Amendment
Bill No. SB 2150

Amendment No. 722657

CHAMBER ACTION
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1	Representative O'Toole offered the following:
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3	Amendment (with title amendment)
4	Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert:
5	Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 1004.091, Florida
6	Statutes, is amended to read:
7	1004.091  Florida Distance Learning Consortium.-
8	(2)  The Florida Distance Learning Consortium shall:
9	(a)  Manage and promote the Florida Higher Education
10	Distance Learning Catalog, established pursuant to s. 1004.09,
11	to help increase student access to undergraduate distance
12	learning courses and degree programs and to assist students
13	seeking accelerated access in order to complete their degrees.
14	(b)  Beginning with the 2011-2012 academic year, implement
15	Develop, in consultation with the Florida College System and the
16	State University System, a plan to be submitted to the Board of
17	Governors, the State Board of Education, the Governor, the
18	President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
19	Representatives no later than December 1, 2010, for implementing
20	a streamlined, automated, online registration process for
21	transient students who are undergraduate students currently
22	enrolled and pursuing a degree at who have been admitted to a
23	public postsecondary educational institution and who want wish
24	to enroll in a course listed in the Florida Higher Education
25	Distance Learning Catalog which is offered by a public
26	postsecondary educational institution, including courses offered
27	by an institution that is not the student's degree-granting or
28	home institution. The consortium shall work with the Florida
29	College System and the State University System to implement this
30	process, which requires all Florida College System institutions
31	and state universities to The plan must describe how such a
32	registration process can be implemented by the 2011-2012
33	academic year as an alternative to the standard registration
34	process of each institution. The plan must also address:
35	1.  Use the transient student admissions application
36	available through the Florida Academic Counseling and Tracking
37	for Students system established pursuant to s. 1007.28. This
38	admissions application shall be the only application required
39	for the enrollment of a transient student as described in this
40	paragraph. Fiscal and substantive policy changes needed to
41	address administrative, academic, and programmatic policies and
42	procedures. Policy areas that the plan must address include, but
43	need not be limited to, student financial aid issues, variations
44	in fees, admission and readmission, registration-prioritization
45	issues, transfer of credit, and graduation requirements, with
46	specific attention given to creating recommended guidelines that
47	address students who attend more than one institution in pursuit
48	of a degree.
49	2.  Implement the financial aid procedures required by the
50	transient student admissions application, in accordance with
51	published specifications, which must include the involvement of
52	the appropriate staff from the Florida College System
53	institutions and state universities, including, but not limited
54	to, financial aid officers. A method for the expedited transfer
55	of distance learning course credit awarded by an institution
56	offering a distance learning course to a student's degree-
57	granting or home institution upon the student's successful
58	completion of the distance learning course.
59	3.  Transfer credit awarded by the institution offering the
60	distance learning course to the transient student's degree-
61	granting institution. Compliance with applicable technology
62	security standards and guidelines to ensure the secure
63	transmission of student information.
64	4.  No later than July 1, 2012, interface their
65	institutional systems to the Florida Academic Counseling and
66	Tracking for Students system to electronically send, receive,
67	and process transient student admissions applications.
68	(c)  Coordinate the negotiation of statewide licensing and
69	preferred pricing agreements for distance learning resources and
70	enter into agreements that result in cost savings with distance
71	learning resource providers so that postsecondary educational
72	institutions have the opportunity to benefit from the cost
73	savings.
74	(d)1.  Develop and operate a central instructional content
75	repository that allows public school and public postsecondary
76	educational institution users faculty to search, locate, and
77	use, and contribute digital and electronic instructional
78	resources and content, including open access textbooks. In the
79	development of the a repository, the consortium shall identify
80	and seek partnerships with similar national, state, and regional
81	repositories for the purpose of sharing instructional content.
82	The consortium shall collaborate with the public postsecondary
83	educational institutions to ensure that the repository:
84	a.  Is accessible by the Integrates with multiple learning
85	management systems used by the public postsecondary educational
86	institutions and the local instructional improvement systems
87	established pursuant to s. 1006.281.
88	b.  Allows institutions to set appropriate copyright and
89	access restrictions and track content usage.
90	c.  Allows for appropriate customization.
91	d.  Supports established protocols to access instructional
92	content within other repositories.
93	2.  Provide to Develop, in consultation with the
94	chancellors of the Florida College System and the State
95	University System recommendations, a plan for promoting and
96	increasing the use of open access textbooks as a method for
97	reducing textbook costs. The recommendations plan shall be
98	submitted to the Board of Governors, the State Board of
99	Education, the Office of Policy and Budget in the Executive
100	Office of the Governor, the chair of the Senate Policy and
101	Steering Committee on Ways and Means, and the chair of the House
102	Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development
103	no later than March 1, 2010, and shall include:
104	a.  An inventory of existing open access textbooks.
105	a.b.  The A listing of undergraduate courses, in particular
106	the general education courses, that would be recommended for the
107	use of open access textbooks.
108	b.c.  A standardized process for the review and approval of
109	open access textbooks.
110	d.  Recommendations for encouraging and promoting faculty
111	development and use of open access textbooks.
112	e.  Identification of barriers to the implementation of
113	open access textbooks.
114	c.f.  Strategies for the production and distribution of
115	open access textbooks to ensure such textbooks may be easily
116	accessed, downloaded, printed, or obtained as a bound version by
117	students at either reduced or no cost.
118	g.  Identification of the necessary technology security
119	standards and guidelines to safeguard the use of open access
120	textbooks.
121	(e)  Identify and evaluate new technologies and
122	instructional methods that can be used for improving distance
123	learning instruction, student learning, and the overall quality
124	of undergraduate distance learning courses and degree programs.
125	(f)  Identify methods that will improve student access to
126	and completion of undergraduate distance learning courses and
127	degree programs.
128	Section 2.  Subsection (7) is added to section 1006.72,
129	Florida Statutes, to read:
130	1006.72  Licensing electronic library resources.-
131	(7)  REPORT.-The chancellors of the Florida College System
132	and the State University System shall annually report to the
133	Executive Office of the Governor and the chairs of the
134	appropriations committees in the Senate and the House of
135	Representatives the cost savings realized as a result of the
136	collaborative licensing process identified in this section.
