Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1570
                        Barcode 354988
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11  Senator Wilson moved the following amendment:
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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 7, between lines 23 and 24,
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17         Section 4.  Subsection (3) of section 1009.25, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         1009.25  Fee exemptions.--
20         (3)  At the discretion of the community college board
21  of trustees, each community college is authorized to grant
22  student fee exemptions from all fees adopted by the State
23  Board of Education and the community college board of trustees
24  for up to 1 percent of the community college's prior year
25  full-time equivalent students or 40 full-time equivalent
26  students, whichever is greater, to students who have graduated
27  from a Florida public high school and who attended a Florida
28  public high school for 3 years at each institution.
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30  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)
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Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1570 Barcode 354988 1 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 2 And the title is amended as follows: 3 On page 1, line 2, through 4 page 2, line 1, delete those lines 5 6 and insert: 7 An act relating to community colleges; amending 8 s. 1001.64, F.S.; providing for community 9 colleges that grant baccalaureate degrees to 10 remain under the authority of the State Board 11 of Education with respect to specified 12 responsibilities; providing that the board of 13 trustees is the governing board for purposes of 14 granting baccalaureate degrees; providing 15 powers of the boards of trustees, including the 16 power to establish tuition and out-of-state 17 fees; providing restrictions; requiring 18 policies relating to minimum faculty teaching 19 hours per week; amending s. 1007.33, F.S.; 20 authorizing a community college to develop 21 proposals to deliver baccalaureate degree 22 programs in math and science which would 23 prepare graduates to enter certain professions; 24 removing a requirement that proposals for a 25 baccalaureate degree program be submitted to 26 the Council for Education Policy Research and 27 Improvement for review and comment; providing 28 requirements for the delivery of specified 29 baccalaureate degree programs by a regionally 30 accredited college or university at a community 31 college site; requiring notification to 2 5:35 PM 04/23/07 s1570c1c-33-e6x
Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1570 Barcode 354988 1 colleges and universities of intent to offer 2 the degree program; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; 3 providing guidelines and restrictions for 4 setting tuition and out-of-state fees for 5 upper-division courses; amending s. 1009.25, 6 F.S.; revising provisions relating to the 7 number of and qualifications for community 8 college fee exemptions; amending s. 1011.83, 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 5:35 PM 04/23/07 s1570c1c-33-e6x