Bill Text: FL S1296 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Organization and Operation of State Universities
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7071 (Ch. 2019-119), CS/SB 190 (Ch. 2019-103), SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116) [S1296 Detail]
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Bill Title: Organization and Operation of State Universities
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/HB 7071 (Ch. 2019-119), CS/SB 190 (Ch. 2019-103), SB 2502 (Ch. 2019-116) [S1296 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S1296-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 1296
By Senator Diaz
36-00622A-19 20191296__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the organization and operation of
3 state universities; amending s. 1001.706, F.S.;
4 requiring the Board of Governors to report on the
5 intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity at each
6 state university; requiring each institution to
7 conduct a certain annual survey of students, faculty,
8 and administrators; requiring the Office of Inspector
9 General to annually verify the accuracy of specified
10 data; requiring the Board of Governors to match
11 certain student information with specified educational
12 and employment records; requiring the Board of
13 Governors to enter into an agreement with the
14 Department of Economic Opportunity for certain
15 purposes; providing requirements for such agreement;
16 amending s. 1001.92, F.S.; revising the state
17 university system performance-based incentive;
18 revising the performance-based metrics to include
19 specific data; authorizing the Board of Governors to
20 approve other metrics; prohibiting the adjustment of
21 such metrics once specified data has been received;
22 requiring the Board of Governors to establish a
23 minimum performance funding eligibility threshold for
24 institutional investments, which must exceed a certain
25 minimum threshold; requiring the use of specified data
26 in establishing initial scores; providing for the
27 scoring of universities by the Board of Governors and
28 the distribution of state investment funds; providing
29 requirements for state universities that do not meet
30 specified requirements relating to the performance
31 funding eligibility thresholds for the state’s
32 investment funding; amending s. 1004.28, F.S.;
33 providing that state appropriations transferred to
34 specified entities by state university boards of
35 trustees may only be used for specified purposes;
36 amending s. 1004.335, F.S.; clarifying that the
37 University of South Florida St. Petersburg and the
38 University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee are
39 branch campuses; deleting obsolete language; amending
40 s. 1004.41, F.S.; requiring the University of Florida
41 Board of Trustees to approve appointments to specified
42 boards of directors and certain subsidiaries and
43 affiliates of Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics,
44 Inc.; providing that, as of a specified date, state
45 appropriations transferred to certain entities by the
46 University of Florida Board of Trustees may be used
47 only for specified purposes; amending s. 1007.23,
48 F.S.; requiring the statewide articulation agreement
49 to provide for a reverse transfer agreement; providing
50 for an associate degree to be awarded to certain
51 students by Florida College System institutions;
52 providing requirement for state universities; amending
53 s. 1011.90, F.S.; providing requirements for a certain
54 legislative budget request; prohibiting certain ratios
55 relating to student enrollment from growing faster
56 than a specified rate; providing an effective date.
57
58 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
59
60 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subsection (5) of section
61 1001.706, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (j) is
62 added to subsection (3) and paragraph (i) is added to subsection
63 (5) of that section, to read:
64 1001.706 Powers and duties of the Board of Governors.—
65 (3) POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ORGANIZATION AND
66 OPERATION OF STATE UNIVERSITIES.—
67 (j) The Board of Governors shall report, by September 1 of
68 each year, on the intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity
69 at each institution through an objective, nonpartisan, and
70 statistically valid survey that enables comparison among
71 institutions over time. Each institution shall conduct an annual
72 survey of students, faculty, and administrators which assesses
73 the extent to which competing ideas, perspectives, and claims of
74 truth are presented and members of the university community feel
75 safe and supported in exploring and articulating their beliefs
76 and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom.
77 (5) POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ACCOUNTABILITY.—
78 (e) The Board of Governors shall maintain an effective
79 information system to provide accurate, timely, and cost
80 effective information about each university. The board shall
81 continue to collect and maintain, at a minimum, management
82 information as such information existed on June 30, 2002. The
83 Office of the Inspector General shall annually verify the
84 accuracy of the data used to implement ss. 1001.7065 and
85 1001.92.