137	Section 3.  Subsection (5) is added to section 1007.28,
138	Florida Statutes, to read:
139	1007.28  Computer-assisted student advising system.-The
140	Department of Education, in conjunction with the Board of
141	Governors, shall establish and maintain a single, statewide
142	computer-assisted student advising system, which must be an
143	integral part of the process of advising, registering, and
144	certifying students for graduation and must be accessible to all
145	Florida students. The state universities and community colleges
146	shall interface institutional systems with the computer-assisted
147	advising system required by this section. The State Board of
148	Education and the Board of Governors shall specify in the
149	statewide articulation agreement required by s. 1007.23(1) the
150	roles and responsibilities of the department, the state
151	universities, and the community colleges in the design,
152	implementation, promotion, development, and analysis of the
153	system. The system shall consist of a degree audit and an
154	articulation component that includes the following
155	characteristics:
156	(5)  The system must provide the admissions application for
157	transient students who are undergraduate students currently
158	enrolled and pursuing a degree at a public postsecondary
159	educational institution and who want to enroll in a course
160	listed in the Florida Higher Education Distance Learning Catalog
161	which is offered by a public postsecondary educational
162	institution that is not the student's degree-granting
163	institution. This system must include the electronic transfer
164	and receipt of information and records for the following
165	functions:
166	(a)  Admissions and readmissions.
167	(b)  Financial aid.
168	(c)  Transfer of credit awarded by the institution offering
169	the distance learning course to the transient student's degree-
170	granting institution.
171	Section 4.  Subsection (2), paragraph (a) of subsection
172	(3), paragraph (a) of subsection (6), and subsection (10) of
173	section 1009.22, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection
174	(13) is added to that section, to read:
175	1009.22  Workforce education postsecondary student fees.-
176	(2)(a)  All students shall be charged fees except students
177	who are exempt from fees or students whose fees are waived.
178	(b)  Students enrolled in adult general education programs
179	shall be charged a block tuition of $45 per half year or $30 per
180	term. Each district school board and Florida College System
181	institution board of trustees shall adopt policies and
182	procedures for the collection of and accounting for the
183	expenditure of the block tuition. All funds received from the
184	block tuition shall be used for adult general education programs
185	only.
186	(3)(a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, fees for
187	students who are nonresidents for tuition purposes must offset
188	the full cost of instruction. Residency of students shall be
189	determined as required in s. 1009.21. Fee-nonexempt students
190	enrolled in vocational-preparatory instruction shall be charged
191	fees equal to the fees charged for certificate career education
192	instruction. Each community college that conducts college-
193	preparatory and vocational-preparatory instruction in the same
194	class section may charge a single fee for both types of
195	instruction.
196	(6)(a)  Each district school board and community college
197	board of trustees may establish a separate fee for capital
198	improvements, technology enhancements, or equipping buildings,
199	or the acquisition of improved real property which may not
200	exceed 5 percent of tuition for resident students or 5 percent
201	of tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident students. Funds
202	collected by community colleges through the fee may be bonded
203	only for the purpose of financing or refinancing new
204	construction and equipment, renovation, or remodeling of
205	educational facilities or the acquisition of improved real
206	property for use as educational facilities. The fee shall be
207	collected as a component part of the tuition and fees, paid into
208	a separate account, and expended only to acquire improved real
209	property or construct and equip, maintain, improve, or enhance
210	the certificate career education or adult education facilities
211	of the school district or the educational facilities of the
212	community college. Projects and acquisitions of improved real
213	property funded through the use of the capital improvement fee
214	must meet the survey and construction requirements of chapter
215	1013. Pursuant to s. 216.0158, each district school board and
216	community college board of trustees shall identify each project,
217	including maintenance projects, proposed to be funded in whole
218	or in part by such fee. Capital improvement fee revenues may be
219	pledged by a board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source to
220	the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements, with
221	an overall term of not more than 7 years, including renewals,
222	extensions, and refundings, and revenue bonds with a term not
223	exceeding 20 years and not exceeding the useful life of the
224	asset being financed, only for the new construction and
225	equipment, renovation, or remodeling of educational facilities.
226	Bonds authorized pursuant to this paragraph shall be requested
227	by the community college board of trustees and shall be issued
228	by the Division of Bond Finance in compliance with s. 11(d),
229	Art. VII of the State Constitution and the State Bond Act. The
230	Division of Bond Finance may pledge fees collected by one or
231	more community colleges to secure such bonds. Any project
232	included in the approved educational plant survey pursuant to
233	chapter 1013 is approved pursuant to s. 11(f), Art. VII of the
234	State Constitution. Bonds issued pursuant to the State Bond Act
235	may be validated in the manner provided by chapter 75. The
236	complaint for such validation shall be filed in the circuit
237	court of the county where the seat of state government is
238	situated, the notice required to be published by s. 75.06 shall
239	be published only in the county where the complaint is filed,
240	and the complaint and order of the circuit court shall be served
241	only on the state attorney of the circuit in which the action is
242	pending. A maximum of 15 cents per credit hour may be allocated
243	from the capital improvement fee for child care centers
244	conducted by the district school board or community college
245	board of trustees. The use of capital improvement fees for such
246	purpose shall be subordinate to the payment of any bonds secured
247	by the fees.
248	(10)  Each school district and community college may assess
249	a service charge for the payment of tuition and fees in
250	installments and a convenience fee for the processing of
251	automated or online credit card payments. However, the amount of
252	the convenience fee for automated or online credit card payments
253	may not exceed the total cost charged by the credit card company
254	to the school district or Florida College System institution.
255	Such service charge or convenience fee must be approved by the
256	district school board or community college board of trustees.
257	(13)  To offset funding reductions, district school boards
258	and Florida College System institutions may use up to 15 percent
259	of the total funds generated from the fee collections authorized
260	in subsection (5), paragraph (6)(a), and subsections (7) and (9)
261	for general education services in adult general and career
262	certificate programs for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Fee revenues
263	pledged by a district school board or a Florida College System
264	institution board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source for
265	the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements, may
266	not be used for other purposes.
267	Section 5.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (8) and paragraph
268	(a) of subsection (11) of section 1009.23, Florida Statutes, are
269	amended, subsection (17) is renumbered as subsection (19), and
270	new subsections (17) and (18) are added to that section, to
271	read:
272	1009.23  Community college student fees.-
273	(8)
274	(c)  Up to 25 percent or $600,000, whichever is greater, of
275	the financial aid fees collected may be used to assist students
276	who demonstrate academic merit; who participate in athletics,
277	public service, cultural arts, and other extracurricular
278	programs as determined by the institution; or who are identified
279	as members of a targeted gender or ethnic minority population.
