Senate Bill sb1930

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1930

    By the Committee on Government Efficiency Appropriations





    593-1168A-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to educational facilities

  3         planning and use; amending s. 1013.03, F.S.;

  4         requiring that the utilization standards for

  5         educational space be updated periodically;

  6         increasing the minimum room utilization rate

  7         for postsecondary classrooms; providing an

  8         effective date.

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10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 1013.03, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         1013.03  Functions of the department.--The functions of

15  the Department of Education as it pertains to educational

16  facilities shall include, but not be limited to, the

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18         (2)  Establish, for the purpose of determining need,

19  equitably uniform utilization standards for all types of like

20  space, regardless of the level of education. The standards

21  shall be reviewed and updated at a minimum of every 5 years in

22  order to ensure that the standards accurately reflect the need

23  for each type of space. These standards shall also establish,

24  for postsecondary education classrooms, a minimum room

25  utilization rate of 50 40 hours per week and a minimum station

26  utilization rate of 70 60 percent. These rates shall be

27  subject to increase based on national norms for utilization of

28  postsecondary education classrooms.

29         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1930
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      updated at least every 5 years. Increases the minimum
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