House Bill 4163

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4163

        By the Committee on Colleges & Universities and
    Representatives Casey, Carlton, Goode, Rayson, Ritter, Brooks,
    Constantine, Betancourt, Ball, Bradley and Rojas




  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to postsecondary education;

  3         amending s. 240.61, F.S., relating to the

  4         college reach-out program; requiring the

  5         Postsecondary Education Planning Commission to

  6         determine the frequency of certain assessments;

  7         revising the reporting date; repealing ss.

  8         240.154 and 240.278, F.S., relating to

  9         proposals for undergraduate enhancement and the

10         Quality Assurance Fund; providing an effective

11         date.

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

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

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         240.61  College reach-out program.--

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

19  Postsecondary Education Planning Commission shall submit to

20  the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of

21  Representatives, the Commissioner of Education, and the

22  Governor a report that evaluates the effectiveness of the

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

24  information provided by participating institutions, the

25  Division of Universities, the Division of Community Colleges,

26  and the Division of Workforce Development pursuant to

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

28  longitudinal cohort assessments of college reach-out program

29  participants from their entry into the program to their

30  graduation from postsecondary institutions. The Postsecondary

31  Education Planning Commission shall determine how frequently

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HB 4163

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  1  to conduct the assessment of each cohort. To the extent

  2  feasible, the performance of college reach-out program

  3  participants must be compared to the performance of comparable

  4  cohorts of students in public school and postsecondary

  5  education.

  6         Section 2.  Sections 240.154 and 240.278, Florida

  7  Statutes, are repealed.

  8         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1 of the

  9  year in which enacted.

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      With respect to the college reach-out program, requires
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      determine the frequency of certain assessments and
15    revises the reporting date. Repeals provisions relating
      to proposals for undergraduate enhancement and the
16    Quality Assurance Fund.

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