| 1 | Representative Proctor offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the resolving clause and insert: |
| 5 | That the creation of Section 8 of Article IX and the |
| 6 | creation of a new section in Article XII of the State |
| 7 | Constitution are agreed to and shall be submitted to the |
| 8 | electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next |
| 9 | general election: |
| 10 | ARTICLE IX |
| 11 | EDUCATION |
| 12 | SECTION 8. Florida college system.-- |
| 13 | (a) PURPOSES. In order to maximize open access for |
| 14 | students, respond to community needs for postsecondary academic |
| 15 | education and career degree education, and provide associate and |
| 16 | baccalaureate degrees that will best meet the state's employment |
| 17 | needs, the people hereby establish a system of governance for |
| 18 | the Florida college system. |
| 19 | (b) FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM. There shall be a single |
| 20 | Florida college system comprised of two-year and four-year |
| 21 | public postsecondary educational institutions that grant |
| 22 | academic degrees at the undergraduate level as provided by law. |
| 23 | An institution within the Florida college system may not offer |
| 24 | graduate degree programs. |
| 25 | (c) LOCAL BOARDS OF TRUSTEES. Each institution within the |
| 26 | Florida college system shall be governed by a local board of |
| 27 | trustees as provided by law. The membership of each local board |
| 28 | of trustees shall be as provided by law. |
| 29 | (d) FLORIDA COLLEGE BOARD. The Florida college board |
| 30 | shall oversee and coordinate the Florida college system as |
| 31 | provided by law. The governor shall appoint to the board six |
| 32 | citizens dedicated to the purposes of the Florida college |
| 33 | system. The appointed members shall be confirmed by the senate |
| 34 | and serve staggered terms of four years as provided by law. The |
| 35 | commissioner of education shall also be a member of the board. |
| 36 | ARTICLE XII |
| 37 | SCHEDULE |
| 38 | Florida college system.--The creation of Section 8 of |
| 39 | Article IX, which establishes the Florida college system, and |
| 40 | this section, if submitted to the electors of this state for |
| 41 | approval or rejection at the next general election and if |
| 42 | approved, shall take effect July 1 of the year following such |
| 43 | general election. |
| 44 | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be |
| 45 | placed on the ballot: |
| 46 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS |
| 47 | ARTICLE IX, SECTION 8 |
| 48 | ARTICLE XII |
| 49 | ESTABLISHING THE FLORIDA COLLEGE SYSTEM.--Proposing |
| 50 | amendments to the State Constitution which will establish the |
| 51 | Florida College System comprised of 2-year and 4-year public |
| 52 | postsecondary educational institutions that grant academic |
| 53 | degrees at the undergraduate level as provided by law; provide |
| 54 | for the governance of each institution within the Florida |
| 55 | College System by a local board of trustees as provided by law; |
| 56 | provide that the Florida College Board, which shall be comprised |
| 57 | of the Commissioner of Education and six citizens appointed by |
| 58 | the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, shall oversee and |
| 59 | coordinate the Florida College System as provided by law; and |
| 60 | provide that these amendments shall take effect July 1 of the |
| 61 | year following the next general election. |
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| 65 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 66 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 67 | Senate Joint Resolution |
| 68 | A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section 8 of |
| 69 | Article IX and the creation of a new section in Article XII of |
| 70 | the State Constitution to establish the Florida College System, |
| 71 | to provide for a local board of trustees to govern each |
| 72 | institution in the Florida College System, to provide for the |
| 73 | Florida College Board, and to provide an effective date. |