Florida Senate - 2011                                      SB 84
       
       
       
       By Senator Lynn
       
       
       
       
       7-00158-11                                              201184__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to St. Johns River Community College;
    3         amending s. 1000.21, F.S.; renaming St. Johns River
    4         Community College as “St. Johns River State College”;
    5         amending ss. 1004.74 and 1004.75, F.S., relating to
    6         the Florida School of the Arts and the consolidation
    7         of certain training schools; conforming provisions;
    8         providing an effective date.
    9  
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (v) of subsection (3) of section
   13  1000.21, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         1000.21 Systemwide definitions.—As used in the Florida K-20
   15  Education Code:
   16         (3) “Florida college” or “community college,” except as
   17  otherwise specifically provided, includes all of the following
   18  public postsecondary educational institutions in the Florida
   19  College System and any branch campuses, centers, or other
   20  affiliates of the institution:
   21         (v) St. Johns River State Community College, which serves
   22  Clay, Putnam, and St. Johns Counties.
   23         Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 1004.74, Florida
   24  Statutes, is amended to read:
   25         1004.74 Florida School of the Arts.—
   26         (3) The Florida School of the Arts is assigned to the
   27  District Board of Trustees of the St. Johns River State
   28  Community College for purposes of administration and governance;
   29  but the Florida School of the Arts, within appropriations and
   30  limitations established annually by the Legislature, shall serve
   31  as a professional school on a statewide basis for all qualified
   32  students.
   33         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
   34  1004.75, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   35         1004.75 Training school consolidation pilot projects.—
   36         (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—To consolidate and more efficiently use
   37  state and taxpayer resources by combining training programs,
   38  pilot training centers are established to provide public
   39  criminal justice training in Leon and St. Johns Counties. The
   40  following pilot training centers are established:
   41         (b) The Criminal Justice Academy at St. Johns River State
   42  Community College.
   43         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.