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11 Senator Sullivan moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. Section 240.3836, Florida Statutes, is
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19 240.3836 Site-determined baccalaureate degree access
20 program; funding.--
21 (1) The Legislature recognizes that public and private
22 postsecondary education institutions play essential roles in
23 improving the quality of life and economic well-being of the
24 state and its residents. The Legislature also recognizes that
25 economic development needs and the educational needs of
26 place-bound, nontraditional students have increased the demand
27 for local access to baccalaureate degree programs. In some,
28 but not all, geographic regions, baccalaureate degree programs
29 are being delivered successfully at the local community
30 college through agreements between the community college and
31 4-year postsecondary institutions within or outside of the
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1 state. It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to
2 further expand access to baccalaureate degree programs through
3 the use of community colleges apply this concept in the
4 creation and funding of a program that supports local economic
5 development and responds to public demand for increased access
6 to baccalaureate degrees in areas of the state that are
7 underserved by 4-year institutions.
8 (2) A community college may be authorized by the State
9 Board of Education to offer a limited number of baccalaureate
10 degrees designed to meet local workforce needs through one of
11 the following processes:
12 (a) A community college may enter into a formal
13 agreement with the state university in its service area for
14 the community college to deliver specified baccalaureate
15 degree programs. The agreement must be submitted to the State
16 Board of Education for approval. The college's proposal must
17 include the following information:
18 1. Demand for the baccalaureate degree program is
19 identified by the workforce development board, local
20 businesses and industry, local chambers of commerce, and
21 potential students.
22 2. Unmet need for graduates of the proposed degree
23 program is substantiated.
24 3. The community college has the facilities and
25 academic resources to deliver the program.
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27 The proposal must be submitted to the Postsecondary Education
28 Planning Commission for review and comment. Upon approval of
29 the State Board of Education for the specific degree program
30 or programs, the college shall pursue regional accreditation
31 by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
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1 Colleges and Schools. Any additional baccalaureate degree
2 programs the college wishes to offer must be approved by the
3 State Board of Education.
4 (b) A community college may develop a proposal to
5 deliver specified baccalaureate degree programs in its
6 district. The proposal must be submitted to the State Board of
7 Education for approval. The college's proposal must include
8 the following information:
9 1. Demand for the baccalaureate degree program is
10 identified by the workforce development board, local
11 businesses and industry, local chambers of commerce, and
12 potential students.
13 2. Unmet need for graduates of the proposed degree
14 program is substantiated.
15 3. The community college has the facilities and
16 academic resources to deliver the program.
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18 The proposal must be submitted to the Postsecondary Education
19 Planning Commission for review and comment. Upon approval of
20 the State Board of Education for the specific degree program
21 or programs, the college shall pursue regional accreditation
22 by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
23 Colleges and Schools. Any additional baccalaureate degree
24 programs the college wishes to offer must be approved by the
25 State Board of Education.
26 (3) A community college may not terminate its
27 Associate-in-Arts or Associate-in-Science degree programs as a
28 result of the authorization provided in subsection (2). The
29 Legislature intends that the primary mission of a community
30 college, including a college that offers baccalaureate-degree
31 programs, continues to be the provision of associate degrees
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1 that provide access to a university.
2 (2) Categorical funding is authorized for the
3 site-determined baccalaureate degree access program created by
4 this section. Funds may not be used to support the
5 construction, renovation, or remodeling of facilities. This
6 program is voluntary and does not preclude other mutually
7 agreed upon arrangements between community colleges and 4-year
8 institutions for the delivery of baccalaureate degrees on
9 community college sites.
10 (3) Each community college wishing to participate in
11 the site-determined baccalaureate degree access program must:
12 (a) Identify baccalaureate degree programs that are
13 not currently offered at the community college but are
14 proposed for delivery at the college to meet the academic and
15 economic development needs of one or more communities within
16 the college's service area. When assessing local needs, the
17 college should seek input from the appropriate chamber of
18 commerce, workforce development council, and other civic and
19 business groups. As used in this section, the term "economic
20 development" means entrepreneurial efforts, the attraction of
21 new business and industry to the area, and the expansion of
22 existing business and industry.
23 (b) Determine the number of students interested in
24 pursuing each proposed baccalaureate degree program and
25 identify the enrollment patterns, any special characteristics
26 of those students, and any unique combination or modification
27 of course offerings that may be necessary to meet student
28 enrollment needs.
29 (c) Submit a proposal to the Postsecondary Education
30 Planning Commission requesting validation of the need for the
31 proposed baccalaureate degree program and tentative approval
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1 for program funding. The proposal must include:
2 1. A description of each proposed baccalaureate degree
3 program identifying the junior-level and senior-level courses
4 to be offered and designating whether the program should be
5 offered for a cohort group or as an ongoing degree program.
6 2. Evidence that local occupational forecasts support
7 the existence of jobs for graduates of the proposed
8 baccalaureate degree programs.
9 3. An estimated number of students to be served by
10 each proposed degree program.
11 4. An assurance that the community college's existing
12 facilities are sufficient to meet the additional demands for
13 classroom and laboratory space for the proposed degree
14 programs.
15 5. Evidence that the college has requested the
16 participation of no fewer than three regionally accredited
17 4-year postsecondary institutions, including at least one
18 member of the State University System. Any member of the
19 State University System and any independent, regionally
20 accredited, 4-year institution that is chartered in, and has
21 its primary campus located in, Florida may be a partner in a
22 site-determined baccalaureate degree access program at any
23 community college.
