Florida Senate - 2017 SB 1456
By Senator Clemens
31-00840B-17 20171456__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to postsecondary performance-based
3 funding; requiring the Office of Program Policy
4 Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to
5 conduct a study relating to performance-based funding
6 of public community colleges and universities;
7 specifying requirements for the study; requiring
8 OPPAGA to provide a report to the Legislature by a
9 specified date; providing an effective date.
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11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13 Section 1. (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
14 Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a performance
15 funding study that must include:
16 (a) The number of states with performance plans for public
17 community colleges and universities.
18 (b) The number of states that use specific metrics for each
19 public community college and university and the number of states
20 that use the same metrics for all public community colleges and
21 universities.
22 (c) The number of states that use recurring funds and the
23 number of states that use nonrecurring funds.
24 (d) The number of states that include performance funds in
25 the base allocations for public community colleges and
26 universities and the percentage amounts of such funds.
27 (e) The number of states in which public community colleges
28 and universities win awards for meeting performance benchmarks
29 and the number of states that withhold funds if benchmarks are
30 not met.
31 (f) The number of states that allow the loss of the
32 previous year’s base funding as a penalty within the performance
33 plans.
34 (g) Information on how each state establishes the metrics,
35 including which entity establishes the metrics.
36 (h) An analysis of Florida’s performance-based funding,
37 including:
38 1. Demographics of each Florida College System institution
39 and state university.
40 2. The average SAT and ACT score for incoming freshmen at
41 each Florida College System institution and state university.
42 3. The percentage of students enrolled at each Florida
43 College System institution and state university who have been
44 awarded a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship.
45 4. The percentage of students enrolled at each Florida
46 College System institution and state university who have been
47 awarded a Pell grant.
48 5. The percentage of students who are 18 to 24 years of age
49 and are enrolled full time at each Florida College System
50 institution and state university.
51 6. The percentage of students who are 25 years of age or
52 older and are enrolled full time at each Florida College System
53 institution and state university.
54 7. The percentage of students who are 18 to 24 years of age
55 and are enrolled part time at each Florida College System
56 institution and state university.
57 8. The percentage of students who are 25 years of age or
58 older and are enrolled part time at each Florida College System
59 institution and state university.
60 9. The history of performance-based awards granted to each
61 Florida College System institution and state university.
62 10. The number of performance-based metrics that are
63 identical to the performance-based funding metrics used for
64 Florida College System institutions and state universities.
65 11. The number of performance-based metrics that are unique
66 to each Florida College System institution and state university.
67 (2) By December 1, 2017, OPPAGA shall submit a report
68 comprising the information specified in subsection (1) to the
69 President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
70 Representatives, and the standing legislative committees with
71 substantive jurisdiction over performance-based funding for
72 public postsecondary institutions.
73 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.