1 | Representative(s) Goodlette, Mayfield, and Jennings offered the |
2 | following: |
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4 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
5 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
6 | Section 1. Paragraph (i) is added to subsection (7) of |
7 | section 1001.02, Florida Statutes, to read: |
8 | 1001.02 General powers of State Board of Education.-- |
9 | (7) The State Board of Education shall: |
10 | (i) Adopt by rule policies that address the baccalaureate |
11 | degree programs at community colleges approved pursuant to s. |
12 | 1007.33, including, but not limited to, reporting policies and |
13 | performance accountability requirements for both upper-division |
14 | and lower-division programs. |
15 | Section 2. Subsections (1), (2), and (8) of section |
16 | 1001.64, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
17 | 1001.64 Community college boards of trustees; powers and |
18 | duties.-- |
19 | (1) The boards of trustees shall be responsible for |
20 | cost-effective policy decisions appropriate to the community |
21 | college's mission, the implementation and maintenance of |
22 | high-quality education programs within law and rules of the |
23 | State Board of Education, the measurement of performance, the |
24 | reporting of information, and the provision of input regarding |
25 | state policy, budgeting, and education standards. Community |
26 | colleges may grant baccalaureate degrees pursuant to s. 1007.33 |
27 | and shall remain under the authority of the State Board of |
28 | Education in accordance with current statutory provisions |
29 | relating to community colleges as defined in s. 1000.21. |
30 | (2) Each board of trustees is vested with the |
31 | responsibility to govern its respective community college and |
32 | with such necessary authority as is needed for the proper |
33 | operation and improvement thereof in accordance with rules of |
34 | the State Board of Education. This authority includes serving as |
35 | the governing board for purposes of granting baccalaureate |
36 | degrees as authorized in s. 1007.33 and approved by the State |
37 | Board of Education. |
38 | (8) Each board of trustees has authority for policies |
39 | related to students, enrollment of students, student records, |
40 | student activities, financial assistance, and other student |
41 | services. |
42 | (a) Each board of trustees shall govern admission of |
43 | students pursuant to s. 1007.263 and rules of the State Board of |
44 | Education. A board of trustees may establish additional |
45 | admissions criteria, which shall be included in the district |
46 | interinstitutional articulation agreement developed according to |
47 | s. 1007.235, to ensure student readiness for postsecondary |
48 | instruction. Each board of trustees may consider the past |
49 | actions of any person applying for admission or enrollment and |
50 | may deny admission or enrollment to an applicant because of |
51 | misconduct if determined to be in the best interest of the |
52 | community college. |
53 | (b) Each board of trustees shall adopt rules establishing |
54 | student performance standards for the award of degrees and |
55 | certificates pursuant to s. 1004.68. The board of trustees of a |
56 | community college that is authorized to grant a baccalaureate |
57 | degree under s. 1007.33 may continue to award degrees, diplomas, |
58 | and certificates as authorized for the college, and in the name |
59 | of the college, until the college receives any necessary changes |
60 | to its accreditation. |
61 | (c) Each board of trustees shall establish tuition and |
62 | out-of-state fees for approved baccalaureate degree programs, |
63 | consistent with law and proviso language in the General |
64 | Appropriations Act. |
65 | (d)(c) Boards of trustees are authorized to establish |
66 | intrainstitutional and interinstitutional programs to maximize |
67 | articulation pursuant to s. 1007.22. |
68 | (e)(d) Boards of trustees shall identify their core |
69 | curricula, which shall include courses required by the State |
70 | Board of Education, pursuant to the provisions of s. 1007.25(6). |
71 | (f)(e) Each board of trustees must adopt a written |
72 | antihazing policy, provide a program for the enforcement of such |
73 | rules, and adopt appropriate penalties for violations of such |
74 | rules pursuant to the provisions of s. 1006.63(1)-(3). |
75 | (g)(f) Each board of trustees may establish a uniform code |
76 | of conduct and appropriate penalties for violation of its rules |
77 | by students and student organizations, including rules governing |
78 | student academic honesty. Such penalties, unless otherwise |
79 | provided by law, may include fines, the withholding of diplomas |
