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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 amending s. 1001.02, F.S.; requiring the State Board
7 of Education to specify the college credit courses
8 that may be taken by Florida College System
9 institution students who are concurrently
10 participating in developmental education; requiring
11 the State Board of Education to establish the tuition
12 and out-of-state fees for certain credit instruction,
13 rather than college-preparatory instruction; revising
14 the minimum standards, definitions, and guidelines
15 that the State Board of Education must prescribe by
16 rule for Florida College System institutions; amending
17 s. 1001.64, F.S.; authorizing a board of trustees at a
18 Florida College System institution to contract with
19 the board of trustees of a state university for the
20 Florida College System institution to provide
21 developmental education; amending s. 1004.02, F.S.;
22 defining the term “developmental education” as it
23 relates to public postsecondary education; amending s.
24 1004.43, F.S.; transferring oversight of the H. Lee
25 Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute to the
26 Board of Trustees of the University of South Florida;
27 requiring the Board of Trustees to enter into a lease
28 agreement for use of certain land and facilities;
29 providing for the terms of the lease; requiring the
30 University of South Florida and the Florida not-for
31 profit corporation that governs and operates the H.
32 Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute to
33 enter into an agreement to review construction plans
34 and specifications for consistency of certain
35 criteria; revising the membership of the board of
36 directors for the not-for-profit corporation; deleting
37 the requirement that the Board of Governors provide
38 for certain approvals of the articles of incorporation
39 of the not-for-profit corporation and use of land and
40 facilities for certain purposes; requiring the not
41 for-profit corporation to cause to be prepared annual
42 financial audits; requiring the not-for-profit
43 corporation to provide equal employment opportunities;
44 providing for the governance and operation of the
45 facilities if the agreement between the not-for-profit
46 corporation and the Board of Trustees of the
47 University of South Florida, rather than the Board of
48 Governors, is terminated; requiring the chief
49 executive officer to report annually to the Board of
50 Governors on the educational activities of the not
51 for-profit corporation; providing for the creation and
52 duties of an external advisory board; repealing s.
53 1004.58, F.S., relating to the Leadership Board for
54 Applied Research and Public Service; amending s.
55 1004.93, F.S.; deleting provisions relating to the
56 levels and courses of instruction to be funded through
57 the college-preparatory program; amending s. 1007.23,
58 F.S.; revising the number of semester hours in which a
59 student who is seeking an associate in arts degree is
60 required to indicate a baccalaureate degree program;
61 amending s. 1007.25, F.S.; revising general education
62 courses, common prerequisites, and degree
63 requirements; conforming terminology to changes made
64 by the act; amending s. 1007.263, F.S.; revising the
65 rules that the board of trustees of a Florida College
66 System institution may adopt with regard to admissions
67 counseling; requiring each board of trustees to
68 establish policies that notify students about options
69 they may use to attain the communication and
70 computation skills that are essential to perform
71 college-level work; deleting a prohibition against a
72 student’s enrollment in credit courses under certain
73 circumstances; amending s. 1007.271, F.S.; conforming
74 provisions to changes made by the act; creating s.
75 1008.02, F.S.; providing definitions for the purpose
76 of ch. 1008, F.S., relating to assessment and
77 accountability for the K-20 education system; amending
78 s. 1008.30, F.S.; providing that alternative
79 assessments that may be accepted in lieu of the common
80 placement test must be identified in rule; requiring
81 the State Board of Education, in conjunction with the
82 Board of Governors, to approve a series of meta
83 majors, academic pathways, and degree maps that
84 identify the gateway courses required for success in
85 each meta-major; providing requirements for the common
86 placement testing program; requiring the State Board
87 of Education to adopt rules that require high schools
88 to evaluate certain students for college readiness;
89 requiring the State Board of Education to establish by
90 rule the test scores a student must achieve to
91 demonstrate readiness to perform college-level work;
92 deleting provisions to conform to changes made by the
93 act; conforming terminology; requiring the State Board
94 of Education to adopt rules by a specified date to
95 implement developmental education; requiring local
96 policies and practices set by each Florida College
97 System institution board of trustees to outline the
98 student achievements considered by the institution for
99 placement determinations, identify instructional
100 options available to students, and describe student
101 costs and financial aid opportunities associated with
102 each instructional option; creating s. 1008.322, F.S.;
103 requiring the Board of Governors of the State
104 University System to oversee the performance of state
105 university boards of trustees in the enforcement of
106 laws, rules, and regulations; providing that state
107 university presidents are responsible for the accuracy
108 of the information and data reported to the Board of
109 Governors; authorizing the Chancellor of the State
110 University System to investigate allegations of
111 noncompliance with law or Board of Governors’ rule or
112 regulation and determine probable cause; requiring the
113 chancellor to report determinations of probable cause
114 to the Board of Governors; authorizing the Board of
115 Governors to initiate specified actions if the board
116 determines that the state university board of trustees
117 is unwilling or unable to comply with the law, certain
118 rules or regulations, or audit recommendations;
119 amending ss. 1008.37, 1009.22, and 1009.23, F.S.;
120 conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
121 repealing s. 1009.28, F.S., relating to fees for
122 repeated enrollment in college-preparatory classes;
123 amending s. 1009.285, F.S.; requiring a student
124 enrolled in the same undergraduate college-credit
125 course more than once, except for students enrolled in
126 a gateway course for an extended period of time, to
127 pay tuition at 100 percent of the full cost of
128 instruction; reducing the number of times certain
129 coursework, which is excluded for the reduction of
130 fees, is repeated for certain purposes; amending s.
131 1009.286, F.S.; excluding remedial courses from those
132 courses that are counted when calculating credit hours
133 earned toward a baccalaureate degree; amending s.
134 1009.40, F.S.; providing that undergraduate students
135 participating in developmental education are eligible
136 to receive financial aid for a specified number of
137 semesters or quarters; conforming provisions to
138 changes made by the act; amending s. 1009.53, F.S.;
139 conforming terminology to changes made by the act;
140 repealing s. 1009.531(7), F.S., relating to the
141 eligibility of a student for an initial reward or
142 renewal reward under the Florida Bright Futures
143 Scholarship Program; amending s. 1011.84, F.S.;
144 conforming provisions to changes made by the act;
145 providing a directive to the Division of Law Revision
146 and Information; providing an effective date.
147
148 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
149
150 Section 1. Paragraph (j) of subsection (7) of section
151 11.45, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
152 11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules.—
153 (7) AUDITOR GENERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
154 (j) The Auditor General shall notify the Legislative
155 Auditing Committee of any financial or operational audit report
156 prepared pursuant to this section which indicates that a state
157 university or Florida College System institution has failed to
158 take full corrective action in response to a recommendation that
159 was included in the two preceding financial or operational audit
160 reports.