86 (i) The Board of Governors shall match individual student
87 information with information in the files of state and federal
88 agencies that maintain educational and employment records. The
89 board must enter into an agreement with the Department of
90 Economic Opportunity which allows access to the individual
91 reemployment assistance wage records maintained by the
92 department. The agreement must protect individual privacy and
93 must provide that student information may be used only for the
94 purposes of auditing or evaluating higher education programs
95 offered by state universities.
96 Section 2. Section 1001.92, Florida Statutes, is amended to
97 read:
98 1001.92 State University System Performance-Based
99 Incentive.—
100 (1) A State University System Performance-Based Incentive
101 shall be awarded to state universities using performance-based
102 metrics adopted by the Board of Governors of the State
103 University System. Beginning with the Board of Governors’
104 determination of each university’s performance improvement and
105 achievement ratings for 2018, and the related distribution of
106 the 2018-2019 fiscal year appropriation, the performance-based
107 metrics must include:
108 (a) 4-year graduation rates;
109 (b) 2-year graduation rates for full-time 2+2 associate
110 degree transfer students from Florida College System
111 institutions;
112 (c) Retention rates;
113 (d) Postgraduation education rates;
114 (e) Degree production;
115 (f) Affordability;
116 (g) Postgraduation employment and salaries, including wage
117 thresholds that reflect the added value of a baccalaureate
118 degree;
119 (h) Six-year graduation rates for students who are eligible
120 for a Pell Grant as compared with students who are not eligible
121 for a Pell Grant, with points deducted for decreases in the
122 enrollment of students who are eligible for a Pell Grant access
123 rate, based on the percentage of undergraduate students enrolled
124 during the fall term who received a Pell Grant during the fall
125 term; and
126 (i) The percentage of students graduating without excess
127 hours.
128
129 The Board of Governors may approve other metrics approved by the
130 board in a formally noticed meeting. The board shall adopt
131 benchmarks to evaluate each state university’s performance on
132 the metrics to measure the state university’s achievement of
133 institutional excellence or need for improvement and minimum
134 requirements for eligibility to receive performance funding.
135 Benchmarks and metrics may not be adjusted after university
136 performance data has been received by the Board of Governors
137 Access rate benchmarks must be differentiated and scored to
138 reflect the varying access rate levels among the state
139 universities; however, the scoring system may not include bonus
140 points.
141 (2) Each fiscal year, the amount of funds available for
142 allocation to the state universities based on the performance
143 based funding model shall consist of the state’s investment in
144 performance funding plus institutional investments consisting of
145 funds deducted from the base funding of each state university in
146 the State University System in an amount provided by the
147 Legislature. The Board of Governors shall establish a minimum
148 performance funding eligibility threshold for thresholds for the
149 state’s investment and the institutional investments, which must
150 exceed the minimum institutional investment threshold. The board
151 shall use data from the 2018-2019 fiscal year to establish
152 initial scores for each state university. A state university
153 that meets the minimum institutional investment eligibility
154 threshold, but fails to meet the minimum state investment
155 eligibility threshold, shall have its institutional investment
156 restored but is ineligible for a share of the state’s investment
157 in performance funding. The institutional investment shall be
158 restored for each institution eligible for the state’s
159 investment under the performance-based funding model.
160 (3)(a) A state university that fails to meet the Board of
161 Governors’ minimum institutional investment performance funding
162 eligibility threshold shall have its institutional investment
163 withheld by the board and must submit an improvement plan to the
164 board that specifies the activities and strategies for improving
165 the state university’s performance. The board must review and
166 approve the improvement plan and, if the plan is approved, must
167 monitor the state university’s progress in implementing the
168 activities and strategies specified in the improvement plan. The
169 state university shall submit monitoring reports to the board by
170 December 31 and May 31 of each year in which an improvement plan
171 is in place. The ability of a state university to submit an
172 improvement plan to the board is limited to 1 fiscal year.
173 (b) The Chancellor of the State University System shall
174 withhold disbursement of the institutional investment until the
175 monitoring report is approved by the Board of Governors. A state
176 university determined by the board to be making satisfactory
177 progress on implementing the improvement plan shall receive no
178 more than one-half of the withheld institutional investment in
179 January and the balance of the withheld institutional investment
180 in June. A state university that fails to make satisfactory
181 progress may not have its full institutional investment
182 restored. Any institutional investment funds that are not
183 restored shall be redistributed in accordance with the board’s
184 performance-based metrics.
