Florida Senate - 2007                        SENATOR AMENDMENT
    Bill No. CS for SB 1570
                        Barcode 582666
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11  Senator Wilson moved the following substitute for amendment
12  (354988):
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 7, between lines 23 and 24,
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18         Section 4.  Subsection (3) of section 1009.25, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         1009.25  Fee exemptions.--
21         (3)  At the discretion of the community college board
22  of trustees, each community college is authorized to grant
23  student fee exemptions from all fees adopted by the State
24  Board of Education and the community college board of trustees
25  for up to 1 percent of the community college's prior year
26  full-time equivalent students or 40 full-time equivalent
27  students, whichever is greater, to students whose enrollment
28  addresses priorities of the community college and to students
29  who have graduated from a Florida public high school and who
30  attended a Florida public high school for 3 years at each
31  institution.
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Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1570 Barcode 582666 1 2 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 3 4 5 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 6 And the title is amended as follows: 7 On page 1, line 2, through 8 page 2, line 1, delete those lines 9 10 and insert: 11 An act relating to community colleges; amending 12 s. 1001.64, F.S.; providing for community 13 colleges that grant baccalaureate degrees to 14 remain under the authority of the State Board 15 of Education with respect to specified 16 responsibilities; providing that the board of 17 trustees is the governing board for purposes of 18 granting baccalaureate degrees; providing 19 powers of the boards of trustees, including the 20 power to establish tuition and out-of-state 21 fees; providing restrictions; requiring 22 policies relating to minimum faculty teaching 23 hours per week; amending s. 1007.33, F.S.; 24 authorizing a community college to develop 25 proposals to deliver baccalaureate degree 26 programs in math and science which would 27 prepare graduates to enter certain professions; 28 removing a requirement that proposals for a 29 baccalaureate degree program be submitted to 30 the Council for Education Policy Research and 31 Improvement for review and comment; providing 2 12:08 PM 04/25/07 s1570c1c-33-t7y
Florida Senate - 2007 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 1570 Barcode 582666 1 requirements for the delivery of specified 2 baccalaureate degree programs by a regionally 3 accredited college or university at a community 4 college site; requiring notification to 5 colleges and universities of intent to offer 6 the degree program; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; 7 providing guidelines and restrictions for 8 setting tuition and out-of-state fees for 9 upper-division courses; amending s. 1009.25, 10 F.S.; revising provisions relating to the 11 number of and qualifications for exemptions 12 from community college fees; amending s. 13 1011.83, 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 12:08 PM 04/25/07 s1570c1c-33-t7y