280	The financial aid fee revenues allocated for athletic
281	scholarships and any fee exemptions provided to athletes
282	pursuant to s. 1009.25(2)(3) must for athletes shall be
283	distributed equitably as required by s. 1000.05(3)(d). A minimum
284	of 75 percent of the balance of these funds for new awards shall
285	be used to provide financial aid based on absolute need, and the
286	remainder of the funds shall be used for academic merit purposes
287	and other purposes approved by the boards of trustees. Such
288	other purposes shall include the payment of child care fees for
289	students with financial need. The State Board of Education shall
290	develop criteria for making financial aid awards. Each college
291	shall report annually to the Department of Education on the
292	revenue collected pursuant to this paragraph, the amount carried
293	forward, the criteria used to make awards, the amount and number
294	of awards for each criterion, and a delineation of the
295	distribution of such awards. The report shall include an
296	assessment by category of the financial need of every student
297	who receives an award, regardless of the purpose for which the
298	award is received. Awards that which are based on financial need
299	shall be distributed in accordance with a nationally recognized
300	system of need analysis approved by the State Board of
301	Education. An award for academic merit requires shall require a
302	minimum overall grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or the
303	equivalent for both initial receipt of the award and renewal of
304	the award.
305	(11)(a)  Each community college board of trustees may
306	establish a separate fee for capital improvements, technology
307	enhancements, or equipping student buildings, or the acquisition
308	of improved real property which may not exceed 10 percent of
309	tuition for resident students or 10 percent of the sum of
310	tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident students. The fee
311	for resident students shall be limited to an increase of $2 per
312	credit hour over the prior year. Funds collected by community
313	colleges through the fee may be bonded only as provided in this
314	subsection for the purpose of financing or refinancing new
315	construction and equipment, renovation, or remodeling of
316	educational facilities or the acquisition and renovation or
317	remodeling of improved real property for use as educational
318	facilities. The fee shall be collected as a component part of
319	the tuition and fees, paid into a separate account, and expended
320	only to acquire improved real property or construct and equip,
321	maintain, improve, or enhance the educational facilities of the
322	community college. Projects and acquisitions of improved real
323	property funded through the use of the capital improvement fee
324	shall meet the survey and construction requirements of chapter
325	1013. Pursuant to s. 216.0158, each community college shall
326	identify each project, including maintenance projects, proposed
327	to be funded in whole or in part by such fee.
328	(17)  Each Florida College System institution that accepts
329	transient students, pursuant to s. 1004.091, may establish a
330	transient student fee not to exceed $5 per distance learning
331	course for processing the transient student admissions
332	application.
333	(18)  To offset funding reductions, Florida College System
334	institutions may use up to 15 percent of the total funds
335	generated from the fee collections authorized in subsection (7),
336	paragraph (8)(a), subsection (10), paragraph (11)(a), and
337	paragraph (12)(a) for general education services in associate
338	degree and career certificate programs for the 2011-2012 fiscal
339	year. Fee revenues pledged by a Florida College System
340	institution board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source for
341	the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements, may
342	not be used for other purposes.
343	Section 6.  Paragraph (t) is added to subsection (14) of
344	section 1009.24, Florida Statutes, paragraph (a) of subsection
345	(16) is amended, and subsection (20) is added to that section,
346	to read:
347	1009.24  State university student fees.-
348	(14)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (15), each
349	university board of trustees is authorized to establish the
350	following fees:
351	(t)  A transient student fee not to exceed $5 per distance
352	learning course for accepting a transient student and processing
353	the transient student admissions application pursuant to s.
354	1004.091.
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356	With the exception of housing rental rates and except as
357	otherwise provided, fees assessed pursuant to paragraphs (h)-(s)
358	shall be based on reasonable costs of services. The Board of
359	Governors shall adopt regulations and timetables necessary to
360	implement the fees and fines authorized under this subsection.
361	The fees assessed under this subsection may be used for debt
362	only as authorized under s. 1010.62.
363	(16)  Each university board of trustees may establish a
364	tuition differential for undergraduate courses upon receipt of
365	approval from the Board of Governors. The tuition differential
366	shall promote improvements in the quality of undergraduate
367	education and shall provide financial aid to undergraduate
368	students who exhibit financial need.
369	(a)  Seventy percent of the revenues from the tuition
370	differential shall be expended for purposes of undergraduate
371	education. Such expenditures may include, but are not limited
372	to, increasing course offerings, improving graduation rates,
373	increasing the percentage of undergraduate students who are
374	taught by faculty, decreasing student-faculty ratios, providing
375	salary increases for faculty who have a history of excellent
376	teaching in undergraduate courses, improving the efficiency of
377	the delivery of undergraduate education through academic
378	advisement and counseling, and reducing the percentage of
379	students who graduate with excess hours. This expenditure for
380	undergraduate education may not be used to pay the salaries of
381	graduate teaching assistants. Except as otherwise provided in
382	this subsection, the remaining 30 percent of the revenues from
383	the tuition differential, or the equivalent amount of revenue
384	from private sources, shall be expended to provide financial aid
385	to undergraduate students who exhibit financial need, including
386	students who are scholarship recipients under s. 1009.984, to
387	meet the cost of university attendance. This expenditure for
388	need-based financial aid may shall not supplant the amount of
389	need-based aid provided to undergraduate students in the
390	preceding fiscal year from financial aid fee revenues, the
391	direct appropriation for financial assistance provided to state
392	universities in the General Appropriations Act, or from private
393	sources. The total amount of tuition differential waived under
394	subparagraph (b)8. may be included in calculating the
395	expenditures for need-based financial aid to undergraduate
396	students required by this subsection. If the entire tuition and
397	fee costs of all students who exhibit financial need have been
398	met and the university has excess funds remaining from the 30
399	percent of the revenues from the tuition differential required
400	to be used to assist students who exhibit financial need, the
401	university may expend the unneeded portion of the 30 percent in
402	the same manner as required for the other 70 percent of the
403	tuition differential revenues.
404	(20)  To offset funding reductions, state university boards
405	of trustees may use up to 15 percent of the total funds
406	generated from the fee collections authorized in subsections
407	(8)-(14) for general education services in undergraduate degree
408	programs for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Fee revenues pledged by
409	a state university board of trustees as a dedicated revenue
410	source for the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase
411	agreements, may not be used for other purposes.
