Bill Amendment: FL S0190 | 2019 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Higher Education

Status: 2019-06-18 - Chapter No. 2019-103, companion bill(s) passed, see SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116) [S0190 Detail]

Download: Florida-2019-S0190-Senate_Committee_Amendment_906626_to_Amendment_107176_.html

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       Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 190
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Stargel) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (107176) (with title
    2  amendment)
    3  
    4         Between lines 228 and 229
    5  insert:
    6         Section 6. Subsections (7) and (8) are added to section
    7  1007.23, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         (7) The articulation agreement must specifically provide
    9  for a reverse transfer agreement for Florida College System
   10  associate in arts degree-seeking students who transfer to a
   11  state university before earning an associate in arts degree.
   12  Students must be awarded an associate in arts degree by the
   13  Florida College System institution upon completion of degree
   14  requirements at the state university if the student earned more
   15  than 30 credit hours toward the associate in arts degree from
   16  the Florida College System institution. State universities must
   17  identify students who have completed the requirements for the
   18  associate in arts degree and, upon student consent, transfer
   19  credits earned at the state university back to the Florida
   20  College System institution so that the associate in arts degree
   21  may be awarded by the Florida College System institution.
   22         (8) By the 2019-2020 academic year, to strengthen Florida’s
   23  “2+2” system of articulation and improve student retention and
   24  on-time graduation, each Florida College System institution
   25  shall execute at least one “2+2” targeted pathway articulation
   26  agreement with one or more state universities, and each state
   27  university shall execute at least one such agreement with one or
   28  more Florida College System institutions to establish “2+2”
   29  targeted pathway programs. The agreement must provide students
   30  who graduate with an associate in arts degree and who meet
   31  specified requirements guaranteed access to the state university
   32  and a degree program at that university, in accordance with the
   33  terms of the “2+2” targeted pathway articulation agreement.
   34         (a) To participate in a “2+2” targeted pathway program, a
   35  student must:
   36         1. Enroll in the program before completing 30 credit hours,
   37  including, but not limited to, college credits earned through
   38  articulated acceleration mechanisms pursuant to s. 1007.27;
   39         2. Complete an associate in arts degree; and
   40         3. Meet the university’s transfer requirements.
   41         (b) A state university that executes a “2+2” targeted
   42  pathway articulation agreement must meet the following
   43  requirements in order to implement a “2+2” targeted pathway
   44  program in collaboration with its partner Florida College System
   45  institution:
   46         1. Establish a 4-year, on-time graduation plan for a
   47  baccalaureate degree program, including, but not limited to, a
   48  plan for students to complete associate in arts degree programs,
   49  general education courses, common prerequisite courses, and
   50  elective courses;
   51         2. Advise students enrolled in the program about the
   52  university’s transfer and degree program requirements; and
   53         3. Provide students who meet the requirements under this
   54  paragraph with access to academic advisors and campus events and
   55  with guaranteed admittance to the state university and a degree
   56  program of the state university, in accordance with the terms of
   57  the agreement.
   58         (c) To assist the state universities and Florida College
   59  System institutions with implementing the “2+2” targeted pathway
   60  programs effectively, the State Board of Education and the Board
   61  of Governors shall collaborate to eliminate barriers in
   62  executing “2+2” targeted pathway articulation agreements.
   63         Section 7. Subsection (11) of section 1007.25, Florida
   64  Statutes, is amended to read:
   65         (11) Students at state universities may request an
   66  associate in arts degree certificates if they have successfully
   67  completed the minimum requirements for the degree of associate
   68  in arts (A.A.). The university must grant the student an
   69  associate in arts degree if the student has successfully
   70  completed minimum requirements for the associate in arts degree,
   71  as determined by the state university for college-level
   72  communication and computation skills adopted by the State Board
   73  of Education and 60 academic semester hours or the equivalent
   74  within a degree program area, including 36 semester hours in
   75  general education courses in the subject areas of communication,
   76  mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and natural sciences,
   77  consistent with the general education requirements specified in
   78  the articulation agreement pursuant to s. 1007.23. The
   79  university must notify students of the criteria and process for
