Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SPB 2502 Ì210424rÎ210424 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: FAV . 02/10/2022 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Appropriations (Perry) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 582 and 583 4 insert: 5 Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 6 145 of the 2022-2023 General Appropriations Act, section 7 1004.6496, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 8 1004.6496 Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic 9 Education.— 10 (1) The Trustees of the University of Florida may use funds 11 as provided in the General Appropriations Act to establish the 12 Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education as an academic 13 unit within the University of Florida. The purpose of the center 14 is to support teaching and research concerning the ideas, 15 traditions, and texts that form the foundations of western and 16 American civilization. The Board of Trustees of the University 17 is authorized to rename the Center consistent with its 18 philanthropic naming governance procedures. 19 (2) The goals of the center are to: 20 (a) Educate university students in the core texts and great 21 debates of Western civilization; 22 (b) Educate university students in the principles, ideals, 23 and institutions of the American political order; 24 (c) Educate university students in the foundations of 25 responsible leadership and informed citizenship; and 26 (d) Offer university-wide programming related to civic 27 education and the values of open inquiry and civil discourse. 28 (3) This section expires July 1, 2023. 29 30 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 31 And the title is amended as follows: 32 Delete line 33 33 and insert: 34 respectively; creating s. 1004.6496, F.S.; authorizing 35 the Trustees of the University of Florida to use funds 36 to establish the Hamilton Center for Classical and 37 Civic Education; providing purposes and goals of the 38 center; authorizing the Agency for Health Care