Bill Text: FL H5201 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Postsecondary Education Funding

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-07 - Read 3rd time -HJ 465 [H5201 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-H5201-Introduced.html

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HB 5201

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to postsecondary education funding;
3	amending s. 1004.091, F.S.; revising duties of the Florida
4	Distance Learning Consortium; requiring the consortium to
5	work with the Florida College System and the State
6	University System in implementing the transient student
7	admissions application process; revising requirements for
8	a central instructional content repository and use of open
9	access textbooks; amending s. 1006.72, F.S.; requiring an
10	annual report relating to the licensing of electronic
11	library resources; amending s. 1007.28, F.S.; requiring
12	the computer-assisted student advising system to provide
13	the admissions application for transient students;
14	amending s. 1009.22, F.S.; requiring a block tuition
15	charge for students enrolled in adult general education
16	programs; providing residency requirements for workforce
17	education postsecondary students; authorizing district
18	school boards and Florida College System institution
19	boards of trustees to acquire improved real property for
20	use as educational facilities through the use of capital
21	improvement fee revenues; authorizing a convenience fee
22	for processing certain payments of tuition and fees;
23	authorizing the use of certain fees for general education
24	services; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; conforming a cross-
25	reference; authorizing Florida College System institution
26	boards of trustees to acquire improved real property for
27	use as educational facilities through the use of capital
28	improvement fee revenues; authorizing certain Florida
29	College System institutions to establish a transient
30	student fee; authorizing the use of certain fees for
31	general education services; amending s. 1009.24, F.S.;
32	authorizing state universities to establish a transient
33	student fee; revising requirements for expenditure of the
34	tuition differential; authorizing the use of certain fees
35	for general education services; amending s. 1009.25, F.S.;
36	deleting the exemption from payment of tuition and fees
37	for certain students; amending s. 1009.286, F.S.; revising
38	the excess credit hour surcharge for students at state
39	universities; amending s. 1009.531, F.S.; increasing the
40	test score eligibility requirement for the Florida Bright
41	Futures Scholarship Program; providing an additional
42	eligibility requirement; amending s. 1009.532, F.S.;
43	reducing the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship award by
44	the amount of acceleration credits earned; amending s.
45	1009.534, F.S.; increasing the community service
46	requirement for receipt of a Florida Academic Scholars
47	award; amending s. 1009.535, F.S.; providing a community
48	service requirement for receipt of a Florida Medallion
49	Scholars award; amending s. 1009.536, F.S.; providing a
50	community service requirement for receipt of a Florida
51	Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award; amending s. 1009.89,
52	F.S.; revising eligibility requirements and funding for
53	the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida Resident Access Grant
54	Program; amending s. 1009.891, F.S.; revising eligibility
55	requirements for the Access to Better Learning and
56	Education Grant Program; amending s. 1011.80, F.S.;
57	revising provisions relating to funding for workforce
58	education programs; providing for allocation based on
59	funding needs; restricting certain funding; amending s.
60	1011.85, F.S.; providing that certain funds are not
61	eligible for state match under the Dr. Philip Benjamin
62	Matching Grant Program; amending s. 1012.885, F.S.;
63	providing a limitation on the amount of remuneration of
64	Florida College System institution presidents for fiscal
65	year 2011-2012; creating s. 1012.886, F.S.; limiting the
66	remuneration of Florida College System institution
67	administrative employees; providing exceptions; amending
68	s. 1012.975, F.S.; providing a limitation on the amount of
69	remuneration of state university presidents for fiscal
70	year 2011-2012; creating s. 1012.976, F.S.; limiting the
71	remuneration of state university administrative employees;
72	providing exceptions; amending s. 1013.33, F.S.;
73	conforming provisions; repealing s. 1013.63, F.S., which
74	creates the University Concurrency Trust Fund; requiring
75	the Department of Education to work with the College
76	Center for Library Automation (CCLA) to transfer certain
77	data; requiring the Florida Center for Library Automation
78	(FCLA) and the CCLA to develop a plan for establishing a
79	single postsecondary education union catalog; requiring
80	the Task Force on the Future of Academic Libraries in
81	Florida to develop a plan that describes the establishment
82	of a joint library technology organizational structure to
83	meet postsecondary education library needs; requiring the
84	submission of both plans to the Governor and Legislature
85	by specified dates; providing an effective date.
86
87	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
88
89	Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 1004.091, Florida
90	Statutes, is amended to read:
91	1004.091  Florida Distance Learning Consortium.-
92	(2)  The Florida Distance Learning Consortium shall:
93	(a)  Manage and promote the Florida Higher Education
94	Distance Learning Catalog, established pursuant to s. 1004.09,
95	to help increase student access to undergraduate distance
96	learning courses and degree programs and to assist students
97	seeking accelerated access in order to complete their degrees.
