Senate Bill 0388c1

    Florida Senate - 1998                            CS for SB 388

    By the Committee on Education and Senator Holzendorf





    304-1154-98

  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 for the

  6         commission's membership and duties; requiring a

  7         report; providing an effective date.

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

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

12  and Sciences Study Commission to determine the feasibility of

13  creating a public-private, residential, coeducational academy

14  offering an advanced curriculum in mathematics and sciences

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

16  prepare students for professional careers in this state. The

17  commission shall select a private partner, a State University

18  System partner, the locale, and the estimated operating cost

19  for the academy.

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

21  follows:

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

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

24  Board of Directors, a principal or administrator of a state

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

26  of the Florida Commission on Education Reform and

27  Accountability.

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

29  House of Representatives shall each appoint a member of the

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

31  respective houses.

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






    Florida Senate - 1998                            CS for SB 388
    304-1154-98




  1         (c)  The Commissioner of Education shall appoint five

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

  3  Enterprise Florida Board of Directors, a member of the Florida

  4  School Board Administrators Association, and a member of the

  5  Postsecondary Education Planning Commission.

  6         (3)  The commission shall be staffed by the

  7  Postsecondary Education Planning Commission and the Florida

  8  Commission on Education Reform and Accountability.  Regular

  9  meetings may be held for 2 days each month and at such other

10  times as the commission deems necessary, after all members

11  have been appointed.

12         (4)  Commission members and staff shall receive

13  reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses incurred in the

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

15  Florida Statutes.

16         (5)  The commission shall present its findings and

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

18  the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the

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

20  the commission shall be terminated.

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

22  law.

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24          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
25                              SB 388

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27  The Committee Substitute differs from SB 388 as follows:

28  The membership of the Mathematics and Sciences Study
    Commission is revised so that the five members to be appointed
29  by the Commissioner of Education do not include a
    representative of the nonexistent National Science Program.
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