412	Section 7.  Section 1009.25, Florida Statutes, is amended
413	to read:
414	1009.25  Fee exemptions.-
415	(1)  The following students are exempt from any requirement
416	for the payment of tuition and fees, including lab fees, for
417	adult basic, adult secondary, or career-preparatory instruction:
418	(a)  A student who does not have a high school diploma or
419	its equivalent.
420	(b)  A student who has a high school diploma or its
421	equivalent and who has academic skills at or below the eighth
422	grade level pursuant to state board rule. A student is eligible
423	for this exemption from fees if the student's skills are at or
424	below the eighth grade level as measured by a test administered
425	in the English language and approved by the Department of
426	Education, even if the student has skills above that level when
427	tested in the student's native language.
428	(1)(2)  The following students are exempt from the payment
429	of tuition and fees, including lab fees, at a school district
430	that provides postsecondary career programs, community college,
431	or state university:
432	(a)  A student enrolled in a dual enrollment or early
433	admission program pursuant to s. 1007.27 or s. 1007.271.
434	(b)  A student enrolled in an approved apprenticeship
435	program, as defined in s. 446.021.
436	(c)  A student who is or was at the time he or she reached
437	18 years of age in the custody of the Department of Children and
438	Family Services or who, after spending at least 6 months in the
439	custody of the department after reaching 16 years of age, was
440	placed in a guardianship by the court. Such exemption includes
441	fees associated with enrollment in career-preparatory
442	instruction. The exemption remains valid until the student
443	reaches 28 years of age.
444	(d)  A student who is or was at the time he or she reached
445	18 years of age in the custody of a relative under s. 39.5085 or
446	who was adopted from the Department of Children and Family
447	Services after May 5, 1997. Such exemption includes fees
448	associated with enrollment in career-preparatory instruction.
449	The exemption remains valid until the student reaches 28 years
450	of age.
451	(e)  A student enrolled in an employment and training
452	program under the welfare transition program. The regional
453	workforce board shall pay the state university, community
454	college, or school district for costs incurred for welfare
455	transition program participants.
456	(f)  A student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
457	nighttime residence or whose primary nighttime residence is a
458	public or private shelter designed to provide temporary
459	residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or a
460	public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as,
461	a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
462	(g)  A student who is a proprietor, owner, or worker of a
463	company whose business has been at least 50 percent negatively
464	financially impacted by the buyout of property around Lake
465	Apopka by the State of Florida. Such student may receive a fee
466	exemption only if the student has not received compensation
467	because of the buyout, the student is designated a Florida
468	resident for tuition purposes, pursuant to s. 1009.21, and the
469	student has applied for and been denied financial aid, pursuant
470	to s. 1009.40, which would have provided, at a minimum, payment
471	of all student fees. The student is responsible for providing
472	evidence to the postsecondary education institution verifying
473	that the conditions of this paragraph have been met, including
474	supporting documentation provided by the Department of Revenue.
475	The student must be currently enrolled in, or begin coursework
476	within, a program area by fall semester 2000. The exemption is
477	valid for a period of 4 years after the date that the
478	postsecondary education institution confirms that the conditions
479	of this paragraph have been met.
480	(2)(3)  Each community college is authorized to grant
481	student fee exemptions from all fees adopted by the State Board
482	of Education and the community college board of trustees for up
483	to 40 full-time equivalent students at each institution.
484	Section 8.  Subsections (2) and (7) of section 1009.286,
485	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
486	1009.286  Additional student payment for hours exceeding
487	baccalaureate degree program completion requirements at state
488	universities.-
489	(2)  State universities shall require a student to pay an
490	excess hour surcharge equal to 100 50 percent of the tuition
491	rate for each credit hour in excess of 115 120 percent of the
492	number of credit hours required to complete the baccalaureate
493	degree program in which the student is enrolled.
494	(7)  The provisions of this section become effective for
495	students who enter a community college or a state university for
496	the first time in the 2011-2012 2009-2010 academic year and
497	thereafter.
498	Section 9.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (6) of
499	section 1009.531, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection
500	(7) is added to that section, to read:
501	1009.531  Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
502	student eligibility requirements for initial awards.-
503	(6)(a)  The State Board of Education shall publicize the
504	examination score required for a student to be eligible for a
505	Florida Academic Scholars award, pursuant to s. 1009.534(1)(a)
506	or (b), as follows:
507	1.  For high school students graduating in the 2010-2011
508	and 2011-2012 academic years, the student must earn an SAT score
509	of 1270 or a concordant ACT score of 28.
510	2.  For high school students graduating in the 2012-2013
511	academic year and each year thereafter, the student must earn an
512	SAT score of 1290 1280 which corresponds to the 89th 88th SAT
513	percentile rank or a concordant ACT score of 29 28.
514	3.  For high school students graduating in the 2013-2014
515	academic year and thereafter, the student must earn an SAT score
516	of 1290 which corresponds to the 89th SAT percentile rank or a
517	concordant ACT score of 29.
518	(b)  The State Board of Education shall publicize the
519	examination score required for a student to be eligible for a
520	Florida Medallion Scholars award, pursuant to s. 1009.535(1)(a)
521	or (b), as follows:
522	1.  For high school students graduating in the 2010-2011
523	academic year, the student must earn an SAT score of 970 or a
524	concordant ACT score of 20 or the student in a home education
525	program whose parent cannot document a college-preparatory
526	curriculum must earn an SAT score of 1070 or a concordant ACT
527	score of 23.
528	2.  For high school students graduating in the 2011-2012
529	academic year, the student must earn an SAT score of 980 which
530	corresponds to the 44th SAT percentile rank or a concordant ACT
531	score of 21 or the student in a home education program whose
532	parent cannot document a college-preparatory curriculum must
533	earn an SAT score of 1070 or a concordant ACT score of 23.
534	3.  For high school students graduating in the 2012-2013
535	academic year and each year thereafter, the student must earn an
536	SAT score of 1170 1020 which corresponds to the 75th 50th SAT
537	percentile rank or a concordant ACT score of 26 22 or the
538	student in a home education program whose parent cannot document
539	a college-preparatory curriculum must earn an SAT score of 1170
540	1070 or a concordant ACT score of 26 23.
541	4.  For high school students graduating in the 2013-2014
542	academic year and thereafter, the student must earn an SAT score
543	of 1050 which corresponds to the 56th SAT percentile rank or a
544	concordant ACT score of 23 or the student in a home education
545	program whose parent cannot document a college-preparatory
546	curriculum must earn an SAT score of 1100 or a concordant ACT
547	score of 24.
