Bill Text: FL H0071 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: High School Diploma Options

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-24 - Withdrawn prior to introduction -HJ 12 [H0071 Detail]

Download: Florida-2012-H0071-Introduced.html

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HB 71

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to high school diploma options;
3	requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
4	Government Accountability, in conjunction with the
5	Department of Education, to conduct a study on the
6	creation of a high school graduation option that
7	focuses on career-technical education and leads to a
8	career-technical education diploma; providing
9	requirements for the study with recommendations to the
10	Legislature; providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1.  (1)  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
15	Government Accountability, in conjunction with the Department of
16	Education, shall conduct a study on the creation of a 4-year
17	high school graduation option that focuses on career-technical
18	education with less rigorous graduation requirements than the
19	requirements currently in law. The study shall include, but is
20	not limited to:
21	(a)  The feasibility of offering students the option of
22	pursuing a career-technical education diploma, distinct from the
23	standard high school diploma, which provides workforce readiness
24	and requires at a minimum that a student earn at least one
25	national industry certification identified in the Industry
26	Certification Funding List.
27	(b)  Required coursework to earn a career-technical
28	education diploma, including the possibility of changing between
29	the coursework required to earn the standard high school diploma
30	and the coursework required to earn a career-technical education
31	diploma.
32	(c)  The potential use of career and professional
33	academies, internships, the Florida Ready to Work Certification
34	Program, and other relevant career and technical education
35	programs.
36	(d)  A timeframe for implementation of a career-technical
37	education graduation option and diploma if determined to be
38	feasible.
39	(2)  The study shall build upon the information and
40	findings reported in the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
41	Government Accountability Report No. 11-05.
42	(3)  The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
43	Accountability shall submit the results of its study with
44	recommendations to the President of the Senate and the Speaker
45	of the House of Representatives by December 1, 2012.
46	Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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