| 1 | Representative(s) Pickens offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 107 and 108 insert: |
| 5 | Section 5. Section 1011.83, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 1011.83 Financial support of community colleges.-- |
| 8 | (1) Each community college that has been approved by the |
| 9 | Department of Education and meets the requirements of law and |
| 10 | rules of the State Board of Education shall participate in the |
| 11 | Community College Program Fund. However, funds to support |
| 12 | workforce education programs conducted by community colleges |
| 13 | shall be provided pursuant to s. 1011.80. |
| 14 | (2) Funding for baccalaureate degree programs approved |
| 15 | pursuant to s. 1007.33 shall be specified in the General |
| 16 | Appropriations Act. A student in a baccalaureate degree program |
| 17 | approved pursuant to s. 1007.33 who is not classified as a |
| 18 | resident for tuition purposes pursuant to s. 1009.21 may not be |
| 19 | included in calculations of full-time equivalent enrollments for |
| 20 | state funding purposes. |
| 21 | (3) Funds specifically appropriated by the Legislature for |
| 22 | baccalaureate degree programs approved pursuant to s. 1007.33 |
| 23 | may be used only for such programs. A community college shall |
| 24 | fund the nonrecurring costs related to the initiation of a new |
| 25 | baccalaureate degree program under s. 1007.33 without new state |
| 26 | appropriations unless special grant funds are appropriated in |
| 27 | the General Appropriations Act. A new baccalaureate degree |
| 28 | program may not accept students without a recurring legislative |
| 29 | appropriation for this purpose. |
| 30 | (4) State policy for funding baccalaureate degree programs |
| 31 | approved pursuant to s. 1007.33 shall be to limit state support |
| 32 | for recurring operating purposes to no more than 85 percent of |
| 33 | the amount of state expenditures for direct instruction per |
| 34 | credit hour in upper-level state university programs. A |
| 35 | community college may temporarily exceed this limit due to |
| 36 | normal enrollment fluctuations or unforeseeable circumstances or |
| 37 | while phasing in new programs. This subsection does not |
| 38 | authorize the Department of Education to withhold legislative |
| 39 | appropriations to any community college. |
| 40 | (5) A community college that grants baccalaureate degrees |
| 41 | shall maintain reporting and funding distinctions between any |
| 42 | baccalaureate degree program approved under s. 1007.33 and any |
| 43 | other baccalaureate degree programs involving traditional |
| 44 | concurrent-use partnerships. |
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| 47 | Remove line(s) 19 and insert: |
| 48 | Improvement for review; amending s. 1011.83, F.S.; providing a |
| 49 | residency requirement for funding baccalaureate degree programs |
| 50 | at community colleges; providing requirements for funding |
| 51 | nonrecurring and recurring costs associated with such programs; |
| 52 | limiting per-student funding to a specified percentage of costs |
| 53 | associated with state university baccalaureate degree programs; |
| 54 | providing certain reporting and funding requirements; providing |
| 55 | an effective date. |