548	(7)  To be eligible for an award under the Florida Bright
549	Futures Scholarship Program, a student must annually submit the
550	Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
551	Section 10.  Subsection (3) of section 1009.532, Florida
552	Statutes, is amended to read:
553	1009.532  Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
554	student eligibility requirements for renewal awards.-
555	(3)  A student who is initially eligible prior to the 2010-
556	2011 academic year and is enrolled in a program that terminates
557	in an associate degree or a baccalaureate degree may receive an
558	award for a maximum of 110 percent of the number of credit hours
559	required to complete the program. A student who is enrolled in a
560	program that terminates in a career certificate may receive an
561	award for a maximum of 110 percent of the credit hours or clock
562	hours required to complete the program up to 90 credit hours.
563	For a student who is initially eligible in the 2010-2011
564	academic term and thereafter, the student may receive an award
565	for a maximum of 100 percent of the number of credit hours
566	required to complete an associate degree program or a
567	baccalaureate degree program, or the student may receive an
568	award for a maximum of 100 percent of the credit hours or clock
569	hours required to complete up to 90 credit hours of a program
570	that terminates in a career certificate. Beginning in the 2011-
571	2012 school year, acceleration credits earned by a student prior
572	to entering a postsecondary education program shall be included
573	in the maximum number of credit hours for which a student may
574	earn an award, except for purposes of eligibility for the
575	maximum graduate credits allowable under s. 1009.5341. A student
576	who transfers from one of these program levels to another
577	becomes eligible for the higher of the two credit hour limits.
578	Section 11.  Subsection (1) of section 1009.534, Florida
579	Statutes, is amended to read:
580	1009.534  Florida Academic Scholars award.-
581	(1)  A student is eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars
582	award if the student meets the general eligibility requirements
583	for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and the
584	student:
585	(a)  Has achieved a 3.5 weighted grade point average as
586	calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or its equivalent, in high
587	school courses that are designated by the State Board of
588	Education as college-preparatory academic courses; and has
589	attained at least the score pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(a) on the
590	combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
591	Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
592	Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
593	or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
594	(b)  Has attended a home education program according to s.
595	1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 or has completed the
596	International Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the
597	International Baccalaureate Diploma or has completed the
598	Advanced International Certificate of Education curriculum but
599	failed to earn the Advanced International Certificate of
600	Education Diploma, and has attained at least the score pursuant
601	to s. 1009.531(6)(a) on the combined verbal and quantitative
602	parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment
603	Test, or the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the
604	College Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT
605	Assessment Program;
606	(c)  Has been awarded an International Baccalaureate
607	Diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office or an
608	Advanced International Certificate of Education Diploma from the
609	University of Cambridge International Examinations Office;
610	(d)  Has been recognized by the merit or achievement
611	programs of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a
612	scholar or finalist; or
613	(e)  Has been recognized by the National Hispanic
614	Recognition Program as a scholar recipient.
615
616	A student must complete a program of community service work, as
617	approved by the district school board or the administrators of a
618	nonpublic school, which shall include a minimum of 75 hours of
619	service work for high school students graduating in the 2010-
620	2011 academic year and 100 hours of service work for high school
621	students graduating in the 2011-2012 academic year and
622	thereafter, and must and require the student to identify a
623	social problem that interests him or her, develop a plan for his
624	or her personal involvement in addressing the problem, and,
625	through papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon
626	his or her experience.
627	Section 12.  Subsection (1) of section 1009.535, Florida
628	Statutes, is amended to read:
629	1009.535  Florida Medallion Scholars award.-
630	(1)  A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars
631	award if the student meets the general eligibility requirements
632	for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and the
633	student:
634	(a)  Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as
635	calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high
636	school courses that are designated by the State Board of
637	Education as college-preparatory academic courses; and has
638	attained at least the score pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the
639	combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
640	Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
641	Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
642	or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
643	(b)  Has completed the International Baccalaureate
644	curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate
645	Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate
646	of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced
647	International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained
648	at least the score pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined
649	verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test,
650	the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic
651	Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an
652	equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
653	(c)  Has attended a home education program according to s.
654	1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 and has attained at least the
655	score pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined verbal and
656	quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the
657	Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic
658	Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an
659	equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program, if the student's
660	parent cannot document a college-preparatory curriculum as
661	described in paragraph (a);
662	(d)  Has been recognized by the merit or achievement
663	program of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a
664	scholar or finalist but has not completed a program of community
665	service as provided in s. 1009.534; or
666	(e)  Has been recognized by the National Hispanic
667	Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed a
668	program of community service as provided in s. 1009.534.
669
670	A high school student graduating in the 2011-2012 academic year
671	and thereafter must complete a program of community service work
672	approved by the district school board or the administrators of a
673	nonpublic school, which shall include a minimum of 75 hours of
674	service work, and must identify a social problem that interests
675	him or her, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement
676	in addressing the problem, and, through papers or other
677	presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her experience.
678	Section 13.  Subsection (1) of section 1009.536, Florida
679	Statutes, is amended to read:
680	1009.536  Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award.-The
681	Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award is created within
682	the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to recognize and
683	reward academic achievement and career preparation by high
684	school students who wish to continue their education.
685	(1)  A student is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal
686	Vocational Scholars award if the student meets the general
687	eligibility requirements for the Florida Bright Futures
688	Scholarship Program and the student:
689	(a)  Completes the secondary school portion of a sequential
690	program of studies that requires at least three secondary school
691	career credits taken over at least 2 academic years, and is
692	continued in a planned, related postsecondary education program.
693	If the student's school does not offer such a two-plus-two or
694	tech-prep program, the student must complete a job-preparatory
695	career education program selected by Workforce Florida, Inc.,
696	for its ability to provide high-wage employment in an occupation
697	with high potential for employment opportunities. On-the-job
698	training may not be substituted for any of the three required
699	career credits.
700	(b)  Demonstrates readiness for postsecondary education by
701	earning a passing score on the Florida College Entry Level
702	Placement Test or its equivalent as identified by the Department
703	of Education.
704	(c)  Earns a minimum cumulative weighted grade point
705	average of 3.0, as calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, on all
706	subjects required for a standard high school diploma, excluding
707	elective courses.
708	(d)  Earns a minimum unweighted grade point average of 3.5
709	on a 4.0 scale for secondary career courses comprising the
710	career program.
