Bill Text: FL H1085 | 2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Career and Education Planning
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Messages [H1085 Detail]
Download: Florida-2010-H1085-Engrossed.html
CS/HB 1085 |
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2 | An act relating to career and education planning; amending |
3 | s. 1003.4156, F.S.; revising the general requirements for |
4 | middle grades promotion to require that a course in career |
5 | and education planning must include career exploration |
6 | aligned to the National Career Clusters; deleting an |
7 | obsolete provision; providing an effective date. |
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9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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11 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
12 | 1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
13 | 1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades |
14 | promotion.- |
15 | (1) Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2006- |
16 | 2007 school year, promotion from a school composed of middle |
17 | grades 6, 7, and 8 requires that: |
18 | (a) The student must successfully complete academic |
19 | courses as follows: |
20 | 1. Three middle school or higher courses in English. These |
21 | courses shall emphasize literature, composition, and technical |
22 | text. |
23 | 2. Three middle school or higher courses in mathematics. |
24 | Each middle school must offer at least one high school level |
25 | mathematics course for which students may earn high school |
26 | credit. |
27 | 3. Three middle school or higher courses in social |
28 | studies, one semester of which must include the study of state |
29 | and federal government and civics education. |
30 | 4. Three middle school or higher courses in science. |
31 | 5. One course in career and education planning to be |
32 | completed in 7th or 8th grade. The course may be taught by any |
33 | member of the instructional staff; must include career |
34 | exploration aligned to the National Career Clusters supported by |
35 | Florida's Career Clusters Initiative; must include career |
36 | exploration using CHOICES |
37 | cost-effective program; must include educational planning using |
38 | the online student advising system known as Florida Academic |
39 | Counseling and Tracking for Students at the Internet website |
40 | FACTS.org; and shall result in the completion of a personalized |
41 | academic and career plan. |
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43 | Each school must hold a parent meeting either in the evening or |
44 | on a weekend to inform parents about the course curriculum and |
45 | activities. Each student shall complete an electronic personal |
46 | education plan that must be signed by the student; the student's |
47 | instructor, guidance counselor, or academic advisor; and the |
48 | student's parent. |
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52 | course or integrated into another course or courses. The |
53 | Commissioner of Education shall collect longitudinal high school |
54 | course enrollment data by student ethnicity in order to analyze |
55 | course-taking patterns. |
56 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010. |
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