161 1. The committee may direct the governing body of the state
162 university or Florida College System institution to provide a
163 written statement to the committee explaining why full
164 corrective action has not been taken or, if the governing body
165 intends to take full corrective action, describing the
166 corrective action to be taken and when it will occur.
167 2. If the committee determines that the written statement
168 is not sufficient, the committee may require the chair of the
169 governing body of the state university or Florida College System
170 institution, or the chair’s designee, to appear before the
171 committee.
172 3. If the committee determines that the state university or
173 Florida College System institution has failed to take full
174 corrective action for which there is no justifiable reason or
175 has failed to comply with committee requests made pursuant to
176 this section, the committee shall refer the matter to the State
177 Board of Education or the Board of Governors, as appropriate, to
178 proceed in accordance with ss. 1008.32 and 1008.322,
179 respectively may proceed in accordance with s. 11.40(2).
180 Section 2. Paragraph (g) of subsection (4), subsection (5),
181 and paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (6) of section 1001.02,
182 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
183 1001.02 General powers of State Board of Education.—
184 (4) The State Board of Education shall:
185 (g) Specify, by rule, the college credit courses that may
186 be taken by Florida College System institution students who are
187 concurrently participating in developmental education enrolled
188 in college-preparatory instruction.
189 (5) The State Board of Education is responsible for
190 reviewing and administering the state program of support for the
191 Florida College System institutions and, subject to existing
192 law, shall establish the tuition and out-of-state fees for
193 college-preparatory instruction and for credit instruction that
194 may be counted toward an associate in arts degree, an associate
195 in applied science degree, or an associate in science degree.
196 (6) The State Board of Education shall prescribe minimum
197 standards, definitions, and guidelines for Florida College
198 System institutions that will ensure the quality of education,
199 coordination among the Florida College System institutions and
200 state universities, and efficient progress toward accomplishing
201 the Florida College System institution mission. At a minimum,
202 these rules must address:
203 (c) Program offerings and classification, including
204 college-level communication and computation skills associated
205 with successful performance in college and with tests and other
206 assessment procedures that measure student achievement of those
207 skills. The performance measures must provide that students
208 moving from one level of education to the next acquire the
209 necessary competencies for that level.
210 (d) Provisions for curriculum development, graduation
211 requirements, college calendars, and program service areas.
212 These provisions must include rules that:
213 1. Provide for the award of an associate in arts degree to
214 a student who successfully completes 60 semester credit hours at
215 the Florida College System institution.
216 2. Require all of the credits accepted for the associate in
217 arts degree to be in the statewide course numbering system as
218 credits toward a baccalaureate degree offered by a state
219 university or a Florida College System institution.
220 3. Beginning with students initially entering a Florida
221 College System institution in 2014-2015 and thereafter, Require
222 no more than 36 30 semester credit hours in general education
223 courses in the subject areas of communication, mathematics,
224 social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences.
225
226 The rules should encourage Florida College System institutions
227 to enter into agreements with state universities that allow
228 Florida College System institution students to complete upper
229 division-level courses at a Florida College System institution.
230 An agreement may provide for concurrent enrollment at the
231 Florida College System institution and the state university and
232 may authorize the Florida College System institution to offer an
233 upper-division-level course or distance learning.
234 Section 3. Subsection (9) of section 1001.64, Florida
235 Statutes, is amended to read:
236 1001.64 Florida College System institution boards of
237 trustees; powers and duties.—
238 (9) A board of trustees may contract with the board of
239 trustees of a state university for the Florida College System
240 institution to provide developmental education college
241 preparatory instruction on the state university campus.
242 Section 4. Subsection (11) of section 1004.02, Florida
243 Statutes, is amended to read:
244 1004.02 Definitions.—As used in this chapter:
245 (11) “Developmental education” “College-preparatory
246 instruction” means instruction courses through which a high
247 school graduate who applies for and enrolls in any college
248 credit program may attain the communication and computation
249 skills necessary to perform college-level work while also
250 enrolled enroll in college credit instruction.
251 Section 5. Section 1004.43, Florida Statutes, is amended to
252 read:
253 1004.43 H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research
254 Institute.—There is established the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center
255 and Research Institute, a statewide resource for basic and
256 clinical research and multidisciplinary approaches to patient
257 care.
258 (1) The Board of Trustees of the University of South
259 Florida Governors shall enter into a lease an agreement for the
260 use utilization of the lands and facilities on the campus of the
261 University of South Florida to be known as the H. Lee Moffitt
262 Cancer Center and Research Institute, including all furnishings,
263 equipment, and other chattels used in the operation of such
264 facilities, with a Florida not-for-profit corporation organized
265 solely for the purpose of governing and operating the H. Lee
266 Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute. The lease
267 agreement with the not-for-profit corporation must be rent free
268 so long as the not-for-profit corporation and its subsidiaries
269 use the lands and facilities primarily for research, education,
270 treatment, prevention, and the early detection of cancer or for
271 teaching and research programs conducted by the state
272 universities or other accredited medical schools or research
273 institutes. The lease agreement must provide for review of
274 construction plans and specifications by the university for
275 consistency with the university’s campus master plan, impact on
276 the university’s utilities infrastructure, and compliance with
277 applicable building code and general design characteristics and
278 compatibility with university architecture, as appropriate. The
279 not-for-profit corporation may, with the prior approval of the
280 Board of Governors, create either for-profit or not-for-profit
281 corporate subsidiaries, or both, to fulfill its mission. The
282 not-for-profit corporation and any approved not-for-profit
283 subsidiary are shall be conclusively deemed corporations
284 primarily acting as instrumentalities of the state, pursuant to
285 s. 768.28(2), for purposes of sovereign immunity. For-profit
286 subsidiaries of the not-for-profit corporation may not compete
287 with for-profit health care providers in the delivery of
288 radiation therapy services to patients. The not-for-profit
289 corporation and its subsidiaries may are authorized to receive,
290 hold, invest, and administer property and any moneys received
291 from private, local, state, and federal sources, as well as
292 technical and professional income generated or derived from
293 practice activities of the institute, for the benefit of the
294 institute and the fulfillment of its mission. The affairs of the
295 corporation shall be managed by a board of directors who shall
296 serve without compensation. The President of the University of
297 South Florida and the chair of the Board of Governors, or his or
298 her designee, shall be directors of the not-for-profit
299 corporation, together with 5 representatives of the state
300 universities and no more than 14 nor fewer than 10 directors who
301 are not medical doctors or state employees. Each director has
302 shall have only one vote, serves shall serve a term of 3 years,
303 and may be reelected to the board. Other than the President of
304 the University of South Florida and the chair of the Board of
305 Governors, directors shall be elected by a majority vote of the
306 board. The chair of the board of directors shall be selected by
307 majority vote of the directors.