711	(e)  Beginning with high school students graduating in the
712	2011-2012 academic year and thereafter, completes a program of
713	community service work approved by the district school board or
714	the administrators of a nonpublic school, which shall include a
715	minimum of 30 hours of service work, and identifies a social
716	problem that interests him or her, develops a plan for his or
717	her personal involvement in addressing the problem, and, through
718	papers or other presentations, evaluates and reflects upon his
719	or her experience.
720	Section 14.  Subsection (4) and paragraph (a) of subsection
721	(5) of section 1009.89, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
722	1009.89  The William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident access
723	grants.-
724	(4)  A person is eligible to receive such William L. Boyd,
725	IV, Florida resident access grant if:
726	(a)  He or she meets the general requirements, including
727	residency, for student eligibility as provided in s. 1009.40,
728	except as otherwise provided in this section; and
729	(b)1.  He or she is enrolled as a full-time undergraduate
730	student at an eligible college or university;
731	2.  He or she is not enrolled in a program of study leading
732	to a degree in theology or divinity; and
733	3.  He or she is making satisfactory academic progress as
734	defined by the college or university in which he or she is
735	enrolled; and
736	(c)  He or she annually submits the Free Application for
737	Federal Student Aid.
738	(5)(a)  Funding for the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida
739	Resident Access Grant Program shall be based on a formula
740	composed of planned enrollment and the state cost of funding
741	undergraduate enrollment at public institutions pursuant to s.
742	1011.90. The amount of the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident
743	access grant issued to a full-time student shall be an amount as
744	specified in the General Appropriations Act. The William L.
745	Boyd, IV, Florida resident access grant may be paid on a
746	prorated basis in advance of the registration period. The
747	department shall make such payments to the college or university
748	in which the student is enrolled for credit to the student's
749	account for payment of tuition and fees. Institutions shall
750	certify to the department the amount of funds disbursed to each
751	student and shall remit to the department any undisbursed
752	advances or refunds within 60 days of the end of regular
753	registration. A student is Students shall not be eligible to
754	receive the award for more than 9 semesters or 14 quarters,
755	except as otherwise provided in s. 1009.40(3).
756	Section 15.  Subsection (4) of section 1009.891, Florida
757	Statutes, is amended to read:
758	1009.891  The Access to Better Learning and Education Grant
759	Program.-
760	(4)  A person is eligible to receive an access grant if:
761	(a)  He or she meets the general requirements, including
762	residency, for student eligibility as provided in s. 1009.40,
763	except as otherwise provided in this section; and
764	(b)1.  He or she is enrolled as a full-time undergraduate
765	student at an eligible college or university in a program of
766	study leading to a baccalaureate degree;
767	2.  He or she is not enrolled in a program of study leading
768	to a degree in theology or divinity; and
769	3.  He or she is making satisfactory academic progress as
770	defined by the college or university in which he or she is
771	enrolled; and
772	(c)  He or she annually submits the Free Application for
773	Federal Student Aid.
774	Section 16.  Subsections (6) and (10) of section 1011.80,
775	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
776	1011.80  Funds for operation of workforce education
777	programs.-
778	(6)(a)  A school district or a community college that
779	provides workforce education programs shall receive funds in
780	accordance with distributions for base and performance funding
781	established by the Legislature in the General Appropriations
782	Act. To ensure equitable funding for all school district
783	workforce education programs and to recognize enrollment growth,
784	the Department of Education shall use the funding model
785	developed by the District Workforce Education Funding Steering
786	Committee to determine each district's workforce education
787	funding needs. To assist the Legislature in allocating workforce
788	education funds in the General Appropriations Act, the funding
789	model shall annually be provided to the legislative
790	appropriations committees no later than March 1. Beginning with
791	the 2011-2012 fiscal year, and for a 3-year period thereafter or
792	until full reallocation is achieved, the funding model shall be
793	used to reallocate workforce education funds among districts to
794	reflect each district's current programs and funding needs. If
795	the General Appropriations Act does not provide for the
796	distribution of funds, the following methodology shall apply:
797	1.  Base funding shall be allocated based on weighted
798	enrollment and shall not exceed 90 percent of the allocation.
799	The Department of Education shall develop a funding process for
800	school district workforce education programs that is comparable
801	with community college workforce programs.
802	2.  Performance funding shall be at least 10 percent of the
803	allocation, based on the previous fiscal year's achievement of
804	output and outcomes in accordance with formulas adopted pursuant
805	to subsection (10). Performance funding must incorporate
806	payments for at least three levels of placements that reflect
807	wages and workforce demand. Payments for completions must not
808	exceed 60 percent of the payments for placement. School
809	districts and community colleges shall be awarded funds pursuant
810	to this paragraph based on performance output data and
811	performance outcome data available in that year.
812	(b)  A program is established to assist school districts
813	and community colleges in responding to the needs of new and
814	expanding businesses and thereby strengthening the state's
815	workforce and economy. The program may be funded in the General
816	Appropriations Act. A school district or community college may
817	expend funds under the program without regard to performance
818	criteria set forth in subparagraph (a)2. The district or
819	community college shall use the program to provide customized
820	training for businesses which satisfies the requirements of s.
821	288.047. Business firms whose employees receive the customized
822	training must provide 50 percent of the cost of the training.
823	Balances remaining in the program at the end of the fiscal year
824	shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried over
825	for 1 additional year and used for the purpose of serving
826	incumbent worker training needs of area businesses with fewer
827	than 100 employees. Priority shall be given to businesses that
828	must increase or upgrade their use of technology to remain
829	competitive.
830	(10)  A high school student dually enrolled under s.
831	1007.271 in a workforce education program operated by a
832	community college or school district career center generates the
833	amount calculated for workforce education funding, including any
834	payment of performance funding, and the proportional share of
835	full-time equivalent enrollment generated through the Florida
836	Education Finance Program for the student's enrollment in a high
837	school. If a high school student is dually enrolled in a
838	community college program, including a program conducted at a
839	high school, the community college earns the funds generated for
840	workforce education funding, and the school district earns the
841	proportional share of full-time equivalent funding from the
842	Florida Education Finance Program. If a student is dually
843	enrolled in a career center operated by the same district as the
844	district in which the student attends high school, that district
845	earns the funds generated for workforce education funding and
846	also earns the proportional share of full-time equivalent
847	funding from the Florida Education Finance Program. If a student
848	is dually enrolled in a workforce education program provided by
849	a career center operated by a different school district, the
850	funds must be divided between the two school districts
851	proportionally from the two funding sources. A student may not
852	be reported for funding in a dual enrollment workforce education
853	program unless the student has completed the basic skills
854	assessment pursuant to s. 1004.91. A student who is coenrolled
855	in a K-12 education program and an adult education program may
856	not be reported for funding in an adult education program.
