The Florida Senate

1000.21  Systemwide definitions.--As used in the Florida K-20 Education Code:

(1)  "Articulation" is the systematic coordination that provides the means by which students proceed toward their educational objectives in as rapid and student-friendly manner as their circumstances permit, from grade level to grade level, from elementary to middle to high school, to and through postsecondary education, and when transferring from one educational institution or program to another.

(2)  "Commissioner" is the Commissioner of Education.

(3)  "Community college," except as otherwise specifically provided, includes the following institutions and any branch campuses, centers, or other affiliates of the institution:

(a)  Brevard Community College.

(b)  Broward College.

(c)  Central Florida Community College.

(d)  Chipola College.

(e)  Daytona Beach College.

(f)  Edison College.

(g)  Florida Community College at Jacksonville.

(h)  Florida Keys Community College.

(i)  Gulf Coast Community College.

(j)  Hillsborough Community College.

(k)  Indian River College.

(l)  Lake City Community College.

(m)  Lake-Sumter Community College.

(n)  Manatee Community College.

(o)  Miami Dade College.

(p)  North Florida Community College.

(q)  Okaloosa-Walton College.

(r)  Palm Beach Community College.

(s)  Pasco-Hernando Community College.

(t)  Pensacola Junior College.

(u)  Polk College.

(v)  St. Johns River Community College.

(w)  St. Petersburg College.

(x)  Santa Fe College.

(y)  Seminole Community College.

(z)  South Florida Community College.

(aa)  Tallahassee Community College.

(bb)  Valencia Community College.

(4)  "Department" is the Department of Education.

(5)  "Parent" is either or both parents of a student, any guardian of a student, any person in a parental relationship to a student, or any person exercising supervisory authority over a student in place of the parent.

(6)  "State university," except as otherwise specifically provided, includes the following institutions and any branch campuses, centers, or other affiliates of the institution:

(a)  The University of Florida.

(b)  The Florida State University.

(c)  The Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.

(d)  The University of South Florida.

(e)  The Florida Atlantic University.

(f)  The University of West Florida.

(g)  The University of Central Florida.

(h)  The University of North Florida.

(i)  The Florida International University.

(j)  The Florida Gulf Coast University.

(k)  New College of Florida.

(7)  "Sunshine State Standards" or the "Next Generation Sunshine State Standards" means the state's public K-12 curricular standards adopted under s. 1003.41 The term includes the Sunshine State Standards that are in place for a subject until the standards for that subject are replaced under s. 1003.41 by the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards.

(8)  "Board of Governors" is the Board of Governors of the State University System.

History.--s. 10, ch. 2002-387; s. 3, ch. 2004-271; s. 67, ch. 2007-217; s. 1, ch. 2008-52; s. 5, ch. 2008-163; s. 3, ch. 2008-235.