80 | or transcripts pending compliance with rules or payment of |
81 | fines, and the imposition of probation, suspension, or |
82 | dismissal. |
83 | (h)(g) Each board of trustees pursuant to s. 1006.53 shall |
84 | adopt a policy in accordance with rules of the State Board of |
85 | Education that reasonably accommodates the religious observance, |
86 | practice, and belief of individual students in regard to |
87 | admissions, class attendance, and the scheduling of examinations |
88 | and work assignments. |
89 | (i) Each board of trustees shall adopt a policy providing |
90 | that faculty who teach upper-division courses that are a |
91 | component part of a baccalaureate degree program must meet the |
92 | requirements of s. 1012.82. |
93 | Section 3. Subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection |
94 | (7), and subsection (9) of section 1004.65, Florida Statutes, |
95 | are amended, and subsection (10) is added to said section, to |
96 | read: |
97 | 1004.65 Community colleges; definition, mission, and |
98 | responsibilities.-- |
99 | (1) Community colleges shall consist of all public |
100 | educational institutions identified in s. 1000.21(3). Community |
101 | colleges, including colleges that have been approved to offer |
102 | baccalaureate degree programs pursuant to s. 1007.33, shall be |
103 | operated by community college district boards of trustees under |
104 | statutory authority and rules of the State Board of Education. |
105 | Except as otherwise provided in law, all laws and rules that |
106 | relate to community colleges apply to community colleges |
107 | authorized to offer baccalaureate degree programs pursuant to s. |
108 | 1007.33. |
109 | (7) A separate and secondary role for community colleges |
110 | includes: |
111 | (a) Providing upper level instruction and awarding |
112 | baccalaureate degrees as specifically authorized by law. A |
113 | community college that is approved to offer baccalaureate degree |
114 | programs shall maintain its primary mission pursuant to |
115 | subsection (6) and may not terminate associate in arts or |
116 | associate in science degree programs as a result of the |
117 | authorization to offer baccalaureate degree programs. |
118 | (9) Community colleges are authorized to offer such |
119 | programs and courses as are necessary to fulfill their mission |
120 | and are authorized to grant associate in arts degrees, associate |
121 | in science degrees, associate in applied science degrees, |
122 | certificates, awards, and diplomas. Each community college is |
123 | also authorized to make provisions for the General Educational |
124 | Development test. Each community college may provide access to |
125 | and award baccalaureate degrees in accordance with law. |
126 | (10) A community college may not offer graduate programs. |
127 | Section 4. Subsection (3) is added to section 1004.68, |
128 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
129 | 1004.68 Community college; degrees and certificates; tests |
130 | for certain skills.-- |
131 | (3) The board of trustees of a community college |
132 | authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees pursuant to s. 1007.33 |
133 | may continue to award degrees, diplomas, and certificates as |
134 | authorized for the college, and in the name of the college, |
135 | until the community college receives any necessary changes to |
136 | its accreditation. |
137 | Section 5. Section 1007.33, Florida Statutes, is amended |
138 | to read: |
139 | 1007.33 Site-determined baccalaureate degree access.-- |
140 | (1) The Legislature recognizes that public and private |
141 | postsecondary educational institutions play essential roles in |
142 | improving the quality of life and economic well-being of the |
143 | state and its residents. The Legislature also recognizes that |
144 | economic development needs and the educational needs of place- |
145 | bound, nontraditional students have increased the demand for |
146 | local access to baccalaureate degree programs. In some, but not |
147 | all, geographic regions, baccalaureate degree programs are being |
148 | delivered successfully at the local community college through |
149 | agreements between the community college and 4-year |
150 | postsecondary institutions within or outside of the state. It is |
151 | therefore the intent of the Legislature to further expand access |
152 | for Florida residents to baccalaureate degree programs and to |
153 | provide baccalaureate degree programs that meet critical |
154 | workforce needs through the use of community colleges. |
155 | (2) A community college may enter into a formal agreement |
156 | pursuant to the provisions of s. 1007.22 for the delivery of |
