| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to Florida College System institutions; |
| 3 | amending s. 1000.21, F.S.; renaming Gulf Coast Community |
| 4 | College as "Gulf Coast State College"; renaming Pensacola |
| 5 | Junior College as "Pensacola State College"; renaming St. |
| 6 | Johns River Community College as "St. Johns River State |
| 7 | College"; renaming Valencia Community College as "Valencia |
| 8 | College"; amending ss. 288.8175, 1004.74, and 1004.75, |
| 9 | F.S.; conforming provisions; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 13 | Section 1. Paragraphs (i), (t), (v), and (bb) of |
| 14 | subsection (3) of section 1000.21, Florida Statutes, are amended |
| 15 | to read: |
| 16 | 1000.21 Systemwide definitions.-As used in the Florida K- |
| 17 | 20 Education Code: |
| 18 | (3) "Florida college" or "community college," except as |
| 19 | otherwise specifically provided, includes all of the following |
| 20 | public postsecondary educational institutions in the Florida |
| 21 | College System and any branch campuses, centers, or other |
| 22 | affiliates of the institution: |
| 23 | (i) Gulf Coast State Community College, which serves Bay, |
| 24 | Franklin, and Gulf Counties. |
| 25 | (t) Pensacola State Junior College, which serves Escambia |
| 26 | and Santa Rosa Counties. |
| 27 | (v) St. Johns River State Community College, which serves |
| 28 | Clay, Putnam, and St. Johns Counties. |
| 29 | (bb) Valencia Community College, which serves Orange and |
| 30 | Osceola Counties. |
| 31 | Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section |
| 32 | 288.8175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 33 | 288.8175 Linkage institutes between postsecondary |
| 34 | institutions in this state and foreign countries.- |
| 35 | (5) The institutes are: |
| 36 | (b) Florida-Costa Rica Institute (Florida State University |
| 37 | and Valencia Community College). |
| 38 | Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 1004.74, Florida |
| 39 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 40 | 1004.74 Florida School of the Arts.- |
| 41 | (3) The Florida School of the Arts is assigned to the |
| 42 | District Board of Trustees of the St. Johns River State |
| 43 | Community College for purposes of administration and governance; |
| 44 | but the Florida School of the Arts, within appropriations and |
| 45 | limitations established annually by the Legislature, shall serve |
| 46 | as a professional school on a statewide basis for all qualified |
| 47 | students. |
| 48 | Section 4. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section |
| 49 | 1004.75, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 50 | 1004.75 Training school consolidation pilot projects.- |
| 51 | (1) ESTABLISHMENT.-To consolidate and more efficiently use |
| 52 | state and taxpayer resources by combining training programs, |
| 53 | pilot training centers are established to provide public |
| 54 | criminal justice training in Leon and St. Johns Counties. The |
| 55 | following pilot training centers are established: |
| 56 | (b) The Criminal Justice Academy at St. Johns River State |
| 57 | Community College. |
| 58 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011. |