HB 347

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to college credit for military
3	training and education courses; creating s. 1004.096,
4	F.S.; requiring the Board of Governors of the State
5	University System and the State Board of Education to
6	adopt regulations and rules, respectively, that enable
7	United States Armed Forces servicemembers to earn
8	college credit for college-level training and
9	education acquired in the military; providing an
10	effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1.  Section 1004.096, Florida Statutes, is created
15	to read:
16	1004.096  College credit for military training and
17	education courses.-The Board of Governors shall adopt
18	regulations and the State Board of Education shall adopt rules
19	that enable eligible members of the United States Armed Forces
20	to earn academic college credit at public postsecondary
21	educational institutions for college-level training and
22	education acquired in the military. The regulations and rules
23	shall include procedures for credential evaluation and the award
24	of academic college credit, including, but not limited to,
25	equivalency and alignment of military coursework with
26	appropriate college courses, course descriptions, type and
27	amount of college credit that may be awarded, and transfer of
28	credit.
29	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.

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