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2023 Legislature SB 44
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2 An act relating to the Florida Statutes; amending ss.
3 381.915, 402.7305, 1001.60, 1003.491, 1007.33, and
4 1008.45, F.S., to conform to section 7 of chapter
5 2022-70, Laws of Florida, which directs the Division
6 of Law Revision to prepare a reviser’s bill to replace
7 references to the phrases “the Southern Association of
8 Colleges and Schools,” “the Commission on Colleges of
9 the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,” and
10 “the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
11 Commission on Colleges,” wherever they occur in the
12 Florida Statutes, with the phrase “an accrediting
13 agency or association recognized by the database
14 created and maintained by the United States Department
15 of Education”; providing an effective date.
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17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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19 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) and paragraph
20 (c) of subsection (4) of section 381.915, Florida Statutes, are
21 amended to read:
22 381.915 Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program.—
23 (3) On or before September 15 of each year, the department
24 shall calculate an allocation fraction to be used for
25 distributing funds to participating cancer centers. On or before
26 the final business day of each quarter of the state fiscal year,
27 the department shall distribute to each participating cancer
28 center one-fourth of that cancer center’s annual allocation
29 calculated under subsection (6). The allocation fraction for
30 each participating cancer center is based on the cancer center’s
31 tier-designated weight under subsection (4) multiplied by each
32 of the following allocation factors: number of reportable cases,
33 peer-review costs, and biomedical education and training. As
34 used in this section, the term:
35 (a) “Biomedical education and training” means instruction
36 that is offered to a student who is enrolled in a biomedical
37 research program at an affiliated university as a medical
38 student or a student in a master’s or doctoral degree program,
39 or who is a resident physician trainee or postdoctoral trainee
40 in such program. An affiliated university biomedical research
41 program must be accredited or approved by a nationally
42 recognized agency and offered through an institution accredited
43 by an accrediting agency or association recognized by the
44 database created and maintained by the United States Department
45 of Education the Commission on Colleges of the Southern
46 Association of Colleges and Schools. Full-time equivalency for
47 trainees shall be prorated for training received in oncologic
48 sciences and oncologic medicine.
49 (4) Tier designations and corresponding weights within the
50 Casey DeSantis Cancer Research Program are as follows:
51 (c) Tier 3: Florida-based cancer centers seeking
52 designation as either a NCI-designated cancer center or NCI
53 designated comprehensive cancer center, which shall be weighted
54 at 1.0.
55 1. A cancer center shall meet the following minimum
56 criteria to be considered eligible for Tier 3 designation in any
57 given fiscal year:
58 a. Conducting cancer-related basic scientific research and
59 cancer-related population scientific research;
60 b. Offering and providing the full range of diagnostic and
61 treatment services on site, as determined by the Commission on
62 Cancer of the American College of Surgeons;
63 c. Hosting or conducting cancer-related interventional
64 clinical trials that are registered with the NCI’s Clinical
65 Trials Reporting Program;
66 d. Offering degree-granting programs or affiliating with
67 universities through degree-granting programs accredited or
68 approved by a nationally recognized agency and offered through
69 the center or through the center in conjunction with another
70 institution accredited by an accrediting agency or association
71 recognized by the database created and maintained by the United
72 States Department of Education the Commission on Colleges of the
73 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools;
74 e. Providing training to clinical trainees, medical
75 trainees accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate
76 Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association, and
77 postdoctoral fellows recently awarded a doctorate degree; and
78 f. Having more than $5 million in annual direct costs
79 associated with their total NCI peer-reviewed grant funding.
80 2. The General Appropriations Act or accompanying
81 legislation may limit the number of cancer centers which shall
82 receive Tier 3 designations or provide additional criteria for
83 such designation.
84 3. A cancer center’s participation in Tier 3 may not extend
85 beyond June 30, 2024.
86 4. A cancer center that qualifies as a designated Tier 3
87 center under the criteria provided in subparagraph 1. by July 1,
88 2014, is authorized to pursue NCI designation as a cancer center
89 or a comprehensive cancer center until June 30, 2024.
90 Section 2. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
91 402.7305, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
92 402.7305 Department of Children and Families; procurement
93 of contractual services; contract management.—
94 (2) PROCUREMENT OF COMMODITIES AND CONTRACTUAL SERVICES.—
95 (a) Notwithstanding s. 287.057(3)(e)12., if the department
96 intends to contract with a public postsecondary institution to
97 provide a service, the department must allow all public
98 postsecondary institutions in this state that are accredited by
99 an accrediting agency or association recognized by the database
100 created and maintained by the United States Department of
101 Education the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to
102 bid on the contract. Thereafter, notwithstanding any other
103 provision of law, if a public postsecondary institution intends
104 to subcontract for any service awarded in the contract, the
105 subcontracted service must be procured by competitive
106 procedures.
107 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
108 1001.60, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
109 1001.60 Florida College System.—
110 (2) FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM.—There shall be a single Florida
111 College System comprised of the Florida College System
112 institutions identified in s. 1000.21(3). A Florida College
113 System institution may not offer graduate degree programs.
114 (b)1. With the approval of its district board of trustees,
115 a Florida College System institution may change the
116 institution’s name set forth in s. 1000.21(3) and use the
117 designation “college” or “state college” if it has been
118 authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees pursuant to s. 1007.33
119 and has been accredited as a baccalaureate-degree-granting
120 institution by an accrediting agency or association recognized
121 by the database created and maintained by the United States
122 Department of Education the Commission on Colleges of the
123 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
124 2. With the approval of its district board of trustees, a
125 Florida College System institution that does not meet the
126 criteria in subparagraph 1. may request approval from the State
127 Board of Education to change the institution’s name set forth in
128 s. 1000.21(3) and use the designation “college.” The State Board
129 of Education may approve the request if the Florida College
130 System institution enters into an agreement with the State Board
131 of Education to do the following:
132 a. Maintain as its primary mission responsibility for
133 responding to community needs for postsecondary academic
134 education and career degree education as prescribed in s.