98	(b)  Beginning with the 2011-2012 academic year, implement
99	Develop, in consultation with the Florida College System and the
100	State University System, a plan to be submitted to the Board of
101	Governors, the State Board of Education, the Governor, the
102	President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
103	Representatives no later than December 1, 2010, for implementing
104	a streamlined, automated, online registration process for
105	transient students who are undergraduate students currently
106	enrolled and pursuing a degree at who have been admitted to a
107	public postsecondary educational institution and who want wish
108	to enroll in a course listed in the Florida Higher Education
109	Distance Learning Catalog which is offered by a public
110	postsecondary educational institution, including courses offered
111	by an institution that is not the student's degree-granting or
112	home institution. The consortium shall work with the Florida
113	College System and the State University System to implement this
114	process, which requires all Florida College System institutions
115	and state universities to The plan must describe how such a
116	registration process can be implemented by the 2011-2012
117	academic year as an alternative to the standard registration
118	process of each institution. The plan must also address:
119	1.  Use the transient student admissions application
120	available through the Florida Academic Counseling and Tracking
121	for Students system established pursuant to s. 1007.28. This
122	admissions application shall be the only application required
123	for the enrollment of a transient student as described in this
124	paragraph. Fiscal and substantive policy changes needed to
125	address administrative, academic, and programmatic policies and
126	procedures. Policy areas that the plan must address include, but
127	need not be limited to, student financial aid issues, variations
128	in fees, admission and readmission, registration-prioritization
129	issues, transfer of credit, and graduation requirements, with
130	specific attention given to creating recommended guidelines that
131	address students who attend more than one institution in pursuit
132	of a degree.
133	2.  Implement the financial aid procedures required by the
134	transient student admissions application, in accordance with
135	published specifications, which must include the involvement of
136	the appropriate staff from the Florida College System
137	institutions and state universities, including, but not limited
138	to, financial aid officers. A method for the expedited transfer
139	of distance learning course credit awarded by an institution
140	offering a distance learning course to a student's degree-
141	granting or home institution upon the student's successful
142	completion of the distance learning course.
143	3.  Transfer credit awarded by the institution offering the
144	distance learning course to the transient student's degree-
145	granting institution. Compliance with applicable technology
146	security standards and guidelines to ensure the secure
147	transmission of student information.
148	4.  No later than July 1, 2012, interface their
149	institutional systems to the Florida Academic Counseling and
150	Tracking for Students system to electronically send, receive,
151	and process transient student admissions applications.
152	(c)  Coordinate the negotiation of statewide licensing and
153	preferred pricing agreements for distance learning resources and
154	enter into agreements that result in cost savings with distance
155	learning resource providers so that postsecondary educational
156	institutions have the opportunity to benefit from the cost
157	savings.
158	(d)1.  Develop and operate a central instructional content
159	repository that allows public school and public postsecondary
160	educational institution users faculty to search, locate, and
161	use, and contribute digital and electronic instructional
162	resources and content, including open access textbooks. In the
163	development of the a repository, the consortium shall identify
164	and seek partnerships with similar national, state, and regional
165	repositories for the purpose of sharing instructional content.
166	The consortium shall collaborate with the public postsecondary
167	educational institutions to ensure that the repository:
168	a.  Is accessible by the Integrates with multiple learning
169	management systems used by the public postsecondary educational
170	institutions and the local instructional improvement systems
171	established pursuant to s. 1006.281.
172	b.  Allows institutions to set appropriate copyright and
173	access restrictions and track content usage.
174	c.  Allows for appropriate customization.
175	d.  Supports established protocols to access instructional
176	content within other repositories.
177	2.  Provide to Develop, in consultation with the
178	chancellors of the Florida College System and the State
179	University System recommendations, a plan for promoting and
180	increasing the use of open access textbooks as a method for
181	reducing textbook costs. The recommendations plan shall be
182	submitted to the Board of Governors, the State Board of
183	Education, the Office of Policy and Budget in the Executive
184	Office of the Governor, the chair of the Senate Policy and
185	Steering Committee on Ways and Means, and the chair of the House
186	Full Appropriations Council on Education & Economic Development
187	no later than March 1, 2010, and shall include:
188	a.  An inventory of existing open access textbooks.
189	a.b.  The A listing of undergraduate courses, in particular
190	the general education courses, that would be recommended for the
191	use of open access textbooks.
192	b.c.  A standardized process for the review and approval of
193	open access textbooks.
194	d.  Recommendations for encouraging and promoting faculty
195	development and use of open access textbooks.
196	e.  Identification of barriers to the implementation of
197	open access textbooks.
198	c.f.  Strategies for the production and distribution of
199	open access textbooks to ensure such textbooks may be easily
200	accessed, downloaded, printed, or obtained as a bound version by
201	students at either reduced or no cost.
