Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1122
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/25/2022 .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Gainer) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 1009.22, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 1009.22 Workforce education postsecondary student fees.—
8 (4)(a) A district school board or Florida College System
9 institution board of trustees that has a service area that
10 borders another state may implement a plan for a differential
11 out-of-state fee.
12 (b) A district school board or Florida College System
13 institution board of trustees, in consultation with regional
14 workforce and economic development organizations, may implement
15 a plan for a differential out-of-state fee for the purpose of
16 recruiting students into programs of study identified as
17 necessary to address unmet current and future workforce needs in
18 the region as identified by the Labor Market Estimating
19 Conference created in s. 216.136 or the Credentials Review
20 Committee established in s. 445.004. A school district or
21 Florida College System institution shall prioritize the
22 enrollment of a resident student in the identified programs of
23 study over an out-of-state student. A district school board or
24 Florida College System institution board of trustees shall
25 annually provide a report to the State Board of Education on the
26 employment outcomes of the students who receive a differential
27 out-of-state fee. The report must include the percentage of such
28 students who are employed in the occupations identified as
29 having unmet current and future workforce needs.
30 Section 2. Present paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of
31 section 1009.23, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph
32 (c), and a new paragraph (b) is added to that subsection, to
33 read:
34 1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.—
35 (6)
36 (b) A Florida College System institution board of trustees,
37 in consultation with regional workforce and economic development
38 organizations, may implement a plan for a differential out-of
39 state fee for the purpose of recruiting students into programs
40 of study identified as necessary to address unmet current and
41 future workforce needs in the region as identified by the Labor
42 Market Estimating Conference created in s. 216.136 or the
43 Credentials Review Committee established in s. 445.004. A
44 Florida College System institution shall prioritize the
45 enrollment of a resident student in the identified programs of
46 study over an out-of-state student. A Florida College System
47 institution board of trustees shall annually provide a report to
48 the State Board of Education on the employment outcomes of the
49 students who receive a differential out-of-state fee. The report
50 must include the percentage of such students who are employed in
51 the occupations identified as having unmet current and future
52 workforce needs.
53 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.
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56 And the title is amended as follows:
57 Delete everything before the enacting clause
58 and insert:
59 A bill to be entitled
60 An act relating to workforce education postsecondary
61 student fees; amending ss. 1009.22 and 1009.23, F.S.;
62 authorizing district school boards and Florida College
63 System institutions’ boards of trustees, in
64 consultation with certain organizations, to implement
65 a plan for a differential out-of-state fee for
66 specified purposes; requiring school districts and
67 Florida College System institutions to prioritize the
68 enrollment of certain students in specified programs
69 of study; providing reporting requirements; providing
70 an effective date.