157 | specified baccalaureate degree programs. |
158 | (3) A community college may develop a proposal to deliver |
159 | specified baccalaureate degree programs in its district to meet |
160 | local workforce needs or to expand access to postsecondary |
161 | education for diverse, nontraditional, or geographically bound |
162 | students. The proposal must be approved by the board of trustees |
163 | of the community college. |
164 | (a) To be eligible to receive state funding to support the |
165 | proposed program at the baccalaureate level, the proposal must |
166 | be submitted to the State Board of Education for approval in |
167 | accordance with timelines and guidelines adopted by the state |
168 | board and. The community college's proposal must include the |
169 | following information: |
170 | 1.(a) Documentation of the demand for the baccalaureate |
171 | degree program as is identified by the workforce development |
172 | board, local businesses and industry, local chambers of |
173 | commerce, and potential students who must be residents of the |
174 | state. |
175 | 2.(b) Documentation of the unmet need for graduates of the |
176 | proposed degree program is substantiated. |
177 | 3.(c) Documentation that the community college has the |
178 | facilities and academic resources to deliver the program. |
179 | 4. Documentation that alternative attempts were made to |
180 | meet the identified need, such as distance learning and |
181 | partnerships with other public or private postsecondary |
182 | educational institutions, or justification for not pursuing such |
183 | alternatives. |
184 | 5. A 5-year financial plan that details steps to ensure |
185 | that the per-credit-hour costs of the program at the end of the |
186 | 5-year period will be less than the costs of similar programs at |
187 | state universities. |
188 | (b) Upon receipt of a proposal submitted pursuant to |
189 | paragraph (a), the State Board of Education must make the |
190 | proposal available to other public and private postsecondary |
191 | educational institutions for 60 days for review and comment, |
192 | including the opportunity for such institutions to submit |
193 | alternative proposals to the State Board of Education for |
194 | meeting the stated need. |
195 | (c) The State Board of Education may approve, deny, or |
196 | require revisions to a proposal submitted by a community college |
197 | pursuant to paragraph (a) or an alternative proposal submitted |
198 | pursuant to paragraph (b). |
199 |
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200 | A The proposal must be submitted to the Council for Education |
201 | Policy Research and Improvement for review and comment. Upon |
202 | approval of the State Board of Education for the specific degree |
203 | program or programs, the community college approved to offer |
204 | baccalaureate degrees pursuant to this subsection shall pursue |
205 | regional accreditation by the Commission on Colleges of the |
206 | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Any additional |
207 | baccalaureate degree program programs the community college |
208 | wishes to offer must be approved by the State Board of Education |
209 | pursuant to the process outlined in this subsection in order for |
210 | the community college to receive state funding for the program |
211 | at the baccalaureate level. |
212 | (4) Any baccalaureate degree program authorized at a |
213 | community college pursuant to the provisions of this section |
214 | must be evaluated by the board of trustees of the community |
215 | college every 5 years to determine the cost-effectiveness of the |
216 | program, the effectiveness of the program in providing access to |
217 | baccalaureate degrees for Florida residents and meeting local |
218 | workforce needs, and the impact of the program on the college's |
219 | primary mission of providing associate degrees. A copy of the |
220 | evaluation must be submitted to the State Board of Education, |
221 | the Executive Office of the Governor, the President of the |
222 | Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
223 | Programs that have excessive per-credit-hour costs, fail to |
224 | provide meaningful access to baccalaureate degrees for Florida |
225 | residents, no longer meet workforce needs, or hinder a community |
226 | college's primary mission may lose eligibility for state funding |
227 | as a baccalaureate degree program. |
228 | (5)(4) A community college may not terminate its associate |
229 | in arts or associate in science degree programs as a result of |
230 | the authorization provided pursuant to this section in |
231 | subsection (3). The Legislature intends that the primary mission |
232 | of a community college, including a community college that |