202	g.  Identification of the necessary technology security
203	standards and guidelines to safeguard the use of open access
204	textbooks.
205	(e)  Identify and evaluate new technologies and
206	instructional methods that can be used for improving distance
207	learning instruction, student learning, and the overall quality
208	of undergraduate distance learning courses and degree programs.
209	(f)  Identify methods that will improve student access to
210	and completion of undergraduate distance learning courses and
211	degree programs.
212	Section 2.  Subsection (7) is added to section 1006.72,
213	Florida Statutes, to read:
214	1006.72  Licensing electronic library resources.-
215	(7)  REPORT.-The chancellors of the Florida College System
216	and the State University System shall annually report to the
217	Executive Office of the Governor and the chairs of the
218	appropriations committees in the Senate and the House of
219	Representatives the cost savings realized as a result of the
220	collaborative licensing process identified in this section.
221	Section 3.  Subsection (5) is added to section 1007.28,
222	Florida Statutes, to read:
223	1007.28  Computer-assisted student advising system.-The
224	Department of Education, in conjunction with the Board of
225	Governors, shall establish and maintain a single, statewide
226	computer-assisted student advising system, which must be an
227	integral part of the process of advising, registering, and
228	certifying students for graduation and must be accessible to all
229	Florida students. The state universities and community colleges
230	shall interface institutional systems with the computer-assisted
231	advising system required by this section. The State Board of
232	Education and the Board of Governors shall specify in the
233	statewide articulation agreement required by s. 1007.23(1) the
234	roles and responsibilities of the department, the state
235	universities, and the community colleges in the design,
236	implementation, promotion, development, and analysis of the
237	system. The system shall consist of a degree audit and an
238	articulation component that includes the following
239	characteristics:
240	(5)  The system must provide the admissions application for
241	transient students who are undergraduate students currently
242	enrolled and pursuing a degree at a public postsecondary
243	educational institution and who want to enroll in a course
244	listed in the Florida Higher Education Distance Learning Catalog
245	which is offered by a public postsecondary educational
246	institution that is not the student's degree-granting
247	institution. This system must include the electronic transfer
248	and receipt of information and records for the following
249	functions:
250	(a)  Admissions and readmissions.
251	(b)  Financial aid.
252	(c)  Transfer of credit awarded by the institution offering
253	the distance learning course to the transient student's degree-
254	granting institution.
255	Section 4.  Subsection (2), paragraph (a) of subsection
256	(3), paragraph (a) of subsection (6), and subsection (10) of
257	section 1009.22, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection
258	(13) is added to that section, to read:
259	1009.22  Workforce education postsecondary student fees.-
260	(2)(a)  All students shall be charged fees except students
261	who are exempt from fees or students whose fees are waived.
262	(b)  Students enrolled in adult general education programs
263	shall be charged a block tuition of $45 per half year or $30 per
264	term. Each district school board and Florida College System
265	institution board of trustees shall adopt policies and
266	procedures for the collection of and accounting for the
267	expenditure of the block tuition. All funds received from the
268	block tuition shall be used for adult general education programs
269	only.
270	(3)(a)  Except as otherwise provided by law, fees for
271	students who are nonresidents for tuition purposes must offset
272	the full cost of instruction. Residency of students shall be
273	determined as required in s. 1009.21. Fee-nonexempt students
274	enrolled in vocational-preparatory instruction shall be charged
275	fees equal to the fees charged for certificate career education
276	instruction. Each community college that conducts college-
277	preparatory and vocational-preparatory instruction in the same
278	class section may charge a single fee for both types of
279	instruction.
280	(6)(a)  Each district school board and community college
281	board of trustees may establish a separate fee for capital
282	improvements, technology enhancements, or equipping buildings,
283	or the acquisition of improved real property which may not
284	exceed 5 percent of tuition for resident students or 5 percent
285	of tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident students. Funds
286	collected by community colleges through the fee may be bonded
287	only for the purpose of financing or refinancing new
288	construction and equipment, renovation, or remodeling of
289	educational facilities or the acquisition of improved real
290	property for use as educational facilities. The fee shall be
291	collected as a component part of the tuition and fees, paid into
292	a separate account, and expended only to acquire improved real
293	property or construct and equip, maintain, improve, or enhance
294	the certificate career education or adult education facilities
295	of the school district or the educational facilities of the
296	community college. Projects and acquisitions of improved real
297	property funded through the use of the capital improvement fee
298	must meet the survey and construction requirements of chapter
299	1013. Pursuant to s. 216.0158, each district school board and
300	community college board of trustees shall identify each project,
301	including maintenance projects, proposed to be funded in whole
302	or in part by such fee. Capital improvement fee revenues may be
303	pledged by a board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source to
304	the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements, with
305	an overall term of not more than 7 years, including renewals,
306	extensions, and refundings, and revenue bonds with a term not
307	exceeding 20 years and not exceeding the useful life of the
308	asset being financed, only for the new construction and
309	equipment, renovation, or remodeling of educational facilities.
