HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STAFF ANALYSIS
BILL #: CS/HB 1227 Guidance Services on Academic and Career Planning
SPONSOR(S): Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee, Arrington and others
TIED BILLS: None IDEN./SIM. BILLS: SB 624
REFERENCE ACTION ANALYST STAFF DIRECTOR or
BUDGET/POLICY CHIEF
1) Secondary Education & Career Development 16 Y, 0 N, As CS Sleap Sanchez
Subcommittee
2) Education & Employment Committee 19 Y, 0 N Sleap Hassell
SUMMARY ANALYSIS
To provide information on career education opportunities to Florida’s public school students and their parents,
the bill:
Requires a middle grade student’s personalized academic and career plan to include informing a
student of the career and technical education (CTE) graduation pathway option, work-based learning
(WBL) opportunities, and to be developed in consultation with a certified school counselor.
Expands the required annual school district notification on high school acceleration options to include
information on career academies and courses, the CTE graduation pathway, WBL opportunities, and
contact information for a certified school counselor, and requires the information to be provided in a
language understandable to students and parents.
The bill does not appear to have a fiscal impact.
The bill takes effect on July 1, 2021.
This document does not reflect the intent or official position of the bill sponsor or House of Representatives .
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DATE: 4/15/2021
FULL ANALYSIS
I. SUBSTANTIVE ANALYSIS
A. EFFECT OF PROPOSED CHANGES:
Middle Grades Career Planning
Present Situation
Before a middle grades student can successfully be promoted to high school, one of the required
courses a student must complete is a career and education planning course during grades 6, 7, or 8.1
The required course must be Internet-based and result in a personalized academic and career plan for
the student that may be revised as the student progresses; must emphasize the importance of
entrepreneurship and employability skills; and must include information from the DEO’s economic
security report.2 The required personalized academic and career plan must inform students of high
school graduation requirements, the requirements for each scholarship in the Florida Bright Futures
Scholarship Program; State University System (SUS) and Florida College System (FCS) institution
admission requirements; and available opportunities to earn college credit in high school.3 The course
may be implemented as a stand-alone course or integrated into another course or courses.4
The DOE, outlines the eight course standards of the career and education planning course which
ensures that a student is able to do the following:
1. Describe the influences that societal, economic, and technological changes have on
employment trends and future training.
2. Develop skills to locate, evaluate, and interpret career information.
3. Identify and demonstrate processes for making short and long term goals.
4. Demonstrate employability skills such as working in a group, problem-solving and organizational
skills, and the importance of entrepreneurship.
5. Understand the relationship between educational achievement and career
choices/postsecondary options.
6. Identify a career cluster and related pathways through an interest assessment that match career
and education goals.
7. Develop a career and education plan that includes short and long-term goals, high school
program of study, and postsecondary/career goals.
8. Demonstrate knowledge of technology and its application in career fields/clusters.5
For the 2020-2021 school year, the DOE identified 79 approved middle grades courses for career and
education planning.6 In addition, the DOE publishes an educator’s toolkit, providing resources such as
classroom activities, lesson plans, and additional resources to assist teachers in career and education
course planning.7
Effect of Proposed Changes
1
Section 1003.4156(1)(e), F.S.
2
Id.
3
To include Advanced Placement courses, the International Baccalaureate Program, the Advanced International Certificate of
Education Program, dual enrollment, including career dual enrollment and career education courses, including career-themed courses,
preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, and course sequences that lead to industry certifications. Section 1003.4156(1)(e),
F.S.
4
Section 1003.4156(1)(e), F.S.
5
Florida Department of Education, Career & Education Planning Course Standards, available at
http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/3/urlt/ceplanningcoursecompetencies.pdf.
6
Florida Department of Education, Approved Middle School Courses for Career & Education Planning 2020-2021 School Year (Jan.
31, 2020), available at http://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7531/urlt/approved-courses.pdf.
7
Florida Department of Education, Educator’s Toolkit, http://www.fldoe.org/academics/college-career-planning/educators-toolkit/
(last visited April 15, 2021).
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The bill requires a middle grade student’s personalized academic and career plan to include
information on the career and technical education (CTE) graduation pathway option8 and work-based
learning opportunities, including internships and preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
Additionally, the bill requires the student’s plan to be developed in consultation with a certified school
counselor.
