Senate Bill sb2272

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2272

    By Senator Hill





    1-1670-04                                               See HB

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to admission to state

  3         universities; providing the popular name the

  4         "Thurgood Marshall University Opportunity Act";

  5         amending s. 1007.261, F.S.; authorizing each

  6         university to use race as one of the criteria

  7         for admission; amending ss. 1004.39 and

  8         1004.40, F.S.; deleting a restriction that

  9         prohibits the college of law at Florida

10         International University and the college of law

11         at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical

12         University from using race as a preference in

13         the admissions process; providing an effective

14         date.

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16  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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18         Section 1.  This act shall be known by the popular name

19  the "Thurgood Marshall University Opportunity Act."

20         Section 2.  Subsection (11) is added to section

21  1007.261, Florida Statutes, to read:

22         1007.261  State universities; admissions of

23  students.--Each university board of trustees is authorized to

24  adopt rules governing the admission of students, subject to

25  this section and rules of the State Board of Education.

26         (11)  Each university may use race as one of the

27  criteria for admission.

28         Section 3.  Subsection (6) of section 1004.39, Florida

29  Statutes, is amended to read:

30         1004.39  College of law at Florida International

31  University.--

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2272
    1-1670-04                                               See HB




 1         (6)  The college of law at Florida International

 2  University shall be dedicated to providing opportunities for

 3  minorities to attain representation within the legal

 4  profession proportionate to their representation in the

 5  general population; however, the college of law shall not

 6  include preferences in the admissions process for applicants

 7  on the basis of race, national origin, or gender.

 8         Section 4.  Subsection (6) of section 1004.40, Florida

 9  Statutes, is amended to read:

10         1004.40  College of law at Florida Agricultural and

11  Mechanical University.--

12         (6)  The college of law at Florida Agricultural and

13  Mechanical University shall be dedicated to providing

14  opportunities for minorities to attain representation within

15  the legal profession proportionate to their representation in

16  the general population; however, the college of law shall not

17  include preferences in the admissions process for applicants

18  on the basis of race, national origin, or gender.

19         Section 5.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

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