RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:
6A-23.004Standards of Apprenticeship
6A-23.006Deregistration of Department Registered Program
6A-23.008Complaints
NOTICE 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. 45 No. 79, April 23, 2019 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
6A-23.004 Standards of Apprenticeship.
An apprenticeship program, to be eligible for approval and registration by the Department, must conform to the following Standards of Apprenticeship:
(1) No change.
(2) The program standards must contain provisions that address:
(a) through (x) No change.
(y) All apprenticeship standards must contain articles necessary to comply with Title 29 C.F.R. Part 29 and Title 29 C.F.R. Part 30. Title 29 C.F.R. Parts 29 (effective October 29, 2008) (DOS link) and 30 (effective December 19, 2016) (DOS link) are hereby incorporated by reference. A copy of the C.F.R. provisions may be obtained by contacting Apprenticeship Programs, Division of Career and Adult Education, Department of Education, 325 W. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.
6A-23.006 Deregistration of Department Registered Program.
Deregistration of a program may be effected either upon the voluntary action of the sponsor by a request for cancellation or upon notice by the Department to the sponsor stating reasonable cause and instituting formal deregistration proceedings.
(1) No change.
(2) Deregistration by the Department upon reasonable cause. Deregistration proceedings shall be conducted as follows:
(a) through (b) No change.
(c) The notice shall be sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, shall state the deficiency(ies) and remedy(ies) required, and shall state that the program will be deregistered for reasonable cause unless corrective action is taken within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt.
(d) Upon request by the sponsor for good cause, the 30-day term may be extended for another thirty (30) days. During the period for corrective action, the Department must assist the sponosor in every reasonable way to achieve conformity.
(e) If the required action is not taken within the allotted time, the Department shall send a notice to the sponsor by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, stating the following:
1. thorugh 2. No change.
3. Based upon the stated deficiency(ies) and failure to remedy, a determination has been made that there is reasonable cause to deregister the program, and the program may be deregistered unless within fifteen (15) days of the receipt of this notice, the Department receives a request for hearing from the sponsor;
4. through 5. No change.
(f) though (g) No change.
6A-23.008 Complaints.
(1) This section is not applicable to any complaint concerning discrimination or other equal employment opportunity matters; all such complaints must be submitted, processed, and resolved in accordance with provisions of Title 29 C.F.R. Part 30 as incorporated in rule 6A-23.004, F.A.C., or provisions of the Florida State Plan for Equal Employment Opportunity in Apprenticeship. which is hereby incorporated by reference (effective June 2019) (DOS link). A copy of the C.F.R. and the State Plan may be obtained by contacting Apprenticeship Programs, Division of Career and Adult Education, Department of Education, 325 W. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399.
(2) through (5) No change.
