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Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:



                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS/HB 159, 3rd Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         Delete everything after the enacting clause

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16  and insert:

17         Section 1.  Subsection (9) is added to section 240.498,

18  Florida Statutes, to read:

19         240.498  Florida Education Fund.--

20         (9)  There is created the Community College Faculty

21  Diversity Program of the Florida Education Fund, a

22  collaborative effort of the State Board of Community Colleges

23  and the Florida Education Fund, to provide the opportunity for

24  ethnic minorities and women to attain greater representation

25  as faculty, executive, administrative, and managerial

26  personnel in the State Community College System. The faculty

27  diversity program shall be limited to a fellowship program to

28  be administered by the board of directors of the Florida

29  Education Fund for this purpose.

30         (a)  The board of directors shall provide, from funds

31  appropriated for this purpose, financial, academic, and other

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 1  support to those who are selected for participation in this

 2  program.

 3         (b)  The selection of participants must be made in

 4  accordance with policies established by the Florida Education

 5  Fund and adopted by the board of directors for that purpose

 6  and must be based, at least in part, on an assessment of

 7  potential for success, merit, and financial need.  Such

 8  selection must be based in part upon whether the participants

 9  will be representative of geographic areas throughout the

10  state.  First preference must be given to participants who are

11  employed by institutions where ethnic minorities and women are

12  underrepresented in faculty and executive-level positions.

13         (c)  Funds for this program must be appropriated

14  directly to the Florida Education Fund to be distributed

15  appropriately between the sponsoring institution and the

16  selected fellows.

17         (d)  Participants must agree in writing to return to

18  the employing community college for a period of time equal to

19  the amount of time for which the participant received aid, up

20  to 3 years, or to repay the amount of aid received.

21         (e)  During the period of participation, the community

22  college that employs the fellow must agree to continue the

23  fellow on the payroll at full salary and benefits, based on

24  the salary earned by the participant at the time of initial

25  entry into the program.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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30  And the title is amended as follows:

31         Delete everything before the enacting clause

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 1  and insert:

 2                      A bill to be entitled

 3         An act relating to community colleges; amending

 4         s. 240.498, F.S., relating to the Florida

 5         Education Fund; establishing the Community

 6         Faculty Diversity Program; providing for

 7         awarding fellowships; requiring service or

 8         repayment; providing requirements of

 9         participants' employers; providing an effective

10         date.

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12         WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature recognizes the

13  underrepresentation of ethnic and gender minorities as faculty

14  and executive, administrative, and managerial personnel in

15  Florida community colleges, and

16         WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature is interested in

17  increasing the number of ethnic and gender minorities employed

18  in these positions, and

19         WHEREAS, national availability statistics indicate a

20  severe shortage of minorities holding the requisite degrees to

21  enter the pool as faculty senior-level employees in Florida

22  community colleges, and

23         WHEREAS, the Florida Legislature wishes to establish a

24  means by which to develop, use, promote, and maintain human

25  resources currently employed in the Florida Community College

26  System, NOW, THEREFORE,

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