308 (2) The Board of Governors shall provide in the agreement
309 with the not-for-profit corporation for the following:
310 (a) Approval of the articles of incorporation of the not
311 for-profit corporation by the Board of Governors.
312 (b) Approval of the articles of incorporation of any not
313 for-profit corporate subsidiary created by the not-for-profit
314 corporation.
315 (c) Utilization of lands, facilities, and personnel by the
316 not-for-profit corporation and its subsidiaries for research,
317 education, treatment, prevention, and the early detection of
318 cancer and for mutually approved teaching and research programs
319 conducted by the state universities or other accredited medical
320 schools or research institutes.
321 (2)(d) The not-for-profit corporation shall cause the
322 Preparation of an annual financial audits audit of the not-for
323 profit corporation’s accounts and records to be prepared and the
324 accounts and records of any subsidiaries to be conducted by an
325 independent certified public accountant. Each The annual
326 financial audit report must shall include a management letter,
327 as defined in s. 11.45, and must shall be submitted to the
328 Auditor General and the Board of Governors. The Board of
329 Governors, the Auditor General, and the Office of Program Policy
330 Analysis and Government Accountability may shall have the
331 authority to require and receive from the not-for-profit
332 corporation and any subsidiaries or from their independent
333 auditor any detail or supplemental data relative to the
334 operation of the not-for-profit corporation or subsidiary.
335 (e) Provision by The not-for-profit corporation and its
336 subsidiaries shall provide of equal employment opportunities to
337 all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, or
338 national origin.
339 (3) The Board of Governors may is authorized to secure
340 comprehensive general liability protection, including
341 professional liability protection, for the not-for-profit
342 corporation and its subsidiaries pursuant to s. 1004.24. The
343 not-for-profit corporation and its subsidiaries are shall be
344 exempt from any participation in any property insurance trust
345 fund established by law, including any property insurance trust
346 fund established pursuant to chapter 284, so long as the not
347 for-profit corporation and its subsidiaries maintain property
348 insurance protection with comparable or greater coverage limits.
349 (4) If In the event that the agreement between the not-for
350 profit corporation and the Board of Trustees of the University
351 of South Florida Governors is terminated for any reason, the
352 Board of Governors shall resume governance and operation of such
353 facilities.
354 (5) The institute shall be administered by a chief
355 executive officer who serves shall serve at the pleasure of the
356 board of directors of the not-for-profit corporation and who has
357 shall have the following powers and duties subject to the
358 approval of the board of directors:
359 (a) The chief executive officer shall establish programs
360 that which fulfill the mission of the institute in research,
361 education, treatment, prevention, and the early detection of
362 cancer; however, the chief executive officer may shall not
363 establish academic programs for which academic credit is awarded
364 and which terminate in the conference of a degree without prior
365 approval of the Board of Governors.
366 (b) The chief executive officer has shall have control over
367 the budget and the dollars appropriated or donated to the
368 institute from private, local, state, and federal sources, as
369 well as technical and professional income generated or derived
370 from practice activities of the not-for-profit corporation and
371 its subsidiaries. Technical and professional income generated
372 from practice activities may be shared between the not-for
373 profit corporation and its subsidiaries as determined by the
374 chief executive officer. However, professional income generated
375 by state university employees from practice activities at the
376 not-for-profit corporation and its subsidiaries must shall be
377 shared between the university and the not-for-profit corporation
378 and its subsidiaries only as determined by the chief executive
379 officer and the appropriate university dean or vice president.
380 (c) The chief executive officer shall appoint members to
381 carry out the research, patient care, and educational activities
382 of the institute and determine compensation, benefits, and terms
383 of service. Members of the institute are shall be eligible to
384 hold concurrent appointments at affiliated academic
385 institutions. State university faculty are shall be eligible to
386 hold concurrent appointments at the institute.
387 (d) The chief executive officer has shall have control over
388 the use and assignment of space and equipment within the
389 facilities.
390 (e) The chief executive officer has shall have the power to
391 create the administrative structure necessary to carry out the
392 mission of the institute.
393 (f) The chief executive officer shall report annually have
394 a reporting relationship to the Board of Governors or its
395 designee on the educational activities of the not-for-profit
396 corporation.
397 (g) The chief executive officer shall provide a copy of the
398 institute’s annual report to the Governor and Cabinet, the
399 President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
400 Representatives, and the chair of the Board of Governors.
401 (6) The board of directors of the not-for-profit
402 corporation shall create an external advisory board a council of
403 scientific advisers to the chief executive officer comprised of
404 leading researchers, physicians, and scientists. This board
405 council shall review programs and recommend research priorities
406 and initiatives so as to maximize the state’s investment in the
407 institute. The board council shall be appointed by the board of
408 directors of the not-for-profit corporation. Each member of the
409 board council shall be appointed to serve a 2-year term and may
410 be reappointed to the council.
411 (7) In carrying out the provisions of this section, the
412 not-for-profit corporation and its subsidiaries are not
413 “agencies” within the meaning of s. 20.03(11).
414 (8)(a) Records of the not-for-profit corporation and of its
415 subsidiaries are public records unless made confidential or
416 exempt by law.