857	Section 17.  Subsection (2) of section 1011.85, Florida
858	Statutes, is amended to read:
859	1011.85  Dr. Philip Benjamin Matching Grant Program for
860	Community Colleges.-
861	(2)  Each community college board of trustees receiving
862	state appropriations under this program shall approve each gift
863	to ensure alignment with the unique mission of the community
864	college. The board of trustees must link all requests for a
865	state match to the goals and mission statement. The Florida
866	Community College Foundation Board receiving state
867	appropriations under this program shall approve each gift to
868	ensure alignment with its goals and mission statement. Funds
869	received from community events or festivals are not eligible for
870	state match under this program.
871	Section 18.  Subsection (4) is added to section 1012.885,
872	Florida Statutes, to read:
873	1012.885  Remuneration of community college presidents;
874	limitations.-
875	(4)  LIMITATION.-Notwithstanding the provisions of this
876	section, for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, a Florida College System
877	institution president may not receive more than $200,000 in
878	remuneration from appropriated state funds. Only compensation,
879	as defined in s. 121.021(22), provided to a Florida College
880	System institution president may be used in calculating benefits
881	under chapter 121.
882	Section 19.  Section 1012.886, Florida Statutes, is created
883	to read:
884	1012.886  Remuneration of Florida College System
885	institution administrative employees; limitations.-
886	(1)  DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term:
887	(a)  "Appropriated state funds" means funds appropriated
888	from the General Revenue Fund or funds appropriated from state
889	trust funds.
890	(b)  "Cash-equivalent compensation" means any benefit that
891	may be assigned an equivalent cash value.
892	(c)  "Remuneration" means salary, bonuses, and cash-
893	equivalent compensation paid to a Florida College System
894	institution administrative employee by his or her employer for
895	work performed, excluding health insurance benefits and
896	retirement benefits.
897	(2)  LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.-Notwithstanding any other
898	law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a Florida College
899	System institution administrative employee may not receive more
900	than $200,000 in remuneration annually from appropriated state
901	funds. Only compensation, as such term is defined in s.
902	121.021(22), provided to a Florida College System institution
903	administrative employee may be used in calculating benefits
904	under chapter 121.
905	(3)  EXCEPTIONS.-This section does not prohibit any party
906	from providing cash or cash-equivalent compensation from funds
907	that are not appropriated state funds to a Florida College
908	System institution administrative employee in excess of the
909	limit in subsection (2). If a party is unable or unwilling to
910	fulfill an obligation to provide cash or cash-equivalent
911	compensation to a Florida College System institution
912	administrative employee as permitted under this subsection,
913	appropriated state funds may not be used to fulfill such
914	obligation.
915	(4)  EXPIRATION.-This section expires June 30, 2012.
916	Section 20.  Subsection (4) is added to section 1012.975,
917	Florida Statutes, to read:
918	1012.975  Remuneration of state university presidents;
919	limitations.-
920	(4)  LIMITATION.-Notwithstanding the provisions of this
921	section, for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, a state university
922	president may not receive more than $200,000 in remuneration
923	from public funds. Only compensation, as defined in s.
924	121.021(22), provided to a state university president may be
925	used in calculating benefits under chapter 121.
926	Section 21.  Section 1012.976, Florida Statutes, is created
927	to read:
928	1012.976  Remuneration of state university administrative
929	employees; limitations.-
930	(1)  DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term:
931	(a)  "Appropriated state funds" means funds appropriated
932	from the General Revenue Fund or funds appropriated from state
933	trust funds.
934	(b)  "Cash-equivalent compensation" means any benefit that
935	may be assigned an equivalent cash value.
936	(c)  "Remuneration" means salary, bonuses, and cash-
937	equivalent compensation paid to a state university
938	administrative employee by his or her employer for work
939	performed, excluding health insurance benefits and retirement
940	benefits.
941	(2)  LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.-Notwithstanding any other
942	law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a state university
943	administrative employee may not receive more than $200,000 in
944	remuneration annually from appropriated state funds. Only
945	compensation, as such term is defined in s. 121.021(22),
946	provided to a state university administrative employee may be
947	used in calculating benefits under chapter 121.
948	(3)  EXCEPTIONS.-This section does not prohibit any party
949	from providing cash or cash-equivalent compensation from funds
950	that are not appropriated state funds to a state university
951	administrative employee in excess of the limit in subsection
952	(2). If a party is unable or unwilling to fulfill an obligation
953	to provide cash or cash-equivalent compensation to a state
954	university administrative employee as permitted under this
955	subsection, appropriated state funds may not be used to fulfill
956	such obligation. This section does not apply to university
957	medical school faculty or staff.
958	(4)  EXPIRATION.-This section expires June 30, 2012.
959	Section 22.  Subsection (12) of section 1013.33, Florida
960	Statutes, is amended to read:
961	1013.33  Coordination of planning with local governing
962	bodies.-
963	(12)  As early in the design phase as feasible and
964	consistent with an interlocal agreement entered pursuant to
965	subsections (2)-(8), but no later than 90 days before commencing
966	construction, the district school board shall in writing request
967	a determination of consistency with the local government's
968	comprehensive plan. The local governing body that regulates the
969	use of land shall determine, in writing within 45 days after
970	receiving the necessary information and a school board's request
971	for a determination, whether a proposed educational facility is
972	consistent with the local comprehensive plan and consistent with
973	local land development regulations. If the determination is
974	affirmative, school construction may commence and further local
975	government approvals are not required, except as provided in
976	this section. Failure of the local governing body to make a
977	determination in writing within 90 days after a district school
978	board's request for a determination of consistency shall be
979	considered an approval of the district school board's
980	application. Campus master plans and development agreements must
981	comply with the provisions of s. ss. 1013.30 and 1013.63.
982	Section 23.  Section 1013.63, Florida Statutes, is
983	repealed.