185 (4)(a) The Board of Governors shall assign each state
186 university a score on a 100-point scale. Pursuant to subsection
187 (2), a state university’s initial scores must be established
188 using data from the 2018-2019 fiscal year. The state
189 universities with the three highest scores are eligible to
190 receive a proportionate amount of the state’s investment. In the
191 event of a tie for the three highest scores, the tie shall go to
192 the benefit of the state universities.
193 (b) Each state university with a score that is equal to or
194 higher than its score for the previous year is eligible for its
195 proportional amount of the state’s investment.
196 (c) Each state university with a score that is lower than
197 in the immediately previous year, but whose score in that year
198 was equal to or higher than its score for the prior year, is
199 eligible for its proportional amount of the state’s investment.
200 (d) Each state university with a score that is equal to or
201 lower than its previous year’s score for 2 consecutive years
202 shall have its proportional amount of the state’s investment
203 withheld and must submit a student success plan to the board for
204 consideration at its August or September meeting. The board
205 shall review and approve the student success plan and, if the
206 student success plan is approved, must monitor the state
207 university’s progress in implementing the plan. The student
208 success plan must specify the activities and strategies the
209 state university will use for improving its performance metrics.
210 1. If the board approves the student success plan, the
211 Chancellor of the State University System must disburse up to
212 one-half of the state’s investment at the time of approval.
213 2. The student success plan monitoring report must be
214 submitted to the board on a date specified by the Chancellor and
215 considered at the board’s March meeting. The Chancellor shall
216 withhold the remaining disbursement of the state’s investment
217 until the student success plan monitoring report for the state
218 university is approved by the board. If it is determined that
219 the state university is making satisfactory progress on
220 implementing the plan, the board must approve the monitoring
221 report and the state university must receive up to the balance
222 of the state’s investment.
223 3. Any state university that fails to make satisfactory
224 progress may not have its full state investment restored, and
225 any state investment funds remaining must be distributed to the
226 top three scoring state universities, including any state
227 universities that have tied.
228 (e) Beginning with the 2021-2022 fiscal year, any state
229 university with a score lower than 70 points shall have its
230 proportional amount of the state’s investment withheld and the
231 state university shall submit a student success plan to the
232 board for consideration at its August or September meeting. The
233 board shall review and approve the student success plan and, if
234 the student success plan is approved, must monitor the state
235 university’s progress in implementing the plan. The student
236 success plan must specify the activities and strategies that the
237 state university will use for improving its performance metrics.
238 A state university whose proportional amount of the state’s
239 investment is withheld pursuant to this paragraph may only have
240 50 percent of its share of the state investment restored.
241 1. If the board approves the student success plan, the
242 Chancellor shall disburse up to 25 percent of the state’s
243 investment at the time of approval.
244 2. The student success plan monitoring report must be
245 submitted to the board on a date specified by the Chancellor and
246 considered at the board’s March meeting. The Chancellor shall
247 withhold the remaining disbursement of the state’s investment
248 until the student success plan monitoring report for the state
249 university is approved by the board. If it is determined that
250 the state university is making satisfactory progress on
251 implementing the plan, the board must approve the monitoring
252 report and the state university shall receive up to 25 percent
253 of its proportional amount of the state’s investment.
254 3. Any state university that fails to make satisfactory
255 progress may not have its 50 percent of the state’s investment
256 restored, and any state investment funds remaining must be
257 distributed to the top three scoring state universities,
258 including any state universities that have tied.
259 4. The remaining 50 percent of each state university’s
260 proportional share of the state’s investment must be distributed
261 to the top three scoring state universities, including state
262 universities that have tied.
263 (5) Distributions of performance funding, as provided in
264 this section, shall be made by the Legislature to each of the
265 state universities.
266 (6)(5) By October 1 of each year, the Board of Governors
267 shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
268 the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report on the
269 previous fiscal year’s performance funding allocation which must
270 reflect the rankings and award distributions.
271 (7)(6) The Board of Governors shall adopt regulations to
272 administer this section.
