Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 2502
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  02/10/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Perry) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 582 and 583
    4  insert:
    5         Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
    6  145 of the 2022-2023 General Appropriations Act, section
    7  1004.6496, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
    8         1004.6496 Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic
    9  Education.—
   10         (1) The Trustees of the University of Florida may use funds
   11  as provided in the General Appropriations Act to establish the
   12  Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education as an academic
   13  unit within the University of Florida. The purpose of the center
   14  is to support teaching and research concerning the ideas,
   15  traditions, and texts that form the foundations of western and
   16  American civilization. The Board of Trustees of the University
   17  is authorized to rename the Center consistent with its
   18  philanthropic naming governance procedures.
   19         (2) The goals of the center are to:
   20         (a) Educate university students in the core texts and great
   21  debates of Western civilization;
   22         (b) Educate university students in the principles, ideals,
   23  and institutions of the American political order;
   24         (c) Educate university students in the foundations of
   25  responsible leadership and informed citizenship; and
   26         (d) Offer university-wide programming related to civic
   27  education and the values of open inquiry and civil discourse.
   28         (3) This section expires July 1, 2023.
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   31  And the title is amended as follows:
   32         Delete line 33
   33  and insert:
   34         respectively; creating s. 1004.6496, F.S.; authorizing
   35         the Trustees of the University of Florida to use funds
   36         to establish the Hamilton Center for Classical and
   37         Civic Education; providing purposes and goals of the
   38         center; authorizing the Agency for Health Care