Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1606
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/02/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Lynn) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. The Higher Education Coordinating Council,
    6  created pursuant to s. 1004.015, Florida Statutes, shall review
    7  and evaluate the current higher education governance structure
    8  in this state and shall make recommendations to the Legislature
    9  regarding potential revisions to the higher education delivery
   10  system to improve student services, access, affordability, and
   11  accountability. At a minimum, the council shall consider
   12  academic offerings, fiscal efficiencies, and regional
   13  demographics. The council shall consider the potential to create
   14  an intermediate structure of institutions that are not part of
   15  the Florida College System or the State University System by
   16  making university branch campuses independent, combining
   17  university branch campuses with colleges, transferring certain
   18  colleges to the intermediate structure, or creating new
   19  institutions. The council shall report its findings and
   20  recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate,
   21  and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25         And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   27  and insert:
   28                        A bill to be entitled                      
   29         An act relating to postsecondary education; requiring
   30         that the Higher Education Coordinating Council review
   31         and evaluate the current higher education governance
   32         structure in this state and make recommendations to
   33         the Legislature for potential revisions to the higher
   34         education delivery system; requiring that the council
   35         report its findings and recommendations to the
   36         Governor and Legislature; providing an effective date.