Florida Senate - 2022 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SPB 2502
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: FAV .
02/10/2022 .
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The Committee on Appropriations (Perry) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Between lines 582 and 583
4 insert:
5 Section 14. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
6 145 of the 2022-2023 General Appropriations Act, section
7 1004.6496, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
8 1004.6496 Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic
9 Education.—
10 (1) The Trustees of the University of Florida may use funds
11 as provided in the General Appropriations Act to establish the
12 Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education as an academic
13 unit within the University of Florida. The purpose of the center
14 is to support teaching and research concerning the ideas,
15 traditions, and texts that form the foundations of western and
16 American civilization. The Board of Trustees of the University
17 is authorized to rename the Center consistent with its
18 philanthropic naming governance procedures.
19 (2) The goals of the center are to:
20 (a) Educate university students in the core texts and great
21 debates of Western civilization;
22 (b) Educate university students in the principles, ideals,
23 and institutions of the American political order;
24 (c) Educate university students in the foundations of
25 responsible leadership and informed citizenship; and
26 (d) Offer university-wide programming related to civic
27 education and the values of open inquiry and civil discourse.
28 (3) This section expires July 1, 2023.
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31 And the title is amended as follows:
32 Delete line 33
33 and insert:
34 respectively; creating s. 1004.6496, F.S.; authorizing
35 the Trustees of the University of Florida to use funds
36 to establish the Hamilton Center for Classical and
37 Civic Education; providing purposes and goals of the
38 center; authorizing the Agency for Health Care