CS/CS/HB 7057 Summary

• Career centers and charter technical career centers may offer college credit courses and associate in applied science (AAS) degrees through partnerships with Florida College System institutions or with direct state board approval.

• Career centers seeking to offer AAS degrees must submit a detailed proposal to the State Board of Education including workforce demand analysis, program curriculum, faculty credentials, and outcome measures, with approval required 45 days after receipt.

• Career centers and charter technical career centers may change their name to "technical college" if they offer college credit certificate programs or AAS degrees and have at least 75 percent of programs leading to industry certification or licensure.

• "Applied technology diploma program" is renamed to "college credit certificate program" throughout Florida statutes with conforming changes to articulation agreements and scholarship program definitions.

• Workforce education funding is revised to establish cost categories (high, medium, low-cost programs), performance-based funding for industry certifications ($1,000 per certification, capped at $15 million annually), and requirements for school districts and colleges to maintain separate workforce education records.

• Effective July 1, 2014.