Florida Senate - 2013                             CS for SB 1720
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Education; and Senator Galvano
       
       
       
       
       581-02271-13                                          20131720c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to education; amending s. 11.45, F.S.;
    3         revising actions to be taken by the Legislative
    4         Auditing Committee relating to audits of state
    5         universities and Florida College System institutions;
    6         creating s. 288.126, F.S.; requiring the Department of
    7         Economic Opportunity to create economic development
    8         zones for science, technology, engineering, arts, and
    9         mathematics; authorizing a science, technology,
   10         engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) zone in a
   11         county with a state university classified as having
   12         very high research activity located in the county’s
   13         jurisdiction; authorizing the county to apply to the
   14         department for a STEAM zone designation; requiring the
   15         county to appoint a STEAM zone development agency in
   16         its application; providing criteria for the STEAM zone
   17         development agency; requiring the STEAM zone
   18         development agency to appoint a STEAM zone development
   19         board; providing criteria for the board; providing
   20         duties of the board; requiring a local governing body
   21         that has jurisdiction over a STEAM zone to establish
   22         the boundary of the STEAM zone, specify applicable
   23         standards, and determine certain eligibility criteria;
   24         specifying the incentives and benefits available in
   25         the STEAM zones; requiring the department to develop a
   26         grant program that applies to a STEAM zone; providing
   27         criteria for the awarding of a grant; directing the
   28         STEAM zone development agency to perform certain
   29         functions; requiring the department to work with the
   30         STEAM zone development agency, the Department of
   31         Education, and Workforce Florida, Inc., to develop
   32         accountability requirements and measurable objectives;
   33         providing criteria; providing a monetary incentive cap
   34         on the total amount of state credits, refunds, and
   35         exemptions that may be provided to eligible businesses
   36         for STEAM zone economic incentives; assigning duties
   37         for the administration of STEAM zones to the counties
   38         that have jurisdiction over STEAM zones; providing for
   39         the issuance of certificates to eligible businesses;
   40         requiring the county that has jurisdiction over a
   41         STEAM zone to certify to the Department of Revenue or
   42         the Department of Economic Opportunity the businesses
   43         or properties that are eligible for the incentives;
   44         requiring the Department of Revenue to send written
   45         instructions to eligible businesses for claiming the
   46         credit on a sales and use tax return initiated through
   47         an electronic data interchange; providing a procedure
   48         to deduct a credit against the sales and use tax from
   49         the sales and use tax remitted by the business;
   50         amending s. 1001.02, F.S.; requiring the State Board
   51         of Education to specify the college credit courses
   52         that may be taken by Florida College System
   53         institution students who are concurrently
   54         participating in developmental education; requiring
   55         the State Board of Education to establish the tuition
   56         and out-of-state fees for certain credit instruction,
   57         rather than college-preparatory instruction; revising
   58         the minimum standards, definitions, and guidelines
   59         that the State Board of Education must prescribe by
   60         rule for Florida College System institutions; amending
   61         s. 1001.64, F.S.; authorizing a board of trustees at a
   62         Florida College System institution to contract with
   63         the board of trustees of a state university for the
   64         Florida College System institution to provide
   65         developmental education; creating s. 1001.7065, F.S.;
   66         establishing a collaborative partnership between the
   67         Board of Governors and the Legislature to elevate the
   68         academic and research preeminence of this state’s
   69         highest performing state research universities;
   70         specifying the academic and research excellence
   71         standards for the preeminent state research
   72         universities program; requiring the Board of Governors
   73         to designate each state research university that meets
   74         certain criteria as a preeminent state research
   75         university; requiring the state research university
   76         that has attained the highest level on the academic
   77         and research excellence standard to establish an
   78         online arm of the university; providing requirements
   79         for the online arm of the university; providing
   80         membership of the board of directors that oversees the
   81         business of the university’s online arm; providing for
   82         a quorum of the board of directors; requiring the
   83         board to develop a business plan and authorizing the
   84         board to contract with other entities and
   85         institutions; requiring the university to offer high
   86         quality online baccalaureate degree programs and a
   87         master’s degree in business administration;
   88         authorizing the university to offer online other
   89         master’s degree programs; authorizing the university
   90         to develop and offer degree programs and courses that
   91         are competency based; requiring the university to
   92         periodically expand its offering of online
   93         baccalaureate degree programs and establish a tuition
   94         structure for its online arm; providing requirements
   95         for the tuition structure; requiring the state
   96         research university that has attained the second
   97         highest level on the academic and research excellence
   98         standards to recruit National Academy members,
   99         expedite provision of a master’s degree in cloud
  100         virtualization, and institute an entrepreneurs-in
  101         residence program throughout its campus; authorizing a
  102         preeminent state research university to require
  103         incoming college students to take specified courses;
  104         requiring the Board of Governors to identify and grant
  105         all reasonable, feasible authority and flexibility to
  106         keep a designated preeminent state research university
  107         free from unnecessary restrictions; providing that the
  108         Board of Governors is encouraged to establish
  109         standards and measures to recognize excellent programs
  110         in other state universities; creating s. 1002.312,
  111         F.S.; authorizing a district school board to contract
  112         with a nonprofit organization or a state or local
  113         governmental unit to establish a STEAM school;
  114         specifying the organizations that are authorized to
  115         contract with a district school board to establish a
  116         STEAM school; requiring certain provisions to be
  117         included in a contract to establish a STEAM school;
  118         providing that performance outcomes must demonstrate
  119         an integration of technology and the arts; amending s.
  120         1004.02, F.S.; defining the term “developmental
  121         education” as it relates to public postsecondary
  122         education; repealing s. 1004.58, F.S., relating to the
  123         Leadership Board for Applied Research and Public
  124         Service; amending s. 1004.93, F.S.; deleting
  125         provisions relating to the levels and courses of
  126         instruction to be funded through the college
  127         preparatory program; amending s. 1006.735, F.S.;
  128         establishing the Complete Florida Degree Program to
  129         recruit, recover, and retain adult learners and assist
  130         them in completing degrees aligned to high-wage, high
  131         skill workforce needs; specifying program components
  132         and the tuition and fee structure; requiring
  133         submission of a project plan to the Legislature;
  134         amending s. 1007.23, F.S.; revising the number of
  135         semester hours in which a student who is seeking an
  136         associate in arts degree is required to indicate a
  137         baccalaureate degree program; amending s. 1007.25,
  138         F.S.; revising general education courses, common
  139         prerequisites, and degree requirements; conforming
  140         terminology to changes made by the act; amending s.
  141         1007.263, F.S.; revising the rules that the board of
  142         trustees of a Florida College System institution may
  143         adopt with regard to admissions counseling; requiring
  144         each board of trustees to establish policies that
  145         notify students about options they may use to attain
  146         the communication and computation skills that are
  147         essential to perform college-level work; deleting a
  148         prohibition against a student’s enrollment in credit
  149         courses under certain circumstances; amending s.
  150         1007.271, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
  151         by the act; creating s. 1008.02, F.S.; providing
  152         definitions for the purpose of ch. 1008, F.S.,
  153         relating to assessment and accountability for the K-20
  154         education system; amending s. 1008.30, F.S.; providing
  155         that alternative assessments that may be accepted in
  156         lieu of the common placement test must be identified
  157         in rule; requiring the State Board of Education, in
  158         conjunction with the Board of Governors, to approve a
  159         series of meta-majors, academic pathways, and degree
  160         maps that identify the gateway courses required for
  161         success in each meta-major; providing requirements for
  162         the common placement testing program; requiring the
  163         State Board of Education to adopt rules that require
  164         high schools to evaluate certain students for college
  165         readiness; requiring the State Board of Education to
  166         establish by rule the test scores a student must
  167         achieve to demonstrate readiness to perform college
  168         level work; deleting provisions to conform to changes
  169         made by the act; conforming terminology; requiring the
  170         State Board of Education to adopt rules by a specified
  171         date to implement developmental education; requiring
  172         local policies and practices set by each Florida
  173         College System institution board of trustees to
  174         outline the student achievements considered by the
  175         institution for placement determinations, identify
  176         instructional options available to students, and
  177         describe student costs and financial aid opportunities
  178         associated with each instructional option; creating s.
  179         1008.322, F.S.; requiring the Board of Governors of
  180         the State University System to oversee the performance
  181         of state university boards of trustees in the
  182         enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations; providing
  183         that state university presidents are responsible for
  184         the accuracy of the information and data reported to
  185         the Board of Governors; authorizing the Chancellor of
  186         the State University System to investigate allegations
  187         of noncompliance with law or Board of Governors’ rule
  188         or regulation and determine probable cause; requiring
  189         the chancellor to report determinations of probable
  190         cause to the Board of Governors; authorizing the Board
  191         of Governors to initiate specified actions if the
  192         board determines that the state university board of
  193         trustees is unwilling or unable to comply with the
  194         law, certain rules or regulations, or audit
  195         recommendations; amending s. 1008.34, F.S.; revising
  196         the grading of middle schools and high schools to
  197         include added weight for students who participate and
  198         are enrolled in certain classes; amending ss. 1008.37,
  199         1009.22, and 1009.23, F.S.; conforming provisions to
  200         changes made by the act; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.;
  201         authorizing certain Florida College System
  202         institutions to waive certain fees; repealing s.
  203         1009.28, F.S., relating to fees for repeated
  204         enrollment in college-preparatory classes; amending s.
  205         1009.285, F.S.; requiring a student enrolled in the
  206         same undergraduate college-credit course more than
  207         once, except for students enrolled in a gateway course
  208         for an extended period of time, to pay tuition at 100
  209         percent of the full cost of instruction; reducing the
  210         number of times certain coursework, which is excluded
  211         for the reduction of fees, is repeated for certain
  212         purposes; amending s. 1009.286, F.S.; excluding
  213         remedial courses from those courses that are counted
  214         when calculating credit hours earned toward a
  215         baccalaureate degree; amending s. 1009.40, F.S.;
  216         providing that undergraduate students participating in
  217         developmental education are eligible to receive
  218         financial aid for a specified number of semesters or
  219         quarters; conforming provisions to changes made by the
  220         act; amending s. 1009.53, F.S.; conforming terminology
  221         to changes made by the act; repealing s. 1009.531(7),
  222         F.S., relating to the eligibility of a student for an
  223         initial reward or renewal reward under the Florida
  224         Bright Futures Scholarship Program; amending s.
  225         1011.84, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made
  226         by the act; providing an effective date.
  227  
  228  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  229  
  230         Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subsection (7) of section
  231  11.45, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  232         11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.—
  233         (7) AUDITOR GENERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
  234         (j) The Auditor General shall notify the Legislative
  235  Auditing Committee of any financial or operational audit report
  236  prepared pursuant to this section which indicates that a state
  237  university or Florida College System institution has failed to
  238  take full corrective action in response to a recommendation that
  239  was included in the two preceding financial or operational audit
  240  reports.
