WELCOME
Tara Goodman
Bureau Chief,
Budget, Accountability, and Research
Division of Workforce Education
Purposes for Reporting Industry Certifications
Florida Career and Professional Education Act
School Grades
Industry Certifications from the Industry Certification Funding
List will count in the High School Grade, beginning in 2009-10
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
Technical Skill Attainment Requirements
Key Florida Statutes for Career and Professional
Academies
s. 1003.492, F.S. – Industry Certified Career Education
Programs
Authority for the State Board of Education Rule (Rule 6A-
6.0573, F.A.C.)
Requires the Department to collect student achievement and
performance data in industry-certified career education
programs
Annual report required by December 31
Key Florida Statutes for Career and Professional
Academies
s. 1003.492, F.S. – Industry Certified Career Education
Programs
A "career and professional academy" is a research-based
program that integrates a rigorous academic curriculum with an
industry-specific curriculum aligned directly to priority workforce
needs established by the regional workforce board.
14 required elements in the law that define a career and
professional academy.
Key Florida Statutes for Career and Professional
Academies
s. 1011.62(1)(o) – Calculation of additional full-time
equivalence membership based on certification of
successful completion of industry-certified career and
professional academy pursuant to s. 1003.492
Student eligibility for additional FTE is based on the following:
Enrollment in a registered career and professional academy
Completion of a certification on the approved list
Receipt of standard high school diploma
Students earning certification through dual enrollment are not
eligible for the additional FTE calculation
“T h e L i s t s ”
Comprehensive Industry Certification List
Industry Certification Funding List
Perkins IV Technical Skill Attainment Inventory
Comprehensive Industry Certification List
Agency for Workforce Innovation (AWI) creates and
maintains comprehensive list of highest and best industry-
recognized certifications.
Must be approved by Workforce Florida, Inc.
Includes certifications that may not be earned by students
at the secondary level, although the student may take
introductory coursework leading to the certification
Serves as the basis for the annual “Industry Certification
Funding List”
Comprehensive Industry Certification List
By March 1 of each calendar year, Workforce Florida, Inc.
shall approve the comprehensive list
This will apply for the subsequent academic year
Example: 2009-10 list was published by March 1, 2009
Comprehensive Industry Certification List
Additional industry certifications may be recommended to
the Agency for Workforce Innovation or Workforce Florida,
Inc. by regional workforce boards and career and
professional academies.
These submissions will be reviewed and, if approved, will
be included on the comprehensive list for that year.
Industry Certification Funding List
Created by the Division of Workforce Education
Approved by the State Board of Education each year
For inclusion:
The certification shall be on the “Comprehensive Industry
Certification List.”
The certification shall be achievable by students in a secondary
level program.
The certification shall require a minimum of 150 hours of
instruction.
The certification shall have been offered for at least one year in
a school district. (This requirement may be waived by the
Commissioner of Education.)
Industry Certification Funding List
The DOE will publish the following each year:
Preliminary “Industry Certification Funding List”
After this list is published, districts have a window from March 15 to April 15
of each year to request additions to the final list
Final “Industry Certification Funding List.”
This list is adopted by the State Board of Education in the June/July meeting
Registration of Career and Professional
Academies
DOE will maintain a website for school districts to register
career and professional academies that meet the
requirements of s. 1003.493, F.S.
The reporting window will be available from July to
September 15, annually.
Registration of Career and Professional
Academies
The required information will include, but is not limited to,
the following:
Academy name and school.
List of industry certifications offered to students in the academy
selected from the final “Industry Certification Funding List.”
Registration of Career and Professional
Academies
Superintendents must certify that each academy meets all
of the requirements of s. 1003.493, F.S.
Eligibility for funding is limited to academies registered
with the DOE under s. 1011.62(1)(q), F.S.
Registration of Career and Professional
Academies
Academies must be registered by September 15 of the
reporting year for their students to be eligible to generate
bonus funding based on the completion of industry
Certifications (e.g. 2008-09 Academies must be
registered by September 15, 2008; bonus funding would
be received in 2009-10 fiscal year).
Guidelines for Reporting
GUIDELINE 1 -- Data on industry certifications is reported
on the Vocational Student Course format (Survey 5).
Data on students in registered career and professional
academy is reported on the Federal State Indicator Status
format for Surveys 2, 3, and 5.
For industry certifications, districts will have until the final close
date for Survey 5 to update these records. For example, in the
2007-08 reporting cycle, Survey 5 was closed on February 28,
2009. The survey period dates are approved and published by
the Department on an annual basis.
Guidelines for Reporting
GUIDELINE 2 -- Districts must report on all industry
certifications taken, including those which a student did
not successfully complete.
There are two elements that must be reported: Industry
Certification Identifier and Industry Certification Outcome.
Guidelines for Reporting
GUIDELINE 3 -- Districts must report all industry
certifications taken and/or passed with a linkage to a
career and technical education course and a career and
technical education.
Districts may report certifications earned through dual
enrollment on Vocational Student Course (Survey 5). These
certifications may count for the high school grades calculation.
Please see the database manual for information or contact a
Department MIS representative for details.
Guidelines for Reporting
GUIDELINE 4 -- Districts should report an industry
certification for a student during the academic year in
which the student took the coursework that lead to the
certification.
For purposes of the additional FTE membership, a student may
not complete all of the requirements in a single year. The
Department plans to check all students who graduate with a
standard diploma against a multi-year file of students earning
industry certifications and enrolled in a registered career and
professional academy.
Miscellaneous Additional Information
Performance Criteria
Performance criteria as specified in s. 1003.493(5), F.S.,
must be calculated as follows:
1. The denominator is the number of students in the career course
who took the industry certification examination or who earned
college credit for enrollment in the career course.
2. The numerator is the number of students in the denominator
who successfully passed an industry certification on the
“Industry Certification Funding List” or who earned college
credit.
3. School districts that do not meet the performance criteria
specified in s.1003.493(5), F.S., may not offer that Industry
certification in the academy in the subsequent year.
4. In the annual registration process for the academy, the school
district can no longer report an industry certification that fails to
meet the performance criteria in the academy and will not be
eligible to receive bonus FTE for that industry certification under
the requirements of s.1011.62(1)(q), F.S.
Web Resources
DOE Website – CAPE Act
http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/fcpea/default.asp
Industry Certification Funding Lists and Career and
Professional Academy registration site are available here.
Agency for Workforce Innovation - Comprehensive
Industry Certification List
http://www.floridajobs.org/CAPE/cape.html
Comprehensive Industry Certification List is available here.
Carl D. Perkins Technical Skill Attainment Inventories
http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/perkins/perkins_resources.asp
See Header for Secondary and Postsecondary Technical Skill
Attainment Inventory
This information is also posted in Appendix Z
Key Contacts
Tara Goodman, Division of Workforce Education
Email: Tara.Goodman@fldoe.org
Phone: 850-245-9001
Larry McIntyre, Agency for Workforce Innovation
Email: Larry.McIntyre@flaawi.com
Follow Up Question and Answer Session
Submit Questions to dbweias@fldoe.org or call (850) 245-0400