417 (b) Proprietary confidential business information is
418 confidential and exempt from the provisions of s. 119.07(1) and
419 s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. However, the Auditor
420 General, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
421 Accountability, and the Board of Governors, pursuant to their
422 oversight and auditing functions, must be given access to all
423 proprietary confidential business information upon request and
424 without subpoena and must maintain the confidentiality of
425 information so received. As used in this paragraph, the term
426 “proprietary confidential business information” means
427 information, regardless of its form or characteristics, which is
428 owned or controlled by the not-for-profit corporation or its
429 subsidiaries; is intended to be and is treated by the not-for
430 profit corporation or its subsidiaries as private and the
431 disclosure of which would harm the business operations of the
432 not-for-profit corporation or its subsidiaries; has not been
433 intentionally disclosed by the corporation or its subsidiaries
434 unless pursuant to law, an order of a court or administrative
435 body, a legislative proceeding pursuant to s. 5, Art. III of the
436 State Constitution, or a private agreement that provides that
437 the information may be released to the public; and which is
438 information concerning:
439 1. Internal auditing controls and reports of internal
440 auditors;
441 2. Matters reasonably encompassed in privileged attorney
442 client communications;
443 3. Contracts for managed-care arrangements, including
444 preferred provider organization contracts, health maintenance
445 organization contracts, and exclusive provider organization
446 contracts, and any documents directly relating to the
447 negotiation, performance, and implementation of any such
448 contracts for managed-care arrangements;
449 4. Bids or other contractual data, banking records, and
450 credit agreements the disclosure of which would impair the
451 efforts of the not-for-profit corporation or its subsidiaries to
452 contract for goods or services on favorable terms;
453 5. Information relating to private contractual data, the
454 disclosure of which would impair the competitive interest of the
455 provider of the information;
456 6. Corporate officer and employee personnel information;
457 7. Information relating to the proceedings and records of
458 credentialing panels and committees and of the governing board
459 of the not-for-profit corporation or its subsidiaries relating
460 to credentialing;
461 8. Minutes of meetings of the governing board of the not
462 for-profit corporation and its subsidiaries, except minutes of
463 meetings open to the public pursuant to subsection (9);
464 9. Information that reveals plans for marketing services
465 that the corporation or its subsidiaries reasonably expect to be
466 provided by competitors;
467 10. Trade secrets as defined in s. 688.002, including:
468 a. Information relating to methods of manufacture or
469 production, potential trade secrets, potentially patentable
470 materials, or proprietary information received, generated,
471 ascertained, or discovered during the course of research
472 conducted by the not-for-profit corporation or its subsidiaries;
473 and
474 b. Reimbursement methodologies or rates;
475 11. The identity of donors or prospective donors of
476 property who wish to remain anonymous or any information
477 identifying such donors or prospective donors. The anonymity of
478 these donors or prospective donors must be maintained in the
479 auditor’s report; or
480 12. Any information received by the not-for-profit
481 corporation or its subsidiaries from an agency in this or
482 another state or nation or the Federal Government which is
483 otherwise exempt or confidential pursuant to the laws of this or
484 another state or nation or pursuant to federal law.
485
486 As used in this paragraph, the term “managed care” means systems
487 or techniques generally used by third-party payors or their
488 agents to affect access to and control payment for health care
489 services. Managed-care techniques most often include one or more
490 of the following: prior, concurrent, and retrospective review of
491 the medical necessity and appropriateness of services or site of
492 services; contracts with selected health care providers;
493 financial incentives or disincentives related to the use of
494 specific providers, services, or service sites; controlled
495 access to and coordination of services by a case manager; and
496 payor efforts to identify treatment alternatives and modify
497 benefit restrictions for high-cost patient care.
498 (9) Meetings of the governing board of the not-for-profit
499 corporation and meetings of the subsidiaries of the not-for
500 profit corporation at which the expenditure of dollars
501 appropriated to the not-for-profit corporation by the state are
502 discussed or reported must remain open to the public in
503 accordance with s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the State
504 Constitution, unless made confidential or exempt by law. Other
505 meetings of the governing board of the not-for-profit
506 corporation and of the subsidiaries of the not-for-profit
507 corporation are exempt from s. 286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of
508 the State Constitution.
509 (10) In addition to the continuing appropriation to the
510 institute provided in s. 210.20(2), any appropriation to the
511 institute provided in a general appropriations act shall be paid
512 directly to the board of directors of the not-for-profit
513 corporation by warrant drawn by the Chief Financial Officer from
514 the State Treasury.
515 Section 6. Section 1004.58, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
516 Section 7. Subsection (4) of section 1004.93, Florida
517 Statutes, is amended to read:
518 1004.93 Adult general education.—
519 (4)(a) Adult general education shall be evaluated and
520 funded as provided in s. 1011.80.
521 (b) Fees for adult basic instruction are to be charged in
522 accordance with chapter 1009.
523 (c) The State Board of Education shall define, by rule, the
524 levels and courses of instruction to be funded through the
525 college-preparatory program. The state board shall coordinate
526 the establishment of costs for college-preparatory courses, the
527 establishment of statewide standards that define required levels
528 of competence, acceptable rates of student progress, and the
529 maximum amount of time to be allowed for completion of college
530 preparatory instruction. College-preparatory instruction is part
531 of an associate in arts degree program and may not be funded as
532 an adult career education program.
533 (d) Expenditures for college-preparatory and lifelong
534 learning students shall be reported separately. Allocations for
535 college-preparatory courses shall be based on proportional full
536 time equivalent enrollment. Program review results shall be
537 included in the determination of subsequent allocations. A
538 student shall be funded to enroll in the same college
539 preparatory class within a skill area only twice, after which
540 time the student shall pay 100 percent of the full cost of
541 instruction to support the continuous enrollment of that student
542 in the same class; however, students who withdraw or fail a
543 class due to extenuating circumstances may be granted an
544 exception only once for each class, provided approval is granted
545 according to policy established by the board of trustees. Each
546 Florida College System institution shall have the authority to
547 review and reduce payment for increased fees due to continued
548 enrollment in a college-preparatory class on an individual basis
549 contingent upon the student’s financial hardship, pursuant to
550 definitions and fee levels established by the State Board of
551 Education. College-preparatory and lifelong learning courses do
552 not generate credit toward an associate or baccalaureate degree.
553 (c)(e) A district school board or a Florida College System
554 institution board of trustees may negotiate a contract with the
555 regional workforce board for specialized services for
556 participants in the welfare transition program, beyond what is
557 routinely provided for the general public, to be funded by the
558 regional workforce board.
559 Section 8. Subsection (3) of section 1007.23, Florida
560 Statutes, is amended to read:
561 1007.23 Statewide articulation agreement.—
562 (3) To improve articulation and reduce excess credit hours,
563 beginning with students initially entering a Florida College
564 System institution in 2013-2014 and thereafter, the articulation
565 agreement must require each student who is seeking an associate
566 in arts degree to indicate a baccalaureate degree program
567 offered by an institution of interest by the time the student
568 earns 36 30 semester hours. The institution in which the student
569 is enrolled shall inform the student of the prerequisites for
570 the baccalaureate degree program offered by an institution of
571 interest.
572 Section 9. Subsections (3), (6), (7), (8), and (10) of
573 section 1007.25, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
574 1007.25 General education courses; common prerequisites;
575 other degree requirements.—
576 (3) The chair of the State Board of Education and the chair
577 of the Board of Governors, or their designees, shall jointly
578 appoint faculty committees to identify statewide general
579 education core course options. General education core course
580 options must shall consist of a maximum of five courses within
581 each of the subject areas of communication, mathematics, social
582 sciences, humanities, and natural sciences. The core courses may
583 be revised or the five-course cap within each subject area may
584 be exceeded if approved by the State Board of Education and the
585 Board of Governors, as recommended by the subject area faculty
586 committee and approved by the Articulation Coordinating
587 Committee, as necessary for a subject area. Each general
588 education core course option must contain high-level academic
589 and critical thinking skills and common competencies that
590 students must demonstrate to successfully complete the course.
