Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SPB 7098
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: FAV            .                                
                  02/18/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Budget (Lynn) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 600 and 601
    4  insert:
    5         Section 16. Subsection (6) of section 1007.33, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1007.33 Site-determined baccalaureate degree access.—
    8         (6)(a) Beginning July 1, 2010, and each subsequent July 1,
    9  the Division of Florida Colleges may accept and review
   10  applications from a Florida College System institution to obtain
   11  an exemption from the State Board of Education’s approval for
   12  subsequent degrees as required in subsection (5), if the Florida
   13  College System institution is accredited by the Commission on
   14  Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as
   15  a baccalaureate-degree-granting institution and has been
   16  offering baccalaureate degree programs for 3 or more years. The
   17  division shall develop criteria for determining eligibility for
   18  an exemption based upon demonstrated compliance with the
   19  requirements for baccalaureate degrees, primary mission, and
   20  fiscal, including, but not limited to:
   21         1. Obtaining and maintaining appropriate SACS
   22  accreditation;
   23         2. The maintenance of qualified faculty and institutional
   24  resources;
   25         3. The maintenance of enrollment projections in previously
   26  approved programs;
   27         4. The appropriate management of fiscal resources;
   28         5. Compliance with the primary mission and responsibility
   29  requirements in subsections (2) and (3);
   30         6. The timely submission of the institution’s annual
   31  performance accountability report; and
   32         7. Other indicators of success such as program completers,
   33  placements, and surveys of students and employers.
   34         (b) If the Florida College System institution has
   35  demonstrated satisfactory progress in fulfilling the eligibility
   36  criteria in this subsection, the Division of Florida Colleges
   37  may recommend to the State Board of Education that the
   38  institution be exempt from the requirement in subsection (5) for
   39  approval of future baccalaureate degree programs. The State
   40  Board of Education shall review the division’s recommendation
   41  and determine if an exemption is warranted. If the State Board
   42  of Education approves the application, the Florida College
   43  System institution is exempt from subsequent program approval
   44  under subsection (5) and such authority is delegated to the
   45  Florida College System institution board of trustees. If the
   46  State Board of Education disapproves of the Florida College
   47  System institution’s request for an exemption, the college shall
   48  continue to be subject to the State Board of Education’s
   49  approval of subsequent baccalaureate degree programs.
   50         (a)(c) Prior to developing or proposing a new baccalaureate
   51  degree program, all Florida College System institutions,
   52  regardless of an exemption from subsection (5), shall:
   53         1. Engage in need, demand, and impact discussions with the
   54  state university in their service district and other local and
   55  regional, accredited postsecondary providers in their region.
   56         2. Send documentation, data, and other information from the
   57  inter-institutional discussions regarding program need, demand,
   58  and impact required in subparagraph 1. to the college’s board of
   59  trustees, the Division of Florida Colleges, and the Chancellor
   60  of the State University System.
   61         3. Base board of trustees approval of the new program upon
   62  the documentation, data, and other information required in this
   63  paragraph and the factors in subsection (5)(d).
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   65  The Division of Florida Colleges shall use the documentation,
   66  data, and other information required in this subsection,
   67  including information from the Chancellor of the State
   68  University System, in its compliance review.
   69         (b)(d) The board of trustees of a Florida College System
   70  institution that is exempt from subsection (5) must submit newly
   71  approved programs to the Division of Florida Colleges and SACS
   72  within 30 days after approval.
   73         (c)(e) Within 30 days after receiving the approved
   74  baccalaureate degree program, the Division of Florida Colleges
   75  shall conduct a compliance review and notify the college if the
   76  proposal meets the criteria for implementation based upon the
   77  criteria in paragraphs (5)(d) and (a) (6)(c). If the program
   78  fails to meet the criteria for implementation as determined by
   79  the Division of Florida Colleges, the college may not proceed
   80  with implementation of the program until the State Board of
   81  Education reviews the proposal and the compliance materials and
   82  gives its final approval of the program.
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   85         And the title is amended as follows:
   86         Delete line 99
   87  and insert:
   88         duties of the center; amending s. 1007.33, F.S.;
   89         deleting provisions providing a procedure for a
   90         Florida College System institution to apply for an
   91         exemption from certain requirements for approval of
   92         additional baccalaureate degree programs; amending s.
   93         1009.215, F.S.;