The Florida Senate

¹240.5285  Florida Atlantic University campuses.--

(1)  The Broward County campuses of Florida Atlantic University are hereby established as a partner of the Florida Atlantic University campus in Boca Raton. The Broward County campuses of Florida Atlantic University shall be known as "Florida Atlantic University Broward." The Boca Raton campuses of Florida Atlantic University shall be known as "Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton." The office of the president shall be at the campus in Boca Raton.

(2)  Florida Atlantic University shall develop and administer a separate budget for Florida Atlantic University Broward. The budget shall include, at a minimum, an allocation of those operating and capital outlay funds appropriated annually by the Legislature in the General Appropriations Act for the Broward campuses; a proportional share, based on student credit hours produced at the Broward campuses, of any allocations received by the university from student matriculation and tuition fees and fees, except for athletic fees, specifically authorized by law; all overhead charges from sponsored research conducted on the Broward campuses; and all revenues derived from vending funds, auxiliary enterprises and contracts, and grants and donations, as authorized by s. 240.277, which result from activities on Broward campuses. Florida Atlantic University Broward and Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton may pay reasonable charges to appropriate levels of administration of Florida Atlantic University for services delivered universitywide.

(3)  The Board of Regents shall take all actions necessary to assure that Florida Atlantic University Broward and Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton are partners in the overall policymaking and academic governance structures of the university. Annual legislative budget requests for operations and facilities shall separately identify those funds requested for Florida Atlantic University Broward and Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton. Florida Atlantic University Broward and Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton shall have local management authority over their campus faculty, staff, and programs, but there shall be universitywide standards and processes for evaluating requests for promotion and tenure; there shall be complete transferability of credits and uniform programs across campuses; and colleges operating on multiple campuses shall have only one dean for each college. Florida Atlantic University Broward shall establish a faculty senate and may establish a direct-support organization.

(4)  The Postsecondary Education Planning Commission and the Board of Regents, as a function of each board's comprehensive master planning process, shall continue to evaluate the need for undergraduate programs in Broward County and shall assess the extent to which existing postsecondary programs are addressing those needs. One section of the Board of Regents' 5-year Master Plan for 1993-1998 shall address and make recommendations concerning the establishment of a 4-year public university in Broward County. The board's plan shall include the effectiveness of branch campus operation, including operating and capital budget and a description of programmatic and administrative relationships with public and private institutions in the area. Before January 1, 1993, the Legislature shall review that section of the master plan and, by July 1, 1993, shall make recommendations for implementing that section.

History.--s. 32, ch. 92-321; s. 3(7), ch. 2000-321.

¹Note.--Repealed January 7, 2003, by s. 3(7), ch. 2000-321, and shall be reviewed by the Legislature prior to that date.