Notification of Student Acceleration Options
Present Situation
Under current law, at the beginning of each school year, a district school board must notify parents of
students entering high school or already enrolled in high school of the opportunity and benefits of the
following acceleration options:9
Advanced Placement (AP);10
International Baccalaureate (IB);11
Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE);12
Dual enrollment;13
Florida Virtual School courses;14 and
Options for early graduation.15
Additionally, each high school is required to advise each student of courses through which the student
could earn college credit, including AP, IB, AICE, dual enrollment, early admission, and career
academy courses and courses that lead to industry certification, as well as the availability of course
offerings through virtual instruction.16 Students must also be advised of early graduation options.17
Effect of Proposed Changes
The bill expands the required annual school district parental notification on high school acceleration
options to include notification to students and requires such notification to be in a language that is
understandable to students and parents. The notification must also include information on the following:
career and professional academies;
career-themed courses;
the career and technical education (CTE) pathway option to earn a standard high school
diploma;
work-based learning opportunities, including internships and apprenticeship and
preapprenticeship programs; and
the contact information of a certified school counselor who can advise the student on the
acceleration, academic, and career planning options.
B. SECTION DIRECTORY:
Section 1. Amends s. 1003.02, F.S.; requiring school boards to inform students and parents of
certain acceleration, academic, and career planning options; specifying information that
must be included.
8
Section 1003.4282(11), F.S.
9
Section 1003.02(1)(i), F.S.
10
Section 1007.27(5), F.S.
11
Section 1007.27(7), F.S.
12
Section 1007.27(8), F.S.
13
Section 1007.271, F.S.
14
Section 1002.37, F.S.
15
Section 1003.4281, F.S. requires a district school board to adopt a policy that provides a high school student the option of early
graduation. “Early graduation” is defined as graduating from high school in less than eight semesters or the equivalent.
16
Section 1003.4295(1), F.S.
17
Id. See also s. 1003.4281
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Section 2. Amends s. 1003.4156, F.S.; requiring a certain plan be developed in consultation with a
certified school counselor; requiring a personalized student plan to inform students of
certain opportunities.
Section 3. Provides an effective date of July 1, 2021.
II. FISCAL ANALYSIS & ECONOMIC IMPACT STATEMENT
A. FISCAL IMPACT ON STATE GOVERNMENT:
1. Revenues:
None.
2. Expenditures:
None.
B. FISCAL IMPACT ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
1. Revenues:
None.
2. Expenditures:
None.
C. DIRECT ECONOMIC IMPACT ON PRIVATE SECTOR:
Additional Florida public school students may select to participate in career academies and courses,
work-based learning opportunities, as well as complete high school via the career and technical
education (CTE) pathway as a result of the information now required to be provided to students and
their parents in the bill.
D. FISCAL COMMENTS:
None.
III. COMMENTS
A. CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES:
1. Applicability of Municipality/County Mandates Provision:
None. This bill does not appear to affect county or municipal governments.
2. Other:
None.
B. RULE-MAKING AUTHORITY:
None.
C. DRAFTING ISSUES OR OTHER COMMENTS:
None.
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IV. AMENDMENTS/ COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE CHANGES
On March 30, 2021, the Secondary Education & Career Development Subcommittee adopted a proposed
committee substitute (PCS) and reported the bill favorably as a committee substitute. The PCS differs from
the bill as originally filed by:
Expanding the required annual school district parental notification on high school acceleration
options to include notification to students.
Requiring the annual acceleration options notification to be in a language that is understandable to
students and parents.
Requiring the acceleration notification to include information on the following: career and
professional academies; career-themed courses; the career and technical education (CTE) pathway
option to earn a standard high school diploma; work-based learning opportunities, including
internships and apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs; and the contact information of a
certified school counselor who can advise the student on the acceleration, academic, and career
planning options.
Requiring a middle grade student’s personalized academic and career plan to include information
on the career and technical education graduation pathway option and work-based learning
opportunities, including internships and preapprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.
Requiring the middle grade student’s plan to be developed in consultation with a certified school
counselor.
The bill analysis is drafted to the committee substitute adopted by the Secondary Education & Career
Development Subcommittee.
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Statutes affected: H 1227 Filed: 1006.025
H 1227 c1: 1003.02