135 1004.65(5).
136 b. Maintain an open-door admissions policy for associate
137 level degree programs and workforce education programs.
138 c. Continue to provide outreach to underserved populations.
139 d. Continue to provide remedial education.
140 e. Comply with all provisions of the statewide articulation
141 agreement that relate to 2-year and 4-year public degree
142 granting institutions as adopted by the State Board of Education
143 pursuant to s. 1007.23.
144 Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section
145 1003.491, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
146 1003.491 Florida Career and Professional Education Act.—The
147 Florida Career and Professional Education Act is created to
148 provide a statewide planning partnership between the business
149 and education communities in order to attract, expand, and
150 retain targeted, high-value industry and to sustain a strong,
151 knowledge-based economy.
152 (4) The State Board of Education shall establish a process
153 for the continual and uninterrupted review of newly proposed
154 core secondary courses and existing courses requested to be
155 considered as core courses to ensure that sufficient rigor and
156 relevance is provided for workforce skills and postsecondary
157 education and aligned to state curriculum standards.
158 (a) The review of newly proposed core secondary courses
159 shall be the responsibility of a curriculum review committee
160 whose membership is approved by CareerSource Florida, Inc. The
161 membership of the committee shall include:
162 1. Three certified high school counselors recommended by
163 the Florida Association of Student Services Administrators.
164 2. Three assistant superintendents for curriculum and
165 instruction, recommended by the Florida Association of District
166 School Superintendents, who serve in districts that operate
167 successful career and professional academies pursuant to s.
168 1003.492 or a successful series of courses that lead to industry
169 certification. Committee members in this category shall employ
170 the expertise of appropriate subject area specialists in the
171 review of proposed courses.
172 3. Three workforce representatives recommended by the
173 Department of Economic Opportunity.
174 4. Three admissions directors of postsecondary institutions
175 accredited by an accrediting agency or association recognized by
176 the database created and maintained by the United States
177 Department of Education the Southern Association of Colleges and
178 Schools, representing both public and private institutions.
179 5. The Commissioner of Education, or his or her designee,
180 who is responsible for K-12 curriculum and instruction and shall
181 employ the expertise of appropriate subject area specialists in
182 the review of proposed courses.
183 Section 5. Paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of subsection (5)
184 of section 1007.33, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
185 1007.33 Site-determined baccalaureate degree access.—
186 (5) The approval process for baccalaureate degree programs
187 shall require:
188 (f) The Florida College System institution to obtain from
189 an accrediting agency or association recognized by the database
190 created and maintained by the United States Department of
191 Education the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association
192 of Colleges and Schools accreditation as a baccalaureate-degree
193 granting institution if approved by the State Board of Education
194 to offer its first baccalaureate degree program.
195 (g) The Florida College System institution to notify an
196 accrediting agency or association recognized by the database
197 created and maintained by the United States Department of
198 Education the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association
199 of Colleges and Schools of subsequent degree programs that are
200 approved by the State Board of Education and to comply with the
201 association’s required substantive change protocols for
202 accreditation purposes.
203 (h) The Florida College System institution to annually, and
204 upon request of the State Board of Education, the Commissioner
205 of Education, the Chancellor of the Florida College System, or
206 the Legislature, report its status using the following
207 performance and compliance indicators:
208 1. Obtaining and maintaining appropriate Southern
209 Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation from an
210 accrediting agency or association recognized by the database
211 created and maintained by the United States Department of
212 Education;
213 2. Maintaining qualified faculty and institutional
214 resources;
215 3. Maintaining enrollment in previously approved programs;
216 4. Managing fiscal resources appropriately;
217 5. Complying with the primary mission and responsibility
218 requirements in subsections (2) and (3); and
219 6. Other indicators of success, including program
220 completions, placements, and surveys of graduates and employers.
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222 The State Board of Education, upon review of the performance and
223 compliance indicators, may require a Florida College System
224 institution’s board of trustees to modify or terminate a
225 baccalaureate degree program authorized under this section.
226 Section 6. Paragraph (g) of subsection (1) of section
227 1008.45, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
228 1008.45 Florida College System institution accountability
229 process.—
230 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that a management
231 and accountability process be implemented which provides for the
232 systematic, ongoing improvement and assessment of the
233 improvement of the quality and efficiency of the Florida College
234 System institutions. Accordingly, the State Board of Education
235 and the Florida College System institution boards of trustees
236 shall develop and implement an accountability plan to improve
237 and evaluate the instructional and administrative efficiency and
238 effectiveness of the Florida College System. This plan shall be
239 designed in consultation with staff of the Governor and the
240 Legislature and must address the following issues:
241 (g) Institutional assessment efforts related to the
242 requirements of an accrediting agency or association recognized
243 by the database created and maintained by the United States
244 Department of Education s. III in the Criteria for Accreditation
245 of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
246 Colleges and Schools.
247 Reviser’s note.—Amended pursuant to the directive of the
248 Legislature in s. 7, ch. 2022-70, Laws of Florida, to the
249 Division of Law Revision to prepare a reviser’s bill for
250 the 2023 Regular Session of the Legislature to replace
251 references to the phrases “the Southern Association of
252 Colleges and Schools,” “the Commission on Colleges of the
253 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,” and “the
254 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on
255 Colleges,” wherever they occur in the Florida Statutes,
256 with the phrase “an accrediting agency or association
257 recognized by the database created and maintained by the
258 United States Department of Education.”
259 Section 7. This act shall take effect on the 60th day after
260 adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in which
261 enacted.