Chapter 446 — Chapter 446

(1) It is the intent of the State of Florida to provide educational opportunities for its residents so that they can be trained for trades, occupations, and professions suited to their abilities. It is the intent of this act to promote the mode of training known as apprenticeship…

As used in ss. 446.011-446.092, the term:(1) “Preapprentice” means any person 16 years of age or over engaged in any course of instruction in the public school system or elsewhere, which course is registered as a preapprenticeship program with the department.(2) “Apprentice” mean…

The department shall:(1) Establish uniform minimum standards and policies governing apprenticeship and preapprenticeship programs and agreements which must require training providers to submit data necessary to determine program performance consistent with state and federal law. …

The department shall:(1) Administer ss. 446.011-446.092.(2) Administer the standards established by the department.(3) Register in accordance with this chapter any apprenticeship or preapprenticeship program, regardless of affiliation, which meets standards established by the dep…

(1) As used in this section, the term:(a) “Joint organization” means an apprenticeship sponsor who participates in a collective bargaining agreement.(b) “Nonjoint organization” means an apprenticeship sponsor who does not participate in a collective bargaining agreement.(2)(a) Th…

(1) The administration and supervision of related and supplemental instruction for apprentices, coordination of such instruction with job experiences, and selection and training of teachers and coordinators for such instruction, all as approved by the registered program sponsor, …

(1) There is created and established a preapprenticeship education program, as defined in s. 446.021.(2) The department, under regulations established by the State Board of Education, may administer the provisions of ss. 446.011-446.092 which relate to preapprenticeship programs …

The department shall make necessary expenditures from the appropriation provided by law for personal services, travel, printing, equipment, office space, and supplies as provided by law.

(1) One or more local apprenticeship sponsors shall be approved in any trade or group of trades by the department, upon a determination of need, if the apprenticeship sponsor meets all of the standards established by the department. The term “need” refers to the need of state res…

The department may contract with the United States Department of Labor, and may assume other functions and duties necessary for the department to serve as registration agent for federal apprenticeship registration purposes, except that the department may not enforce any federal a…

(1) Nothing in ss. 446.011-446.092 or in any apprentice agreement approved under those sections may invalidate:(a) Any apprenticeship provision in any collective agreement between employers and employees setting up higher apprenticeship standards.(b) Any special provision for vet…

All provisions of ss. 446.011-446.092 relating to apprenticeship and preapprenticeship, including, but not limited to, programs, agreements, standards, administration, procedures, definitions, expenditures, local committees, powers and duties, limitations, grievances, and ratios …

(1) As used in this section, the term “work-based learning opportunity” means an interaction with industry or community professionals that occurs in a workplace setting, to the extent possible, or a simulated environment at an educational institution that allows firsthand experie…

An apprenticeable occupation is a skilled trade which possesses all of the following characteristics:(1) It is customarily learned in a practical way through a structured, systematic program of on-the-job, supervised training.(2) It is clearly identified and commonly recognized t…

Sections 446.40-446.44 may be cited as the “Rural Workforce Services Act.”

In order that the state may achieve its full economic and social potential, consideration must be given to rural workforce training and development to enable those living in rural areas to develop their maximum capacities and participate productively in society. It is, therefore,…

A trained labor force is an essential ingredient for industrial as well as agricultural growth. Therefore, it shall be the general responsibility of the Rural Workforce Services Program to provide rural business and potential rural businesses with the employment and workforce tra…

The scope of the area to be covered by the Rural Workforce Services Program will include all counties of the state not classified as standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSA) by the United States Department of Labor Manpower Administration. Florida’s designated SMSA labor ar…

It shall be the direct responsibility of the Rural Workforce Services Program to promote and deliver employment and workforce services and resources to the rural undeveloped and underdeveloped counties of the state in an effort to:(1) Slow down out-migration of untrained rural re…

(1)(a) The Florida Concrete Masonry Education Council, Inc., is created as a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of this state and operating as a direct-support organization of the Department of Commerce.(b) The council shall operate under a written contract with the d…

(1) A student 18 years of age or younger who is in a paid work-based learning opportunity must be covered by the workers’ compensation insurance of his or her employer in accordance with chapter 440. For purposes of chapter 440, a school district or Florida College System institu…

(1) The Department of Commerce, in cooperation with the state board as defined in s. 445.002, shall establish the Everglades Restoration Agricultural Community Employment Training Program within the Department of Commerce. The Department of Commerce shall use funds appropriated t…