Florida Senate - 2023                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for CS for SB 266
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Polsky moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 778 and 779
    4  insert:
    5         Section 13. It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure
    6  that provisions of this act do not adversely affect the quality,
    7  competitiveness, and research funding of public universities and
    8  colleges within this state and that the high standards in the
    9  public higher education system be maintained. To that end, this
   10  section provides for the automatic repeal or reversion, as
   11  applicable, of certain provisions created or amended by this act
   12  if performance benchmarks as defined in this section are not
   13  met.
   14         (1) For purposes of this section, the term:
   15         (a) “Performance benchmarks” refers to the minimum levels
   16  of rankings or research funding which must be maintained by
   17  public institutions of higher education to avoid the automatic
   18  repeal of certain provisions of this act.
   19         (b) “Public institution of higher education” means any
   20  Florida College System institution or state university.
   21         (c) “Rankings” refers to the positions held by public
   22  institutions of higher education on established national or
   23  international ranking lists.
   24         (d) “Research funding” means the amount of external funding
   25  received by public institutions of higher education to support
   26  research activities.
   27         (2)(a) The Department of Education, in conjunction with the
   28  Board of Governors, shall establish performance benchmarks for
   29  rankings and research funding of public institutions of higher
   30  education within this state which benchmarks are subject to
   31  periodic review and revision to reflect the changing landscape
   32  of higher education and research funding over time.
   33         (b)The Department of Education and the Board of Governors
   34  shall monitor the rankings and research funding of public
   35  institutions of higher education within this state and compare
   36  them to established performance benchmarks.
   37         (3)(a) If the rankings or research funding of public
   38  institutions of higher education within this state, as monitored
   39  and determined by the Department of Education and the Board of
   40  Governors, falls below the established performance benchmarks,
   41  this act is repealed and any statute amended by this act shall
   42  revert to that in existence on June 30, 2023, except that any
   43  amendments to such statutes enacted other than by this act shall
   44  be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
   45  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
   46  revert pursuant to this section.
   47         (b) The Department of Education and the Board of Governors
   48  shall notify the Legislature, the Governor, and the public
   49  institutions of higher education within this state which are
   50  affected by the repeal or reversion of law within 30 days after
   51  the determination is made that the performance benchmarks have
   52  not been met.
   53  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   54  And the title is amended as follows:
   55         Between lines 104 and 105
   56  insert:
   57         legislative intent; defining terms; requiring the
   58         Department of Education and the Board of Governors to
   59         establish and monitor performance benchmark rankings
   60         and research funding of public institutions of higher
   61         education within this state; providing for the
   62         automatic repeal of the act and the reversion of
   63         specified provisions of the act if the rankings or
   64         research funding fall below a certain benchmark;
   65         requiring the department and the Board of Governors to
   66         notify certain entities within a specified timeframe
   67         after determining that such repeal and reversion will
   68         occur; providing