SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 2-D
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 114370
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11 Senator Holzendorf moved the following amendment:
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18 (3) The department shall identify those courses
19 offered by universities and accepted for credit toward a
20 degree. The department shall identify courses designated as
21 either general education or required as a prerequisite for a
22 degree. The courses shall be identified by their statewide
23 course number.
24 (4) The boards of trustees of the community colleges
25 and state universities shall identify their core curricula.
26 The universities and community colleges shall work with their
27 school districts to assure that high school curricula
28 coordinate with the core curricula and to prepare students for
29 college-level work. Core curricula for associate in arts
30 programs shall be adopted in rule by the State Board of
31 Education and shall include 36 semester hours of general
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1 education courses in the subject areas of communication,
2 mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and natural
3 sciences.
4 (5) An associate in arts degree shall require no more
5 than 60 semester hours of college credit, including 36
6 semester hours of general education coursework. Except for
7 college-preparatory coursework required pursuant to s.
8 1008.30, all required coursework shall count toward the
9 associate in arts degree or the baccalaureate degree.
10 (6) A baccalaureate degree program shall require no
11 more than 120 semester hours of college credit, including 36
12 semester hours of general education coursework, unless prior
13 approval has been granted by the State Board of Education.
14 (7) A student who received an associate in arts degree
15 for successfully completing 60 semester credit hours may
16 continue to earn additional credits at a community college.
17 The university must provide credit toward the student's
18 baccalaureate degree for an additional community college
19 course if, according to the statewide course numbering, the
20 community college course is a course listed in the university
21 catalog as required for the degree or as prerequisite to a
22 course required for the degree. Of the courses required for
23 the degree, at least half of the credit hours required for the
24 degree shall be achievable through courses designated as lower
25 division, except in degree programs approved by the State
26 Board of Education.
27 (8) Students at state universities may request
28 associate in arts certificates if they have successfully
29 completed the minimum requirements for the degree of associate
30 in arts (A.A.). The university must grant the student an
31 associate in arts degree if the student has successfully
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1 completed minimum requirements for college-level communication
2 and computation skills adopted by the State Board of Education
3 and 60 academic semester hours or the equivalent within a
4 degree program area, with 36 semester hours in general
5 education courses in the subject areas of communication,
6 mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and natural
7 sciences, consistent with the general education requirements
8 specified in the articulation agreement pursuant to s.
9 1007.23.
10 (9) The Commissioner of Education shall appoint
11 faculty committees representing both community college and
12 public school faculties to recommend to the commissioner for
13 approval by the State Board of Education a standard program
14 length and appropriate occupational completion points for each
15 postsecondary career and technical certificate program,
16 diploma, and degree.
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