233 | offers baccalaureate degree programs, continues to be the |
234 | provision of associate degrees that provide access to a |
235 | university. |
236 | (6) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to |
237 | administer this section. |
238 | Section 6. Subsections (1), (3), and (11) of section |
239 | 1009.23, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
240 | 1009.23 Community college student fees.-- |
241 | (1) Unless otherwise provided, the provisions of this |
242 | section applies apply only to fees charged for college credit |
243 | instruction leading to an associate in arts degree, an associate |
244 | in applied science degree, or an associate in science degree, or |
245 | a baccalaureate degree authorized by the State Board of |
246 | Education pursuant to s. 1007.33 and for noncollege credit |
247 | college-preparatory courses defined in s. 1004.02. |
248 | (3) The State Board of Education shall adopt by December |
249 | 31 of each year a resident fee schedule for the following fall |
250 | for advanced and professional programs, associate in science |
251 | degree programs, baccalaureate degree programs authorized by the |
252 | State Board of Education pursuant to s. 1007.33, and college- |
253 | preparatory programs that produce revenues in the amount of 25 |
254 | percent of the full prior year's cost of these programs. Fees |
255 | for courses in college-preparatory programs and associate in |
256 | arts and associate in science degree programs may be established |
257 | at the same level. In the absence of a provision to the contrary |
258 | in an appropriations act, the fee schedule shall take effect and |
259 | the colleges shall expend the funds on instruction. If the |
260 | Legislature provides for an alternative fee schedule in an |
261 | appropriations act, the fee schedule shall take effect the |
262 | subsequent fall semester. |
263 | (11)(a) Each community college board of trustees may |
264 | establish a separate fee for capital improvements, technology |
265 | enhancements, or equipping student buildings which may not |
266 | exceed 10 percent of tuition for resident students or 10 percent |
267 | of the sum of tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident |
268 | students. The fee for resident students shall be limited to an |
269 | increase of $2 per credit hour over the prior year $1 per credit |
270 | hour or credit-hour equivalent for residents and which equals or |
271 | exceeds $3 per credit hour for nonresidents. Funds collected by |
272 | community colleges through these fees may be bonded only as |
273 | provided in this subsection for the purpose of financing or |
274 | refinancing new construction and equipment, renovation, or |
275 | remodeling of educational facilities. The fee shall be collected |
276 | as a component part of the tuition and fees, paid into a |
277 | separate account, and expended only to construct and equip, |
278 | maintain, improve, or enhance the educational facilities of the |
279 | community college. Projects funded through the use of the |
280 | capital improvement fee shall meet the survey and construction |
281 | requirements of chapter 1013. Pursuant to s. 216.0158, each |
282 | community college shall identify each project, including |
283 | maintenance projects, proposed to be funded in whole or in part |
284 | by such fee. |
285 | (b) Capital improvement fee revenues may be pledged by a |
286 | board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source to the repayment |
287 | of debt, including lease-purchase agreements with an overall |
288 | term, including renewals, extensions, and refundings, of not |
289 | more than 7 years and revenue bonds, with a term not to exceed |
290 | 20 annual maturities years, and not to exceed the useful life of |
291 | the asset being financed, only for financing or refinancing of |
292 | the new construction and equipment, renovation, or remodeling of |
293 | educational facilities. Community colleges may use the services |
294 | of the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of |
295 | Administration to issue any Bonds authorized through the |
296 | provisions of this subsection shall be. Any such bonds issued by |
297 | the Division of Bond Finance upon the request of the community |
298 | college board of trustees shall be in compliance with the |
299 | provisions of s. 11(d), Art. VII of the State Constitution and |
300 | the State Bond Act. The Division of Bond Finance may pledge fees |
301 | collected by one or more community colleges to secure such |
302 | bonds. Any project included in the approved educational plant |
303 | survey pursuant to chapter 1013 is approved pursuant to s. |
304 | 11(d), Art. VII of the State Constitution. |
