| 1 | Representative(s) Zapata offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 15, between line(s) 4 and 5, insert: |
| 5 | Section 10. Subsection (11) of section 1009.21, Florida |
| 6 | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (12) and a new subsection |
| 7 | (11) is added to said section to read: |
| 8 | 1009.21 Determination of resident status for tuition |
| 9 | purposes; exemption.--Students shall be classified as residents |
| 10 | or nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition in |
| 11 | community colleges and state universities. |
| 12 | (11) A student, other than a nonimmigrant alien within the |
| 13 | meaning of 8 U.S.C. s. 1101(a)(15), who meets all of the |
| 14 | following requirements may apply for an exemption from paying |
| 15 | nonresident tuition at community colleges and state |
| 16 | universities: |
| 17 | (a) The student has resided in Florida with a parent, as |
| 18 | defined in paragraph (1)(f), for at least 3 consecutive years |
| 19 | immediately preceding the date the student received a high |
| 20 | school diploma or its equivalent and has attended a Florida high |
| 21 | school for at least 3 consecutive school years during such time. |
| 22 | (b) The student has registered and enrolled in a community |
| 23 | college or a state university. The student may apply for a term |
| 24 | deferral of any out-of-state fee assessed by the institution |
| 25 | until eligibility for the exemption is determined. |
| 26 | (c) The student has provided the community college or |
| 27 | state university an affidavit stating that the student will file |
| 28 | an application to become a permanent resident of the United |
| 29 | States at the earliest opportunity he or she is eligible to do |
| 30 | so. |
| 31 | (d) The student has submitted an application for the |
| 32 | exemption to the community college or state university in the |
| 33 | manner prescribed by the Department of Education. |
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| 35 | The exemption authorized pursuant to this subsection shall be |
| 36 | limited to the top 2,000 students in academic performance in |
| 37 | Florida high schools who register and enroll at a community |
| 38 | college or state university under the exemption. The Department |
| 39 | of Education shall administer the exemption program and shall |
| 40 | develop an application form and guidelines for student |
| 41 | participation. The community college or state university shall |
| 42 | enter all application criteria submitted by the student into the |
| 43 | department's online database, in the manner and timeframe |
| 44 | prescribed by the department, for final determination by the |
| 45 | department of the student's eligibility to receive the |
| 46 | exemption. |
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| 48 | ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================= |
| 49 | On page 1, line(s) 1 through page 3 line 29, remove the |
| 50 | entire title and insert: |
| 51 | A bill to be entitled |
| 52 | An act relating to postsecondary education; amending s. |
| 53 | 1001.64, F.S.; providing that community colleges that |
| 54 | grant baccalaureate degrees pursuant to s. 1007.33, F.S., |
| 55 | remain under the authority of the State Board of Education |
| 56 | with respect to specified responsibilities; providing |
| 57 | that, subject to specified conditions, the board of |
| 58 | trustees of such a community college is the governing |
| 59 | board for purposes of granting baccalaureate degrees; |
| 60 | providing powers of the boards of trustees, including the |
| 61 | power to establish tuition and out-of-state fees; |
| 62 | providing restrictions; requiring such boards to adopt a |
| 63 | policy requiring teachers who teach certain upper-division |
| 64 | courses to teach a specified minimum number of hours; |
| 65 | amending s. 1004.65, F.S.; requiring community colleges |
| 66 | that offer baccalaureate degrees to maintain their primary |
| 67 | purpose and not terminate associate in arts programs |
| 68 | because they offer baccalaureate degrees; amending s. |
| 69 | 1007.33, F.S.; removing a requirement for review and |
| 70 | comment by the Council for Education Policy Research and |
| 71 | Improvement of a proposal to deliver baccalaureate degree |
| 72 | programs; providing for the State Board of Education to |
| 73 | adopt rules with respect to the articulation of specified |
| 74 | associate degrees with specified bachelor's degrees; |
| 75 | providing requirements for such rules; requiring that a |
| 76 | formal agreement for the delivery of specified |
| 77 | baccalaureate degree programs by a regionally accredited |
| 78 | college or university at a community college site include |
| 79 | certain provisions; requiring that the curriculum for the |
| 80 | degree be developed and approved within a specified time; |
| 81 | requiring that the degree program be implemented within a |
| 82 | specified time; requiring that a proposal to deliver such |
| 83 | a degree document that the community college has notified |
| 84 | the accredited colleges and universities in the district |
| 85 | of its intent to seek approval for delivery of the degree; |
| 86 | allowing the colleges and universities to propose an |
| 87 | alternative plan for providing the degree; amending s. |
| 88 | 1009.23, F.S.; providing guidelines and restrictions for |
| 89 | setting tuition and out-of-state fees for upper-division |
| 90 | courses; requiring the State Board of Education, annually |
| 91 | by a specified date, to adopt a resident fee schedule for |
| 92 | baccalaureate degree programs offered by community |
| 93 | colleges; amending s. 1011.83, F.S.; providing |
| 94 | requirements for funding nonrecurring and recurring costs |
| 95 | associated with such programs; limiting per-student |
| 96 | funding to a specified percentage of costs associated with |
| 97 | baccalaureate degree programs offered in state |
| 98 | universities; requiring community colleges to maintain a |
| 99 | distinction in reporting and funding between baccalaureate |
| 100 | degree programs approved under s. 1007.33, F.S., and those |
| 101 | offered under concurrent-use partnerships; amending s. |
| 102 | 1013.60, F.S.; allowing community college boards of |
| 103 | trustees to request funding for all authorized programs; |
| 104 | requiring that enrollment in baccalaureate degree programs |
| 105 | be computed into the survey of need for facilities; |
| 106 | approving a transfer of an endowment from the Appleton |
| 107 | Cultural Center, Inc., to the Central Florida Community |
| 108 | College Foundation; providing restrictions on the |
| 109 | management of the endowment; releasing the foundation from |
| 110 | certain trust agreement and statutory requirements; |
| 111 | amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; authorizing each community |
| 112 | college board of trustees to establish a transportation |
| 113 | user fee; limiting such fee to the cost of the service |
| 114 | provided; allowing fines to exceed the cost of services |
| 115 | provided and to apply to persons other than those |
| 116 | receiving specified services; amending s. 1011.68, F.S.; |
| 117 | providing that an isolated student who attends a charter |
| 118 | school governed by a community college generates school |
| 119 | transportation funding according to a specified formula; |
| 120 | authorizing a community college board of trustees to pay |
| 121 | for transportation of students in private passenger cars |
| 122 | under certain circumstances; amending s. 1009.21, F.S.; |
| 123 | providing eligibility criteria for certain students who |
| 124 | are not permanent residents of the United States for |
| 125 | exemption from payment of nonresident tuition; limiting |
| 126 | enrollment; requiring the Department of Education to |
| 127 | administer the exemption program; providing an effective |
| 128 | date. |