591 Beginning with students initially entering a Florida College
592 System institution or state university in 2015-2016 2014-2015
593 and thereafter, each student must complete at least one
594 identified core course in each subject area as part of the
595 general education course requirements. All public postsecondary
596 educational institutions shall offer and accept these courses as
597 meeting general education core course requirements. The
598 remaining general education course requirements shall be
599 identified by each institution and reported to the department by
600 their statewide course number. The general education core course
601 options shall be adopted in rule by the State Board of Education
602 and in regulation by the Board of Governors.
603 (6) The universities and Florida College System
604 institutions shall work with their respective school districts
605 to ensure that high school curricula coordinate with the general
606 education curricula and to prepare students for college-level
607 work. General education curricula for associate in arts programs
608 shall be identified by each institution and, beginning with
609 students initially entering a Florida College System institution
610 or state university in 2014-2015 and thereafter, shall include
611 36 30 semester hours in the subject areas of communication,
612 mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences.
613 (7) An associate in arts degree may not shall require no
614 more than 60 semester hours of college credit and must,
615 beginning with students initially entering a Florida College
616 System institution or state university in 2014-2015 and
617 thereafter, include 36 30 semester hours of general education
618 coursework. Beginning with students initially entering a Florida
619 College System institution or state university in 2014-2015 and
620 thereafter, coursework for an associate in arts degree must
621 include and demonstration of competency in a foreign language
622 pursuant to s. 1007.262. Except for developmental education
623 provided college-preparatory coursework required pursuant to s.
624 1008.30, all required coursework counts shall count toward the
625 associate in arts degree or the baccalaureate degree.
626 (8) A baccalaureate degree program shall require no more
627 than 120 semester hours of college credit and, beginning with
628 students initially entering a Florida College System institution
629 or state university in 2014-2015 and thereafter, include 36 30
630 semester hours of general education coursework, unless prior
631 approval has been granted by the Board of Governors for
632 baccalaureate degree programs offered by state universities and
633 by the State Board of Education for baccalaureate degree
634 programs offered by Florida College System institutions.
635 (10) Students at state universities may request associate
636 in arts certificates if they have successfully completed the
637 minimum requirements for the degree of associate in arts (A.A.).
638 The university must grant the student an associate in arts
639 degree if the student has successfully completed minimum
640 requirements for college-level communication and computation
641 skills adopted by the State Board of Education and 60 academic
642 semester hours or the equivalent within a degree program area
643 and including 36, beginning with students initially entering a
644 Florida College System institution or state university in 2014
645 2015 and thereafter, include 30 semester hours in general
646 education courses in the subject areas of communication,
647 mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences,
648 consistent with the general education requirements specified in
649 the articulation agreement pursuant to s. 1007.23.
650 Section 10. Section 1007.263, Florida Statutes, is amended
651 to read:
652 1007.263 Florida College System institutions; admissions of
653 students.—Each Florida College System institution board of
654 trustees may is authorized to adopt rules governing admissions
655 of students subject to this section and rules of the State Board
656 of Education. These rules must shall include the following:
657 (1) Admissions counseling must shall be provided to all
658 students entering college or career credit programs. Counseling
659 must use shall utilize tests to measure achievement of college
660 level communication and computation competencies by all students
661 entering college credit programs or tests to measure achievement
662 of basic skills for career education programs as prescribed in
663 s. 1004.91. Counseling includes providing developmental
664 education options for students whose assessment results,
665 determined under s. 1008.30, indicate that they need to improve
666 communication or computation skills that are essential to
667 perform college-level work.
668 (2) Admission to associate degree programs is subject to
669 minimum standards adopted by the State Board of Education and
670 requires shall require:
671 (a) A standard high school diploma, a high school
672 equivalency diploma as prescribed in s. 1003.435, previously
673 demonstrated competency in college credit postsecondary
674 coursework, or, in the case of a student who is home educated, a
675 signed affidavit submitted by the student’s parent or legal
676 guardian attesting that the student has completed a home
677 education program pursuant to the requirements of s. 1002.41.
678 Students who are enrolled in a dual enrollment or early
679 admission program pursuant to s. 1007.271 are exempt from this
680 requirement.
681 (b) A demonstrated level of achievement of college-level
682 communication and computation skills.
683 (c) Any other requirements established by the board of
684 trustees.
685 (3) Admission to other programs within the Florida College
686 System institution must shall include education requirements as
687 established by the board of trustees.
688 (4) A student who has been awarded a special diploma as
689 defined in s. 1003.438 or a certificate of completion as defined
690 in s. 1003.43(10) is eligible to enroll in certificate career
691 education programs.
692 (5) A student who has with a documented disability may be
693 eligible for reasonable substitutions, as prescribed in ss.
694 1007.264 and 1007.265.
695
696 Each board of trustees shall establish policies that notify
697 students about developmental education options for improving
698 their communication or computation skills that are essential to
699 performing college-level work, including tutoring, extended time
700 in gateway courses, free online courses and place students into,
701 adult basic education, adult secondary education, or other
702 instructional programs that provide students with alternatives
703 to traditional college-preparatory instruction, including
704 private provider instruction. A student is prohibited from
705 enrolling in additional college-level courses until the student
706 scores above the cut-score on all sections of the common
707 placement test.
708 Section 11. Subsections (2) and (14) of section 1007.271,
709 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
710 1007.271 Dual enrollment programs.—
711 (2) For the purpose of this section, an eligible secondary
712 student is a student who is enrolled in a Florida public
713 secondary school or in a Florida private secondary school which
714 is in compliance with s. 1002.42(2) and provides a secondary
715 curriculum pursuant to s. 1003.428, s. 1003.429, or s. 1003.43.
716 Students who are eligible for dual enrollment pursuant to this
717 section may enroll in dual enrollment courses conducted during
718 school hours, after school hours, and during the summer term.
719 However, if the student is projected to graduate from high
720 school before the scheduled completion date of a postsecondary
721 course, the student may not register for that course through
722 dual enrollment. The student may apply to the postsecondary
723 institution and pay the required registration, tuition, and fees
724 if the student meets the postsecondary institution’s admissions
725 requirements under s. 1007.263. Instructional time for dual
726 enrollment may vary from 900 hours; however, the school district
727 may only report the student for a maximum of 1.0 FTE, as
728 provided in s. 1011.61(4). Any student enrolled as a dual
729 enrollment student is exempt from the payment of registration,
730 tuition, and laboratory fees. Vocational-preparatory
731 instruction, developmental education college-preparatory
732 instruction, and other forms of precollegiate instruction, as
733 well as physical education courses that focus on the physical
734 execution of a skill rather than the intellectual attributes of
735 the activity, are ineligible for inclusion in the dual
736 enrollment program. Recreation and leisure studies courses shall
737 be evaluated individually in the same manner as physical
738 education courses for potential inclusion in the program.