273 Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
274 1004.28, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
275 1004.28 Direct-support organizations; use of property;
276 board of directors; activities; audit; facilities.—
277 (2) USE OF PROPERTY.—
278 (b) The board of trustees, in accordance with regulations
279 and guidelines of the Board of Governors, shall prescribe by
280 regulation conditions with which a university direct-support
281 organization must comply in order to use property, facilities,
282 or personal services at any state university, including that
283 personal services must comply with s. 1012.976. Such regulations
284 shall provide for budget and audit review and oversight by the
285 board of trustees, including thresholds for approval of
286 purchases, acquisitions, projects, and issuance of debt.
287 Beginning No later than July 1, 2019, the transfer of a state
288 appropriation by the board of trustees to any direct-support
289 organization and its not-for-profit subsidiaries and affiliates
290 may only include only funds pledged for capital projects.
291 Beginning July 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, Each university
292 board of trustees shall report annually to the Legislature the
293 amount of state appropriations transferred to any direct-support
294 organization during the previous fiscal year, the purpose for
295 which the funds were transferred, and the remaining balance of
296 any funds transferred.
297 Section 4. Subsections (1), (4), and (5) and paragraph (a)
298 of subsection (6) of section 1004.335, Florida Statutes, are
299 amended to read:
300 1004.335 Accreditation consolidation of University of South
301 Florida branch campuses.—
302 (1) The University of South Florida Consolidation Planning
303 Study and Implementation Task Force is established to develop
304 recommendations to improve service to students by phasing out
305 the separate accreditation of the University of South Florida
306 St. Petersburg branch campus and the University of South Florida
307 Sarasota/Manatee branch campus, which were conferred by the
308 Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on
309 Colleges (SACSCOC) pursuant to ss. 1004.33 and 1004.34,
310 respectively.
311 (4) No later than February 15, 2019, The task force must
312 submit a report to the University of South Florida Board of
313 Trustees which includes, at a minimum, recommendations on the
314 following:
315 (a) Identification of specific degrees in programs of
316 strategic significance, including health care, science,
317 technology, engineering, mathematics, and other program
318 priorities to be offered at the University of South Florida St.
319 Petersburg branch campus and the University of South Florida
320 Sarasota/Manatee branch campus and the timeline for the
321 development and delivery of programs on each campus;
322 (b) Maintaining the unique identity of each campus and an
323 assessment of whether a separate educational mission is
324 beneficial to the future of each campus;
325 (c) Maintaining faculty input from all campuses during the
326 review and development of general education requirements to
327 reflect the distinctive identity of each campus;
328 (d) Developing the research capacity at each campus;
329 (e) Equitable distribution of programs and resources to
330 establish pathways to admission for all students who require
331 bridge programming and financial aid;
332 (f) Establishing budget transparency and accountability
333 regarding the review and approval of student fees among
334 campuses, including fee differentials and athletic fees, to
335 enable the identification of the equitable distribution of
336 resources to each campus, including the University of South
337 Florida Health; and
338 (g) Developing and delivering integrated academic programs,
339 student and faculty governance, and administrative services to
340 better serve the students, faculty, and staff at the University
341 of South Florida College of Marine Science, the University of
342 South Florida Sarasota/Manatee branch campus, and the University
343 of South Florida St. Petersburg branch campus.
344 (5) No later than March 15, 2019, The Board of Trustees of
345 the University of South Florida, after considering the
346 recommendations of the task force, must adopt and submit to the
347 Board of Governors an implementation plan that:
348 (a) Establishes a timeline for each step that is necessary
349 to terminate the separate accreditation for each campus no later
350 than June 30, 2020, while maintaining branch campus status for
351 both campuses, so that there is no lapse in institutional
352 accreditation for any campus during the phasing-out process.
353 (b) Minimizes disruption to students attending the any
354 University of South Florida or any of its branch campuses campus
355 so that the consolidation of SACSCOC accreditation does not
356 impede a student’s ability to graduate within 4 years after
357 initial first-time-in-college enrollment.
358 (c) Requires that, on or before July 1, 2020, the entirety
359 of the University of South Florida, including all branch
360 campuses and other component units of the university, operate
361 under a single institutional accreditation from the SACSCOC.
362 (d) Requires that, on each regularly scheduled submission
363 date subsequent to July 1, 2020, the University of South Florida
364 report consolidated data for all of the university’s campuses
365 and students to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data
366 System and to the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors
367 shall use the consolidated data for purposes of determining
368 eligibility for funding pursuant to ss. 1001.7065 and 1001.92.
