Florida Senate - 2019                                    SB 1296
       
       
        
       By Senator Diaz
       
       
       
       
       
       36-00622A-19                                          20191296__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the organization and operation of
    3         state universities; amending s. 1001.706, F.S.;
    4         requiring the Board of Governors to report on the
    5         intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity at each
    6         state university; requiring each institution to
    7         conduct a certain annual survey of students, faculty,
    8         and administrators; requiring the Office of Inspector
    9         General to annually verify the accuracy of specified
   10         data; requiring the Board of Governors to match
   11         certain student information with specified educational
   12         and employment records; requiring the Board of
   13         Governors to enter into an agreement with the
   14         Department of Economic Opportunity for certain
   15         purposes; providing requirements for such agreement;
   16         amending s. 1001.92, F.S.; revising the state
   17         university system performance-based incentive;
   18         revising the performance-based metrics to include
   19         specific data; authorizing the Board of Governors to
   20         approve other metrics; prohibiting the adjustment of
   21         such metrics once specified data has been received;
   22         requiring the Board of Governors to establish a
   23         minimum performance funding eligibility threshold for
   24         institutional investments, which must exceed a certain
   25         minimum threshold; requiring the use of specified data
   26         in establishing initial scores; providing for the
   27         scoring of universities by the Board of Governors and
   28         the distribution of state investment funds; providing
   29         requirements for state universities that do not meet
   30         specified requirements relating to the performance
   31         funding eligibility thresholds for the state’s
   32         investment funding; amending s. 1004.28, F.S.;
   33         providing that state appropriations transferred to
   34         specified entities by state university boards of
   35         trustees may only be used for specified purposes;
   36         amending s. 1004.335, F.S.; clarifying that the
   37         University of South Florida St. Petersburg and the
   38         University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee are
   39         branch campuses; deleting obsolete language; amending
   40         s. 1004.41, F.S.; requiring the University of Florida
   41         Board of Trustees to approve appointments to specified
   42         boards of directors and certain subsidiaries and
   43         affiliates of Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics,
   44         Inc.; providing that, as of a specified date, state
   45         appropriations transferred to certain entities by the
   46         University of Florida Board of Trustees may be used
   47         only for specified purposes; amending s. 1007.23,
   48         F.S.; requiring the statewide articulation agreement
   49         to provide for a reverse transfer agreement; providing
   50         for an associate degree to be awarded to certain
   51         students by Florida College System institutions;
   52         providing requirement for state universities; amending
   53         s. 1011.90, F.S.; providing requirements for a certain
   54         legislative budget request; prohibiting certain ratios
   55         relating to student enrollment from growing faster
   56         than a specified rate; providing an effective date.
   57          
   58  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   59  
   60         Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (5) of section
   61  1001.706, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (j) is
   62  added to subsection (3) and paragraph (i) is added to subsection
   63  (5) of that section, to read:
   64         1001.706 Powers and duties of the Board of Governors.—
   65         (3) POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ORGANIZATION AND
   66  OPERATION OF STATE UNIVERSITIES.—
   67         (j)The Board of Governors shall report, by September 1 of
   68  each year, on the intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity
   69  at each institution through an objective, nonpartisan, and
   70  statistically valid survey that enables comparison among
   71  institutions over time. Each institution shall conduct an annual
   72  survey of students, faculty, and administrators which assesses
   73  the extent to which competing ideas, perspectives, and claims of
   74  truth are presented and members of the university community feel
   75  safe and supported in exploring and articulating their beliefs
   76  and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom.
   77         (5) POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ACCOUNTABILITY.—
   78         (e) The Board of Governors shall maintain an effective
   79  information system to provide accurate, timely, and cost
   80  effective information about each university. The board shall
   81  continue to collect and maintain, at a minimum, management
   82  information as such information existed on June 30, 2002. The
   83  Office of the Inspector General shall annually verify the
   84  accuracy of the data used to implement ss. 1001.7065 and
   85  1001.92.
   86         (i)The Board of Governors shall match individual student
   87  information with information in the files of state and federal
   88  agencies that maintain educational and employment records. The
   89  board must enter into an agreement with the Department of
   90  Economic Opportunity which allows access to the individual
   91  reemployment assistance wage records maintained by the
   92  department. The agreement must protect individual privacy and
   93  must provide that student information may be used only for the
   94  purposes of auditing or evaluating higher education programs
   95  offered by state universities.
