Florida Senate - 2005                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2254
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11  The Committee on Education (Wise) recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 6, lines 15 through 18, delete those lines
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18         Section 3.  Subsection (3) of section 1007.33, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended, present subsection (4) is redesignated
20  as subsection (6), and new subsections (4) and (5) are added
21  to that section, to read:
22         1007.33  Site-determined baccalaureate degree access.--
23         (3)  A community college may develop a proposal to
24  deliver specified baccalaureate degree programs in its
25  district to meet local workforce needs. The proposal must be
26  submitted to the State Board of Education for approval. The
27  community college's proposal must include the following
28  information:
29         (a)  Demand for the baccalaureate degree program is
30  identified by the workforce development board, local
31  businesses and industry, local chambers of commerce, and
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Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2254 Barcode 131250 1 potential students. 2 (b) Unmet need for graduates of the proposed degree 3 program is substantiated. 4 (c) The community college has the facilities and 5 academic resources to deliver the program. 6 7 The proposal must be submitted to the Council for Education 8 Policy Research and Improvement for review and comment. Upon 9 approval of the State Board of Education for the specific 10 degree program or programs, the community college shall pursue 11 regional accreditation by the Commission on Colleges of the 12 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Any additional 13 baccalaureate degree programs the community college wishes to 14 offer must be approved by the State Board of Education. 15 16 17 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 18 And the title is amended as follows: 19 On page 1, line 24, after the second semicolon, 20 21 insert: 22 removing a requirement for review and comment 23 by the Council for Education Policy Research 24 and Improvement of a proposal to deliver 25 baccalaureate degree programs; 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 3:53 PM 04/04/05 s2254.ed05.zzz