310	Bonds authorized pursuant to this paragraph shall be requested
311	by the community college board of trustees and shall be issued
312	by the Division of Bond Finance in compliance with s. 11(d),
313	Art. VII of the State Constitution and the State Bond Act. The
314	Division of Bond Finance may pledge fees collected by one or
315	more community colleges to secure such bonds. Any project
316	included in the approved educational plant survey pursuant to
317	chapter 1013 is approved pursuant to s. 11(f), Art. VII of the
318	State Constitution. Bonds issued pursuant to the State Bond Act
319	may be validated in the manner provided by chapter 75. The
320	complaint for such validation shall be filed in the circuit
321	court of the county where the seat of state government is
322	situated, the notice required to be published by s. 75.06 shall
323	be published only in the county where the complaint is filed,
324	and the complaint and order of the circuit court shall be served
325	only on the state attorney of the circuit in which the action is
326	pending. A maximum of 15 cents per credit hour may be allocated
327	from the capital improvement fee for child care centers
328	conducted by the district school board or community college
329	board of trustees. The use of capital improvement fees for such
330	purpose shall be subordinate to the payment of any bonds secured
331	by the fees.
332	(10)  Each school district and community college may assess
333	a service charge for the payment of tuition and fees in
334	installments and a convenience fee for the processing of
335	automated or online credit card payments. However, the amount of
336	the convenience fee for automated or online credit card payments
337	may not exceed the total cost charged by the credit card company
338	to the school district or Florida College System institution.
339	Such service charge or convenience fee must be approved by the
340	district school board or community college board of trustees.
341	(13)  To offset funding reductions, district school boards
342	and Florida College System institutions may use up to 15 percent
343	of the total funds generated from the fee collections authorized
344	in subsection (5), paragraph (6)(a), and subsections (7) and (9)
345	for general education services in adult general and career
346	certificate programs for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Fee revenues
347	pledged by a district school board or a Florida College System
348	institution board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source for
349	the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements, may
350	not be used for other purposes.
351	Section 5.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (8) and paragraph
352	(a) of subsection (11) of section 1009.23, Florida Statutes, are
353	amended, subsection (17) is renumbered as subsection (19), and
354	new subsections (17) and (18) are added to that section, to
355	read:
356	1009.23  Community college student fees.-
357	(8)
358	(c)  Up to 25 percent or $600,000, whichever is greater, of
359	the financial aid fees collected may be used to assist students
360	who demonstrate academic merit; who participate in athletics,
361	public service, cultural arts, and other extracurricular
362	programs as determined by the institution; or who are identified
363	as members of a targeted gender or ethnic minority population.
364	The financial aid fee revenues allocated for athletic
365	scholarships and any fee exemptions provided to athletes
366	pursuant to s. 1009.25(2)(3) must for athletes shall be
367	distributed equitably as required by s. 1000.05(3)(d). A minimum
368	of 75 percent of the balance of these funds for new awards shall
369	be used to provide financial aid based on absolute need, and the
370	remainder of the funds shall be used for academic merit purposes
371	and other purposes approved by the boards of trustees. Such
372	other purposes shall include the payment of child care fees for
373	students with financial need. The State Board of Education shall
374	develop criteria for making financial aid awards. Each college
375	shall report annually to the Department of Education on the
376	revenue collected pursuant to this paragraph, the amount carried
377	forward, the criteria used to make awards, the amount and number
378	of awards for each criterion, and a delineation of the
379	distribution of such awards. The report shall include an
380	assessment by category of the financial need of every student
381	who receives an award, regardless of the purpose for which the
382	award is received. Awards that which are based on financial need
383	shall be distributed in accordance with a nationally recognized
384	system of need analysis approved by the State Board of
385	Education. An award for academic merit requires shall require a
386	minimum overall grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or the
387	equivalent for both initial receipt of the award and renewal of
388	the award.
389	(11)(a)  Each community college board of trustees may
390	establish a separate fee for capital improvements, technology
391	enhancements, or equipping student buildings, or the acquisition
392	of improved real property which may not exceed 10 percent of
393	tuition for resident students or 10 percent of the sum of
394	tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident students. The fee
395	for resident students shall be limited to an increase of $2 per
396	credit hour over the prior year. Funds collected by community
397	colleges through the fee may be bonded only as provided in this
398	subsection for the purpose of financing or refinancing new
399	construction and equipment, renovation, or remodeling of
400	educational facilities or the acquisition and renovation or
401	remodeling of improved real property for use as educational
402	facilities. The fee shall be collected as a component part of
403	the tuition and fees, paid into a separate account, and expended
404	only to acquire improved real property or construct and equip,
405	maintain, improve, or enhance the educational facilities of the
406	community college. Projects and acquisitions of improved real
407	property funded through the use of the capital improvement fee
408	shall meet the survey and construction requirements of chapter
409	1013. Pursuant to s. 216.0158, each community college shall
410	identify each project, including maintenance projects, proposed
411	to be funded in whole or in part by such fee.
