Senate Bill 2136

    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2136

    By Senator Grant





    13-1500-98

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; amending s.

  3         240.61, F.S.; revising the due date for a

  4         report on the college reach-out program;

  5         removing the requirement for including

  6         longitudinal cohort assessment; repealing s.

  7         240.154, F.S., which provides for undergraduate

  8         enhancement; repealing s. 240.278, F.S., which

  9         provides for the establishment and use of the

10         Quality Assurance Fund; repealing s. 240.521,

11         F.S., which provides for the establishment of a

12         state university or a branch of an existing

13         state university to be located in East Central

14         Florida; repealing s. 240.522, F.S., which

15         provides for the establishment of a university

16         in Southwest Florida; repealing s. 240.523,

17         F.S., which provides for the establishment of a

18         4-year college in Dade County; repealing s.

19         240.525, F.S., which provides for the

20         establishment of a state university or branch

21         of an existing state university or state

22         college in Duval County; providing an effective

23         date.

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

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27         Section 1.  Subsection (13) of section 240.61, Florida

28  Statutes, is amended to read:

29         240.61  College reach-out program.--

30         (13)  By February 15 January 15 of each year, the

31  Postsecondary Education Planning Commission shall submit to

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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.






    Florida Senate - 1998                                  SB 2136
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  1  the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

  2  Representatives, the Commissioner of Education, and the

  3  Governor a report that evaluates the effectiveness of the

  4  college reach-out program. The report must be based upon

  5  information provided by participating institutions, the

  6  Division of Universities, the Division of Community Colleges,

  7  and the Division of Workforce Development pursuant to

  8  subsections (7) and (12). The evaluation must include

  9  longitudinal cohort assessments of college reach-out program

10  participants from their entry into the program to their

11  graduation from postsecondary institutions. To the extent

12  feasible, the performance of college reach-out program

13  participants must be compared to the performance of comparable

14  cohorts of students in public school and postsecondary

15  education.

16         Section 2.  Sections 240.154, 240.278, 240.521,

17  240.522, 240.523, and 240.525, Florida Statutes, are repealed.

18         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.

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21                          SENATE SUMMARY

22    With respect to the college reach-out program, changes
      the due date for the annual report from January 15 to
23    February 15 and eliminates the requirement to include
      longitudinal cohort assessments. Repeals statutes that
24    provide, respectively, for undergraduate enhancement, for
      the establishment and use of the Quality Assurance Fund,
25    for establishing a state university or a branch of an
      existing state university in East Central Florida, for
26    establishing a university in Southwest Florida, for
      establishing a 4-year college in Dade County, and for
27    establishing a state university or a branch of an
      existing state university or state college in Duval
28    County.

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