  241         1. The committee may direct the governing body of the state
  242  university or Florida College System institution to provide a
  243  written statement to the committee explaining why full
  244  corrective action has not been taken or, if the governing body
  245  intends to take full corrective action, describing the
  246  corrective action to be taken and when it will occur.
  247         2. If the committee determines that the written statement
  248  is not sufficient, the committee may require the chair of the
  249  governing body of the state university or Florida College System
  250  institution, or the chair’s designee, to appear before the
  251  committee.
  252         3. If the committee determines that the state university or
  253  Florida College System institution has failed to take full
  254  corrective action for which there is no justifiable reason or
  255  has failed to comply with committee requests made pursuant to
  256  this section, the committee shall refer the matter to the State
  257  Board of Education or the Board of Governors, as appropriate, to
  258  proceed in accordance with ss. 1008.32 and 1008.322,
  259  respectively may proceed in accordance with s. 11.40(2).
  260         Section 2. Section 288.126, Florida Statutes, is created to
  261  read:
  262         288.126Science, technology, engineering, arts, and
  263  mathematics zone programs.—
  264         (1) The Department of Economic Opportunity shall create
  265  economic development zones relating to science, technology,
  266  engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM). All incentives and
  267  benefits provided for an enterprise zone pursuant to state law
  268  must be available to a STEAM zone designated pursuant to this
  269  section. A STEAM zone must be created in a county that has a
  270  state university classified by the Carnegie Foundation for the
  271  Advancement of Teaching as having very high research activity.
  272  The integration of arts and technology is a subset of a STEAM
  273  zone.
  274         (2) Each county that has a qualifying research university
  275  may apply to the department to receive the designation as a
  276  STEAM zone. In the application, the county must appoint a STEAM
  277  zone development agency. The STEAM zone development agency must:
  278         (a) Be a nonuniversity not-for-profit corporation under s.
  279  501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
  280         (b) Have experience with both private not-for-profit
  281  partnerships and public not-for-profit partnerships.
  282         (c) Have a facility with a minimum of 10,000 square feet of
  283  exhibit educational conference space.
  284         (d) Employ at least five full-time, in-house educational
  285  and training staff employees.
  286         (e) Have experience with federal educational and science
  287  related grants.
  288         (f) Create and submit quarterly reports to the governing
  289  body of the county which evaluates the progress in implementing
  290  the strategic plan or measurable goals set by the STEAM zone
  291  development board as described in subsection (3).
  292         (3)(a) The STEAM zone development agency shall appoint a
  293  STEAM zone development board. The board shall consist of at
  294  least nine, but not more than 12, commissioners. At least two
  295  commissioners must be associated with the STEAM zone development
  296  agency, two commissioners must come from the host county, and
  297  two commissioners must be from local for-profit or not-for
  298  profit corporations whose business is related to science,
  299  technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics programs. At
  300  least one commissioner must be from each of the following areas:
  301         1.A qualifying research institution.
  302         2.A local school district.
  303         3.A municipality.
  304         (b) The STEAM zone development board shall:
  305         1.Assist in the development, implementation, and annual
  306  review and update of the strategic plan or measurable goals.
  307         2.Oversee and monitor the implementation of the strategic
  308  plan or measurable goals.
  309         3.Identify and recommend to the local governing body of
  310  the county or the municipality ways to remove regulatory
  311  barriers.
  312         4.Identify for a county or municipality the financial
  313  needs of and local resources or assistance available to eligible
  314  businesses in the zone.
  315         5.Promote the STEAM zone incentives to residents and
  316  businesses within the STEAM zone.
  317         6.Make recommendations to the county for boundary changes
  318  in a STEAM zone such that a STEAM zone does not exceed 2 square
  319  miles.
  320         7.Work with organizations affiliated with a high-ranking
  321  state research university to promote the purpose and goals of
  322  the STEAM zone.
  323         8.Dispense funds to promote, develop, and expand the STEAM
  324  zone and educational training programs.
  325         9.Work with companies within the STEAM zone to develop
  326  training and certification programs needed to train a workforce
  327  to have skills that are needed by companies and businesses in
  328  this state.
  329         10.Work with Workforce Florida, Inc., to retrain, educate,
  330  and certify unemployed workers in industry certifications.
  331         11. Work with Workforce Florida, Inc., to develop and make
  332  available grant programs within the STEAM zone which foster the
  333  expansion of workforce industry certification education and
  334  training strategies, activities, and resources in conjunction
  335  with one-stop career centers in the region.
  336         12. Provide directives to the STEAM zone development
  337  agency.
  338         (4)(a) In order to provide incentives, each county that has
  339  jurisdiction over a STEAM zone must, by local ordinance,
  340  establish the boundary of the STEAM zone, specify applicable
  341  standards, and determine eligibility criteria for the
  342  application of state and local incentives and benefits in the
  343  STEAM zone. However, in order to receive benefits provided under
  344  s. 288.106, a business must be a qualified target industry
  345  business under s. 288.106 for state purposes. A STEAM zone’s
  346  boundary may be revised by local ordinance. Such incentives and
  347  benefits include those in ss. 212.08, 212.096, 220.181, 220.182,
  348  220.183, 220.196, 288.106, and 624.5105 and the public utility
  349  discounts provided in s. 290.007(8). For purposes of this
  350  section, any applicable requirements for employee residency for
  351  higher refund or credit thresholds must be based on employee
  352  residency in the STEAM zone or an enterprise zone.
  353         (b) A county that has a designated STEAM zone in its
  354  jurisdiction may waive impact fees for new construction within
  355  the STEAM zone.
  356         (c) The Department of Economic Opportunity and each county
  357  that has a STEAM zone in its jurisdiction shall review rules or
  358  regulations that affect the relocation or expansion of a
  359  business to a STEAM zone to determine if a rule or regulation
  360  may be modified or repealed to facilitate relocation or
  361  expansion.
  362         (5) The department shall develop a high-technology grant
  363  program that applies to the STEAM zone. The grant program shall
  364  solicit competitive applications from organizations that propose
  365  to encourage and reward groundbreaking ideas that greatly expand
  366  innovation, commercialization, and new enterprise formation
  367  across the state. A grant shall be awarded to applicants who
  368  submit the best strategies to:
  369         (a) Create proof-of-concept centers that greatly increase
  370  innovation within their organizations; or
  371         (b) Create processes to commercialize or implement
  372  innovation and build networks that can use that innovation and
  373  entrepreneurship for local economic development.
  374         (6) The STEAM zone development agency, with the cooperation
  375  of other state agencies, shall:
  376         (a) Partner with science, technology, engineering, arts, or
  377  mathematics companies, Workforce Florida, Inc., and local
  378  workforce boards to offer workforce training programs to train
  379  unemployed, underemployed, and new workers in skills that are
  380  needed in the science, technology, engineering, arts, or
  381  mathematics field.
  382         (b) Offer industry certifications from approved programs
  383  for persons who traditionally are not typical candidates to
  384  transition into science, technology, engineering, arts, or
  385  mathematics careers; ease the transition for dislocated or
  386  transitioning workers into science, technology, engineering,
  387  arts, or mathematics field; and integrate state, regional, and
  388  local efforts into a more powerful set of partnerships and
  389  coordinated strategies.
  390         (c) Enhance the production of more and better industry
  391  certified workers in the science, technology, engineering, arts,
  392  and mathematics fields through investment of department
  393  resources and through greater integration and alignment of
  394  existing public and private resources, so that more workers have
  395  access to industry certification opportunities.
  396         (d) Stimulate and support innovation, entrepreneurship, and
  397  economic growth that can expand employment opportunities in the
  398  science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics fields
  399  by:
  400         1.Increasing funding for grant opportunities in order to
  401  implement additional educational programming related to science,
  402  technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics.
  403         2.Offering incentives to a school district, a charter
  404  school, or a private school to implement and fully use an
  405  industry certification program in science, technology,
  406  engineering, arts, and mathematics.
  407         3. Creating regional centers of education and research for
  408  science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. The
  409  regional centers are a pipeline for students who excel in
  410  science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics to their
  411  respective research universities in this state.
  412         4.Providing an industry certification program for science,
  413  technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics to meet workforce
  414  demands of industry.
  415         5.Promoting the pursuit of careers in science, technology,
  416  engineering, arts, and mathematics among underrepresented
  417  students in grades kindergarten through 12.
  418         6.Sponsoring an advertising campaign designed to encourage
  419  local youth, particularly African Americans, Latin Americans,
  420  and women, to consider careers in fields of science, technology,
  421  engineering, arts, and mathematics.
  422         7. Working with the state universities and colleges to
  423  incorporate industry certification programs and internships for
  424  students who are pursing degrees related to science, technology,
  425  engineering, arts, and mathematics which further enhance their
  426  education.
  427         (7) The department, in cooperation with the STEAM zone
  428  development agency, the Department of Education, and Workforce
  429  Florida, Inc., shall develop accountability requirements and
  430  measureable objectives that include:
  431         (a) Requiring companies to:
  432         1. Sign an agreement with the STEAM zone development agency
  433  to agree to be a partner in some form of education,
  434  volunteerism, internship, or event in order to encourage and
  435  excite the community and children in this state’s education
  436  system about fields related to science, technology, engineering,
  437  arts, or mathematics.
  438         2. Participate in a corporate training program.
  439         3. Submit to an annual audit by the state or local board if
  440  a tax credit, grant, loan, or other public assistance is
  441  received.
  442         (b) Establishing outcome-based, quantitative performance
  443  metrics to ensure the mission of the STEAM zone is being carried
  444  out.
  445         (c) Reporting annually to the Legislature on the progress
  446  of administering this section.
  447         (d) Developing measurable objectives for each STEAM zone to
  448  be monitored by the STEAM zone development board with the goal
  449  of creating more jobs in the fields of science, technology,
  450  engineering, arts, and mathematics; producing a workforce that
  451  is highly qualified; and improving the quality of life in the
  452  state.
  453         (8)(a) Effective July 1, 2013, the total amount of state
  454  credits, refunds, and exemptions that may be provided in a given
  455  state fiscal year by each county that has jurisdiction over a
  456  STEAM zone to eligible businesses for STEAM zone economic
  457  incentives pursuant to this section is $300,000 per designated
  458  STEAM zone. The county that has jurisdiction over a STEAM zone
  459  shall disallow a credit or refund for which an application is
  460  submitted after the zone’s respective $300,000 limit is reached.
  461  If the $300,000 incentive cap is not fully used in any one state
  462  fiscal year by a STEAM zone, the county that has jurisdiction
  463  over a STEAM zone shall allocate the incentives, verify that
  464  businesses receiving such incentives are eligible for the
  465  incentives provided, and ensure that the incentives provided do
  466  not exceed the cap for the state fiscal year.