   96         Section 2. Section 1001.92, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   97  read:
   98         1001.92 State University System Performance-Based
   99  Incentive.—
  100         (1) A State University System Performance-Based Incentive
  101  shall be awarded to state universities using performance-based
  102  metrics adopted by the Board of Governors of the State
  103  University System. Beginning with the Board of Governors’
  104  determination of each university’s performance improvement and
  105  achievement ratings for 2018, and the related distribution of
  106  the 2018-2019 fiscal year appropriation, the performance-based
  107  metrics must include:
  108         (a) 4-year graduation rates;
  109         (b)2-year graduation rates for full-time 2+2 associate
  110  degree transfer students from Florida College System
  111  institutions;
  112         (c) Retention rates;
  113         (d) Postgraduation education rates;
  114         (e) Degree production;
  115         (f) Affordability;
  116         (g) Postgraduation employment and salaries, including wage
  117  thresholds that reflect the added value of a baccalaureate
  118  degree;
  119         (h)Six-year graduation rates for students who are eligible
  120  for a Pell Grant as compared with students who are not eligible
  121  for a Pell Grant, with points deducted for decreases in the
  122  enrollment of students who are eligible for a Pell Grant access
  123  rate, based on the percentage of undergraduate students enrolled
  124  during the fall term who received a Pell Grant during the fall
  125  term; and
  126         (i) The percentage of students graduating without excess
  127  hours.
  128  
  129  The Board of Governors may approve other metrics approved by the
  130  board in a formally noticed meeting. The board shall adopt
  131  benchmarks to evaluate each state university’s performance on
  132  the metrics to measure the state university’s achievement of
  133  institutional excellence or need for improvement and minimum
  134  requirements for eligibility to receive performance funding.
  135  Benchmarks and metrics may not be adjusted after university
  136  performance data has been received by the Board of Governors
  137  Access rate benchmarks must be differentiated and scored to
  138  reflect the varying access rate levels among the state
  139  universities; however, the scoring system may not include bonus
  140  points.
  141         (2) Each fiscal year, the amount of funds available for
  142  allocation to the state universities based on the performance
  143  based funding model shall consist of the state’s investment in
  144  performance funding plus institutional investments consisting of
  145  funds deducted from the base funding of each state university in
  146  the State University System in an amount provided by the
  147  Legislature. The Board of Governors shall establish a minimum
  148  performance funding eligibility threshold for thresholds for the
  149  state’s investment and the institutional investments, which must
  150  exceed the minimum institutional investment threshold. The board
  151  shall use data from the 2018-2019 fiscal year to establish
  152  initial scores for each state university. A state university
  153  that meets the minimum institutional investment eligibility
  154  threshold, but fails to meet the minimum state investment
  155  eligibility threshold, shall have its institutional investment
  156  restored but is ineligible for a share of the state’s investment
  157  in performance funding. The institutional investment shall be
  158  restored for each institution eligible for the state’s
  159  investment under the performance-based funding model.
  160         (3)(a) A state university that fails to meet the Board of
  161  Governors’ minimum institutional investment performance funding
  162  eligibility threshold shall have its institutional investment
  163  withheld by the board and must submit an improvement plan to the
  164  board that specifies the activities and strategies for improving
  165  the state university’s performance. The board must review and
  166  approve the improvement plan and, if the plan is approved, must
  167  monitor the state university’s progress in implementing the
  168  activities and strategies specified in the improvement plan. The
  169  state university shall submit monitoring reports to the board by
  170  December 31 and May 31 of each year in which an improvement plan
  171  is in place. The ability of a state university to submit an
  172  improvement plan to the board is limited to 1 fiscal year.
  173         (b) The Chancellor of the State University System shall
  174  withhold disbursement of the institutional investment until the
  175  monitoring report is approved by the Board of Governors. A state
  176  university determined by the board to be making satisfactory
  177  progress on implementing the improvement plan shall receive no
  178  more than one-half of the withheld institutional investment in
  179  January and the balance of the withheld institutional investment
  180  in June. A state university that fails to make satisfactory
  181  progress may not have its full institutional investment
  182  restored. Any institutional investment funds that are not
  183  restored shall be redistributed in accordance with the board’s
  184  performance-based metrics.
