DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Division of Hotels and RestaurantsRULE NO: RULE TITLE
61C-8.004: Program RequirementsNOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34, No. 1, January 4, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.
61C-8.004 Program Requirements.
(1) Grant Application Requirements.
(a) Grant applications shall be submitted on DBPR Form HR 5025-200, GRANT APPLICATION TO SUPPORT HOSPITALITY TRAINING PROGRAMS, incorporated herein by reference and effective 2007 October 4 1-18-98, to the Program Administrator Director of Education, Hospitality Education Program (HEP), Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1014. Applications are available upon written request to the Director of Education as cited above.
(f)(e) The application must be accompanied by DBPR Form HR 5025-201, PROPOSAL NARRATIVE FORMAT, incorporated herein by reference and effective 2007 October 4 1-18-98. Copies of this form may be obtained from the Hospitality Education Program at the address provided in paragraph 61C-8.004(1)(a), F.A.C.
(2) Review and Processing of Grant Applications.
(b) DBPR Form HR 5025-206, EVALUATION FORM, incorporated herein by reference and effective 2007 October 4, shall be used by all reviewers to evaluate all school-to-career transition programs grant applications submitted. DBPR Form HR 5025-204, EVALUATION FORM FOR HOSPITALITY TRAINING PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATIONS, incorporated herein by reference and effective 2007 October 4 1-18-98, shall be used by all reviewers to evaluate all other the grant applications submitted. Copies of this form may be obtained from the Hospitality Education Program at the address provided in paragraph 61C-8.004(1)(a), F.A.C.
(3) Program Review and Disbursement of Funds.
(g) Written status reports shall be submitted as indicated on in the grant application, narrative but not more less than 60 30 days following the end of each quarter, using DBPR Form HR 5025-202, QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT FORM FOR HOSPITALITY TRAINING PROGRAMS, incorporated herein by reference and effective 2007 October 4 1-18-98. Copies of this form may be obtained from the Hospitality Education Program at the address provided in paragraph 61C-8.004(1)(a), F.A.C. Quarterly requests for payment shall be submitted with the status reports. Such requests shall contain an invoice requesting payment and a detailed accounting of quarterly expenditures for the quarter. Payment requests for expenditures accrued during the first quarter of the grant period shall include only those expenditures accrued on or after July 1 or the date of grant contract execution, whichever is later. All other payment requests shall contain only those expenditures accrued during the previous quarter.
(4) Annual Program Reports. An annual report shall be submitted within 60 days following the end of each state fiscal year and the grant period using DBPR Form HR 5025-203, ANNUAL PROGRAM REPORT FORM FOR HOSPITALITY TRAINING PROGRAMS GRANTS, incorporated herein by reference and effective 2007 October 4 1-18-98, and which is available upon written request from the director of education shall be used to submit an annual report within 30 days following the end of the grant period. Copies of this form may be obtained from the Hospitality Education Program at the address provided in paragraph 61C-8.004(1)(a), F.A.C.
(5) Obtaining forms. All forms incorporated in this section are available from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants Internet website www.MyFloridaLicense.com/dbpr/hr; by e-mail to call.center@dbpr.state.fl.us; by phone request to the department at (850)487-1395; or upon written request to the Hospitality Education Program, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 1940 North Monroe Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1014.
