Bill Text: FL H1085 | 2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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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-Comm_Sub.html

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CS/HB 1085

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to career and education planning; amending
3	s. 1003.4156, F.S.; requiring career exploration in
4	specified fields to be included in a career and education
5	planning course required for middle grades promotion;
6	providing an effective date.
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8	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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10	Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
11	1003.4156, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
12	1003.4156 General requirements for middle grades
13	promotion.-
14	(1) Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2006-
15	2007 school year, promotion from a school composed of middle
16	grades 6, 7, and 8 requires that:
17	(a) The student must successfully complete academic
18	courses as follows:
19	1. Three middle school or higher courses in English. These
20	courses shall emphasize literature, composition, and technical
21	text.
22	2. Three middle school or higher courses in mathematics.
23	Each middle school must offer at least one high school level
24	mathematics course for which students may earn high school
25	credit.
26	3. Three middle school or higher courses in social
27	studies, one semester of which must include the study of state
28	and federal government and civics education.
29	4. Three middle school or higher courses in science.
30	5. One course in career and education planning to be
31	completed in 7th or 8th grade. The course may be taught by any
32	member of the instructional staff; must include career
33	exploration in the fields of science, technology, engineering,
34	mathematics, agriculture, business management and
35	administration, retail and wholesale, construction, education,
36	the arts, hospitality, advanced manufacturing, automotive
37	services, biotechnology, cosmetology, aerospace, energy and
38	power, transportation, homeland security, information
39	technology, healthcare, and service industries using CHOICES for
40	the 21st Century or a comparable cost-effective program; must
41	include educational planning using the online student advising
42	system known as Florida Academic Counseling and Tracking for
43	Students at the Internet website FACTS.org; and shall result in
44	the completion of a personalized academic and career plan.
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46	Each school must hold a parent meeting either in the evening or
47	on a weekend to inform parents about the course curriculum and
48	activities. Each student shall complete an electronic personal
49	education plan that must be signed by the student; the student's
50	instructor, guidance counselor, or academic advisor; and the
51	student's parent. By January 1, 2007, the Department of
52	Education shall develop course frameworks and professional
53	development materials for the career exploration and education
54	planning course. The course may be implemented as a stand-alone
55	course or integrated into another course or courses. The
56	Commissioner of Education shall collect longitudinal high school
57	course enrollment data by student ethnicity in order to analyze
58	course-taking patterns.
59	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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