HB 0757 2003
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to Florida Gulf Coast University; amending
3	s. 1002.32, F.S.; authorizing a developmental research
4	school at the university; authorizing a bachelor of
5	science in human performance degree program with a
6	concentration in athletic training at the university;
7	providing effective dates.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Effective July 1, 2003, subsection (2) of
12	section 1002.32, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13	1002.32 Developmental research (laboratory) schools.--
14	(2) ESTABLISHMENT.--There is established a category of
15	public schools to be known as developmental research
16	(laboratory) schools (lab schools). Each lab school shall
17	provide sequential instruction and shall be affiliated with the
18	college of education within the state university of closest
19	geographic proximity. A lab school to which a charter has been
20	issued under s. 1002.33(5)(b) must be affiliated with the
21	college of education within the state university that issued the
22	charter, but is not subject to the requirement that the state
23	university be of closest geographic proximity. For the purpose
24	of state funding, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical
25	University, Florida Atlantic University, Florida Gulf Coast
26	University,Florida State University, the University of Florida,
27	and other universities approved by the State Board of Education
28	and the Legislature are authorized to sponsor one or more lab
29	schools.
30	Section 2. A bachelor of science in human performance
31	degree program with a concentration in athletic training is
32	authorized at Florida Gulf Coast University.
33	Section 3. Except as otherwise provided herein, this act
34	shall take effect upon becoming a law.