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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to determinations of residency

  3         for tuition purposes; amending s. 240.1201,

  4         F.S.; revising provisions relating to

  5         determinations of residency for tuition

  6         purposes to classify members of the active

  7         Florida National Guard as residents for tuition

  8         purposes; amending s. 240.2099, F.S.; providing

  9         additional authority of the Board of Regents

10         and the State Board of Community Colleges with

11         respect to the implementation of the statewide

12         computer-assisted student advising system;

13         providing for expenditure of specified

14         proceeds; providing an effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (10)

19  of section 240.1201, Florida Statutes, to read:

20         240.1201  Determination of resident status for tuition

21  purposes.--Students shall be classified as residents or

22  nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition fees in

23  public community colleges and universities.

24         (10)  The following persons shall be classified as

25  residents for tuition purposes:

26         (k)  Members of the active Florida National Guard that

27  meet the requirements of s. 250.10(7) and (8).

28         Section 2.  Section 240.2099, Florida Statutes, is

29  amended to read:

30         240.2099  Computer-assisted student advising system;

31  plans.--The Board of Regents and State Board of Community


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  1  Colleges shall develop plans for implementing a single,

  2  statewide computer-assisted student advising system, which

  3  must be an integral part of the process of advising,

  4  registering, and certifying students for graduation. Plans

  5  shall include timelines for the implementation of the system

  6  and shall be submitted to the Legislature by October 1, 1996.

  7  It is intended that an advising system be the primary advising

  8  and tracking tool for students enrolled in community colleges

  9  and universities and be accessible to students enrolled in

10  each of the state universities, community colleges, and public

11  secondary schools.  The State University System and the

12  community college system shall establish a committee to

13  oversee the development and maintenance of the advising

14  system. The system shall consist of a degree audit and an

15  articulation component that includes the following

16  characteristics provided in subsections (1), (2), and (3):

17         (1)  The system shall constitute an integral part of

18  the process of advising students and assisting them in course

19  selection.  The system shall be accessible to students in the

20  following ways:

21         (a)  A student must be able to access the system, at

22  any time, to identify course options that will meet the

23  requirements of a selected path toward a degree.

24         (b)  A status report from the system shall be generated

25  and sent with each grade report to each student with a

26  declared major.

27         (2)  The system shall be an integral part of the

28  registration process.  As part of the process, the system

29  shall:

30         (a)  Provide reports that document each student's

31  status toward completion of a degree.


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  1         (b)  Verify that a student has completed requirements

  2  for graduation.

  3         (3)  The system must provide management information to

  4  decisionmakers, including information relating student

  5  enrollment patterns and course demands to plans for

  6  corresponding course offerings and information useful in

  7  planning the student registration process.

  8         (4)  In implementing the single, statewide,

  9  computer-assisted student advising system required under

10  section 240.2099, Florida Statutes, the Board of Regents and

11  the State Board of Community Colleges may:

12         (a)  Perform all things necessary to secure letters of

13  patent, copyrights, and trademarks on any work products and

14  enforce their rights with respect thereto;

15         (b)  Enter into binding agreements with organizations,

16  corporations, or government entities to license, lease,

17  assign, or otherwise give written consent to any person, firm,

18  corporation, or agency for the use of the single, statewide,

19  computer-assisted student advising system and collect

20  royalties or any other consideration that the boards find

21  proper; and

22         (c)  Sell or license any such work products and execute

23  all instruments necessary to consummate the sale or license.

24  Subject to the terms and conditions of any applicable license

25  agreement or similar arrangement, the State shall retain

26  ownership of all intellectual property and all interests

27  therein, and shall have full right to use of such intellectual

28  property.  All of the proceeds derived from activities

29  authorized under this section shall be expended for the costs

30  incurred in developing, maintaining, and improving the single,

31  statewide, computer-assisted student advising system.


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  1         (d)  Final actions taken by the Board of Regents and

  2  the State Board of Community Colleges or their successor,

  3  related to the agreement, are subject to the notice review and

  4  objection procedure established in s. 216.177, Florida

  5  Statutes.

  6         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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