984	Section 24.  (1)  The Department of Education shall work
985	with the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA) to
986	transfer the K-12 public school bibliographic database in
987	standard library data format to the CCLA for inclusion in its
988	online discovery tool product and make the database publicly
989	searchable by school district students, staff, and parents no
990	later than September 1, 2011. The department shall also develop
991	an ongoing process to provide for the electronic updating of
992	school district library holdings data to the CCLA in a manner
993	that will ensure that the public school bibliographic database
994	and searchable catalog remains current.
995	(2)  The Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) and
996	the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA) shall develop
997	and submit a plan by December 1, 2011, to the Executive Office
998	of the Governor and to the chairs of the appropriations
999	committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives for
1000	establishing a single postsecondary education union catalog,
1001	which must include the combined holdings and electronic
1002	resources of all the state universities and institutions in the
1003	Florida College System, and that allows a user to search these
1004	holdings and electronic resources by either an individual state
1005	university or institution in the Florida College System,
1006	selected state universities or institutions in the Florida
1007	College System, or all state universities and institutions in
1008	the Florida College System. The plan must also include the
1009	projected costs for the development and ongoing maintenance of
1010	the postsecondary education union catalog; projected cost
1011	savings resulting from the FCLA and CCLA no longer being
1012	required to maintain separate online discovery tool products and
1013	associated resources; and timeline and implementation strategies
1014	for making the postsecondary education union catalog available
1015	for use.
1016	(3)  By January 1, 2012, the Task Force on the Future of
1017	Academic Libraries in Florida shall develop and submit a plan to
1018	the Executive Office of the Governor and to the chairs of the
1019	appropriations committees of the Senate and the House of
1020	Representatives that describes the establishment of a joint
1021	library technology organizational structure that will meet the
1022	needs of academic libraries in both the Florida College System
1023	and the State University System in a manner that must be more
1024	cost effective than the current organizational structure that
1025	includes the Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) and
1026	the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA). The plan must
1027	include the recommended governance and reporting structure,
1028	staffing, funding, and duties and responsibilities of the joint
1029	library technology organizational structure and provide
1030	recommendations for any substantive and fiscal changes needed to
1031	establish and fund the organizational structure.
1032	Section 25.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
1033
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1036	T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
1037	Remove the entire title and insert:
1038	A bill to be entitled
1039	An act relating to postsecondary education funding;
1040	amending s. 1004.091, F.S.; revising duties of the Florida
1041	Distance Learning Consortium; requiring the consortium to
1042	work with the Florida College System and the State
1043	University System in implementing the transient student
1044	admissions application process; revising requirements for
1045	a central instructional content repository and use of open
1046	access textbooks; amending s. 1006.72, F.S.; requiring an
1047	annual report relating to the licensing of electronic
1048	library resources; amending s. 1007.28, F.S.; requiring
1049	the computer-assisted student advising system to provide
1050	the admissions application for transient students;
1051	amending s. 1009.22, F.S.; requiring a block tuition
1052	charge for students enrolled in adult general education
1053	programs; providing residency requirements for workforce
1054	education postsecondary students; authorizing district
1055	school boards and Florida College System institution
1056	boards of trustees to acquire improved real property for
1057	use as educational facilities through the use of capital
1058	improvement fee revenues; authorizing a convenience fee
1059	for processing certain payments of tuition and fees;
1060	authorizing the use of certain fees for general education
1061	services; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; conforming a cross-
1062	reference; authorizing Florida College System institution
1063	boards of trustees to acquire improved real property for
1064	use as educational facilities through the use of capital
1065	improvement fee revenues; authorizing certain Florida
1066	College System institutions to establish a transient
1067	student fee; authorizing the use of certain fees for
1068	general education services; amending s. 1009.24, F.S.;
1069	authorizing state universities to establish a transient
1070	student fee; revising requirements for expenditure of the
1071	tuition differential; authorizing the use of certain fees
1072	for general education services; amending s. 1009.25, F.S.;
1073	deleting the exemption from payment of tuition and fees
1074	for certain students; amending s. 1009.286, F.S.; revising
1075	the excess credit hour surcharge for students at state
1076	universities; amending s. 1009.531, F.S.; increasing the
1077	test score eligibility requirement for the Florida Bright
1078	Futures Scholarship Program; providing an additional
1079	eligibility requirement; amending s. 1009.532, F.S.;
1080	reducing the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship award by
1081	the amount of acceleration credits earned; amending s.
1082	1009.534, F.S.; increasing the community service
1083	requirement for receipt of a Florida Academic Scholars
1084	award; amending s. 1009.535, F.S.; providing a community
1085	service requirement for receipt of a Florida Medallion
1086	Scholars award; amending s. 1009.536, F.S.; providing a
1087	community service requirement for receipt of a Florida
1088	Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award; amending s. 1009.89,
1089	F.S.; revising eligibility requirements and funding for
1090	the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant
1091	Program; amending s. 1009.891, F.S.; revising eligibility
1092	requirements for the Access to Better Learning and
1093	Education Grant Program; amending s. 1011.80, F.S.;
1094	revising provisions relating to funding for workforce
1095	education programs; providing for allocation based on
1096	funding needs; restricting certain funding; amending s.
1097	1011.85, F.S.; providing that certain funds are not
1098	eligible for state match under the Dr. Philip Benjamin
1099	Matching Grant Program; amending s. 1012.885, F.S.;
1100	providing a limitation on the amount of remuneration of
1101	Florida College System institution presidents for fiscal
1102	year 2011-2012; creating s. 1012.886, F.S.; limiting the
1103	remuneration of Florida College System institution
1104	administrative employees; providing exceptions; amending
1105	s. 1012.975, F.S.; providing a limitation on the amount of
1106	remuneration of state university presidents for fiscal
1107	year 2011-2012; creating s. 1012.976, F.S.; limiting the
1108	remuneration of state university administrative employees;
1109	providing exceptions; amending s. 1013.33, F.S.;
1110	conforming provisions; repealing s. 1013.63, F.S., which
1111	creates the University Concurrency Trust Fund; requiring
1112	the Department of Education to work with the College
1113	Center for Library Automation (CCLA) to transfer certain
1114	data; requiring the Florida Center for Library Automation
1115	(FCLA) and the CCLA to develop a plan for establishing a
1116	single postsecondary education union catalog; requiring
1117	the Task Force on the Future of Academic Libraries in
1118	Florida to develop a plan that describes the establishment
1119	of a joint library technology organizational structure to
1120	meet postsecondary education library needs; requiring the
1121	submission of both plans to the Governor and Legislature
1122	by specified dates; providing an effective date.

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