  185         (4)(a)The Board of Governors shall assign each state
  186  university a score on a 100-point scale. Pursuant to subsection
  187  (2), a state university’s initial scores must be established
  188  using data from the 2018-2019 fiscal year. The state
  189  universities with the three highest scores are eligible to
  190  receive a proportionate amount of the state’s investment. In the
  191  event of a tie for the three highest scores, the tie shall go to
  192  the benefit of the state universities.
  193         (b)Each state university with a score that is equal to or
  194  higher than its score for the previous year is eligible for its
  195  proportional amount of the state’s investment.
  196         (c)Each state university with a score that is lower than
  197  in the immediately previous year, but whose score in that year
  198  was equal to or higher than its score for the prior year, is
  199  eligible for its proportional amount of the state’s investment.
  200         (d)Each state university with a score that is equal to or
  201  lower than its previous year’s score for 2 consecutive years
  202  shall have its proportional amount of the state’s investment
  203  withheld and must submit a student success plan to the board for
  204  consideration at its August or September meeting. The board
  205  shall review and approve the student success plan and, if the
  206  student success plan is approved, must monitor the state
  207  university’s progress in implementing the plan. The student
  208  success plan must specify the activities and strategies the
  209  state university will use for improving its performance metrics.
  210         1.If the board approves the student success plan, the
  211  Chancellor of the State University System must disburse up to
  212  one-half of the state’s investment at the time of approval.
  213         2.The student success plan monitoring report must be
  214  submitted to the board on a date specified by the Chancellor and
  215  considered at the board’s March meeting. The Chancellor shall
  216  withhold the remaining disbursement of the state’s investment
  217  until the student success plan monitoring report for the state
  218  university is approved by the board. If it is determined that
  219  the state university is making satisfactory progress on
  220  implementing the plan, the board must approve the monitoring
  221  report and the state university must receive up to the balance
  222  of the state’s investment.
  223         3.Any state university that fails to make satisfactory
  224  progress may not have its full state investment restored, and
  225  any state investment funds remaining must be distributed to the
  226  top three scoring state universities, including any state
  227  universities that have tied.
  228         (e)Beginning with the 2021-2022 fiscal year, any state
  229  university with a score lower than 70 points shall have its
  230  proportional amount of the state’s investment withheld and the
  231  state university shall submit a student success plan to the
  232  board for consideration at its August or September meeting. The
  233  board shall review and approve the student success plan and, if
  234  the student success plan is approved, must monitor the state
  235  university’s progress in implementing the plan. The student
  236  success plan must specify the activities and strategies that the
  237  state university will use for improving its performance metrics.
  238  A state university whose proportional amount of the state’s
  239  investment is withheld pursuant to this paragraph may only have
  240  50 percent of its share of the state investment restored.
  241         1.If the board approves the student success plan, the
  242  Chancellor shall disburse up to 25 percent of the state’s
  243  investment at the time of approval.
  244         2.The student success plan monitoring report must be
  245  submitted to the board on a date specified by the Chancellor and
  246  considered at the board’s March meeting. The Chancellor shall
  247  withhold the remaining disbursement of the state’s investment
  248  until the student success plan monitoring report for the state
  249  university is approved by the board. If it is determined that
  250  the state university is making satisfactory progress on
  251  implementing the plan, the board must approve the monitoring
  252  report and the state university shall receive up to 25 percent
  253  of its proportional amount of the state’s investment.
  254         3.Any state university that fails to make satisfactory
  255  progress may not have its 50 percent of the state’s investment
  256  restored, and any state investment funds remaining must be
  257  distributed to the top three scoring state universities,
  258  including any state universities that have tied.
  259         4.The remaining 50 percent of each state university’s
  260  proportional share of the state’s investment must be distributed
  261  to the top three scoring state universities, including state
  262  universities that have tied.
  263         (5) Distributions of performance funding, as provided in
  264  this section, shall be made by the Legislature to each of the
  265  state universities.
  266         (6)(5) By October 1 of each year, the Board of Governors
  267  shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
  268  the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report on the
  269  previous fiscal year’s performance funding allocation which must
  270  reflect the rankings and award distributions.
  271         (7)(6) The Board of Governors shall adopt regulations to
  272  administer this section.
  273         Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
  274  1004.28, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
  275         1004.28 Direct-support organizations; use of property;
  276  board of directors; activities; audit; facilities.—
  277         (2) USE OF PROPERTY.—
  278         (b) The board of trustees, in accordance with regulations
  279  and guidelines of the Board of Governors, shall prescribe by
  280  regulation conditions with which a university direct-support
  281  organization must comply in order to use property, facilities,
  282  or personal services at any state university, including that
  283  personal services must comply with s. 1012.976. Such regulations
  284  shall provide for budget and audit review and oversight by the
  285  board of trustees, including thresholds for approval of
  286  purchases, acquisitions, projects, and issuance of debt.