   80  requesting an associate in arts degree during orientation.
   81  Additional notification must be provided to each student
   82  enrolled at the university upon completion of the requirements
   83  for an associate in arts degree. Beginning with students
   84  enrolled at the university in the 2018-2019 academic year and
   85  thereafter, the university must also notify any student who has
   86  not graduated from the university of the option and process to
   87  request an associate in arts degree if that student has
   88  completed the requirements for an associate in arts degree but
   89  has not reenrolled at the university in the subsequent fall
   90  semester and thereafter.
   91         Section 8. Subsection (2) of section 1008.32, Florida
   92  Statutes, is amended to read:
   93         1008.32 State Board of Education oversight enforcement
   94  authority.—The State Board of Education shall oversee the
   95  performance of district school boards and Florida College System
   96  institution boards of trustees in enforcement of all laws and
   97  rules. District school boards and Florida College System
   98  institution boards of trustees shall be primarily responsible
   99  for compliance with law and state board rule.
  100         (2)(a) The Commissioner of Education may investigate
  101  allegations of noncompliance with law or state board rule and
  102  determine probable cause. The commissioner shall report
  103  determinations of probable cause to the State Board of Education
  104  which shall require the district school board or Florida College
  105  System institution board of trustees to document compliance with
  106  law or state board rule.
  107         (b) The Commissioner of Education shall report to the State
  108  Board of Education any findings by the Auditor General that a
  109  district school board or Florida College System institution is
  110  acting without statutory authority or contrary to general law.
  111  The State Board of Education shall require the district school
  112  board or Florida College System institution board of trustees to
  113  document compliance with such law.
  114         Section 9. Subsection (3) of section 1008.322, Florida
  115  Statutes, is amended to read:
  116         1008.322 Board of Governors oversight enforcement
  117  authority.—
  118         (3)(a) The Chancellor of the State University System may
  119  investigate allegations of noncompliance with any law or Board
  120  of Governors’ rule or regulation and determine probable cause.
  121  The chancellor shall report determinations of probable cause to
  122  the Board of Governors, which may require the university board
  123  of trustees to document compliance with the law or Board of
  124  Governors’ rule or regulation.
  125         (b) The Chancellor of the State University System shall
  126  report to the Board of Governors any findings by the Auditor
  127  General that a university is acting without statutory authority
  128  or contrary to general law. The Board of Governors shall require
  129  the university board of trustees to document compliance with
  130  such law.
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  133  And the title is amended as follows:
  134         Delete line 1220
  135  and insert:
  136         political committee; amending s. 1007.23, F.S.;
  137         requiring the statewide articulation agreement to
  138         include a reverse transfer agreement for students
  139         transferring from a Florida College System institution
  140         to a state university without having earned an
  141         associate in arts degree; requiring, by a specified
  142         academic year, Florida College System institutions and
  143         state universities to execute agreements to establish
  144         “2+2” targeted pathway programs; providing
  145         requirements for such agreements; specifying
  146         requirements for student participation; requiring the
  147         State Board of Education and the Board of Governors to
  148         collaborate to eliminate barriers in executing pathway
  149         articulation agreements; amending 1007.25, F.S.;
  150         requiring a university to, at specified times, notify
  151         students enrolled at the university of the criteria
  152         and option to request an associate in arts degree;
  153         requiring that universities notify students not
  154         enrolled at the university who meet specified criteria
  155         of the option of receive an associate in arts degree,
  156         beginning with students enrolled in the 2018-2019
  157         academic year and thereafter; amending s. 1008.32,
  158         F.S.; requiring the Commissioner of Education to
  159         report certain audit findings to State Board of
  160         Education under certain circumstances; requiring
  161         district school boards and Florida College System
  162         institutions’ boards of trustees to document
  163         compliance with the law under certain circumstances;
  164         amending s. 1008.322, F.S.; requiring the Chancellor
  165         of the State University System to report certain audit
  166         findings to the Board of Governors under certain
  167         circumstances; requiring state universities’ boards of
  168         trustees to document compliance with the law under
  169         certain circumstances; amending s. 1009.215, F.S.;