  467         (b) Upon approving an incentive for an eligible business,
  468  the county that has jurisdiction over a STEAM zone shall provide
  469  the taxpayer with a certificate indicating the name and federal
  470  employer identification number of the eligible business, the
  471  date the incentive is provided, the name of the STEAM zone, the
  472  incentive type, and the incentive amount. The county that has
  473  jurisdiction over a STEAM zone shall certify to the Department
  474  of Revenue or the Department of Economic Opportunity, whichever
  475  is applicable, the businesses or properties that are eligible to
  476  receive the state incentives under statutory requirements. The
  477  county that has jurisdiction over a STEAM zone shall provide a
  478  copy of the certificate to the Department of Revenue and the
  479  Department of Economic Opportunity as notification that such
  480  incentives were approved for the specific eligible business or
  481  property. For incentives to be claimed against the sales and use
  482  tax under chapter 212, the Department of Revenue shall send,
  483  within 14 days after receipt, written instructions to an
  484  eligible business on how to claim the credit on a sales and use
  485  tax return initiated through an electronic data interchange. Any
  486  credit against the sales and use tax shall be deducted from any
  487  sales and use tax remitted by the business to the Department of
  488  Revenue by electronic funds transfer and may be deducted only on
  489  a sales and use tax return initiated through an electronic data
  490  interchange. The business shall separately state the credit on
  491  the electronic return. The net amount of tax due and payable
  492  must be remitted by electronic funds transfer.
  493         Section 3. Paragraph (g) of subsection (4), subsection (5),
  494  and paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (6) of section 1001.02,
  495  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  496         1001.02 General powers of State Board of Education.—
  497         (4) The State Board of Education shall:
  498         (g) Specify, by rule, the college credit courses that may
  499  be taken by Florida College System institution students who are
  500  concurrently participating in developmental education enrolled
  501  in college-preparatory instruction.
  502         (5) The State Board of Education is responsible for
  503  reviewing and administering the state program of support for the
  504  Florida College System institutions and, subject to existing
  505  law, shall establish the tuition and out-of-state fees for
  506  college-preparatory instruction and for credit instruction that
  507  may be counted toward an associate in arts degree, an associate
  508  in applied science degree, or an associate in science degree.
  509         (6) The State Board of Education shall prescribe minimum
  510  standards, definitions, and guidelines for Florida College
  511  System institutions that will ensure the quality of education,
  512  coordination among the Florida College System institutions and
  513  state universities, and efficient progress toward accomplishing
  514  the Florida College System institution mission. At a minimum,
  515  these rules must address:
  516         (c) Program offerings and classification, including
  517  college-level communication and computation skills associated
  518  with successful performance in college and with tests and other
  519  assessment procedures that measure student achievement of those
  520  skills. The performance measures must provide that students
  521  moving from one level of education to the next acquire the
  522  necessary competencies for that level.
  523         (d) Provisions for curriculum development, graduation
  524  requirements, college calendars, and program service areas.
  525  These provisions must include rules that:
  526         1. Provide for the award of an associate in arts degree to
  527  a student who successfully completes 60 semester credit hours at
  528  the Florida College System institution.
  529         2. Require all of the credits accepted for the associate in
  530  arts degree to be in the statewide course numbering system as
  531  credits toward a baccalaureate degree offered by a state
  532  university or a Florida College System institution.
  533         3. Beginning with students initially entering a Florida
  534  College System institution in 2014-2015 and thereafter, Require
  535  no more than 36 30 semester credit hours in general education
  536  courses in the subject areas of communication, mathematics,
  537  social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences.
  538  
  539  The rules should encourage Florida College System institutions
  540  to enter into agreements with state universities that allow
  541  Florida College System institution students to complete upper
  542  division-level courses at a Florida College System institution.
  543  An agreement may provide for concurrent enrollment at the
  544  Florida College System institution and the state university and
  545  may authorize the Florida College System institution to offer an
  546  upper-division-level course or distance learning.
  547         Section 4. Subsection (9) of section 1001.64, Florida
  548  Statutes, is amended to read:
  549         1001.64 Florida College System institution boards of
  550  trustees; powers and duties.—
  551         (9) A board of trustees may contract with the board of
  552  trustees of a state university for the Florida College System
  553  institution to provide developmental education college
  554  preparatory instruction on the state university campus.
  555         Section 5. Section 1001.7065, Florida Statutes, is created
  556  to read:
  557         1001.7065Preeminent state research universities program.—
  558         (1)STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM SHARED GOVERNANCE
  559  COLLABORATION.—A collaborative partnership is established
  560  between the Board of Governors and the Legislature to elevate
  561  the academic and research preeminence of Florida’s highest
  562  performing state research universities in accordance with this
  563  section. The partnership stems from the State University System
  564  Governance Agreement executed on March 24, 2010, wherein the
  565  Board of Governors and leaders of the Legislature agreed to a
  566  framework for the collaborative exercise of their joint
  567  authority and shared responsibility for the State University
  568  System. The governance agreement confirmed the commitment of the
  569  Board of Governors and the Legislature to continue collaboration
  570  on accountability measures, the use of data, and recommendations
  571  derived from such data.
  572         (2)ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXCELLENCE STANDARDS.—Effective
  573  July 1, 2013, the following academic and research excellence
  574  standards are established for the Preeminent State Research
  575  Universities Program:
  576         (a)An average weighted grade point average of 4.0 or
  577  higher on a 4.0 scale and an average SAT score of 1800 or higher
  578  for fall-semester incoming freshmen, as reported annually.
  579         (b)A top-50 ranking on at least two well-known and highly
  580  respected national public university rankings, reflecting
  581  national preeminence, using most recent rankings.
  582         (c)A freshman retention rate of 90 percent or higher for
  583  full-time, first-time-in-college students, as reported annually
  584  to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).
  585         (d)A 6-year graduation rate of 70 percent or higher for
  586  full-time, first-time-in-college students, as reported annually
  587  to the IPEDS.
  588         (e)Six or more faculty members at the state university who
  589  are members of a national academy, as reported by the Center for
  590  Measuring University Performance in the Top American Research
  591  Universities (TARU) annual report.
  592         (f)Total annual research expenditures, including federal
  593  research expenditures, of $200 million or more, as reported
  594  annually by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
  595         (g)Total annual research expenditures in diversified
  596  nonmedical sciences of $150 million or more, based on data
  597  reported annually by the NSF.
  598         (h)A top-100 university national ranking for research
  599  expenditures in five or more science, technology, engineering,
  600  or mathematics fields of study, as reported annually by the NSF.
  601         (i)One hundred or more total patents awarded by the United
  602  States Patent and Trademark Office for the most recent 3-year
  603  period.
  604         (j)Four hundred or more doctoral degrees awarded annually,
  605  as reported in the TARU annual report.
  606         (k)Two hundred or more postdoctoral appointees annually,
  607  as reported in the TARU annual report.
  608         (l)An endowment of $500 million or more, as reported in
  609  the Board of Governors annual accountability report.
  610         (3)PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY DESIGNATION.—The
  611  Board of Governors shall designate each state research
  612  university that meets at least 11 of the 12 academic and
  613  research excellence standards identified in subsection (2) a
  614  preeminent state research university.
  615         (4)PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY ONLINE ARM.—The
  616  state research university that has attained the highest level on
  617  the academic and research excellence standards identified in
  618  subsection (2), as verified by the Board of Governors, shall
  619  establish a fully online arm of the university in accordance
  620  with this subsection, subject to the appropriation of funds by
  621  the Legislature.
  622         (a)1.A board of directors shall develop, implement, and
  623  oversee the business aspects of the university’s online arm,
  624  while the university president and board of trustees, in
  625  conjunction with the Board of Governors, shall be responsible
  626  for academic quality, accreditation, and curricular standards.
  627  The university president and board of trustees, the board of
  628  directors, and the Board of Governors shall collaborate and
  629  cooperate in their respective roles to achieve the purpose of
  630  successfully providing fully online high-quality baccalaureate
  631  and master’s degree programs to the university’s enrolled online
  632  students in this state and around the world.
  633         2.The university president shall designate a center to
  634  help lead the university to global preeminence in the
  635  development of cutting-edge technology and instructional design
  636  for online programs. The center shall conduct research to enrich
  637  the university’s online degree program offerings and enhance the
  638  success of the university’s online students. The center shall
  639  provide academic and administrative support structures to
  640  undergird the delivery of content and degree programs by the
  641  various colleges and departments throughout the university. The
  642  center shall work jointly with the university president and the
  643  board of directors in their respective roles.
  644         (b)The board of directors is comprised of the following
  645  seven members:
  646         1.The university president, or the president’s permanent
  647  designee.
  648         2.The chair of the university board of trustees, or the
  649  chair’s permanent designee.
  650         3.A member with expertise in global marketing, appointed
  651  by the Governor.
  652         4.A member with expertise in cloud virtualization,
  653  appointed by the President of the Senate.
  654         5.A member with expertise in disruptive innovation in
  655  online learning, appointed by the Speaker of the House of
  656  Representatives.
  657         6.A member with expertise in online program accreditation,
  658  appointed by the chair of the Board of Governors.
  659         7.A member with expertise in creative technologies,
  660  appointed by the chair of the Florida Polytechnic University
  661  Board of Trustees.
  662         (c)A majority of the board of directors constitutes a
  663  quorum, elects the chair, and appoints an executive director.
  664         (d)The board of directors shall develop a business plan
  665  and may contract with other entities and institutions, public or
  666  private, to maximize the marketing, advertising, support
  667  services that include financial aid assistance and academic and
  668  career guidance, and degree programs and courses of the
  669  university’s online arm.
  670         (e)Beginning in January 2014, the university shall offer
  671  high-quality, fully online baccalaureate degree programs as
  672  directed by the board of directors which:
  673         1.Accept full-time, first-time-in-college students.
  674         2.Have the same rigorous admissions criteria as an
  675  equivalent on-campus degree program.
  676         3.Offer a curriculum of equivalent rigor to the on-campus
  677  degree program.
  678         4.Offer rolling enrollment or multiple windows of
  679  enrollment throughout the year.
  680         5.Do not require any on-campus courses. However, for
  681  courses or programs that require clinical training or
  682  laboratories which cannot be delivered online, the university
  683  shall offer convenient locational options to the student, which
  684  may include, but not be limited to, the option to complete such
  685  requirements at a summer-in-residence on the university campus.
  686  Additionally, for purposes of proctored assessments or testing,
  687  the university may provide a network of sites at convenient
  688  locations and contract with commercial testing centers or
  689  identify other secure testing services.
  690         6.Apply the university’s existing policy for accepting
  691  credits for both freshman applicants and transfer applicants.
  692         (f)The university must offer a fully online master of
  693  business administration degree program and may offer other
  694  master’s degree programs as recommended by the university
  695  president and board of trustees and authorized by the board of
  696  directors.
  697         (g)The university may develop and offer degree programs
  698  and courses that are competency based, as appropriate for the
  699  quality and success of the program and as recommended by the
  700  university president and board of trustees and authorized by the
  701  board of directors.
