CS/HB 681: Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding
GENERAL BILL by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee ; Melo ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bankson ; Barnaby ; Benarroch ; Edmonds ; Gonzalez Pittman ; Kendall ; López, J. ; Overdorf ; Rizo ; Salzman ; Trabulsy
Apprenticeship and Preapprenticeship Program Funding; Revises requirements for uniform minimum standards & policies governing apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs & agreements to include requirements for partnerships between local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; revises required date for specified report on apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; requires DOE to develop standard model contract template for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs; provides requirements for local educational agencies & apprenticeship & preapprenticeship programs that enter into partnership agreements; requires DOE to develop apprenticeship funding transparency tool; provides requirements for District Workforce Education Funding Steering Committee meetings; provides requirements for certain workpapers; authorizes such meetings to be held using communications media technology.
- Fiscal Policy (FP)
 
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action | 
|---|---|---|
| 2/18/2025 | House | 
                                    • Filed | 
                        
| 2/26/2025 | House | 
                                    • Referred to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee • Referred to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Careers & Workforce Subcommittee  | 
                        
| 3/4/2025 | House | 
                                    • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) | 
                        
| 3/21/2025 | House | 
                                    • PCS added to Careers & Workforce Subcommittee agenda | 
                        
| 3/25/2025 | House | 
                                    • Favorable with CS by Careers & Workforce Subcommittee • Reported out of Careers & Workforce Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed  | 
                        
| 3/26/2025 | House | 
                                    • Referred to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee • Referred to Education & Employment Committee • Now in Higher Education Budget Subcommittee • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)  | 
                        
| 3/28/2025 | House | 
                                    • Added to Higher Education Budget Subcommittee agenda | 
                        
| 4/1/2025 | House | 
                                    • Favorable by Higher Education Budget Subcommittee • Reported out of Higher Education Budget Subcommittee • Now in Education & Employment Committee  | 
                        
| 4/4/2025 | House | 
                                    • Added to Education & Employment Committee agenda | 
                        
| 4/8/2025 | House | 
                                    • Favorable by Education & Employment Committee • Reported out of Education & Employment Committee • Bill released to House Calendar • Added to Second Reading Calendar  | 
                        
| 4/10/2025 | House | 
                                    • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (4/16/2025) | 
                        
| 4/16/2025 | House | 
                                    • Read 2nd time • Placed on 3rd reading • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed; YEAS 117, NAYS 0  | 
                        
| 4/16/2025 | Senate | 
                                    • In Messages • Referred to Fiscal Policy  | 
                        
| 4/22/2025 | Senate | 
                                    • Received | 
                        
| 4/24/2025 | Senate | 
                                    • Withdrawn from Fiscal Policy -SJ 545  • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for CS/SB 1458 -SJ 545 • Read 2nd time -SJ 545 • Read 3rd time -SJ 545 • CS passed; YEAS 37 NAYS 0 -SJ 545  | 
                        
| 4/24/2025 | House | 
                                    • In Messages • Ordered enrolled  | 
                        
| 6/12/2025 | 
                                    • Signed by Officers and presented to Governor | 
                        |
| 6/13/2025 | 
                                    • Approved by Governor | 
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| 6/16/2025 | 
                                    • Chapter No. 2025-139 |