305 | (c) The state does hereby covenant with the holders of the |
306 | bonds issued under this subsection that it will not take any |
307 | action that will materially and adversely affect the rights of |
308 | such holders so long as the bonds authorized by this subsection |
309 | are outstanding. |
310 | (d) Any validation of the bonds issued pursuant to the |
311 | State Bond Act shall be validated in the manner provided by |
312 | chapter 75. Only the initial series of bonds is required to be |
313 | validated. The complaint for such validation shall be filed in |
314 | the circuit court of the county where the seat of state |
315 | government is situated, the notice required to be published by |
316 | s. 75.06 shall be published only in the county where the |
317 | complaint is filed, and the complaint and order of the circuit |
318 | court shall be served only on the state attorney of the circuit |
319 | in which the action is pending. |
320 | (e) A maximum of 15 percent cents per credit hour may be |
321 | allocated from the capital improvement fee for child care |
322 | centers conducted by the community college. The use of capital |
323 | improvement fees for such purpose shall be subordinate to the |
324 | payment of any bonds secured by the fees. |
325 | Section 7. Subsection (3) of section 1009.24, Florida |
326 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
327 | 1009.24 State university student fees.-- |
328 | (3)(a) The Legislature has the responsibility to establish |
329 | tuition and fees. |
330 | (b) Within proviso in the General Appropriations Act and |
331 | law, each board of trustees shall set undergraduate university |
332 | tuition and fees. |
333 | (c) Except as otherwise provided by law, each board of |
334 | trustees shall set university tuition and fees for graduate, |
335 | graduate professional, and nonresident students, except that |
336 | tuition and fees for graduate, graduate professional, and |
337 | nonresident students who enroll prior to fall 2005 shall be |
338 | established within proviso in the General Appropriations Act or |
339 | by law. Tuition and fees for graduate, graduate professional, |
340 | and nonresident students shall not exceed the average full-time |
341 | nonresident tuition and fees for corresponding programs at |
342 | public institutions that are members of the Association of |
343 | American Universities. The annual percentage increase in tuition |
344 | and fees established by each board of trustees pursuant to this |
345 | paragraph for students enrolled prior to fall 2005 shall not |
346 | exceed the annual percentage increase approved by the |
347 | Legislature for resident undergraduate students. At least 20 |
348 | percent of the amount raised by tuition increases imposed |
349 | pursuant to this paragraph shall be allocated by each university |
350 | to need-based financial aid for students. |
351 | (d) The sum of the activity and service, health, and |
352 | athletic fees a student is required to pay to register for a |
353 | course shall not exceed 40 percent of the tuition established in |
354 | law or in the General Appropriations Act. The tuition and fees |
355 | established pursuant to paragraph (c) for graduate, graduate |
356 | professional, and nonresident students shall not be subject to |
357 | the 40 percent cap. No university shall be required to lower any |
358 | fee in effect on the effective date of this act in order to |
359 | comply with this subsection. Within the 40 percent cap, |
360 | universities may not increase the aggregate sum of activity and |
361 | service, health, and athletic fees more than 5 percent per year |
362 | unless specifically authorized in law or in the General |
363 | Appropriations Act. A university may increase its athletic fee |
364 | to defray the costs associated with changing National Collegiate |
365 | Athletic Association divisions. Any such increase in the |
366 | athletic fee may exceed both the 40 percent cap and the 5 |
367 | percent cap imposed by this subsection. Any such increase must |
368 | be approved by the athletic fee committee in the process |
369 | outlined in subsection (11) and cannot exceed $2 per credit |
370 | hour. Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 1009.534, 1009.535, |
371 | and 1009.536, that portion of any increase in an athletic fee |
372 | pursuant to this subsection that causes the sum of the activity |
373 | and service, health, and athletic fees to exceed the 40 percent |
374 | cap or the annual increase in such fees to exceed the 5 percent |
375 | cap shall not be included in calculating the amount a student |
376 | receives for a Florida Academic Scholars award, a Florida |
377 | Medallion Scholars award, or a Florida Gold Seal Vocational |