  702         (h)The university shall periodically expand its offering
  703  of online baccalaureate degree programs, as recommended by the
  704  university president and board of trustees and authorized by the
  705  board of directors, to meet student and market demands.
  706         (i)The university shall establish a tuition structure for
  707  its online arm in conjunction with the board of directors and in
  708  accordance with this paragraph, notwithstanding any other
  709  provision of law.
  710         1.For students classified as residents for tuition
  711  purposes, tuition for an online baccalaureate degree program
  712  shall be set at no more than 75 percent of the tuition rate as
  713  specified in the General Appropriations Act pursuant to s.
  714  1009.24(4) and 75 percent of the tuition differential pursuant
  715  to s. 1009.24(16). No distance learning fee or fee for campus
  716  facilities or on-campus services may be assessed, except that
  717  online students shall pay the university’s technology and
  718  financial aid fees and the Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee.
  719  The Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee shall be dedicated to the
  720  university’s online research center.
  721         2.For students classified as nonresidents for tuition
  722  purposes, tuition may be set at market rates as directed and
  723  authorized by the board of directors in accordance with the
  724  business plan.
  725         3.Tuition for the online degree programs shall include all
  726  costs associated with the program, including, but not limited
  727  to, instruction, materials, and enrollment. However, an online
  728  student may be charged the cost of any hard-copy textbook and
  729  any physical laboratory supplies necessary for the program.
  730         4.Subject to the limitations in subparagraph 1., tuition
  731  may be differentiated by degree program as appropriate to the
  732  instructional and other costs of the program and as recommended
  733  by the university president and board of trustees and authorized
  734  by the board of directors in accordance with the business plan.
  735  Pricing must incorporate innovative approaches that incentivize
  736  persistence and completion, including, but not limited to, fee
  737  for assessment, bundled or all-inclusive rate, and sliding scale
  738  features.
  739         5.The university must accept advance payment contracts and
  740  student financial aid.
  741         6.The board of directors shall ensure that 50 percent of
  742  the net revenues generated from the online arm of the university
  743  is used to enhance and enrich the online arm of the university
  744  and 50 percent of the net revenues generated from the online arm
  745  of the university is used to enhance and enrich the university
  746  campus’s state-of-the-art research programs and facilities.
  747         (5)PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY ENHANCEMENT
  748  INITIATIVE.—The state research university that has attained the
  749  second highest level on the academic and research excellence
  750  standards identified in subsection (2), as verified by the Board
  751  of Governors, shall recruit National Academy members, expedite
  752  provision of a masters degree in cloud virtualization, and
  753  institute an entrepreneurs-in-residence program throughout its
  754  campus, subject to funds appropriated by the Legislature.
  755         (6)PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COURSE
  756  REQUIREMENTS AUTHORITY.—In order to provide a jointly shared
  757  educational experience, a state university that is designated a
  758  preeminent state research university may require its incoming
  759  first-time-in-college students to take a 9-credit to 12-credit
  760  set of courses specifically determined by the university. The
  761  state university may stipulate that credit for such courses may
  762  not be earned through any acceleration mechanism pursuant to s.
  763  1007.27 or s. 1007.271 or other transfer credit. All accelerated
  764  credits earned up to the limits specified in ss. 1007.27 and
  765  1007.271 shall be applied toward graduation at the student’s
  766  request.
  767         (7)PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY FLEXIBILITY
  768  AUTHORITY.—The Board of Governors shall identify and grant all
  769  reasonable, feasible authority and flexibility to keep a
  770  designated preeminent state research university free from
  771  unnecessary restrictions.
  772         (8)PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE STATE UNIVERSITY
  773  SYSTEM.—The Board of Governors is encouraged to establish
  774  standards and measures whereby individual programs in other
  775  state universities that objectively reflect national excellence
  776  can be identified and make recommendations to the Legislature as
  777  to how any such programs could be enhanced and promoted.
  778         Section 6. Section 1002.312, Florida Statutes, is created
  779  to read:
  780         1002.312Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and
  781  Mathematics (STEAM) schools.—
  782         (1)A district school board may establish a Science,
  783  Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) school by
  784  contracting with a nonprofit organization or a state or local
  785  governmental unit to provide a full educational STEAM program
  786  that integrates science, technology, engineering, or mathematics
  787  with the visual or performing arts, creative writing, or design.
  788  An organization that contracts with a district school board to
  789  establish a STEAM school may include, but is not limited to, an
  790  art museum, a performing arts organization, a state university,
  791  a Florida College System institution, a charter school, a civic
  792  organization, or a state or local governmental unit.
  793         (2) The contract between the district school board and the
  794  organization that provides the STEAM school must specify:
  795         (a) That the STEAM school will be located at the site of
  796  the nonprofit organization.
  797         (b) That the STEAM educational program will be supervised
  798  by the district school board’s curriculum office.
  799         (c) The percentage of FTE funding that the district school
  800  board will pay to the STEAM school.
  801         (d) Sources of funding in addition to FEFP funding, such as
  802  state or local funds, if the district school board contracts
  803  with a state or local governmental unit to establish the STEAM
  804  school.
  805         (e) A description of the STEAM school’s property insurance
  806  and liability insurance.
  807         (f) That each employee, contract worker, or volunteer that
  808  has direct student contact will undergo a state and national
  809  background screening pursuant to s. 943.0542, and that the STEAM
  810  school will deny employment to, or terminate, an employee or
  811  volunteer if he or she fails to meet the screening standards
  812  under s. 435.04.
  813         (3) Performance outcomes must demonstrate an integration of
  814  technology and the arts.
  815         Section 7. Subsection (11) of section 1004.02, Florida
  816  Statutes, is amended to read:
  817         1004.02 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:
  818         (11) “Developmental education” “College-preparatory
  819  instruction” means instruction courses through which a high
  820  school graduate who applies for and enrolls in any college
  821  credit program may attain the communication and computation
  822  skills necessary to perform college-level work while also
  823  enrolled enroll in college credit instruction.
  824         Section 8. Section 1004.58, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
  825         Section 9. Subsection (4) of section 1004.93, Florida
  826  Statutes, is amended to read:
  827         1004.93 Adult general education.—
  828         (4)(a) Adult general education shall be evaluated and
  829  funded as provided in s. 1011.80.
  830         (b) Fees for adult basic instruction are to be charged in
  831  accordance with chapter 1009.
  832         (c) The State Board of Education shall define, by rule, the
  833  levels and courses of instruction to be funded through the
  834  college-preparatory program. The state board shall coordinate
  835  the establishment of costs for college-preparatory courses, the
  836  establishment of statewide standards that define required levels
  837  of competence, acceptable rates of student progress, and the
  838  maximum amount of time to be allowed for completion of college
  839  preparatory instruction. College-preparatory instruction is part
  840  of an associate in arts degree program and may not be funded as
  841  an adult career education program.
  842         (d) Expenditures for college-preparatory and lifelong
  843  learning students shall be reported separately. Allocations for
  844  college-preparatory courses shall be based on proportional full
  845  time equivalent enrollment. Program review results shall be
  846  included in the determination of subsequent allocations. A
  847  student shall be funded to enroll in the same college
  848  preparatory class within a skill area only twice, after which
  849  time the student shall pay 100 percent of the full cost of
  850  instruction to support the continuous enrollment of that student
  851  in the same class; however, students who withdraw or fail a
  852  class due to extenuating circumstances may be granted an
  853  exception only once for each class, provided approval is granted
  854  according to policy established by the board of trustees. Each
  855  Florida College System institution shall have the authority to
  856  review and reduce payment for increased fees due to continued
  857  enrollment in a college-preparatory class on an individual basis
  858  contingent upon the student’s financial hardship, pursuant to
  859  definitions and fee levels established by the State Board of
  860  Education. College-preparatory and lifelong learning courses do
  861  not generate credit toward an associate or baccalaureate degree.
  862         (c)(e) A district school board or a Florida College System
  863  institution board of trustees may negotiate a contract with the
  864  regional workforce board for specialized services for
  865  participants in the welfare transition program, beyond what is
  866  routinely provided for the general public, to be funded by the
  867  regional workforce board.
  868         Section 10. Section 1006.735, Florida Statutes, is amended
  869  to read:
  870         1006.735 Complete Florida Degree Program Completion Pilot
  871  Project.—
  872         (1) The Complete Florida Degree Program Completion Pilot
  873  Project is established for the purpose of recruiting,
  874  recovering, and retaining the state’s adult learners and
  875  assisting them in completing an associate degree or a
  876  baccalaureate degree that is aligned to high-wage, high-skill
  877  workforce needs. As used in this section, the term “adult
  878  learner” means a student who has successfully completed college
  879  level coursework in multiple semesters but has left an
  880  institution in good standing before completing his or her
  881  degree. The program pilot project shall give priority to adult
  882  learners who are veterans or active duty members of the United
  883  States Armed Forces.
  884         (2) The Complete Florida Degree Program pilot project shall
  885  be implemented by the University of West Florida, acting as the
  886  lead institution, in coordination with; the University of South
  887  Florida; Florida State College System institutions, state
  888  universities, and private postsecondary institutions, as
  889  appropriate. The program must at Jacksonville; and St.
  890  Petersburg College and shall include the associate, applied
  891  baccalaureate, and baccalaureate degree programs that these
  892  institutions have selected. Other partnering public
  893  postsecondary education institutions shall provide areas of
  894  specialization or concentration.
  895         (3) For purposes of selecting the degree programs that will
  896  be given priority in the Complete Florida Degree Program pilot
  897  project, the institutions identified in subsection (2) shall
  898  partner with public and private job recruitment and placement
  899  agencies and use labor market data and projections to identify
  900  the specific workforce needs and targeted occupations of the
  901  state.
  902         (4) The Complete Florida Degree Program pilot project shall
  903  provide adult learners with a single point of access to
  904  information and links to innovative online and accelerated
  905  distance learning courses, student and library support services,
  906  and electronic resources that will guide the adult learner
  907  toward the successful completion of a postsecondary degree.
  908         (5) Beginning with the 2013-2014 2012-2013 academic year,
  909  the Complete Florida Degree Program pilot project shall be
  910  implemented and must:
  911         (a) Use the distance learning course catalog established
  912  pursuant to s. 1006.73 to communicate course availability to the
  913  adult learner.
  914         (b) Develop and implement an advising and student support
  915  system that includes the use of degree completion specialists,
  916  is based upon best practices and processes, and includes
  917  academic and career support services designed specifically for
  918  the adult learner. The program must identify proposed changes to
  919  the statewide computer-assisted student advising system
  920  established pursuant to s. 1006.73 to assist the adult learner
  921  in using the system.