  287  Beginning No later than July 1, 2019, the transfer of a state
  288  appropriation by the board of trustees to any direct-support
  289  organization and its not-for-profit subsidiaries and affiliates
  290  may only include only funds pledged for capital projects.
  291  Beginning July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, Each university
  292  board of trustees shall report annually to the Legislature the
  293  amount of state appropriations transferred to any direct-support
  294  organization during the previous fiscal year, the purpose for
  295  which the funds were transferred, and the remaining balance of
  296  any funds transferred.
  297         Section 4. Subsections (1), (4), and (5) and paragraph (a)
  298  of subsection (6) of section 1004.335, Florida Statutes, are
  299  amended to read:
  300         1004.335 Accreditation consolidation of University of South
  301  Florida branch campuses.—
  302         (1) The University of South Florida Consolidation Planning
  303  Study and Implementation Task Force is established to develop
  304  recommendations to improve service to students by phasing out
  305  the separate accreditation of the University of South Florida
  306  St. Petersburg branch campus and the University of South Florida
  307  Sarasota/Manatee branch campus, which were conferred by the
  308  Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on
  309  Colleges (SACSCOC) pursuant to ss. 1004.33 and 1004.34,
  310  respectively.
  311         (4) No later than February 15, 2019, The task force must
  312  submit a report to the University of South Florida Board of
  313  Trustees which includes, at a minimum, recommendations on the
  314  following:
  315         (a) Identification of specific degrees in programs of
  316  strategic significance, including health care, science,
  317  technology, engineering, mathematics, and other program
  318  priorities to be offered at the University of South Florida St.
  319  Petersburg branch campus and the University of South Florida
  320  Sarasota/Manatee branch campus and the timeline for the
  321  development and delivery of programs on each campus;
  322         (b) Maintaining the unique identity of each campus and an
  323  assessment of whether a separate educational mission is
  324  beneficial to the future of each campus;
  325         (c) Maintaining faculty input from all campuses during the
  326  review and development of general education requirements to
  327  reflect the distinctive identity of each campus;
  328         (d) Developing the research capacity at each campus;
  329         (e) Equitable distribution of programs and resources to
  330  establish pathways to admission for all students who require
  331  bridge programming and financial aid;
  332         (f) Establishing budget transparency and accountability
  333  regarding the review and approval of student fees among
  334  campuses, including fee differentials and athletic fees, to
  335  enable the identification of the equitable distribution of
  336  resources to each campus, including the University of South
  337  Florida Health; and
  338         (g) Developing and delivering integrated academic programs,
  339  student and faculty governance, and administrative services to
  340  better serve the students, faculty, and staff at the University
  341  of South Florida College of Marine Science, the University of
  342  South Florida Sarasota/Manatee branch campus, and the University
  343  of South Florida St. Petersburg branch campus.
  344         (5) No later than March 15, 2019, The Board of Trustees of
  345  the University of South Florida, after considering the
  346  recommendations of the task force, must adopt and submit to the
  347  Board of Governors an implementation plan that:
  348         (a) Establishes a timeline for each step that is necessary
  349  to terminate the separate accreditation for each campus no later
  350  than June 30, 2020, while maintaining branch campus status for
  351  both campuses, so that there is no lapse in institutional
  352  accreditation for any campus during the phasing-out process.
  353         (b) Minimizes disruption to students attending the any
  354  University of South Florida or any of its branch campuses campus
  355  so that the consolidation of SACSCOC accreditation does not
  356  impede a student’s ability to graduate within 4 years after
  357  initial first-time-in-college enrollment.
  358         (c) Requires that, on or before July 1, 2020, the entirety
  359  of the University of South Florida, including all branch
  360  campuses and other component units of the university, operate
  361  under a single institutional accreditation from the SACSCOC.
  362         (d) Requires that, on each regularly scheduled submission
  363  date subsequent to July 1, 2020, the University of South Florida
  364  report consolidated data for all of the university’s campuses
  365  and students to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
  366  System and to the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors
  367  shall use the consolidated data for purposes of determining
  368  eligibility for funding pursuant to ss. 1001.7065 and 1001.92.