739 (14) The Department of Education shall approve any course
740 for inclusion in the dual enrollment program that is contained
741 within the statewide course numbering system. However,
742 developmental education college-preparatory and other forms of
743 precollegiate instruction, and physical education and other
744 courses that focus on the physical execution of a skill rather
745 than the intellectual attributes of the activity, may not be so
746 approved but must be evaluated individually for potential
747 inclusion in the dual enrollment program. This subsection may
748 not be construed to mean that an independent postsecondary
749 institution eligible for inclusion in a dual enrollment or early
750 admission program pursuant to s. 1011.62 must participate in the
751 statewide course numbering system developed pursuant to s.
752 1007.24 to participate in a dual enrollment program.
753 Section 12. Section 1008.02, Florida Statutes, is created
754 to read:
755 1008.02 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
756 (1) “Accelerated course structure” means a course or strand
757 of study that accelerates the progress of students in
758 developmental education through self-paced attainment of
759 specific skills.
760 (2) “Corequisite education” means developmental education
761 that is deployed through a variety of classroom, online, or
762 blended instructional strategies and offered concurrently with
763 college credit instruction. The term includes, but is not
764 limited to:
765 (a) Compressed or modularized instruction or coaching that
766 supplements credit instruction.
767 (b) Embedded content in a modified or extended credit
768 bearing course intended to contextualize or accelerate credit
769 attainment.
770 (3) “Developmental education” means instruction through
771 which a high school graduate who applies for any college credit
772 program may attain the communication and computation skills
773 necessary to successfully complete college credit instruction.
774 Developmental education may not be offered as a noncredit course
775 for which a student pays tuition but must be offered corequisite
776 to a gateway course.
777 (4) “Gateway course” means the first course that provides
778 transferable, college-level credit allowing students to progress
779 in their program of study.
780 (5) “Mastery-based education” means customized, targeted
781 instruction that addresses specific skills gaps.
782 (6) “Meta-major” means a collection of programs of study or
783 academic discipline groupings that share common foundational
784 skills.
785 Section 13. Section 1008.30, Florida Statutes, is amended
786 to read:
787 1008.30 Common placement testing for public postsecondary
788 education.—
789 (1) The State Board of Education, in conjunction with the
790 Board of Governors, shall develop and implement a common
791 placement test for the purpose of assessing the basic
792 computation and communication skills of students who intend to
793 enter a degree program at any public postsecondary educational
794 institution. Alternative assessments that may be accepted in
795 lieu of the common placement test shall also be identified in
796 rule. Public postsecondary educational institutions shall
797 provide appropriate modifications of the test instruments or
798 test procedures for students with disabilities.
799 (2) By October 1, 2013, the State Board of Education in
800 conjunction with the Board of Governors shall approve a series
801 of meta-majors, academic pathways, and degree maps that identify
802 the gateway courses required for success in each meta-major.
803 Results from the common placement test, the alternative
804 assessments that may be used in lieu of the common placement
805 test, and achievements that may be considered by institutional
806 boards of trustees, as adopted by state board rule, shall be
807 used to diagnose a student’s readiness for his or her chosen
808 meta-major and to provide academic counseling to the student
809 concerning options for attaining the necessary skills through
810 developmental education while enrolled in credit courses.
811 (3)(2) The common placement testing program must shall
812 include at a minimum the following: the capacity to diagnose
813 basic competencies in the areas of English, reading, and
814 mathematics which are essential for success in meta-majors and
815 to provide to perform college-level work; prerequisite skills
816 that relate to progressively advanced instruction in
817 mathematics, such as algebra and geometry; prerequisite skills
818 that relate to progressively advanced instruction in language
819 arts, such as English composition and literature; and provision
820 of test information to students on the specific skills the
821 student needs to attain deficiencies.
822 (4)(3) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that
823 require high schools to evaluate before the beginning of grade
824 12 the college readiness of each student who scores at Level 2
825 or Level 3 on the reading portion of the grade 10 FCAT Reading
826 or Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 on the Algebra I mathematics
827 assessments under s. 1008.22 s. 1008.22(3)(c). High schools
828 shall perform this evaluation using results from the
829 corresponding component of the common placement test prescribed
830 in this section, or an alternative equivalent test identified by
831 the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall
832 identify in rule the assessments necessary to perform the
833 evaluations required by this subsection and shall work with the
834 school districts to administer the assessments. The State Board
835 of Education shall establish by rule the minimum test scores a
836 student must achieve to demonstrate readiness. Students who
837 demonstrate readiness by achieving the minimum test scores
838 established by the state board and enroll in a Florida College
839 System institution within 2 years of achieving such scores shall
840 not be required to retest or enroll in remediation when admitted
841 to any Florida College System institution. The high school shall
842 use the results of the test to advise the students of any
843 identified deficiencies and to provide 12th grade students, and
844 require them to complete, appropriate postsecondary preparatory
845 instruction prior to high school graduation. The curriculum
846 provided under this subsection shall be identified in rule by
847 the State Board of Education and encompass Florida’s
848 Postsecondary Readiness Competencies. Other elective courses may
849 not be substituted for the selected postsecondary reading,
850 mathematics, or writing preparatory course unless the elective
851 course covers the same competencies included in the
852 postsecondary reading, mathematics, or writing, or English
853 language arts preparatory course.
854 (5)(4)(a) The State Board of Education shall establish by
855 rule the test scores a student must achieve to demonstrate
856 readiness to perform college-level work. Students who
857 demonstrate readiness by achieving or exceeding the test scores
858 established by the state board and enroll in a Florida College
859 System institution within 2 years after achieving such scores
860 may not be required to retest or complete developmental
861 education when admitted to any Florida College System
862 institution. Students who have been identified as requiring
863 additional preparation pursuant to subsection (1) shall enroll
864 in college-preparatory or other adult education pursuant to s.
865 1004.93 in Florida College System institutions to develop needed
866 college-entry skills. The State Board of Education shall specify
867 by rule provisions for alternative remediation opportunities and
868 retesting policies. These students shall be permitted to take
869 courses within their degree program concurrently in other
870 curriculum areas for which they are qualified while enrolled in
871 college-preparatory instruction courses. A student enrolled in a
872 college-preparatory course may concurrently enroll only in
873 college credit courses that do not require the skills addressed
874 in the college-preparatory course. A degree-seeking student who
875 is required to complete a college-preparatory course must
876 successfully complete the required college-preparatory studies
877 by the time the student has accumulated 12 hours of lower
878 division college credit degree coursework; however, a student
879 may continue enrollment in degree-earning coursework provided
880 the student maintains enrollment in college-preparatory
881 coursework for each subsequent semester until college
882 preparatory coursework requirements are completed, and provided
883 the student demonstrates satisfactory performance in degree
884 earning coursework. A student who has accumulated 12 college
885 credit hours and has not yet demonstrated proficiency in the
886 basic competency areas of reading, writing, and mathematics must
887 be advised in writing of the requirements for associate degree
888 completion and state university admission, including information
889 about future financial aid eligibility and the potential costs
890 of accumulating excessive college credit as described in s.