412	(17)  Each Florida College System institution that accepts
413	transient students, pursuant to s. 1004.091, may establish a
414	transient student fee not to exceed $5 per distance learning
415	course for processing the transient student admissions
416	application.
417	(18)  To offset funding reductions, Florida College System
418	institutions may use up to 15 percent of the total funds
419	generated from the fee collections authorized in subsection (7),
420	paragraph (8)(a), subsection (10), paragraph (11)(a), and
421	paragraph (12)(a) for general education services in associate
422	degree and career certificate programs for the 2011-2012 fiscal
423	year. Fee revenues pledged by a Florida College System
424	institution board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source for
425	the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements, may
426	not be used for other purposes.
427	Section 6.  Paragraph (t) is added to subsection (14) of
428	section 1009.24, Florida Statutes, paragraph (a) of subsection
429	(16) is amended, and subsection (20) is added to that section,
430	to read:
431	1009.24  State university student fees.-
432	(14)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (15), each
433	university board of trustees is authorized to establish the
434	following fees:
435	(t)  A transient student fee not to exceed $5 per distance
436	learning course for accepting a transient student and processing
437	the transient student admissions application pursuant to s.
438	1004.091.
439
440	With the exception of housing rental rates and except as
441	otherwise provided, fees assessed pursuant to paragraphs (h)-(s)
442	shall be based on reasonable costs of services. The Board of
443	Governors shall adopt regulations and timetables necessary to
444	implement the fees and fines authorized under this subsection.
445	The fees assessed under this subsection may be used for debt
446	only as authorized under s. 1010.62.
447	(16)  Each university board of trustees may establish a
448	tuition differential for undergraduate courses upon receipt of
449	approval from the Board of Governors. The tuition differential
450	shall promote improvements in the quality of undergraduate
451	education and shall provide financial aid to undergraduate
452	students who exhibit financial need.
453	(a)  Seventy percent of the revenues from the tuition
454	differential shall be expended for purposes of undergraduate
455	education. Such expenditures may include, but are not limited
456	to, increasing course offerings, improving graduation rates,
457	increasing the percentage of undergraduate students who are
458	taught by faculty, decreasing student-faculty ratios, providing
459	salary increases for faculty who have a history of excellent
460	teaching in undergraduate courses, improving the efficiency of
461	the delivery of undergraduate education through academic
462	advisement and counseling, and reducing the percentage of
463	students who graduate with excess hours. This expenditure for
464	undergraduate education may not be used to pay the salaries of
465	graduate teaching assistants. Except as otherwise provided in
466	this subsection, the remaining 30 percent of the revenues from
467	the tuition differential, or the equivalent amount of revenue
468	from private sources, shall be expended to provide financial aid
469	to undergraduate students who exhibit financial need, including
470	students who are scholarship recipients under s. 1009.984, to
471	meet the cost of university attendance. This expenditure for
472	need-based financial aid may shall not supplant the amount of
473	need-based aid provided to undergraduate students in the
474	preceding fiscal year from financial aid fee revenues, the
475	direct appropriation for financial assistance provided to state
476	universities in the General Appropriations Act, or from private
477	sources. The total amount of tuition differential waived under
478	subparagraph (b)8. may be included in calculating the
479	expenditures for need-based financial aid to undergraduate
480	students required by this subsection. If the entire tuition and
481	fee costs of all students who exhibit financial need have been
482	met and the university has excess funds remaining from the 30
483	percent of the revenues from the tuition differential required
484	to be used to assist students who exhibit financial need, the
485	university may expend the unneeded portion of the 30 percent in
486	the same manner as required for the other 70 percent of the
487	tuition differential revenues.
488	(20)  To offset funding reductions, state university boards
489	of trustees may use up to 15 percent of the total funds
490	generated from the fee collections authorized in subsections
491	(8)-(14) for general education services in undergraduate degree
492	programs for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. Fee revenues pledged by
493	a state university board of trustees as a dedicated revenue
494	source for the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase
495	agreements, may not be used for other purposes.
496	Section 7.  Section 1009.25, Florida Statutes, is amended
497	to read:
498	1009.25  Fee exemptions.-
499	(1)  The following students are exempt from any requirement
500	for the payment of tuition and fees, including lab fees, for
501	adult basic, adult secondary, or career-preparatory instruction:
502	(a)  A student who does not have a high school diploma or
503	its equivalent.