  922         (c) Use the streamlined, automated, online admissions
  923  application process for transient students established pursuant
  924  to s. 1006.73. The Complete Florida Degree Program pilot project
  925  shall identify any additional admissions and registration
  926  policies and practices that could be further streamlined and
  927  automated for purposes of assisting the adult learner.
  928         (d) Use existing and, if necessary, develop new competency
  929  based instructional and evaluation tools to assess prior
  930  performance, experience, and education for the award of college
  931  credit in order to reduce the time required for adult learners
  932  to complete their degrees. The tools may include the use of the
  933  American Council on Education’s collaborative link between the
  934  United States Department of Defense and higher education through
  935  the review of military training and experiences for the award of
  936  equivalent college credit for members of the United States Armed
  937  Forces.
  938         (e) Develop and implement an evaluation process that
  939  collects, analyzes, and provides to the participating
  940  postsecondary education institutions, the chairs of the
  941  legislative appropriations committees, and the Executive Office
  942  of the Governor information on the effectiveness of the program
  943  pilot project and the attainment of its goals. Such a process
  944  must shall include a management information system that collects
  945  the appropriate student, programmatic, and fiscal data necessary
  946  to complete the evaluation of the program pilot project.
  947  Institutions involved in the program pilot project shall also
  948  collect job placement and employment data on the adult learners
  949  who have completed their degrees as a result of the program
  950  pilot project.
  951         (f) Develop and implement a statewide marketing campaign
  952  targeted toward recruiting adult learners, particularly veterans
  953  and active duty members of the United States Armed Forces, for
  954  enrollment in the degree programs offered through the program
  955  pilot project.
  956         (6) For purposes of the Complete Florida Degree Program
  957  pilot project, each institution’s current tuition and fee
  958  structure shall be used. However, all participating institutions
  959  shall collaboratively identify the applicable cost components
  960  involved in the development and delivery of distance learning
  961  courses, collect information on these cost components, and
  962  submit the information to the Florida Virtual Campus. The
  963  chancellors of the Florida College System. The chancellors and
  964  the State University System shall submit a report to the chairs
  965  of the legislative appropriations committees no later than
  966  December 31, 2014 2013, on the need for a differentiated tuition
  967  and fee structure for the development and delivery of distance
  968  learning courses.
  969         (7) The University of West Florida, in collaboration with
  970  its partners the University of South Florida, Florida State
  971  College at Jacksonville, and St. Petersburg College, shall
  972  submit to the chairs of the legislative appropriations
  973  committees no later than September 1, 2013 June 1, 2012, a
  974  detailed project plan that defines the major work activities,
  975  student eligibility criteria, timeline, and cost for
  976  implementing the Complete Florida Degree Program pilot project.
  977         (8) The University of West Florida, in collaboration with
  978  the University of South Florida, Florida State College at
  979  Jacksonville, and St. Petersburg College, shall develop and
  980  implement a transition plan that transfers the administration of
  981  the pilot project to the Florida Virtual Campus no later than
  982  June 30, 2013.
  983         Section 11. Subsection (3) of section 1007.23, Florida
  984  Statutes, is amended to read:
  985         1007.23 Statewide articulation agreement.—
  986         (3) To improve articulation and reduce excess credit hours,
  987  beginning with students initially entering a Florida College
  988  System institution in 2013-2014 and thereafter, the articulation
  989  agreement must require each student who is seeking an associate
  990  in arts degree to indicate a baccalaureate degree program
  991  offered by an institution of interest by the time the student
  992  earns 36 30 semester hours. The institution in which the student
  993  is enrolled shall inform the student of the prerequisites for
  994  the baccalaureate degree program offered by an institution of
  995  interest.
  996         Section 12. Subsections (3), (6), (7), (8), and (10) of
  997  section 1007.25, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  998         1007.25 General education courses; common prerequisites;
  999  other degree requirements.—
 1000         (3) The chair of the State Board of Education and the chair
 1001  of the Board of Governors, or their designees, shall jointly
 1002  appoint faculty committees to identify statewide general
 1003  education core course options. General education core course
 1004  options must shall consist of a maximum of five courses within
 1005  each of the subject areas of communication, mathematics, social
 1006  sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. Each general
 1007  education core course option must contain high-level academic
 1008  and critical thinking skills and common competencies that
 1009  students must demonstrate to successfully complete the course.
 1010  Beginning with students initially entering a Florida College
 1011  System institution or state university in 2015-2016 2014-2015
 1012  and thereafter, each student must complete at least one
 1013  identified core course in each subject area as part of the
 1014  general education course requirements. All public postsecondary
 1015  educational institutions shall offer and accept these courses as
 1016  meeting general education core course requirements. The
 1017  remaining general education course requirements shall be
 1018  identified by each institution and reported to the department by
 1019  their statewide course number. The general education core course
 1020  options shall be adopted in rule by the State Board of Education
 1021  and in regulation by the Board of Governors. Additional core
 1022  course options may be approved by the State Board of Education
 1023  and the Board of Governors if recommended by the subject area
 1024  faculty committee and approved by the Articulation Coordinating
 1025  Committee, as necessary for a subject area.
 1026         (6) The universities and Florida College System
 1027  institutions shall work with their respective school districts
 1028  to ensure that high school curricula coordinate with the general
 1029  education curricula and to prepare students for college-level
 1030  work. General education curricula for associate in arts programs
 1031  shall be identified by each institution and, beginning with
 1032  students initially entering a Florida College System institution
 1033  or state university in 2014-2015 and thereafter, shall include
 1034  36 30 semester hours in the subject areas of communication,
 1035  mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences.
 1036         (7) An associate in arts degree may not shall require no
 1037  more than 60 semester hours of college credit and must,
 1038  beginning with students initially entering a Florida College
 1039  System institution or state university in 2014-2015 and
 1040  thereafter, include 36 30 semester hours of general education
 1041  coursework. Beginning with students initially entering a Florida
 1042  College System institution or state university in 2014-2015 and
 1043  thereafter, coursework for an associate in arts degree must
 1044  include and demonstration of competency in a foreign language
 1045  pursuant to s. 1007.262. Except for developmental education
 1046  provided college-preparatory coursework required pursuant to s.
 1047  1008.30, all required coursework counts shall count toward the
 1048  associate in arts degree or the baccalaureate degree.
 1049         (8) A baccalaureate degree program shall require no more
 1050  than 120 semester hours of college credit and, beginning with
 1051  students initially entering a Florida College System institution
 1052  or state university in 2014-2015 and thereafter, include 36 30
 1053  semester hours of general education coursework, unless prior
 1054  approval has been granted by the Board of Governors for
 1055  baccalaureate degree programs offered by state universities and
 1056  by the State Board of Education for baccalaureate degree
 1057  programs offered by Florida College System institutions.
 1058         (10) Students at state universities may request associate
 1059  in arts certificates if they have successfully completed the
 1060  minimum requirements for the degree of associate in arts (A.A.).
 1061  The university must grant the student an associate in arts
 1062  degree if the student has successfully completed minimum
 1063  requirements for college-level communication and computation
 1064  skills adopted by the State Board of Education and 60 academic
 1065  semester hours or the equivalent within a degree program area
 1066  and including 36, beginning with students initially entering a
 1067  Florida College System institution or state university in 2014
 1068  2015 and thereafter, include 30 semester hours in general
 1069  education courses in the subject areas of communication,
 1070  mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences,
 1071  consistent with the general education requirements specified in
 1072  the articulation agreement pursuant to s. 1007.23.
 1073         Section 13. Section 1007.263, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1074  to read:
 1075         1007.263 Florida College System institutions; admissions of
 1076  students.—Each Florida College System institution board of
 1077  trustees may is authorized to adopt rules governing admissions
 1078  of students subject to this section and rules of the State Board
 1079  of Education. These rules must shall include the following:
 1080         (1) Admissions counseling must shall be provided to all
 1081  students entering college or career credit programs. Counseling
 1082  must use shall utilize tests to measure achievement of college
 1083  level communication and computation competencies by all students
 1084  entering college credit programs or tests to measure achievement
 1085  of basic skills for career education programs as prescribed in
 1086  s. 1004.91. Counseling includes providing developmental
 1087  education options for students whose assessment results,
 1088  determined under s. 1008.30, indicate that they need to improve
 1089  communication or computation skills that are essential to
 1090  perform college-level work.
 1091         (2) Admission to associate degree programs is subject to
 1092  minimum standards adopted by the State Board of Education and
 1093  requires shall require:
 1094         (a) A standard high school diploma, a high school
 1095  equivalency diploma as prescribed in s. 1003.435, previously
 1096  demonstrated competency in college credit postsecondary
 1097  coursework, or, in the case of a student who is home educated, a
 1098  signed affidavit submitted by the student’s parent or legal
 1099  guardian attesting that the student has completed a home
 1100  education program pursuant to the requirements of s. 1002.41.
 1101  Students who are enrolled in a dual enrollment or early
 1102  admission program pursuant to s. 1007.271 are exempt from this
 1103  requirement.
 1104         (b) A demonstrated level of achievement of college-level
 1105  communication and computation skills.
 1106         (c) Any other requirements established by the board of
 1107  trustees.
 1108         (3) Admission to other programs within the Florida College
 1109  System institution must shall include education requirements as
 1110  established by the board of trustees.
 1111         (4) A student who has been awarded a special diploma as
 1112  defined in s. 1003.438 or a certificate of completion as defined
 1113  in s. 1003.43(10) is eligible to enroll in certificate career
 1114  education programs.
 1115         (5) A student who has with a documented disability may be
 1116  eligible for reasonable substitutions, as prescribed in ss.
 1117  1007.264 and 1007.265.
 1118  
 1119  Each board of trustees shall establish policies that notify
 1120  students about developmental education options for improving
 1121  their communication or computation skills that are essential to
 1122  performing college-level work, including tutoring, extended time
 1123  in gateway courses, free online courses and place students into,
 1124  adult basic education, adult secondary education, or other
 1125  instructional programs that provide students with alternatives
 1126  to traditional college-preparatory instruction, including
 1127  private provider instruction. A student is prohibited from
 1128  enrolling in additional college-level courses until the student
 1129  scores above the cut-score on all sections of the common
 1130  placement test.
 1131         Section 14. Subsections (2) and (14) of section 1007.271,
 1132  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1133         1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.—
 1134         (2) For the purpose of this section, an eligible secondary
 1135  student is a student who is enrolled in a Florida public
 1136  secondary school or in a Florida private secondary school which
 1137  is in compliance with s. 1002.42(2) and provides a secondary
 1138  curriculum pursuant to s. 1003.428, s. 1003.429, or s. 1003.43.
 1139  Students who are eligible for dual enrollment pursuant to this
 1140  section may enroll in dual enrollment courses conducted during
 1141  school hours, after school hours, and during the summer term.