  369         (6) Notwithstanding ss. 1001.7065 and 1001.92 or any Board
  370  of Governors regulation to the contrary relating to the
  371  calculation of graduation rates and retention rates, a student
  372  who meets all of the following criteria may not be counted by
  373  the Board of Governors when calculating or confirming the
  374  graduation rate or the retention rate of the University of South
  375  Florida under those sections:
  376         (a) The student was admitted to and initially enrolled
  377  before the spring 2020 semester as a first-time-in-college
  378  student at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg branch
  379  campus or the University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee
  380  branch campus.
  381         Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) and paragraph
  382  (b) of subsection (5) of section 1004.41, Florida Statutes, are
  383  amended, and paragraph (g) is added to subsection (4) and
  384  paragraph (f) is added to subsection (5) of that section, to
  385  read:
  386         1004.41 University of Florida; J. Hillis Miller Health
  387  Center.—
  388         (4)
  389         (b) The University of Florida Board of Trustees shall
  390  provide in the lease or by separate contract or agreement with
  391  Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., for the following:
  392         1. Approval of the articles of incorporation of Shands
  393  Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., by the University of
  394  Florida Board of Trustees.
  395         2. Governance of Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics,
  396  Inc., by a board of directors appointed, subject to removal, and
  397  chaired by the President of the University of Florida, or his or
  398  her designee, and vice chaired by the Vice President for Health
  399  Affairs of the University of Florida or his or her designee. The
  400  University of Florida Board of Trustees must approve all
  401  appointments to the board, its not-for-profit subsidiaries, and
  402  its affiliates.
  403         3. Use of hospital facilities and personnel in support of
  404  community service and patient care, research programs, and the
  405  teaching roles of the health center.
  406         4. Continued recognition of the collective bargaining units
  407  and collective bargaining agreements as currently composed and
  408  recognition of the certified labor organizations representing
  409  those units and agreements.
  410         5. Use of hospital facilities and personnel in connection
  411  with research programs conducted by the health center.
  412         6. Reimbursement to Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics,
  413  Inc., for indigent patients, state-mandated programs,
  414  underfunded state programs, and costs to Shands Teaching
  415  Hospital and Clinics, Inc., for support of the teaching and
  416  research programs of the health center. Such reimbursement shall
  417  be appropriated to either the health center or Shands Teaching
  418  Hospital and Clinics, Inc., each year by the Legislature after
  419  review and approval of the request for funds.
  420         7. Audit of the financial statements of Shands Teaching
  421  Hospital and Clinics, Inc., in accordance with generally
  422  accepted accounting principles as prescribed by the Governmental
  423  Accounting Standards Board for a separate corporation affiliated
  424  with a government entity that holds a voting majority interest
  425  of the affiliated corporation’s governing board. The financial
  426  statements shall be provided to the University of Florida Board
  427  of Trustees for attachment to its audited financial statement
  428  which is provided to the Auditor General. The University of
  429  Florida may obtain additional financial information from Shands
  430  Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., upon request by the Auditor
  431  General. This subparagraph applies equally to any not-for-profit
  432  subsidiary of Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., which
  433  directly delivers health care services and also qualifies as an
  434  instrumentality of the state under the governance control and
  435  the primary purpose standards specified in this section.
  436         (g) Beginning July 1, 2019, the transfer of state
  437  appropriations by the University of Florida Board of Trustees to
  438  Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinic, Inc., and its not-for
  439  profit subsidiaries and affiliates may include only funds
  440  pledged for capital projects.
  441         (5)
  442         (b) The University of Florida Board of Trustees shall
  443  provide in the lease or by separate contract or agreement with
  444  Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., and Shands
  445  Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc., for the following:
  446         1. Approval of the articles of incorporation of Shands
  447  Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., and of Shands Jacksonville
  448  HealthCare, Inc., by the University of Florida Board of
  449  Trustees, which may act through the president of the university
  450  or his or her designee. In approving the articles of
  451  incorporation of Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., and
  452  of Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc., the president of the
  453  university, or his or her designee, may act as the chair of the
  454  board of directors, or the president of the university or his or
  455  her designee or members of the University of Florida Board of
  456  Trustees may act as the approving body of Shands Jacksonville
  457  Medical Center, Inc., or Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc.
  458         2. Governance of Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.,
  459  and of Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc., by boards of
  460  directors appointed, subject to removal, and chaired by the
  461  President of the University of Florida, or his or her designee.
  462  One director of each board may be so appointed after being
  463  nominated by the mayor of the City of Jacksonville subject to
  464  the applicable standards for directors of such board. If there
  465  is a vice chair of the board of directors of Shands Jacksonville
  466  Medical Center, Inc., or Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc.,
  467  the Vice President for Health Affairs of the University of
  468  Florida, or his or her designee or the designee of the president
  469  of the university, shall hold that position. The University of
  470  Florida Board of Trustees must approve all appointments to the
  471  board, its not-for-profit subsidiaries, and its affiliates.