378 | Scholars award. This subsection does not prohibit a university |
379 | from increasing or assessing optional fees related to specific |
380 | activities if payment of such fees is not required as a part of |
381 | registration for courses. |
382 | Section 8. Section 1011.83, Florida Statutes, is amended |
383 | to read: |
384 | 1011.83 Financial support of community colleges.-- |
385 | (1) Each community college that has been approved by the |
386 | Department of Education and meets the requirements of law and |
387 | rules of the State Board of Education shall participate in the |
388 | Community College Program Fund. However, funds to support |
389 | workforce education programs conducted by community colleges |
390 | shall be provided pursuant to s. 1011.80. |
391 | (2) Funding for baccalaureate degree programs approved |
392 | pursuant to s. 1007.33 shall be specified in the General |
393 | Appropriations Act. A student in a baccalaureate degree program |
394 | approved pursuant to s. 1007.33 who is not classified as a |
395 | resident for tuition purposes pursuant to s. 1009.21 shall not |
396 | be included in calculations of full-time equivalent enrollments |
397 | for state funding purposes. |
398 | (3) Funds specifically appropriated by the Legislature for |
399 | baccalaureate degree programs approved pursuant to s. 1007.033 |
400 | may be used only for such programs. A new baccalaureate degree |
401 | program may not accept students without a recurring legislative |
402 | appropriation for this purpose. However, community colleges that |
403 | have been approved by the State Board of Education prior to July |
404 | 1, 2005, to offer baccalaureate degrees are not subject to the |
405 | requirement for recurring funds until the 2006-2007 budget year. |
406 | (4) A community college that grants baccalaureate degrees |
407 | shall maintain reporting and funding distinctions between any |
408 | baccalaureate degree program approved under s. 1007.33 and any |
409 | other baccalaureate degree programs involving traditional |
410 | concurrent-use partnerships. |
411 | Section 9. Section 1012.82, Florida Statutes, is amended |
412 | to read: |
413 | 1012.82 Teaching faculty; minimum teaching hours per |
414 | week.--Each full-time member of the teaching faculty at any |
415 | community college, including faculty who teach upper-division |
416 | courses that are a component part of a baccalaureate degree |
417 | program approved pursuant to s. 1007.33, who is paid wholly from |
418 | funds appropriated from the community college program fund shall |
419 | teach a minimum of 15 classroom contact hours per week at such |
420 | institution. However, the required classroom contact hours per |
421 | week may be reduced upon approval of the president of the |
422 | institution in direct proportion to specific duties and |
423 | responsibilities assigned the faculty member by his or her |
424 | departmental chair or other appropriate college administrator. |
425 | Such specific duties may include specific research duties, |
426 | specific duties associated with developing television, video |
427 | tape, or other specifically assigned innovative teaching |
428 | techniques or devices, or assigned responsibility for off-campus |
429 | student internship or work-study programs. A "classroom contact |
430 | hour" consists of a regularly scheduled classroom activity of |
431 | not less than 50 minutes in a course of instruction which has |
432 | been approved by the community college board of trustees. Any |
433 | full-time faculty member who is paid partly from community |
434 | college program funds and partly from other funds or |
435 | appropriations shall teach a minimum number of classroom contact |
436 | hours per week in such proportion to 15 classroom contact hours |
437 | as his or her salary paid from community college program funds |
438 | bears to his or her total salary. |
439 | Section 10. Subsection (2) of section 1013.60, Florida |
440 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
441 | 1013.60 Legislative capital outlay budget request.-- |
442 | (2) The commissioner shall submit to the Governor and to |
443 | the Legislature an integrated, comprehensive budget request for |
444 | educational facilities construction and fixed capital outlay |
445 | needs for school districts, community colleges, and |
446 | universities, pursuant to the provisions of s. 1013.64 and |
447 | applicable provisions of chapter 216. Each community college |
448 | board of trustees and each university board of trustees shall |
449 | submit to the commissioner a 3-year plan and data required in |
450 | the development of the annual capital outlay budget. Community |
451 | college boards of trustees may request funding for all |