 1142  However, if the student is projected to graduate from high
 1143  school before the scheduled completion date of a postsecondary
 1144  course, the student may not register for that course through
 1145  dual enrollment. The student may apply to the postsecondary
 1146  institution and pay the required registration, tuition, and fees
 1147  if the student meets the postsecondary institution’s admissions
 1148  requirements under s. 1007.263. Instructional time for dual
 1149  enrollment may vary from 900 hours; however, the school district
 1150  may only report the student for a maximum of 1.0 FTE, as
 1151  provided in s. 1011.61(4). Any student enrolled as a dual
 1152  enrollment student is exempt from the payment of registration,
 1153  tuition, and laboratory fees. Vocational-preparatory
 1154  instruction, developmental education college-preparatory
 1155  instruction, and other forms of precollegiate instruction, as
 1156  well as physical education courses that focus on the physical
 1157  execution of a skill rather than the intellectual attributes of
 1158  the activity, are ineligible for inclusion in the dual
 1159  enrollment program. Recreation and leisure studies courses shall
 1160  be evaluated individually in the same manner as physical
 1161  education courses for potential inclusion in the program.
 1162         (14) The Department of Education shall approve any course
 1163  for inclusion in the dual enrollment program that is contained
 1164  within the statewide course numbering system. However,
 1165  developmental education college-preparatory and other forms of
 1166  precollegiate instruction, and physical education and other
 1167  courses that focus on the physical execution of a skill rather
 1168  than the intellectual attributes of the activity, may not be so
 1169  approved but must be evaluated individually for potential
 1170  inclusion in the dual enrollment program. This subsection may
 1171  not be construed to mean that an independent postsecondary
 1172  institution eligible for inclusion in a dual enrollment or early
 1173  admission program pursuant to s. 1011.62 must participate in the
 1174  statewide course numbering system developed pursuant to s.
 1175  1007.24 to participate in a dual enrollment program.
 1176         Section 15. Section 1008.02, Florida Statutes, is created
 1177  to read:
 1178         1008.02Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
 1179         (1)“Accelerated course structure” means a course or strand
 1180  of study that accelerates the progress of students in
 1181  developmental education through self-paced attainment of
 1182  specific skills.
 1183         (2)“Corequisite education” means developmental education
 1184  that is deployed through a variety of classroom, online, or
 1185  blended instructional strategies and offered concurrently with
 1186  college credit instruction. The term includes, but is not
 1187  limited to:
 1188         (a)Compressed or modularized instruction or coaching that
 1189  supplements credit instruction.
 1190         (b)Embedded content in a modified or extended credit
 1191  bearing course intended to contextualize or accelerate credit
 1192  attainment.
 1193         (3)“Developmental education” means instruction through
 1194  which a high school graduate who applies for any college credit
 1195  program may attain the communication and computation skills
 1196  necessary to successfully complete college credit instruction.
 1197  Developmental education may not be offered as a noncredit course
 1198  for which a student pays tuition but must be offered corequisite
 1199  to a gateway course.
 1200         (4)“Gateway course” means the first course that provides
 1201  transferable, college-level credit allowing students to progress
 1202  in their program of study.
 1203         (5)“Mastery-based education” means customized, targeted
 1204  instruction that addresses specific skills gaps.
 1205         (6)“Meta-major” means a collection of programs of study or
 1206  academic discipline groupings that share common foundational
 1207  skills.
 1208         Section 16. Section 1008.30, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1209  to read:
 1210         1008.30 Common placement testing for public postsecondary
 1211  education.—
 1212         (1) The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the
 1213  Board of Governors, shall develop and implement a common
 1214  placement test for the purpose of assessing the basic
 1215  computation and communication skills of students who intend to
 1216  enter a degree program at any public postsecondary educational
 1217  institution. Alternative assessments that may be accepted in
 1218  lieu of the common placement test shall also be identified in
 1219  rule. Public postsecondary educational institutions shall
 1220  provide appropriate modifications of the test instruments or
 1221  test procedures for students with disabilities.
 1222         (2) By October 1, 2013, the State Board of Education in
 1223  conjunction with the Board of Governors shall approve a series
 1224  of meta-majors, academic pathways, and degree maps that identify
 1225  the gateway courses required for success in each meta-major.
 1226  Results from the common placement test, the alternative
 1227  assessments that may be used in lieu of the common placement
 1228  test, and achievements that may be considered by institutional
 1229  boards of trustees, as adopted by state board rule, shall be
 1230  used to diagnose a student’s readiness for his or her chosen
 1231  meta-major and to provide academic counseling to the student
 1232  concerning options for attaining the necessary skills through
 1233  developmental education while enrolled in credit courses.
 1234         (3)(2) The common placement testing program must shall
 1235  include at a minimum the following: the capacity to diagnose
 1236  basic competencies in the areas of English, reading, and
 1237  mathematics which are essential for success in meta-majors and
 1238  to provide to perform college-level work; prerequisite skills
 1239  that relate to progressively advanced instruction in
 1240  mathematics, such as algebra and geometry; prerequisite skills
 1241  that relate to progressively advanced instruction in language
 1242  arts, such as English composition and literature; and provision
 1243  of test information to students on the specific skills the
 1244  student needs to attain deficiencies.
 1245         (4)(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that
 1246  require high schools to evaluate before the beginning of grade
 1247  12 the college readiness of each student who scores at Level 2
 1248  or Level 3 on the reading portion of the grade 10 FCAT Reading
 1249  or Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 on the Algebra I mathematics
 1250  assessments under s. 1008.22 s. 1008.22(3)(c). High schools
 1251  shall perform this evaluation using results from the
 1252  corresponding component of the common placement test prescribed
 1253  in this section, or an alternative equivalent test identified by
 1254  the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall
 1255  identify in rule the assessments necessary to perform the
 1256  evaluations required by this subsection and shall work with the
 1257  school districts to administer the assessments. The State Board
 1258  of Education shall establish by rule the minimum test scores a
 1259  student must achieve to demonstrate readiness. Students who
 1260  demonstrate readiness by achieving the minimum test scores
 1261  established by the state board and enroll in a Florida College
 1262  System institution within 2 years of achieving such scores shall
 1263  not be required to retest or enroll in remediation when admitted
 1264  to any Florida College System institution. The high school shall
 1265  use the results of the test to advise the students of any
 1266  identified deficiencies and to provide 12th grade students, and
 1267  require them to complete, appropriate postsecondary preparatory
 1268  instruction prior to high school graduation. The curriculum
 1269  provided under this subsection shall be identified in rule by
 1270  the State Board of Education and encompass Florida’s
 1271  Postsecondary Readiness Competencies. Other elective courses may
 1272  not be substituted for the selected postsecondary reading,
 1273  mathematics, or writing preparatory course unless the elective
 1274  course covers the same competencies included in the
 1275  postsecondary reading, mathematics, or writing, or English
 1276  language arts preparatory course.
 1277         (5)(4)(a)The State Board of Education shall establish by
 1278  rule the test scores a student must achieve to demonstrate
 1279  readiness to perform college-level work. Students who
 1280  demonstrate readiness by achieving or exceeding the test scores
 1281  established by the state board and enroll in a Florida College
 1282  System institution within 2 years after achieving such scores
 1283  may not be required to retest or complete developmental
 1284  education when admitted to any Florida College System
 1285  institution. Students who have been identified as requiring
 1286  additional preparation pursuant to subsection (1) shall enroll
 1287  in college-preparatory or other adult education pursuant to s.
 1288  1004.93 in Florida College System institutions to develop needed
 1289  college-entry skills. The State Board of Education shall specify
 1290  by rule provisions for alternative remediation opportunities and
 1291  retesting policies. These students shall be permitted to take
 1292  courses within their degree program concurrently in other
 1293  curriculum areas for which they are qualified while enrolled in
 1294  college-preparatory instruction courses. A student enrolled in a
 1295  college-preparatory course may concurrently enroll only in
 1296  college credit courses that do not require the skills addressed
 1297  in the college-preparatory course. A degree-seeking student who
 1298  is required to complete a college-preparatory course must
 1299  successfully complete the required college-preparatory studies
 1300  by the time the student has accumulated 12 hours of lower
 1301  division college credit degree coursework; however, a student
 1302  may continue enrollment in degree-earning coursework provided
 1303  the student maintains enrollment in college-preparatory
 1304  coursework for each subsequent semester until college
 1305  preparatory coursework requirements are completed, and provided
 1306  the student demonstrates satisfactory performance in degree
 1307  earning coursework. A student who has accumulated 12 college
 1308  credit hours and has not yet demonstrated proficiency in the
 1309  basic competency areas of reading, writing, and mathematics must
 1310  be advised in writing of the requirements for associate degree
 1311  completion and state university admission, including information
 1312  about future financial aid eligibility and the potential costs
 1313  of accumulating excessive college credit as described in s.
 1314  1009.286. Before a student is considered to have met basic
 1315  computation and communication skills requirements, the student
 1316  must demonstrate successful mastery of the required
 1317  developmental education competencies as defined in State Board
 1318  of Education rule. Credit awarded for college-preparatory
 1319  instruction may not be counted toward fulfilling the number of
 1320  credits required for a degree.
 1321         (6)(b) A university board of trustees may contract with a
 1322  Florida College System institution board of trustees for the
 1323  Florida College System institution to provide developmental
 1324  education such instruction on the state university campus. Any
 1325  state university in which the percentage of incoming students
 1326  requiring developmental education college-preparatory
 1327  instruction equals or exceeds the average percentage of such
 1328  students for the Florida College System may offer such
 1329  developmental education college-preparatory instruction without
 1330  contracting with a Florida College System institution; however,
 1331  any state university offering college-preparatory instruction as
 1332  of January 1, 1996, may continue to provide such services.
 1333         (7)(a)(5)The State Board of Education shall adopt rules by
 1334  January 1, 2014, to implement developmental education. The rules
 1335  must include:
 1336         1.Student achievements that may be considered by
 1337  institutional boards, such as performance on college placement
 1338  tests, grade point averages, work history, military experience,
 1339  career interests, degree major declaration, or any combination
 1340  thereof.
 1341         2.Recommended options for students performing at levels
 1342  indicating adult education as an appropriate place for students
 1343  to develop needed college-entry academic skills.
 1344         3.Sufficient flexibility for local professional judgment
 1345  and determinations of appropriate student options for achieving
 1346  necessary skills.
 1347         4.Limits on credit course enrollment for students
 1348  indicating the need for preparatory assistance in two or more
 1349  content areas.
 1350         (b)Local policies and practices set by each Florida
 1351  College System institution board of trustees must outline the
 1352  student achievements considered by the institution for placement
 1353  determinations, identify instructional options available to
 1354  students, and describe student costs and financial aid
 1355  opportunities associated with each instructional option.
