Workshop on June 29, 2022, 12:45-1:15p.m. EDT, is moved to Zoom platform due to a statewide outage of Gotowebinar. Senate Bill 2524 created the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund, which is intended to incentivize ....  

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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

    State Board of Education

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

    6A-10.0352Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund

    PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Workshop on June 29, 2022, 12:45-1:15p.m. EDT, is moved to Zoom platform due to a statewide outage of Gotowebinar. Senate Bill 2524 created the Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund, which is intended to incentivize collaboration between nursing education programs and health care partners to combat the growing nursing shortage in the state. The purpose of this rule is to specify the procedures for implementation of the LINE Fund for a nursing education program at a school district career center under s. 1001.44, F.S., a charter technical career center under s. 1002.34, F.S., a Florida College System institution under s. 1000.21(3), F.S., or an independent nonprofit college or university located and chartered in this state and accredited by an agency or association that is recognized by the database created and maintained by the United States Department of Education to grant baccalaureate degrees. The effect of this new rule will be to provide information regarding key definitions, allocation of funds, and application and award procedures.

    SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Linking Industry to Nursing Education (LINE) Fund implementation, including key definitions, allocation of funds, and application and award procedures.

    RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(1), (2)(n), 1009.896(10), F.S.

    LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1009.896, F.S.

    A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

    DATE AND TIME: June 29, 2022, 12:45-1:15p.m. EDT.

    PLACE: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zWLhz0YzSuey5lli8CcnDA.

    THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Katie Grissom. Director of Workforce and Academic Alignment, Division of Florida Colleges, katie.grissom@fldoe.org, (850)245-9035. To comment on this rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, (850)245-9601 or email Christian.Emerson@fldoe.org.

    THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS: Will be available prior to rule workshop at https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.