452 | authorized programs, including approved baccalaureate degree |
453 | programs. Such a request for funding must be submitted as a part |
454 | of the 3-year priority list for community colleges pursuant to |
455 | s. 1013.64(4)(a). Enrollment in approved baccalaureate degree |
456 | programs or baccalaureate degree programs offered under a formal |
457 | agreement with another college or university pursuant to s. |
458 | 1007.33 may be computed into the survey of need for facilities |
459 | if the partner is not defraying the cost. No further |
460 | disbursements shall be made from the Public Education Capital |
461 | Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund to a board of trustees that |
462 | fails to timely submit the required data until such board of |
463 | trustees submits the data. |
464 | Section 11. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |
465 |
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467 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
468 | A bill to be entitled |
469 | An act relating to enhanced student opportunities; |
470 | amending s. 1001.02, F.S.; requiring State Board of |
471 | Education rules that address baccalaureate degree programs |
472 | at community colleges; amending s. 1001.64, F.S.; |
473 | providing that community colleges that grant baccalaureate |
474 | degrees remain under the authority of the State Board of |
475 | Education with respect to specified responsibilities; |
476 | providing that the board of trustees is the governing |
477 | board for purposes of granting baccalaureate degrees; |
478 | providing powers of the boards of trustees, including the |
479 | power to establish tuition and out-of-state fees; |
480 | providing restrictions; requiring such boards to adopt a |
481 | policy requiring teachers who teach certain upper-division |
482 | courses to teach a specified minimum number of hours; |
483 | amending s. 1004.65, F.S.; including community colleges |
484 | approved to offer baccalaureate degree programs under |
485 | authority to operate; requiring such community colleges to |
486 | maintain their primary mission and prohibiting them from |
487 | terminating associate degree programs; prohibiting a |
488 | community college from offering graduate programs; |
489 | amending s. 1004.68, F.S.; authorizing the continued |
490 | awarding of degrees, diplomas, and certificates by |
491 | community colleges approved to offer baccalaureate degree |
492 | programs; amending s. 1007.33, F.S.; revising requirements |
493 | for a proposal by a community college to deliver a |
494 | baccalaureate degree program; requiring the State Board of |
495 | Education to make proposals available for review and |
496 | comment by other postsecondary educational institutions |
497 | and authorizing alternative proposals; eliminating |
498 | requirement for review and comment by the Council for |
499 | Education Policy Research and Improvement; authorizing the |
500 | State Board of Education to approve, deny, or require |
501 | revisions to proposals; requiring periodic evaluation of |
502 | approved programs; authorizing termination of funding for |
503 | certain approved programs; requiring rulemaking; amending |
504 | s. 1009.23, F.S.; providing guidelines and restrictions |
505 | for setting community college tuition and out-of-state |
506 | fees for upper-division courses; requiring the State Board |
507 | of Education to adopt a resident fee schedule for |
508 | baccalaureate degree programs offered by community |
509 | colleges; revising provisions relating to the fee for |
510 | capital improvements, technology enhancements, or |
511 | equipping student buildings and the use thereof; providing |
512 | requirements for the issuance and validation of bonds; |
513 | revising provisions relating to the allocation for child |
514 | care centers; amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; providing |
515 | responsibilities of the Legislature and state university |
516 | boards of trustees to establish tuition and fees; |
517 | providing restrictions; amending s. 1011.83, F.S.; |
518 | providing for funding of approved baccalaureate programs |
519 | at community colleges; providing for use of funds and |
520 | reporting requirements; amending s. 1012.82, F.S.; |
521 | revising provisions relating to minimum contact hours for |
522 | community college faculty who teach upper-division |
523 | courses; amending s. 1013.60, F.S.; allowing community |
524 | college boards of trustees to request funding for all |
525 | authorized programs and specifying requirements; requiring |
526 | that enrollment in baccalaureate degree programs be |
527 | computed into the survey of need for facilities; providing |
528 | an effective date. |