Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 72
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Stargel) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (828070) (with directory and
    2  title amendments)
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    4         Delete lines 86 - 133
    5  and insert:
    6         (5) PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES PROGRAM
    7  SUPPORT.—
    8         (a) A state university that is designated as a preeminent
    9  state research university shall submit to the Board of Governors
   10  a 5-year benchmark plan with target rankings on key performance
   11  metrics for national excellence. Upon approval by the Board of
   12  Governors, and upon the university’s meeting the benchmark plan
   13  goals annually, the Board of Governors shall award the
   14  university its proportionate share of any funds provided
   15  annually to support the program created under this section.
   16         (b) A state university designated as an emerging preeminent
   17  state research university shall submit for approval to the Board
   18  of Governors a 5-year benchmark plan with target rankings on key
   19  performance metrics for national excellence. Upon approval by
   20  the Board of Governors, and upon the university’s meeting the
   21  benchmark plan goals annually, the Board of Governors shall
   22  award the university its proportionate share of any funds
   23  provided annually to support the program created under this
   24  section.
   25         (c) The award of funds under this subsection is contingent
   26  upon funding provided by the Legislature to support the
   27  preeminent state research universities program created under
   28  this section. Funding increases appropriated beyond the amounts
   29  funded in the previous fiscal year shall be distributed as
   30  determined annually by the Legislature to as follows:
   31         1. each designated preeminent state research university
   32  that meets the criteria in paragraph (a) shall receive an equal
   33  amount of funding.
   34         2. Each designated emerging preeminent state research
   35  university that meets the criteria in paragraph (b) shall,
   36  beginning in the 2018-2019 fiscal year, receive an amount of
   37  funding that is equal to one-fourth of the total increased
   38  amount awarded to each designated preeminent state research
   39  university.
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   41  ====== D I R E C T O R Y  C L A U S E  A M E N D M E N T ======
   42  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   43         Delete lines 31 - 32
   44  and insert:
   45         Section 2. Subsections (2), (5), and (7) of section
   46  1001.7065, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
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   48  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   49  And the title is amended as follows:
   50         Delete lines 883 - 884
   51  and insert:
   52         state research universities program;