School districts receive $1,000 for each student-earned postsecondary industry certification on a list developed and maintained by the Florida Department of Education.
The funding list includes over 200 types of industry certifications, and students earned over 4,500 fundable certifications in 2016-17. Most (51%) of the funded certifications earned by district students were in the Health Sciences and HVAC Technician occupational funding areas.
Only 26% of earned industry certification types eligible for state funding were linked to at least one statewide HSHW occupation. In 5 of the 17 occupational funding areas, industry certifications were linked to HSHW occupations in 10 or more of the 24 workforce regions.
Among early-career certification earners, 94% were found employed the year after certification and 42% of those employed were earning HSHW entry-level wages. Among mid-career certification earners, 98% were found employed the year after certification, and 77% showed earnings increases.

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