891 1009.286. Before a student is considered to have met basic
892 computation and communication skills requirements, the student
893 must demonstrate successful mastery of the required
894 developmental education competencies as defined in State Board
895 of Education rule. Credit awarded for college-preparatory
896 instruction may not be counted toward fulfilling the number of
897 credits required for a degree.
898 (6)(b) A university board of trustees may contract with a
899 Florida College System institution board of trustees for the
900 Florida College System institution to provide developmental
901 education such instruction on the state university campus. Any
902 state university in which the percentage of incoming students
903 requiring developmental education college-preparatory
904 instruction equals or exceeds the average percentage of such
905 students for the Florida College System may offer such
906 developmental education college-preparatory instruction without
907 contracting with a Florida College System institution; however,
908 any state university offering college-preparatory instruction as
909 of January 1, 1996, may continue to provide such services.
910 (7)(a)(5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules by
911 January 1, 2014, to implement developmental education. The rules
912 must include:
913 1. Student achievements that may be considered by
914 institutional boards, such as performance on college placement
915 tests, grade point averages, work history, military experience,
916 career interests, degree major declaration, or any combination
917 thereof.
918 2. Recommended options for students performing at levels
919 indicating adult education as an appropriate place for students
920 to develop needed college-entry academic skills.
921 3. Sufficient flexibility for local professional judgment
922 and determinations of appropriate student options for achieving
923 necessary skills.
924 4. Limits on credit course enrollment for students
925 indicating the need for preparatory assistance based on assessed
926 skill levels.
927 (b) Local policies and practices set by each Florida
928 College System institution board of trustees must outline the
929 student achievements considered by the institution for placement
930 determinations, identify instructional options available to
931 students, and describe student costs and financial aid
932 opportunities associated with each instructional option.
933 Instructional options must, at a minimum, provide for enrollment
934 of a student in a credit course either with or without
935 institutionally required corequisite education, mastery-based
936 instruction or accelerated pathways for developing skills, or
937 enrolling in adult education to attain needed skills, as chosen
938 by the student. Policies and practices must specify limits on
939 credit course enrollment for students indicating the need for
940 preparatory assistance, outline retesting requirements, and
941 identify options for students who choose to attain skills in
942 adult education when such instruction is not provided by the
943 Florida College System institution A student may not be enrolled
944 in a college credit mathematics or English course on a dual
945 enrollment basis unless the student has demonstrated adequate
946 precollegiate preparation on the section of the basic
947 computation and communication skills assessment required
948 pursuant to subsection (1) that is appropriate for successful
949 student participation in the course.
950 Section 14. Section 1008.322, Florida Statutes, is created
951 to read:
952 1008.322 Board of Governors oversight enforcement
953 authority.—
954 (1) The Board of Governors of the State University System
955 shall oversee the performance of state university boards of
956 trustees in the enforcement of laws, rules, and regulations.
957 State university boards of trustees shall be primarily
958 responsible for compliance with laws and Board of Governors’
959 rules and regulations.
960 (2) The Board of Governors’ constitutional authority to
961 operate, regulate, control, and be fully responsible for the
962 management of the State University System mandates that the
963 state universities comply with all requests by the Board of
964 Governors for information, data, and reports. State university
965 presidents are responsible for the accuracy of the information
966 and data reported to the Board of Governors.
967 (3) The Chancellor of the State University System may
968 investigate allegations of noncompliance with law or Board of
969 Governors’ rule or regulation and determine probable cause. The
970 chancellor shall report determinations of probable cause to the
971 Board of Governors, which may require the university board of
972 trustees to document compliance with law or Board of Governors’
973 rule or regulation.
974 (4) If the university board of trustees cannot
975 satisfactorily document compliance, the Board of Governors may
976 order compliance within a specified timeframe.
977 (5) If the Board of Governors determines that a state
978 university board of trustees is unwilling or unable to comply
979 with law or Board of Governors’ rule or regulation or an audit
980 recommendation within the specified time, the Board of
981 Governors, in addition to actions constitutionally authorized,
982 may initiate any of the following actions:
983 (a) Withhold the transfer of state funds, discretionary
984 grant funds, discretionary lottery funds, or any other funds
985 appropriated to the Board of Governors by the Legislature for
986 disbursement to the state university until the university
987 complies with the law or Board of Governors’ rule or regulation.
988 (b) Declare the state university ineligible for competitive
989 grants disbursed by the Board of Governors.
990 (c) Require monthly or periodic reporting on the situation
991 related to noncompliance until it is remedied.
992 (d) Report to the Legislature that the state university is
993 unwilling or unable to comply with law or Board of Governors’
994 rule or regulation and recommend action to be taken by the
995 Legislature.
996 (6) This section does not create a private cause of action
997 or create any rights for individuals or entities in addition to
998 those provided elsewhere in law, rule, or regulation.
999 Section 15. Subsection (2) of section 1008.37, Florida
1000 Statutes, is amended to read:
1001 1008.37 Postsecondary feedback of information to high
1002 schools.—
1003 (2) No later than November 30 of each year, the
1004 Commissioner of Education shall report, by high school, to the
1005 State Board of Education, the Board of Governors, and the
1006 Legislature, no later than November 30 of each year, on the
1007 number of prior-year prior year Florida high school graduates
1008 who enrolled for the first time in public postsecondary
1009 education in this state during the previous summer, fall, or
1010 spring term. The report must include, indicating the number of
1011 students whose scores on the common placement test that is
1012 required under s. 1008.30, indicate indicated the need to attain
1013 communication and computation skills through developmental
1014 education options offered by a public postsecondary institution
1015 or through for remediation through college-preparatory or
1016 vocational-preparatory instruction pursuant to s. 1004.91 or s.
1017 1008.30.
1018 Section 16. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
1019 1009.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1020 1009.22 Workforce education postsecondary student fees.—
1021 (3)(a) Except as otherwise provided by law, fees for
1022 students who are nonresidents for tuition purposes must offset
1023 the full cost of instruction. Residency of students shall be
1024 determined as required in s. 1009.21. Fee-nonexempt students
1025 enrolled in vocational-preparatory instruction shall be charged
1026 fees equal to the fees charged for adult general education
1027 programs. Each Florida College System institution that conducts
1028 college-preparatory and vocational-preparatory instruction in
1029 the same class section may charge a single fee for both types of
1030 instruction.