369 (6) Notwithstanding ss. 1001.7065 and 1001.92 or any Board
370 of Governors regulation to the contrary relating to the
371 calculation of graduation rates and retention rates, a student
372 who meets all of the following criteria may not be counted by
373 the Board of Governors when calculating or confirming the
374 graduation rate or the retention rate of the University of South
375 Florida under those sections:
376 (a) The student was admitted to and initially enrolled
377 before the spring 2020 semester as a first-time-in-college
378 student at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg branch
379 campus or the University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee
380 branch campus.
381 Section 5. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) and paragraph
382 (b) of subsection (5) of section 1004.41, Florida Statutes, are
383 amended, and paragraph (g) is added to subsection (4) and
384 paragraph (f) is added to subsection (5) of that section, to
385 read:
386 1004.41 University of Florida; J. Hillis Miller Health
387 Center.—
388 (4)
389 (b) The University of Florida Board of Trustees shall
390 provide in the lease or by separate contract or agreement with
391 Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., for the following:
392 1. Approval of the articles of incorporation of Shands
393 Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., by the University of
394 Florida Board of Trustees.
395 2. Governance of Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics,
396 Inc., by a board of directors appointed, subject to removal, and
397 chaired by the President of the University of Florida, or his or
398 her designee, and vice chaired by the Vice President for Health
399 Affairs of the University of Florida or his or her designee. The
400 University of Florida Board of Trustees must approve all
401 appointments to the board, its not-for-profit subsidiaries, and
402 its affiliates.
403 3. Use of hospital facilities and personnel in support of
404 community service and patient care, research programs, and the
405 teaching roles of the health center.
406 4. Continued recognition of the collective bargaining units
407 and collective bargaining agreements as currently composed and
408 recognition of the certified labor organizations representing
409 those units and agreements.
410 5. Use of hospital facilities and personnel in connection
411 with research programs conducted by the health center.
412 6. Reimbursement to Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics,
413 Inc., for indigent patients, state-mandated programs,
414 underfunded state programs, and costs to Shands Teaching
415 Hospital and Clinics, Inc., for support of the teaching and
416 research programs of the health center. Such reimbursement shall
417 be appropriated to either the health center or Shands Teaching
418 Hospital and Clinics, Inc., each year by the Legislature after
419 review and approval of the request for funds.
420 7. Audit of the financial statements of Shands Teaching
421 Hospital and Clinics, Inc., in accordance with generally
422 accepted accounting principles as prescribed by the Governmental
423 Accounting Standards Board for a separate corporation affiliated
424 with a government entity that holds a voting majority interest
425 of the affiliated corporation’s governing board. The financial
426 statements shall be provided to the University of Florida Board
427 of Trustees for attachment to its audited financial statement
428 which is provided to the Auditor General. The University of
429 Florida may obtain additional financial information from Shands
430 Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., upon request by the Auditor
431 General. This subparagraph applies equally to any not-for-profit
432 subsidiary of Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinics, Inc., which
433 directly delivers health care services and also qualifies as an
434 instrumentality of the state under the governance control and
435 the primary purpose standards specified in this section.
436 (g) Beginning July 1, 2019, the transfer of state
437 appropriations by the University of Florida Board of Trustees to
438 Shands Teaching Hospital and Clinic, Inc., and its not-for
439 profit subsidiaries and affiliates may include only funds
440 pledged for capital projects.
441 (5)
442 (b) The University of Florida Board of Trustees shall
443 provide in the lease or by separate contract or agreement with
444 Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., and Shands
445 Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc., for the following:
446 1. Approval of the articles of incorporation of Shands
447 Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., and of Shands Jacksonville
448 HealthCare, Inc., by the University of Florida Board of
449 Trustees, which may act through the president of the university
450 or his or her designee. In approving the articles of
451 incorporation of Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., and
452 of Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc., the president of the
453 university, or his or her designee, may act as the chair of the
454 board of directors, or the president of the university or his or
455 her designee or members of the University of Florida Board of
456 Trustees may act as the approving body of Shands Jacksonville
457 Medical Center, Inc., or Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc.
458 2. Governance of Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.,
459 and of Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc., by boards of
460 directors appointed, subject to removal, and chaired by the
461 President of the University of Florida, or his or her designee.
462 One director of each board may be so appointed after being
463 nominated by the mayor of the City of Jacksonville subject to
464 the applicable standards for directors of such board. If there
465 is a vice chair of the board of directors of Shands Jacksonville
466 Medical Center, Inc., or Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc.,
467 the Vice President for Health Affairs of the University of
468 Florida, or his or her designee or the designee of the president
469 of the university, shall hold that position. The University of
470 Florida Board of Trustees must approve all appointments to the
471 board, its not-for-profit subsidiaries, and its affiliates.