504	(b)  A student who has a high school diploma or its
505	equivalent and who has academic skills at or below the eighth
506	grade level pursuant to state board rule. A student is eligible
507	for this exemption from fees if the student's skills are at or
508	below the eighth grade level as measured by a test administered
509	in the English language and approved by the Department of
510	Education, even if the student has skills above that level when
511	tested in the student's native language.
512	(1)(2)  The following students are exempt from the payment
513	of tuition and fees, including lab fees, at a school district
514	that provides postsecondary career programs, community college,
515	or state university:
516	(a)  A student enrolled in a dual enrollment or early
517	admission program pursuant to s. 1007.27 or s. 1007.271.
518	(b)  A student enrolled in an approved apprenticeship
519	program, as defined in s. 446.021.
520	(c)  A student who is or was at the time he or she reached
521	18 years of age in the custody of the Department of Children and
522	Family Services or who, after spending at least 6 months in the
523	custody of the department after reaching 16 years of age, was
524	placed in a guardianship by the court. Such exemption includes
525	fees associated with enrollment in career-preparatory
526	instruction. The exemption remains valid until the student
527	reaches 28 years of age.
528	(d)  A student who is or was at the time he or she reached
529	18 years of age in the custody of a relative under s. 39.5085 or
530	who was adopted from the Department of Children and Family
531	Services after May 5, 1997. Such exemption includes fees
532	associated with enrollment in career-preparatory instruction.
533	The exemption remains valid until the student reaches 28 years
534	of age.
535	(e)  A student enrolled in an employment and training
536	program under the welfare transition program. The regional
537	workforce board shall pay the state university, community
538	college, or school district for costs incurred for welfare
539	transition program participants.
540	(f)  A student who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate
541	nighttime residence or whose primary nighttime residence is a
542	public or private shelter designed to provide temporary
543	residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized, or a
544	public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as,
545	a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
546	(g)  A student who is a proprietor, owner, or worker of a
547	company whose business has been at least 50 percent negatively
548	financially impacted by the buyout of property around Lake
549	Apopka by the State of Florida. Such student may receive a fee
550	exemption only if the student has not received compensation
551	because of the buyout, the student is designated a Florida
552	resident for tuition purposes, pursuant to s. 1009.21, and the
553	student has applied for and been denied financial aid, pursuant
554	to s. 1009.40, which would have provided, at a minimum, payment
555	of all student fees. The student is responsible for providing
556	evidence to the postsecondary education institution verifying
557	that the conditions of this paragraph have been met, including
558	supporting documentation provided by the Department of Revenue.
559	The student must be currently enrolled in, or begin coursework
560	within, a program area by fall semester 2000. The exemption is
561	valid for a period of 4 years after the date that the
562	postsecondary education institution confirms that the conditions
563	of this paragraph have been met.
564	(2)(3)  Each community college is authorized to grant
565	student fee exemptions from all fees adopted by the State Board
566	of Education and the community college board of trustees for up
567	to 40 full-time equivalent students at each institution.
568	Section 8.  Subsections (2) and (7) of section 1009.286,
569	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
570	1009.286  Additional student payment for hours exceeding
571	baccalaureate degree program completion requirements at state
572	universities.-
573	(2)  State universities shall require a student to pay an
574	excess hour surcharge equal to 100 50 percent of the tuition
575	rate for each credit hour in excess of 115 120 percent of the
576	number of credit hours required to complete the baccalaureate
577	degree program in which the student is enrolled.
578	(7)  The provisions of this section become effective for
579	students who enter a community college or a state university for
580	the first time in the 2011-2012 2009-2010 academic year and
581	thereafter.
582	Section 9.  Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (6) of
583	section 1009.531, Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection
584	(7) is added to that section, to read:
585	1009.531  Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
586	student eligibility requirements for initial awards.-
587	(6)(a)  The State Board of Education shall publicize the
588	examination score required for a student to be eligible for a
589	Florida Academic Scholars award, pursuant to s. 1009.534(1)(a)
590	or (b), as follows:
591	1.  For high school students graduating in the 2010-2011
592	and 2011-2012 academic years, the student must earn an SAT score
593	of 1270 or a concordant ACT score of 28.
594	2.  For high school students graduating in the 2012-2013
595	academic year and each year thereafter, the student must earn an
596	SAT score of 1290 1280 which corresponds to the 89th 88th SAT
597	percentile rank or a concordant ACT score of 29 28.
598	3.  For high school students graduating in the 2013-2014
599	academic year and thereafter, the student must earn an SAT score
600	of 1290 which corresponds to the 89th SAT percentile rank or a
601	concordant ACT score of 29.
