Senate Bill sb1190

    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1190

    By Senator Lynn





    7-1567-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to postsecondary credit

  3         articulation; providing legislative intent to

  4         strengthen policies and practices that promote

  5         progression and transfer of students among and

  6         between educational institutions; providing for

  7         the Legislature to establish policies and

  8         budget actions applicable to state

  9         postsecondary institutions; providing for an

10         examination of statewide articulation policies

11         and budget actions; providing an effective

12         date.

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

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16         Section 1.  The Legislature intends to strengthen

17  seamless articulation policies and practices that promote the

18  smooth and efficient progression and transfer of students

19  among and between public and nonpublic institutions and

20  towards degree completion. The Legislature further intends

21  that these strengthened policies and budget actions shall be

22  implemented consistently in the practices of postsecondary

23  institutions and the Department of Education and expressed in

24  the collaborative policy efforts of the State Board of

25  Education and the Board of Governors. The Legislature shall

26  examine and strengthen statewide articulation policies and

27  budget actions relating to, but not limited to, the following:

28         (1)  Monitoring, compliance, and reporting systems to

29  facilitate and ensure institutional compliance with state

30  articulation policies, including, but not limited to,

31  accelerated credit mechanisms, general education course

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 1190
    7-1567-07




 1  requirements, common prerequisite requirements, and time

 2  required to earn a degree.

 3         (2)  Enforcing the application of transfer credit

 4  requirements, from public and nonpublic institutions

 5  participating in the statewide course numbering system, by the

 6  receiving institution to the same or equivalent general

 7  education or program prerequisite credit within equivalent

 8  program areas.

 9         (3)  Aligning state university and community college

10  institutional and programmatic admissions policies relating to

11  acceleration mechanisms, including, but not limited to, dual

12  enrollment and other forms of accelerated credit.

13         (4)  Providing performance-funding incentives that

14  motivate and reward institutions for adopting and applying

15  policies and practices that minimize excess hours toward

16  degree attainment through the application of transfer credit

17  toward degree program requirements.

18         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

19  law.

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22                          SENATE SUMMARY

23    Provides legislative intent to strengthen policies and
      practices that promote progression and transfer of
24    students among and between educational institutions.
      Provides for the Legislature to establish policies and
25    budget actions. Provides for examination of statewide
      articulation policies and budget actions.
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