Senate Bill 2136c1

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    Florida Senate - 1998                           CS for SB 2136

    By the Committee on Education and Senator Grant





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to education; amending s.

  3         240.61, F.S.; revising criteria for

  4         participating in the college reach-out program;

  5         revising the due date for a report on the

  6         college reach-out program; removing the

  7         requirement for including longitudinal cohort

  8         assessment; repealing s. 240.154, F.S., which

  9         provides for undergraduate enhancement;

10         repealing s. 240.278, F.S., which provides for

11         the establishment and use of the Quality

12         Assurance Fund; repealing s. 240.521, F.S.,

13         which provides for the establishment of a state

14         university or a branch of an existing state

15         university to be located in East Central

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

17         provides for the establishment of a university

18         in Southwest Florida; repealing s. 240.523,

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

20         4-year college in Dade County; repealing s.

21         240.525, F.S., which provides for the

22         establishment of a state university or branch

23         of an existing state university or state

24         college in Duval County; providing an effective

25         date.

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

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29         Section 1.  Subsections (3) and (13) of section 240.61,

30  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

31         240.61  College reach-out program.--

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  1         (3)  To participate in the college reach-out program, a

  2  community college, a public university, or an independent

  3  postsecondary institution that is participating in a special

  4  program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursuant

  5  to 20 U.S.C., ss. 1070d et seq. may submit a proposal to the

  6  Department of Education. The State Board of Education shall

  7  consider the proposals and determine which proposals to

  8  implement as programs that will strengthen the educational

  9  motivation and preparation of low-income educationally

10  disadvantaged students.

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

12  Postsecondary Education Planning Commission shall submit to

13  the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

14  Representatives, the Commissioner of Education, and the

15  Governor a report that evaluates the effectiveness of the

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

17  information provided by participating institutions, the

18  Division of Universities, the Division of Community Colleges,

19  and the Division of Workforce Development pursuant to

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

21  longitudinal cohort assessments of college reach-out program

22  participants from their entry into the program to their

23  graduation from postsecondary institutions. To the extent

24  feasible, the performance of college reach-out program

25  participants must be compared to the performance of comparable

26  cohorts of students in public school and postsecondary

27  education.

28         Section 2.  Sections 240.154, 240.278, 240.521,

29  240.522, 240.523, and 240.525, Florida Statutes, are repealed.

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

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  1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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  4  The Committee Substitute differs from SB 2136 in that
    educational institutions proposing to participate in the
  5  college reach-out program no longer are required to
    participate in a special federal program for disadvantaged
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