 1356  Instructional options must, at a minimum, provide for enrollment
 1357  of a student in a credit course either with or without
 1358  institutionally required corequisite education, mastery-based
 1359  instruction or accelerated pathways for developing skills, or
 1360  enrolling in adult education to attain needed skills, as chosen
 1361  by the student. Policies and practices must specify limits on
 1362  credit course enrollment for students indicating the need for
 1363  preparatory assistance, outline retesting requirements, and
 1364  identify options for students who choose to attain skills in
 1365  adult education when such instruction is not provided by the
 1366  Florida College System institution A student may not be enrolled
 1367  in a college credit mathematics or English course on a dual
 1368  enrollment basis unless the student has demonstrated adequate
 1369  precollegiate preparation on the section of the basic
 1370  computation and communication skills assessment required
 1371  pursuant to subsection (1) that is appropriate for successful
 1372  student participation in the course.
 1373         Section 17. Section 1008.322, Florida Statutes, is created
 1374  to read:
 1375         1008.322 Board of Governors oversight enforcement
 1376  authority.—
 1377         (1) The Board of Governors of the State University System
 1378  shall oversee the performance of state university boards of
 1379  trustees in the enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations.
 1380  State university boards of trustees shall be primarily
 1381  responsible for compliance with laws and Board of Governors’
 1382  rules and regulations.
 1383         (2)The Board of Governors’ constitutional authority to
 1384  operate, regulate, control, and be fully responsible for the
 1385  management of the State University System mandates that the
 1386  state universities comply with all requests by the Board of
 1387  Governors for information, data, and reports. State university
 1388  presidents are responsible for the accuracy of the information
 1389  and data reported to the Board of Governors.
 1390         (3)The Chancellor of the State University System may
 1391  investigate allegations of noncompliance with law or Board of
 1392  Governors’ rule or regulation and determine probable cause. The
 1393  chancellor shall report determinations of probable cause to the
 1394  Board of Governors, which may require the university board of
 1395  trustees to document compliance with law or Board of Governors’
 1396  rule or regulation.
 1397         (4)If the university board of trustees cannot
 1398  satisfactorily document compliance, the Board of Governors may
 1399  order compliance within a specified timeframe.
 1400         (5)If the Board of Governors determines that a state
 1401  university board of trustees is unwilling or unable to comply
 1402  with law or Board of Governors’ rule or regulation or an audit
 1403  recommendation within the specified time, the Board of
 1404  Governors, in addition to actions constitutionally authorized,
 1405  may initiate any of the following actions:
 1406         (a)Withhold the transfer of state funds, discretionary
 1407  grant funds, discretionary lottery funds, or any other funds
 1408  appropriated to the Board of Governors by the Legislature for
 1409  disbursement to the state university until the university
 1410  complies with the law or Board of Governors’ rule or regulation.
 1411         (b)Declare the state university ineligible for competitive
 1412  grants disbursed by the Board of Governors.
 1413         (c)Require monthly or periodic reporting on the situation
 1414  related to noncompliance until it is remedied.
 1415         (d)Report to the Legislature that the state university is
 1416  unwilling or unable to comply with law or Board of Governors’
 1417  rule or regulation and recommend action to be taken by the
 1418  Legislature.
 1419         (6) This section does not create a private cause of action
 1420  or create any rights for individuals or entities in addition to
 1421  those provided elsewhere in law, rule, or regulation.
 1422         Section 18. Subsection (3) of section 1008.34, Florida
 1423  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1424         1008.34 School grading system; school report cards;
 1425  district grade.—
 1426         (3) DESIGNATION OF SCHOOL GRADES.—
 1427         (a) Each school that has students who are tested and
 1428  included in the school grading system shall receive a school
 1429  grade, except as follows:
 1430         1. A school shall not receive a school grade if the number
 1431  of its students tested and included in the school grading system
 1432  is less than the minimum sample size necessary, based on
 1433  accepted professional practice, for statistical reliability and
 1434  prevention of the unlawful release of personally identifiable
 1435  student data under s. 1002.22 or 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g.
 1436         2. An alternative school may choose to receive a school
 1437  grade under this section or a school improvement rating under s.
 1438  1008.341. For charter schools that meet the definition of an
 1439  alternative school pursuant to State Board of Education rule,
 1440  the decision to receive a school grade is the decision of the
 1441  charter school governing board.
 1442         3. A school that serves any combination of students in
 1443  kindergarten through grade 3 which does not receive a school
 1444  grade because its students are not tested and included in the
 1445  school grading system shall receive the school grade designation
 1446  of a K-3 feeder pattern school identified by the Department of
 1447  Education and verified by the school district. A school feeder
 1448  pattern exists if at least 60 percent of the students in the
 1449  school serving a combination of students in kindergarten through
 1450  grade 3 are scheduled to be assigned to the graded school.
 1451         (b)1. A school’s grade shall be based on a combination of:
 1452         a. Student achievement scores, including achievement as
 1453  measured by FCAT assessments under s. 1008.22(3)(c)1.,
 1454  statewide, standardized end-of-course assessments under s.
 1455  1008.22(3)(c)2.a. and b., and achievement scores for students
 1456  seeking a special diploma.
 1457         b. Student learning gains in reading and mathematics as
 1458  measured by FCAT and statewide, standardized end-of-course
 1459  assessments, as described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)1. and 2.a.,
 1460  including learning gains for students seeking a special diploma,
 1461  as measured by an alternate assessment.
 1462         c. Improvement of the lowest 25th percentile of students in
 1463  the school in reading and mathematics on the FCAT or end-of
 1464  course assessments described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.a., unless
 1465  these students are exhibiting satisfactory performance.
 1466         2. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, for schools
 1467  comprised of middle school grades 6 through 8 or grades 7 and 8,
 1468  the school’s grade shall include the performance and
 1469  participation of its students enrolled in high school level
 1470  courses with end-of-course assessments administered under s.
 1471  1008.22(3)(c)2.a. Performance and participation must be weighted
 1472  equally, except that added weight must be given to students who
 1473  participate as a component of a certified schoolwide college
 1474  readiness system that includes enrollment in an elective class
 1475  recognized in the Course Code Directory and designed to provide
 1476  students who are taking college preparatory or advanced courses
 1477  with academic instruction and other support. As valid data
 1478  becomes available, the school grades shall include the students’
 1479  attainment of national industry certification identified in the
 1480  Industry Certification Funding List pursuant to rules adopted by
 1481  the state board.
 1482         3. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year for schools
 1483  comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10,
 1484  11, and 12, at least 50 percent of the school grade shall be
 1485  based on a combination of the factors listed in sub
 1486  subparagraphs 1.a.-c. and the remaining percentage on the
 1487  following factors:
 1488         a. The high school graduation rate of the school;
 1489         b. As valid data becomes available, the performance and
 1490  participation of the school’s students in College Board Advanced
 1491  Placement courses, International Baccalaureate courses, dual
 1492  enrollment courses, and Advanced International Certificate of
 1493  Education courses; and the students’ achievement of national
 1494  industry certification identified in the Industry Certification
 1495  Funding List, pursuant to rules adopted by the state board;
 1496         c. Postsecondary readiness of all of the school’s on-time
 1497  graduates as measured by the SAT, the ACT, the Postsecondary
 1498  Education Readiness Test, or the common placement test;
 1499         d. The high school graduation rate of at-risk students, who
 1500  are students scoring at Level 1 or Level 2 on grade 8 FCAT
 1501  Reading and FCAT Mathematics;
 1502         e. As valid data becomes available, the performance of the
 1503  school’s students on statewide, standardized end-of-course
 1504  assessments administered under s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.c. and d.; and
 1505         f. The growth or decline in the components listed in sub
 1506  subparagraphs a.-e. from year to year.
 1507         (c) Student assessment data used in determining school
 1508  grades shall include:
 1509         1. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
 1510  in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT and statewide,
 1511  standardized end-of-course assessments in courses required for
 1512  high school graduation, including, beginning with the 2011-2012
 1513  school year, the end-of-course assessment in Algebra I; and
 1514  beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the end-of-course
 1515  assessments in geometry and Biology I; and beginning with the
 1516  2014-2015 school year, on the statewide, standardized end-of
 1517  course assessment in civics education at the middle school
 1518  level.
 1519         2. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
 1520  in the school who have been assessed on the FCAT and statewide,
 1521  standardized end-of-course assessments as described in s.
 1522  1008.22(3)(c)2.a., and who have scored at or in the lowest 25th
 1523  percentile of students in the school in reading and mathematics,
 1524  unless these students are exhibiting satisfactory performance.
 1525         3. The achievement scores and learning gains of eligible
 1526  students attending alternative schools that provide dropout
 1527  prevention and academic intervention services pursuant to s.
 1528  1003.53. The term “eligible students” in this subparagraph does
 1529  not include students attending an alternative school who are
 1530  subject to district school board policies for expulsion for
 1531  repeated or serious offenses, who are in dropout retrieval
 1532  programs serving students who have officially been designated as
 1533  dropouts, or who are in programs operated or contracted by the
 1534  Department of Juvenile Justice. The student performance data for
 1535  eligible students identified in this subparagraph shall be
 1536  included in the calculation of the home school’s grade. As used
 1537  in this subparagraph and s. 1008.341, the term “home school”
 1538  means the school to which the student would be assigned if the
 1539  student were not assigned to an alternative school. If an
 1540  alternative school chooses to be graded under this section,
 1541  student performance data for eligible students identified in
 1542  this subparagraph shall not be included in the home school’s
 1543  grade but shall be included only in the calculation of the
 1544  alternative school’s grade. A school district that fails to
 1545  assign the FCAT and statewide, standardized end-of-course
 1546  assessment as described in s. 1008.22(3)(c)2.a. scores of each
 1547  of its students to his or her home school or to the alternative
 1548  school that receives a grade shall forfeit Florida School
 1549  Recognition Program funds for 1 fiscal year. School districts
 1550  must require collaboration between the home school and the
 1551  alternative school in order to promote student success. This
 1552  collaboration must include an annual discussion between the
 1553  principal of the alternative school and the principal of each
 1554  student’s home school concerning the most appropriate school
 1555  assignment of the student.
 1556         4. The achievement scores and learning gains of students
 1557  designated as hospital- or homebound. Student assessment data
 1558  for students designated as hospital- or homebound shall be
 1559  assigned to their home school for the purposes of school grades.
 1560  As used in this subparagraph, the term “home school” means the
 1561  school to which a student would be assigned if the student were
 1562  not assigned to a hospital- or homebound program.
 1563         5. For schools comprised of high school grades 9, 10, 11,
 1564  and 12, or grades 10, 11, and 12, the data listed in
 1565  subparagraphs 1.-3. and the following data as the Department of
 1566  Education determines such data are valid and available:
 1567         a. The high school graduation rate of the school as
 1568  calculated by the department;
 1569         b. The participation rate of all eligible students enrolled
 1570  in the school and enrolled in College Board Advanced Placement
 1571  courses; International Baccalaureate courses; dual enrollment
 1572  courses; Advanced International Certificate of Education
 1573  courses; and courses or sequences of courses leading to national
 1574  industry certification identified in the Industry Certification
 1575  Funding List, pursuant to rules adopted by the State Board of
 1576  Education;
 1577         c. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
 1578  in the school in College Board Advanced Placement courses,
 1579  International Baccalaureate courses, and Advanced International
 1580  Certificate of Education courses;
 1581         d. Earning of college credit by all eligible students
 1582  enrolled in the school in dual enrollment programs under s.
