House Bill 1883c1

    Florida House of Representatives - 2000             CS/HB 1883

        By the Committee on Colleges & Universities and
    Representatives Logan, Chestnut, Cosgrove and Betancourt





  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to university student judicial

  3         proceedings; amending s. 120.81, F.S.; revising

  4         who appoints members to a committee of the

  5         Board of Regents; revising rulemaking

  6         procedures regarding rules that govern student

  7         judicial proceedings; requiring the standing

  8         committee to periodically review the rules and

  9         statutes being implemented and recommend

10         necessary revisions; 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.  Paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section

16  120.81, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

17         120.81  Exceptions and special requirements; general

18  areas.--

19         (1)  EDUCATIONAL UNITS.--

20         (g)1.  Sections 120.569 and 120.57 do not apply to any

21  proceeding in which the substantial interests of a student are

22  determined by the State University System or a community

23  college district.

24         2.  The Board of Regents shall establish a standing

25  committee, at least one-half half of the members of which whom

26  shall be appointed by the Florida Student Association, Inc.

27  Council of Student Body Presidents, which shall make

28  recommendations to the Board of Regents regarding establish

29  rules and guidelines for ensuring fairness and due process in

30  judicial proceedings involving students in the State

31  University System. The Board of Regents shall adopt rules

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






    Florida House of Representatives - 2000             CS/HB 1883

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  1  based on these recommendations. The standing committee shall

  2  review these rules at least once every 4 years and shall

  3  recommend necessary revisions to such rules, or to the

  4  specific law being implemented by such rules, to the Board of

  5  Regents.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect September 1,

  7  2000.

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