House Bill 1159e1

                                   CS/HB 1159, First Engrossed/ntc



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; establishing a

  3         study commission to determine the feasibility

  4         of creating a residential mathematics and

  5         sciences academy; providing commission

  6         membership and duties; requiring presentation

  7         of findings and recommendations; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  (1)  There is established the Mathematics

13  and Sciences Study Commission to determine the feasibility of

14  creating a public-private, residential, coeducational academy

15  offering an advanced curriculum in mathematics and sciences

16  for students in grades 11 and 12 using the K-16 philosophy to

17  prepare students for professional careers in Florida. The

18  commission shall determine a private partner, a State

19  University System partner, the locale, and the estimated

20  operating cost for an academy.

21         (2)  Members of the commission shall be appointed as

22  follows:

23         (a)  The Governor shall appoint five members, including

24  a math or science teacher, a member of the Enterprise Florida

25  Board of Directors, a principal or administrator of a Florida

26  public school, a member of the Board of Regents, and a member

27  of the Florida Commission on Education Reform and

28  Accountability.

29         (b)  The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the

30  House of Representatives shall each appoint a member of the

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                                   CS/HB 1159, First Engrossed/ntc



  1  majority party and a member of the minority party of their

  2  respective houses.

  3         (c)  The Commissioner of Education shall appoint five

  4  members, including a math or science teacher, a member of the

  5  Enterprise Florida Board of Directors, a member of the

  6  National Science Program, a member of the Florida School Board

  7  Administrators Association, and a member of the Postsecondary

  8  Education Planning Commission.

  9         (3)  The commission shall be staffed by the

10  Postsecondary Education Planning Commission and the Florida

11  Commission on Education Reform and Accountability.  Regular

12  meetings may be held 2 days each month and at such other times

13  as the commission deems necessary, after all members have been

14  appointed.

15         (4)  Commission members and staff shall receive

16  reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses incurred in the

17  performance of their duties, as provided in s. 112.061,

18  Florida Statutes.

19         (5)  The commission shall present its findings and

20  recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate,

21  the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the

22  Commissioner of Education by January 1, 1999, at which time

23  the commission shall be terminated.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

25  law.

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