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11  Senators Grant and Kirkpatrick moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 15, between lines 15 and 16,

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17         Section 9.  Subsections (3) and (13) of section 240.61,

18  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

19         240.61  College reach-out program.--

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

21  community college, a public university, or an independent

22  postsecondary institution that is participating in a special

23  program for students from disadvantaged backgrounds pursuant

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

25  Department of Education. The State Board of Education shall

26  consider the proposals and determine which proposals to

27  implement as programs that will strengthen the educational

28  motivation and preparation of low-income educationally

29  disadvantaged students.

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

31  Postsecondary Education Planning Commission shall submit to

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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 10.  Sections 240.154, 240.278, 240.521,

17  240.522, 240.523, and 240.525, Florida Statutes, are repealed.

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19  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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23  And the title is amended as follows:

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27         amending s. 240.61, F.S.; revising criteria for

28         participating in the college reach-out program;

29         revising the due date for a report on the

30         college reach-out program; removing the

31         requirement for including longitudinal cohort

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

 2         provides for undergraduate enhancement;

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

 4         the establishment and use of the Quality

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

 6         which provides for the establishment of a state

 7         university or a branch of an existing state

 8         university to be located in East Central

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

10         provides for the establishment of a university

11         in Southwest Florida; repealing s. 240.523,

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

13         4-year college in Dade County; repealing s.

14         240.525, F.S., which provides for the

15         establishment of a state university or branch

16         of an existing state university or state

17         college in Duval County;

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