 1583  1007.271;
 1584         e. Earning of a national industry certification identified
 1585  in the Industry Certification Funding List, pursuant to rules
 1586  adopted by the State Board of Education;
 1587         f. The aggregate scores of all eligible students enrolled
 1588  in the school in reading, mathematics, and other subjects as
 1589  measured by the SAT, the ACT, the Postsecondary Education
 1590  Readiness Test, and the common placement test for postsecondary
 1591  readiness;
 1592         g. The high school graduation rate of all eligible at-risk
 1593  students enrolled in the school who scored at Level 2 or lower
 1594  on grade 8 FCAT Reading and FCAT Mathematics;
 1595         h. The performance of the school’s students on statewide,
 1596  standardized end-of-course assessments administered under s.
 1597  1008.22(3)(c)2.c. and d.; and
 1598         i. The growth or decline in the data components listed in
 1599  sub-subparagraphs a.-h. from year to year.
 1600  
 1601  The State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate criteria
 1602  for each school grade. The criteria must also give added weight
 1603  to student achievement in reading and for students who
 1604  participate in rigorous courses as described in sub-subparagraph
 1605  5.b. as a part of a schoolwide college readiness system that
 1606  includes enrollment in an elective class recognized in the
 1607  Course Code Directory and designed to provide students who are
 1608  taking college preparatory or advanced courses with academic
 1609  instruction and other support. Schools earning a grade of “C,”
 1610  making satisfactory progress, shall be required to demonstrate
 1611  that adequate progress has been made by students in the school
 1612  who are in the lowest 25th percentile in reading and mathematics
 1613  on the FCAT and end-of-course assessments as described in s.
 1614  1008.22(3)(c)2.a., unless these students are exhibiting
 1615  satisfactory performance. For schools comprised of high school
 1616  grades 9, 10, 11, and 12, or grades 10, 11, and 12, the criteria
 1617  for school grades must also give added weight to the graduation
 1618  rate of all eligible at-risk students. In order for a high
 1619  school to earn a grade of “A,” the school must demonstrate that
 1620  its at-risk students, as defined in this paragraph, are making
 1621  adequate progress.
 1622         Section 19. Subsection (2) of section 1008.37, Florida
 1623  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1624         1008.37 Postsecondary feedback of information to high
 1625  schools.—
 1626         (2) No later than November 30 of each year, the
 1627  Commissioner of Education shall report, by high school, to the
 1628  State Board of Education, the Board of Governors, and the
 1629  Legislature, no later than November 30 of each year, on the
 1630  number of prior-year prior year Florida high school graduates
 1631  who enrolled for the first time in public postsecondary
 1632  education in this state during the previous summer, fall, or
 1633  spring term. The report must include, indicating the number of
 1634  students whose scores on the common placement test that is
 1635  required under s. 1008.30, indicate indicated the need to attain
 1636  communication and computation skills through developmental
 1637  education options offered by a public postsecondary institution
 1638  or through for remediation through college-preparatory or
 1639  vocational-preparatory instruction pursuant to s. 1004.91 or s.
 1640  1008.30.
 1641         Section 20. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
 1642  1009.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1643         1009.22 Workforce education postsecondary student fees.—
 1644         (3)(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, fees for
 1645  students who are nonresidents for tuition purposes must offset
 1646  the full cost of instruction. Residency of students shall be
 1647  determined as required in s. 1009.21. Fee-nonexempt students
 1648  enrolled in vocational-preparatory instruction shall be charged
 1649  fees equal to the fees charged for adult general education
 1650  programs. Each Florida College System institution that conducts
 1651  college-preparatory and vocational-preparatory instruction in
 1652  the same class section may charge a single fee for both types of
 1653  instruction.
 1654         Section 21. Subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection
 1655  (3), and subsection (10) of section 1009.23, Florida Statutes,
 1656  are amended to read:
 1657         1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.—
 1658         (1) Unless otherwise provided, this section applies only to
 1659  fees charged for college credit instruction leading to an
 1660  associate in arts degree, an associate in applied science
 1661  degree, an associate in science degree, or a baccalaureate
 1662  degree authorized pursuant to s. 1007.33, for developmental
 1663  education noncollege credit college-preparatory courses defined
 1664  in s. 1004.02, and for educator preparation institute programs
 1665  defined in s. 1004.85.
 1666         (3)(a) Effective July 1, 2011, for advanced and
 1667  professional, postsecondary vocational, college preparatory, and
 1668  educator preparation institute programs, the standard tuition is
 1669  shall be $68.56 per credit hour for residents and nonresidents,
 1670  and the out-of-state fee is shall be $205.82 per credit hour.
 1671         (10) Each Florida College System institution board of
 1672  trustees is authorized to establish a separate fee for
 1673  technology, which may not exceed 5 percent of tuition per credit
 1674  hour or credit-hour equivalent for resident students and may not
 1675  exceed 5 percent of tuition and the out-of-state fee per credit
 1676  hour or credit-hour equivalent for nonresident students.
 1677  Revenues generated from the technology fee shall be used to
 1678  enhance instructional technology resources for students and
 1679  faculty. The technology fee may apply to both college credit and
 1680  college-preparatory instruction and shall not be included in any
 1681  award under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
 1682  Fifty percent of technology fee revenues may be pledged by a
 1683  Florida College System institution board of trustees as a
 1684  dedicated revenue source for the repayment of debt, including
 1685  lease-purchase agreements, not to exceed the useful life of the
 1686  asset being financed. Revenues generated from the technology fee
 1687  may not be bonded.
 1688         Section 22. Subsection (11) is added to section 1009.26,
 1689  Florida Statutes, to read:
 1690         1009.26 Fee waivers.—
 1691         (11) A Florida College System institution that offers a
 1692  baccalaureate degree for state residents for which the cost of
 1693  tuition and specified fees does not exceed $10,000 for the
 1694  entire degree program may waive any portion or all of the
 1695  following fees for that degree: tuition, the activity and
 1696  service fee, the financial aid fee, the technology fee, the
 1697  capital improvement fee, and the distance-learning fee. The
 1698  Legislature encourages colleges to include at least one industry
 1699  certification from the Postsecondary Industry Certification
 1700  Funding List in a degree program for which such waivers are
 1701  granted.
 1702         Section 23. Section 1009.28, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
 1703         Section 24. Section 1009.285, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1704  to read:
 1705         1009.285 Fees for repeated enrollment in college-credit
 1706  courses.—A student enrolled in the same undergraduate college
 1707  credit course more than once, except for students enrolled in a
 1708  gateway course for an extended period of time under s. 1008.30,
 1709  must twice shall pay tuition at 100 percent of the full cost of
 1710  instruction, and may not be and shall not be included in
 1711  calculations of full-time equivalent enrollments for state
 1712  funding purposes. However, students who withdraw or fail a class
 1713  due to extenuating circumstances may be granted an exception
 1714  only once for each class if, provided that approval is granted
 1715  according to policy established by the Florida College System
 1716  institution board of trustees or the university board of
 1717  trustees. Each Florida College System institution and state
 1718  university may review and reduce fees paid by students due to
 1719  continued enrollment in a college-credit class on an individual
 1720  basis contingent upon the student’s financial hardship. For
 1721  purposes of this section, first-time enrollment in a class means
 1722  shall mean enrollment in a class beginning fall semester 1997,
 1723  and calculations of the full cost of instruction is shall be
 1724  based on the systemwide average of the prior year’s cost of
 1725  undergraduate programs for the Florida College System
 1726  institutions and the state universities. Boards of trustees may
 1727  make exceptions to this section for individualized study,
 1728  elective coursework, courses that are repeated as a requirement
 1729  of a major, and courses that are intended as continuing over
 1730  multiple semesters, excluding the repeat of coursework more than
 1731  once two times to increase grade point average or meet minimum
 1732  course grade requirements.
 1733         Section 25. Paragraph (g) of subsection (4) of section
 1734  1009.286, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1735         1009.286 Additional student payment for hours exceeding
 1736  baccalaureate degree program completion requirements at state
 1737  universities.—
 1738         (4) For purposes of this section, credit hours earned under
 1739  the following circumstances are not calculated as hours required
 1740  to earn a baccalaureate degree:
 1741         (g) Remedial and English as a Second Language credit hours.
 1742         Section 26. Subsection (3) of section 1009.40, Florida
 1743  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1744         1009.40 General requirements for student eligibility for
 1745  state financial aid awards and tuition assistance grants.—
 1746         (3) Undergraduate students are eligible to receive
 1747  financial aid for a maximum of 8 semesters or 12 quarters.
 1748  However, undergraduate students participating in developmental
 1749  education and college-preparatory instruction, students
 1750  requiring additional time to complete the college-level
 1751  communication and computation skills testing programs, or
 1752  students enrolled in a 5-year undergraduate degree program are
 1753  eligible to receive financial aid for a maximum of 10 semesters
 1754  or 15 quarters.
 1755         Section 27. Subsection (10) of section 1009.53, Florida
 1756  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1757         1009.53 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.—
 1758         (10) Funds from any scholarship within the Florida Bright
 1759  Futures Scholarship Program may not be used to pay for
 1760  developmental education remedial or college-preparatory
 1761  coursework.
 1762         Section 28. Subsection (7) of section 1009.531, Florida
 1763  Statutes, is repealed.
 1764         Section 29. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsection
 1765  (5) of section 1011.84, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1766         1011.84 Procedure for determining state financial support
 1767  and annual apportionment of state funds to each Florida College
 1768  System institution district.—The procedure for determining state
 1769  financial support and the annual apportionment to each Florida
 1770  College System institution district authorized to operate a
 1771  Florida College System institution under the provisions of s.
 1772  1001.61 shall be as follows:
 1773         (1) DETERMINING THE AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FLORIDA
 1774  COLLEGE SYSTEM PROGRAM FUND FOR THE CURRENT OPERATING PROGRAM.—
 1775         (b) The allocation of funds for Florida College System
 1776  institutions is shall be based on advanced and professional
 1777  disciplines, developmental education college-preparatory
 1778  programs, and other programs for adults funded pursuant to s.
 1779  1011.80.
 1780         (5) REPORT OF DEVELOPMENTAL REMEDIAL EDUCATION.—Each
 1781  Florida College System institution board of trustees shall
 1782  report, as a separate item in its annual cost accounting system,
 1783  the volume and cost of developmental education options provided
 1784  to help students attain the communication and computation skills
 1785  that are essential for college-level work pursuant to s. 1008.30
 1786  remedial education activities as a separate item in its annual
 1787  cost accounting system.
 1788         Section 30. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.