Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1252
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Education (Stargel) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 1115 - 1119
    4  and insert:
    5         (6)(a) If the current total upper level, undergraduate
    6  full-time equivalent enrollment at a Florida Community College
    7  System institution is at or above 10 percent of the 2014-2015
    8  combined total lower level and upper level full-time equivalent
    9  enrollment at that institution, the total upper level
   10  enrollment, as a percentage of the 2014-2015 combined
   11  enrollment, may not increase by more than 2 percentage points
   12  unless the institution obtains prior legislative approval.
   13         (b) If the current total upper level, undergraduate full
   14  time equivalent enrollment at a Florida Community College System
   15  institution is below 10 percent of the 2014-2015 combined total
   16  lower level and upper level full-time equivalent enrollment at
   17  that institution, the total upper level enrollment, as a
   18  percentage of the 2014-2015 combined enrollment, may not
   19  increase by more than 4 percentage points unless the institution
   20  obtains prior legislative approval.
   21         (c) A Florida Community College System institution may
   22  exceed the enrollment threshold specified in this subsection if
   23  the institution can demonstrate need that is independently
   24  verified by a third-party professional entity and if a state
   25  university that offers a similar program is not located in the
   26  institution’s regional service area.