472 3. Use of the Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc.,
473 hospital facilities and personnel in support of community
474 service and patient care, research programs, and the teaching
475 roles of the health center of the University of Florida Board of
476 Trustees.
477 4. Reimbursement to Shands Jacksonville Medical Center,
478 Inc., for indigent patients, state-mandated programs,
479 underfunded state programs, and costs to the not-for-profit
480 corporation for support of the teaching and research programs of
481 the health center. Such reimbursement shall be appropriated to
482 either the health center or the not-for-profit corporation each
483 year by the Legislature after review and approval of the request
484 for funds.
485 5. Audit of the financial statements of Shands Jacksonville
486 Medical Center, Inc., and Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc.,
487 in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as
488 prescribed by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board for a
489 separate corporation affiliated with a government entity that
490 holds a voting majority interest of the affiliated corporation’s
491 governing board. The financial statements shall be provided to
492 the University of Florida Board of Trustees for attachment to
493 its audited financial statement which is provided to the Auditor
494 General. The University of Florida may obtain additional
495 financial information from Shands Jacksonville Medical Center,
496 Inc., and Shands Jacksonville HealthCare, Inc., upon request by
497 the Auditor General. This subparagraph applies equally to any
498 not-for-profit subsidiary which directly delivers health care
499 services and also qualifies as an instrumentality of the state
500 under the governance control and primary purpose standards
501 specified in this section.
502 (f) Beginning July 1, 2019, the transfer of state
503 appropriations by the University of Florida Board of Trustees to
504 Shands Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc., Shands Jacksonville
505 HealthCare, Inc., and any of their not-for-profit subsidiaries
506 and affiliates may include only funds pledged for capital
507 projects.
508 Section 6. Subsection (7) is added to section 1007.23,
509 Florida Statutes, to read:
510 1007.23 Statewide articulation agreement.—
511 (7) The articulation agreement must specifically provide
512 for a reverse transfer agreement for Florida College System
513 associate in arts degree-seeking students who transfer to a
514 state university before earning an associate in arts degree.
515 Students must be awarded an associate in arts degree by the
516 Florida College System institution upon completion of degree
517 requirements at the state university if the student earned a
518 majority of the credit hours from the Florida College System
519 institution. State universities shall identify students who have
520 completed requirements for the associate in arts degree and
521 transfer credits earned at the state university back to the
522 Florida College System institution so that the associate in arts
523 degree may be awarded by the Florida College System institution.
524 Section 7. Subsection (4) of section 1011.90, Florida
525 Statutes, is amended to read:
526 1011.90 State university funding.—
527 (4) The Board of Governors shall establish and validate a
528 cost-estimating system consistent with the requirements of
529 subsection (1) and shall report as part of its legislative
530 budget request the actual expenditures for the fiscal year
531 ending the previous June 30. The legislative budget request must
532 also include 5-year trend information on the ratios of student
533 enrollment to faculty and administrators at each university. The
534 ratio of students to administrators at any state university may
535 not grow at a greater rate than the ratio of students to
536 faculty. Expenditure analysis, operating budgets, and annual
537 financial statements of each university must be prepared using
538 the standard financial reporting procedures and formats
539 prescribed by the Board of Governors. These formats shall be the
540 same as used for the 2000-2001 fiscal year reports. Any
541 revisions to these financial and reporting procedures and
542 formats must be approved by the Executive Office of the Governor
543 and the appropriations committees of the Legislature jointly
544 under the provisions of s. 216.023(3). The Board of Governors
545 shall continue to collect and maintain at a minimum management
546 information existing on June 30, 2002. The expenditure analysis
547 report shall include total expenditures from all sources for the
548 general operation of the university and shall be in such detail
549 as needed to support the legislative budget request.
550 Section 8. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
