Bill Text: FL S0732 | 2023 | Regular Session | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
ENROLLED 2023 Legislature CS for SB 732 2023732er 1 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: 13 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.