602	(b)  The State Board of Education shall publicize the
603	examination score required for a student to be eligible for a
604	Florida Medallion Scholars award, pursuant to s. 1009.535(1)(a)
605	or (b), as follows:
606	1.  For high school students graduating in the 2010-2011
607	academic year, the student must earn an SAT score of 970 or a
608	concordant ACT score of 20 or the student in a home education
609	program whose parent cannot document a college-preparatory
610	curriculum must earn an SAT score of 1070 or a concordant ACT
611	score of 23.
612	2.  For high school students graduating in the 2011-2012
613	academic year, the student must earn an SAT score of 980 which
614	corresponds to the 44th SAT percentile rank or a concordant ACT
615	score of 21 or the student in a home education program whose
616	parent cannot document a college-preparatory curriculum must
617	earn an SAT score of 1070 or a concordant ACT score of 23.
618	3.  For high school students graduating in the 2012-2013
619	academic year and each year thereafter, the student must earn an
620	SAT score of 1170 1020 which corresponds to the 75th 50th SAT
621	percentile rank or a concordant ACT score of 26 22 or the
622	student in a home education program whose parent cannot document
623	a college-preparatory curriculum must earn an SAT score of 1170
624	1070 or a concordant ACT score of 26 23.
625	4.  For high school students graduating in the 2013-2014
626	academic year and thereafter, the student must earn an SAT score
627	of 1050 which corresponds to the 56th SAT percentile rank or a
628	concordant ACT score of 23 or the student in a home education
629	program whose parent cannot document a college-preparatory
630	curriculum must earn an SAT score of 1100 or a concordant ACT
631	score of 24.
632	(7)  To be eligible for an award under the Florida Bright
633	Futures Scholarship Program, a student must annually submit the
634	Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
635	Section 10.  Subsection (3) of section 1009.532, Florida
636	Statutes, is amended to read:
637	1009.532  Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program;
638	student eligibility requirements for renewal awards.-
639	(3)  A student who is initially eligible prior to the 2010-
640	2011 academic year and is enrolled in a program that terminates
641	in an associate degree or a baccalaureate degree may receive an
642	award for a maximum of 110 percent of the number of credit hours
643	required to complete the program. A student who is enrolled in a
644	program that terminates in a career certificate may receive an
645	award for a maximum of 110 percent of the credit hours or clock
646	hours required to complete the program up to 90 credit hours.
647	For a student who is initially eligible in the 2010-2011
648	academic term and thereafter, the student may receive an award
649	for a maximum of 100 percent of the number of credit hours
650	required to complete an associate degree program or a
651	baccalaureate degree program, or the student may receive an
652	award for a maximum of 100 percent of the credit hours or clock
653	hours required to complete up to 90 credit hours of a program
654	that terminates in a career certificate. Beginning in the 2011-
655	2012 school year, acceleration credits earned by a student prior
656	to entering a postsecondary education program shall be included
657	in the maximum number of credit hours for which a student may
658	earn an award, except for purposes of eligibility for the
659	maximum graduate credits allowable under s. 1009.5341. A student
660	who transfers from one of these program levels to another
661	becomes eligible for the higher of the two credit hour limits.
662	Section 11.  Subsection (1) of section 1009.534, Florida
663	Statutes, is amended to read:
664	1009.534  Florida Academic Scholars award.-
665	(1)  A student is eligible for a Florida Academic Scholars
666	award if the student meets the general eligibility requirements
667	for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and the
668	student:
669	(a)  Has achieved a 3.5 weighted grade point average as
670	calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or its equivalent, in high
671	school courses that are designated by the State Board of
672	Education as college-preparatory academic courses; and has
673	attained at least the score pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(a) on the
674	combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
675	Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
676	Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
677	or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
678	(b)  Has attended a home education program according to s.
679	1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 or has completed the
680	International Baccalaureate curriculum but failed to earn the
681	International Baccalaureate Diploma or has completed the
682	Advanced International Certificate of Education curriculum but
683	failed to earn the Advanced International Certificate of
684	Education Diploma, and has attained at least the score pursuant
685	to s. 1009.531(6)(a) on the combined verbal and quantitative
686	parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment
687	Test, or the recentered Scholastic Assessment Test of the
688	College Entrance Examination, or an equivalent score on the ACT
689	Assessment Program;
690	(c)  Has been awarded an International Baccalaureate
691	Diploma from the International Baccalaureate Office or an
692	Advanced International Certificate of Education Diploma from the
693	University of Cambridge International Examinations Office;
694	(d)  Has been recognized by the merit or achievement
695	programs of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a
696	scholar or finalist; or
697	(e)  Has been recognized by the National Hispanic
698	Recognition Program as a scholar recipient.
699
700	A student must complete a program of community service work, as
701	approved by the district school board or the administrators of a
702	nonpublic school, which shall include a minimum of 75 hours of
703	service work for high school students graduating in the 2010-
704	2011 academic year and 100 hours of service work for high school
705	students graduating in the 2011-2012 academic year and
706	thereafter, and must and require the student to identify a
707	social problem that interests him or her, develop a plan for his
708	or her personal involvement in addressing the problem, and,
709	through papers or other presentations, evaluate and reflect upon
710	his or her experience.