  472         3. Use of the Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.,
  473  hospital facilities and personnel in support of community
  474  service and patient care, research programs, and the teaching
  475  roles of the health center of the University of Florida Board of
  476  Trustees.
  477         4. Reimbursement to Shands Jacksonville Medical Center,
  478  Inc., for indigent patients, state-mandated programs,
  479  underfunded state programs, and costs to the not-for-profit
  480  corporation for support of the teaching and research programs of
  481  the health center. Such reimbursement shall be appropriated to
  482  either the health center or the not-for-profit corporation each
  483  year by the Legislature after review and approval of the request
  484  for funds.
  485         5. Audit of the financial statements of Shands Jacksonville
  486  Medical Center, Inc., and Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc.,
  487  in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as
  488  prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board for a
  489  separate corporation affiliated with a government entity that
  490  holds a voting majority interest of the affiliated corporation’s
  491  governing board. The financial statements shall be provided to
  492  the University of Florida Board of Trustees for attachment to
  493  its audited financial statement which is provided to the Auditor
  494  General. The University of Florida may obtain additional
  495  financial information from Shands Jacksonville Medical Center,
  496  Inc., and Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc., upon request by
  497  the Auditor General. This subparagraph applies equally to any
  498  not-for-profit subsidiary which directly delivers health care
  499  services and also qualifies as an instrumentality of the state
  500  under the governance control and primary purpose standards
  501  specified in this section.
  502         (f) Beginning July 1, 2019, the transfer of state
  503  appropriations by the University of Florida Board of Trustees to
  504  Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., Shands Jacksonville
  505  HealthCare, Inc., and any of their not-for-profit subsidiaries
  506  and affiliates may include only funds pledged for capital
  507  projects.
  508         Section 6. Subsection (7) is added to section 1007.23,
  509  Florida Statutes, to read:
  510         1007.23 Statewide articulation agreement.—
  511         (7)The articulation agreement must specifically provide
  512  for a reverse transfer agreement for Florida College System
  513  associate in arts degree-seeking students who transfer to a
  514  state university before earning an associate in arts degree.
  515  Students must be awarded an associate in arts degree by the
  516  Florida College System institution upon completion of degree
  517  requirements at the state university if the student earned a
  518  majority of the credit hours from the Florida College System
  519  institution. State universities shall identify students who have
  520  completed requirements for the associate in arts degree and
  521  transfer credits earned at the state university back to the
  522  Florida College System institution so that the associate in arts
  523  degree may be awarded by the Florida College System institution.
  524         Section 7. Subsection (4) of section 1011.90, Florida
  525  Statutes, is amended to read:
  526         1011.90 State university funding.—
  527         (4) The Board of Governors shall establish and validate a
  528  cost-estimating system consistent with the requirements of
  529  subsection (1) and shall report as part of its legislative
  530  budget request the actual expenditures for the fiscal year
  531  ending the previous June 30. The legislative budget request must
  532  also include 5-year trend information on the ratios of student
  533  enrollment to faculty and administrators at each university. The
  534  ratio of students to administrators at any state university may
  535  not grow at a greater rate than the ratio of students to
  536  faculty. Expenditure analysis, operating budgets, and annual
  537  financial statements of each university must be prepared using
  538  the standard financial reporting procedures and formats
  539  prescribed by the Board of Governors. These formats shall be the
  540  same as used for the 2000-2001 fiscal year reports. Any
  541  revisions to these financial and reporting procedures and
  542  formats must be approved by the Executive Office of the Governor
  543  and the appropriations committees of the Legislature jointly
  544  under the provisions of s. 216.023(3). The Board of Governors
  545  shall continue to collect and maintain at a minimum management
  546  information existing on June 30, 2002. The expenditure analysis
  547  report shall include total expenditures from all sources for the
  548  general operation of the university and shall be in such detail
  549  as needed to support the legislative budget request.
  550         Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.