| 1 | Representative(s) Proctor offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. (1) The State Board of Education shall not |
| 6 | approve additional baccalaureate degree programs at community |
| 7 | colleges or at institutions that were community colleges but are |
| 8 | now designated as Level II institutions until such time as the |
| 9 | State Board of Education prepares, and presents for legislative |
| 10 | approval, a strategic plan that includes, but is not limited to, |
| 11 | the following: |
| 12 | (a) A list of the community colleges to be converted to |
| 13 | Level II institutions and a rationale in support of the |
| 14 | designation of each institution on the list. |
| 15 | (b) A funding plan that makes reference to the percentages |
| 16 | of general revenue that have been allocated in the past to the |
| 17 | several sectors of education and how the general revenue shall |
| 18 | be allocated in the future in order to provide funding in |
| 19 | support of the emerging 4-year colleges. |
| 20 | (c) An accountability program, including a standardized |
| 21 | test to ensure that students entering upper-division programs at |
| 22 | Level II institutions have the necessary prerequisite academic |
| 23 | skills to be successful in upper-division courses. The |
| 24 | standardized test requirement shall not be waived; however, |
| 25 | appropriate accommodations shall be provided for students with |
| 26 | documented disabilities. |
| 27 | (d) Provisions for effective coordination between the |
| 28 | Chancellor of the Division of Community Colleges and the |
| 29 | Chancellor of the State University System concerning the |
| 30 | development of baccalaureate degree programs. |
| 31 | (e) Provisions for the solicitation and evaluation of |
| 32 | proposals for the conduct by state universities and independent |
| 33 | colleges and universities of baccalaureate degree programs on |
| 34 | community college campuses, to include the evaluative criteria |
| 35 | among which must be cost to the state. |
| 36 | (f) Provisions to ensure that the community colleges |
| 37 | converted to Level II institutions maintain their traditional |
| 38 | community college mission, to include a specific limit on the |
| 39 | percentage of degrees at the baccalaureate level awarded in any |
| 40 | calendar year. |
| 41 | (2) The strategic plan shall be forwarded to the President |
| 42 | of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives on |
| 43 | or before December 31, 2006. |
| 44 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |
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| 47 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 48 | A bill to be entitled |
| 49 | An act relating to approval of baccalaureate degree |
| 50 | programs; requiring preparation and presentation for |
| 51 | legislative approval of a strategic plan by the State |
| 52 | Board of Education prior to state board approval of |
| 53 | additional baccalaureate degree programs at community |
| 54 | colleges and certain institutions; specifying contents of |
| 55 | the plan; requiring submission of the plan to the |
| 56 | Legislature; providing an effective date. |