Bill Text: FL S0732 | 2023 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Collegiate Purple Star Campuses

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-26 - Chapter No. 2023-160 [S0732 Detail]

Download: Florida-2023-S0732-Comm_Sub.html

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       Florida Senate - 2023                              CS for SB 732
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Education Postsecondary; and Senators Wright
       and Collins
       
       
       
       
       589-02364-23                                           2023732c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to Collegiate Purple Star Campuses;
    3         creating s. 1004.071, F.S.; defining the term
    4         “military student”; requiring the State Board of
    5         Education to adopt rules and the Board of Governors to
    6         adopt regulations to establish the Collegiate Purple
    7         Star Campuses program; specifying program criteria for
    8         participating Florida College System institutions,
    9         state universities, and career centers; providing an
   10         effective date.
   11          
   12  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   14         Section 1. Section 1004.071, Florida Statutes, is created
   15  to read:
   16         1004.071 Collegiate Purple Star Campuses.—
   17         (1) As used in this section, the term “military student”
   18  means a student who is:
   19         (a) Enrolled in a Florida College System institution, state
   20  university, or career center.
   21         (b) An active duty member or veteran of the Army, Navy, Air
   22  Force, Space Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard; a reserve
   23  component of any branch of the United States military; or the
   24  Florida National Guard; and his or her spouse and dependents.
   25         (2)(a) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules, and
   26  the Board of Governors shall adopt regulations, to establish the
   27  Collegiate Purple Star Campuses program. At a minimum, the
   28  program must require a participating Florida College System
   29  institution, state university, or career center to:
   30         1. Designate a staff member as a military liaison.
   31         2. Maintain a web page on the institution’s website which
   32  includes resources for military students and their families.
   33         3. Maintain a student-led transition program that assists
   34  military students in transitioning to the institution.
   35         4. Offer professional development training opportunities
   36  for staff members on issues relating to military students.
   37         5. Provide priority course registration for military
   38  students.
   39         (b) The State Board of Education and the Board of Governors
   40  may establish additional criteria to identify Florida College
   41  System institutions and career centers, or state universities,
   42  respectively, that demonstrate a commitment to or provide
   43  critical transition supports for military-connected families,
   44  such as hosting an annual military recognition event, partnering
   45  with a school liaison officer from a military installation,
   46  supporting projects that connect the Florida College System
   47  institution, state university, or career center with the
   48  military community, and providing outreach for military parents
   49  and their children.
   50         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.