1031 Section 17. Subsection (1), paragraph (a) of subsection
1032 (3), and subsection (10) of section 1009.23, Florida Statutes,
1033 are amended to read:
1034 1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees.—
1035 (1) Unless otherwise provided, this section applies only to
1036 fees charged for college credit instruction leading to an
1037 associate in arts degree, an associate in applied science
1038 degree, an associate in science degree, or a baccalaureate
1039 degree authorized pursuant to s. 1007.33, for developmental
1040 education noncollege credit college-preparatory courses defined
1041 in s. 1004.02, and for educator preparation institute programs
1042 defined in s. 1004.85.
1043 (3)(a) Effective July 1, 2011, for advanced and
1044 professional, postsecondary vocational, college preparatory, and
1045 educator preparation institute programs, the standard tuition is
1046 shall be $68.56 per credit hour for residents and nonresidents,
1047 and the out-of-state fee is shall be $205.82 per credit hour.
1048 (10) Each Florida College System institution board of
1049 trustees is authorized to establish a separate fee for
1050 technology, which may not exceed 5 percent of tuition per credit
1051 hour or credit-hour equivalent for resident students and may not
1052 exceed 5 percent of tuition and the out-of-state fee per credit
1053 hour or credit-hour equivalent for nonresident students.
1054 Revenues generated from the technology fee shall be used to
1055 enhance instructional technology resources for students and
1056 faculty. The technology fee may apply to both college credit and
1057 college-preparatory instruction and shall not be included in any
1058 award under the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.
1059 Fifty percent of technology fee revenues may be pledged by a
1060 Florida College System institution board of trustees as a
1061 dedicated revenue source for the repayment of debt, including
1062 lease-purchase agreements, not to exceed the useful life of the
1063 asset being financed. Revenues generated from the technology fee
1064 may not be bonded.
1065 Section 18. Section 1009.28, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
1066 Section 19. Section 1009.285, Florida Statutes, is amended
1067 to read:
1068 1009.285 Fees for repeated enrollment in college-credit
1069 courses.—A student enrolled in the same undergraduate college
1070 credit course more than once, except for students enrolled in a
1071 gateway course for an extended period of time under s. 1008.30,
1072 must twice shall pay tuition at 100 percent of the full cost of
1073 instruction, and may not be and shall not be included in
1074 calculations of full-time equivalent enrollments for state
1075 funding purposes. However, students who withdraw or fail a class
1076 due to extenuating circumstances may be granted an exception
1077 only once for each class if, provided that approval is granted
1078 according to policy established by the Florida College System
1079 institution board of trustees or the university board of
1080 trustees. Each Florida College System institution and state
1081 university may review and reduce fees paid by students due to
1082 continued enrollment in a college-credit class on an individual
1083 basis contingent upon the student’s financial hardship. For
1084 purposes of this section, first-time enrollment in a class means
1085 shall mean enrollment in a class beginning fall semester 1997,
1086 and calculations of the full cost of instruction is shall be
1087 based on the systemwide average of the prior year’s cost of
1088 undergraduate programs for the Florida College System
1089 institutions and the state universities. Boards of trustees may
1090 make exceptions to this section for individualized study,
1091 elective coursework, courses that are repeated as a requirement
1092 of a major, and courses that are intended as continuing over
1093 multiple semesters, excluding the repeat of coursework more than
1094 once two times to increase grade point average or meet minimum
1095 course grade requirements.
1096 Section 20. Paragraph (g) of subsection (4) of section
1097 1009.286, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
1098 1009.286 Additional student payment for hours exceeding
1099 baccalaureate degree program completion requirements at state
1100 universities.—
1101 (4) For purposes of this section, credit hours earned under
1102 the following circumstances are not calculated as hours required
1103 to earn a baccalaureate degree:
1104 (g) Remedial and English as a Second Language credit hours.
1105 Section 21. Subsection (3) of section 1009.40, Florida
1106 Statutes, is amended to read:
1107 1009.40 General requirements for student eligibility for
1108 state financial aid awards and tuition assistance grants.—
1109 (3) Undergraduate students are eligible to receive
1110 financial aid for a maximum of 8 semesters or 12 quarters.
1111 However, undergraduate students participating in developmental
1112 education and college-preparatory instruction, students
1113 requiring additional time to complete the college-level
1114 communication and computation skills testing programs, or
1115 students enrolled in a 5-year undergraduate degree program are
1116 eligible to receive financial aid for a maximum of 10 semesters
1117 or 15 quarters.
1118 Section 22. Subsection (10) of section 1009.53, Florida
1119 Statutes, is amended to read:
1120 1009.53 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program.—
1121 (10) Funds from any scholarship within the Florida Bright
1122 Futures Scholarship Program may not be used to pay for
1123 developmental education remedial or college-preparatory
1124 coursework.
1125 Section 23. Subsection (7) of section 1009.531, Florida
1126 Statutes, is repealed.
1127 Section 24. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsection
1128 (5) of section 1011.84, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
1129 1011.84 Procedure for determining state financial support
1130 and annual apportionment of state funds to each Florida College
1131 System institution district.—The procedure for determining state
1132 financial support and the annual apportionment to each Florida
1133 College System institution district authorized to operate a
1134 Florida College System institution under the provisions of s.
1135 1001.61 shall be as follows:
1136 (1) DETERMINING THE AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE FLORIDA
1137 COLLEGE SYSTEM PROGRAM FUND FOR THE CURRENT OPERATING PROGRAM.—
1138 (b) The allocation of funds for Florida College System
1139 institutions is shall be based on advanced and professional
1140 disciplines, developmental education college-preparatory
1141 programs, and other programs for adults funded pursuant to s.
1142 1011.80.
1143 (5) REPORT OF DEVELOPMENTAL REMEDIAL EDUCATION.—Each
1144 Florida College System institution board of trustees shall
1145 report, as a separate item in its annual cost accounting system,
1146 the volume and cost of developmental education options provided
1147 to help students attain the communication and computation skills
1148 that are essential for college-level work pursuant to s. 1008.30
1149 remedial education activities as a separate item in its annual
1150 cost accounting system.
1151 Section 25. The Division of Law Revision and Information is
1152 directed to prepare a reviser’s bill for the 2014 Regular
1153 Session of the Legislature to change the terms “General
1154 Educational Development test” or “GED test” to “high school
1155 equivalency examination” and the terms “general education
1156 diploma,” “graduate equivalency diploma,” or “GED” to “high
1157 school equivalency diploma” wherever those terms appear in the
1158 Florida Statutes.
1159 Section 26. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.