24 6. A tentative agreement between the community college
25 and the 4-year postsecondary institution selected to offer the
26 upper-level courses leading to the proposed degree or degrees.
27 7. Any additional provisions that the Postsecondary
28 Education Planning Commission considers pertinent to the
29 proposal.
30 (4) The Postsecondary Education Planning Commission,
31 after soliciting comments from the Board of Regents and the
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1 State Board of Community Colleges, shall validate the need for
2 each baccalaureate degree program proposed for delivery
3 according to this section and shall notify the community
4 college that its proposal has been approved or rejected. The
5 commission shall establish procedures for the timely
6 submission, review, and approval of the proposals and
7 agreements required by this section. These procedures must be
8 designed to allow the initiation of approved baccalaureate
9 degree programs at least 3 times each fiscal year.
10 (5) Once the Postsecondary Education Planning
11 Commission validates the need for the proposed baccalaureate
12 degree program and notifies the community college that its
13 proposal has been approved, the community college shall
14 finalize an agreement with the regionally accredited, public
15 or nonpublic, 4-year postsecondary institution selected to
16 provide the upper-level instructional services in the approved
17 baccalaureate degree program. The commission shall identify
18 the common aspects that each agreement must address,
19 including, but not limited to:
20 (a) A course delivery pattern based on the student
21 enrollment patterns and characteristics included in the
22 approved proposal.
23 (b) An articulation provision that guarantees
24 acceptance of students who hold an associate in arts or
25 associate in science degree and satisfy any other
26 prerequisites for admission to the specific baccalaureate
27 degree program.
28 (c) The provision of library services and student
29 support services.
30 (d) An agreement that the participating 4-year
31 postsecondary institution will continue offering instructional
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1 services at least until all qualified members of the initial
2 group of students have had an opportunity to complete the
3 degree program.
4 (e) The specific and measurable performance criteria
5 that the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission may use
6 to evaluate the outcomes and outputs of the baccalaureate
7 degree program within an identified timeframe.
8 (f) An agreement that in-state student tuition for the
9 degree program will not exceed the matriculation fee for the
10 State University System unless the proposal approved by the
11 Postsecondary Education Planning Commission allows the
12 participating institutions to charge differentiated tuition
13 and fees to encourage student attendance and participation.
14 Out-of-state students shall pay full costs. Notwithstanding
15 s. 240.605, students participating in a site-determined
16 baccalaureate degree program may not receive a Florida
17 Resident Access Grant.
18 (6) Each participating community college must submit
19 the agreement required by this section to the Postsecondary
20 Education Planning Commission for review and final approval
21 before initiating an approved site-determined baccalaureate
22 degree access program. Subject to the availability of
23 legislative appropriations specifically provided for this
24 purpose, the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission must
25 recommend to the Commissioner of Education the total funds to
26 be released to each participating community college for the
27 initiation of the approved site-determined baccalaureate
28 degree access program. The community college shall distribute
29 funds to the participating 4-year postsecondary institution at
30 the rate specified in the approved agreement. The
31 Postsecondary Education Planning Commission shall not
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1 recommend the release of funding for any program that is
2 terminated before or after the evaluation required by this
3 section. The total funds to be released for the initiation of
4 an approved program shall be based on the number of fundable
5 upper-level student credit hours for each term. Unless
6 otherwise provided in an appropriations act, the funding per
7 credit hour shall be an amount equal to the state funds,
8 excluding student fees, appropriated to the State University
9 System for each full-time equivalent student enrolled in
10 upper-level course work. Student credit hours funded under
11 this program may not be duplicated in any other calculation of
12 state funding for the 4-year institution.
13 (7) The Postsecondary Education Planning Commission
14 may require the participating community colleges and 4-year
15 postsecondary institutions to submit information necessary to
16 monitor the annual performance of the program. Within 90 days
17 after the 2nd and 4th year of the site-determined
18 baccalaureate degree access program, the commission shall
19 submit to the chairs of the education and fiscal committees of
20 the Legislature a progress report, including an evaluation of
21 the funding mechanism created by this section. The commission
22 shall review each site-determined baccalaureate degree access
23 program funded under this section to ascertain whether the
24 performance measures specified in the agreement between the
25 participating community college and the 4-year institution
26 have been met. Each program must be reviewed 4 years after
27 initiation unless a shorter timeframe is specified in the
28 agreement. The performance measures must include the student
29 graduation rate, the employment rate of program graduates both
30 within and outside the community college service area, the
31 continuing need to offer the specific baccalaureate degree
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1 program in the community college service area, and such other
2 information as the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission
3 may determine necessary for program and performance
4 evaluation. Based on its evaluation, the commission shall
5 either approve continuation of the program, require
6 modifications prior to program approval, or recommend that the
7 participating institutions terminate the program after all
8 qualified members of the initial group of students have an
9 opportunity to complete the degree program. The commission
10 must submit to the Commissioner of Education for inclusion in
11 the legislative budget a request for funding for approved
12 site-determined baccalaureate degree access programs.
13 (8) If no accredited 4-year institution is willing to
14 provide a baccalaureate degree program approved by the
15 Postsecondary Education Planning Commission under this
16 section, the community college board of trustees may ask the
17 commission to evaluate the college's request to offer the
18 degree program. If the commission is satisfied that the
19 community college should offer the degree program, it shall
20 recommend to the Legislature the enactment of statutory
21 authority for the community college to offer that specific
22 baccalaureate degree program.
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28 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 amending s. 240.3836, F.S.; providing
2 legislative intent; providing a process for
3 authorizing community colleges to offer
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