall publish on its website the status
   33  of early college programs, including, at a minimum, a summary of
   34  student enrollment and completion information, by each school
   35  district, provided pursuant to this subsection; barriers, if
   36  any, to establishing such programs; and recommendations for
   37  expanding access to such programs statewide.
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   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40  And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete line 3
   42  and insert:
   43         secondary students; amending s. 1007.27, F.S.;
   44         requiring postsecondary institutions to annually
   45         report specified information to the Commissioner of
   46         Education; requiring the Department of Education to
   47         annually publish specified information to its website;
   48         amending s. 1007.271, F.S.;