Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 374
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/17/2017           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education (Galvano)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 309 - 339
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 2. Effective July 1, 2017, section 1001.6001,
    6  Florida Statutes, is created to read:
    7         1001.6001 Florida Community College System governance.—
    8         (1) The Florida College System, established in s. 1001.60,
    9  is renamed as the Florida Community College System.
   10         (2) The State Board of Community Colleges is created
   11  pursuant to s. 20.156 to oversee and coordinate the Florida
   12  Community College System. The Governor shall appoint the
   13  membership of the State Board of Community Colleges, subject to
   14  confirmation by the Senate, in time for the members to convene
   15  for the board’s organizational meeting pursuant to s. 20.156(5).
   16         (3) The Division of Florida Colleges shall provide
   17  administrative support to the State Board of Community Colleges
   18  until September 30, 2017.
   19         (4) On October 1, 2017, all powers, duties, functions,
   20  records, offices, personnel, property, pending issues and
   21  existing contracts, administrative authority, administrative
   22  rules, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations,
   23  and other funds related to the Florida College System and the
   24  Division of Florida Colleges are transferred by a type two
   25  transfer, as defined in s. 20.06(2), from the State Board of
   26  Education to the State Board of Community Colleges.
   27         (5) The State Board of Community Colleges shall appoint a
   28  Chancellor of the Florida Community College System by November
   29  1, 2017, to aid the board in the implementation of its
   30  responsibilities.
   31         (6) Any State Board of Education approval, policy,
   32  guidance, and appointment in effect on October 1, 2017, remain
   33  effective unless acted upon by the State Board of Community
   34  Colleges.
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   37  And the title is amended as follows:
   38         Delete line 3
   39  and insert:
   40         a short title; creating s. 1001.6001, F.S.; renaming
   41         the Florida College System as