711	Section 12.  Subsection (1) of section 1009.535, Florida
712	Statutes, is amended to read:
713	1009.535  Florida Medallion Scholars award.-
714	(1)  A student is eligible for a Florida Medallion Scholars
715	award if the student meets the general eligibility requirements
716	for the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program and the
717	student:
718	(a)  Has achieved a weighted grade point average of 3.0 as
719	calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, or the equivalent, in high
720	school courses that are designated by the State Board of
721	Education as college-preparatory academic courses; and has
722	attained at least the score pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the
723	combined verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic
724	Aptitude Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered
725	Scholastic Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination,
726	or an equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
727	(b)  Has completed the International Baccalaureate
728	curriculum but failed to earn the International Baccalaureate
729	Diploma or has completed the Advanced International Certificate
730	of Education curriculum but failed to earn the Advanced
731	International Certificate of Education Diploma, and has attained
732	at least the score pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined
733	verbal and quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test,
734	the Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic
735	Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an
736	equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program;
737	(c)  Has attended a home education program according to s.
738	1002.41 during grades 11 and 12 and has attained at least the
739	score pursuant to s. 1009.531(6)(b) on the combined verbal and
740	quantitative parts of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, the
741	Scholastic Assessment Test, or the recentered Scholastic
742	Assessment Test of the College Entrance Examination, or an
743	equivalent score on the ACT Assessment Program, if the student's
744	parent cannot document a college-preparatory curriculum as
745	described in paragraph (a);
746	(d)  Has been recognized by the merit or achievement
747	program of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as a
748	scholar or finalist but has not completed a program of community
749	service as provided in s. 1009.534; or
750	(e)  Has been recognized by the National Hispanic
751	Recognition Program as a scholar, but has not completed a
752	program of community service as provided in s. 1009.534.
753
754	A high school student graduating in the 2011-2012 academic year
755	and thereafter must complete a program of community service work
756	approved by the district school board or the administrators of a
757	nonpublic school, which shall include a minimum of 75 hours of
758	service work, and must identify a social problem that interests
759	him or her, develop a plan for his or her personal involvement
760	in addressing the problem, and, through papers or other
761	presentations, evaluate and reflect upon his or her experience.
762	Section 13.  Subsection (1) of section 1009.536, Florida
763	Statutes, is amended to read:
764	1009.536  Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award.-The
765	Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award is created within
766	the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to recognize and
767	reward academic achievement and career preparation by high
768	school students who wish to continue their education.
769	(1)  A student is eligible for a Florida Gold Seal
770	Vocational Scholars award if the student meets the general
771	eligibility requirements for the Florida Bright Futures
772	Scholarship Program and the student:
773	(a)  Completes the secondary school portion of a sequential
774	program of studies that requires at least three secondary school
775	career credits taken over at least 2 academic years, and is
776	continued in a planned, related postsecondary education program.
777	If the student's school does not offer such a two-plus-two or
778	tech-prep program, the student must complete a job-preparatory
779	career education program selected by Workforce Florida, Inc.,
780	for its ability to provide high-wage employment in an occupation
781	with high potential for employment opportunities. On-the-job
782	training may not be substituted for any of the three required
783	career credits.
784	(b)  Demonstrates readiness for postsecondary education by
785	earning a passing score on the Florida College Entry Level
786	Placement Test or its equivalent as identified by the Department
787	of Education.
788	(c)  Earns a minimum cumulative weighted grade point
789	average of 3.0, as calculated pursuant to s. 1009.531, on all
790	subjects required for a standard high school diploma, excluding
791	elective courses.
792	(d)  Earns a minimum unweighted grade point average of 3.5
793	on a 4.0 scale for secondary career courses comprising the
794	career program.
795	(e)  Beginning with high school students graduating in the
796	2011-2012 academic year and thereafter, completes a program of
797	community service work approved by the district school board or
798	the administrators of a nonpublic school, which shall include a
799	minimum of 30 hours of service work, and identifies a social
800	problem that interests him or her, develops a plan for his or
801	her personal involvement in addressing the problem, and, through
802	papers or other presentations, evaluates and reflects upon his
803	or her experience.
804	Section 14.  Subsection (4) and paragraph (a) of subsection
805	(5) of section 1009.89, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
806	1009.89  The William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident access
807	grants.-
808	(4)  A person is eligible to receive such William L. Boyd,
809	IV, Florida resident access grant if:
810	(a)  He or she meets the general requirements, including
811	residency, for student eligibility as provided in s. 1009.40,
812	except as otherwise provided in this section; and
813	(b)1.  He or she is enrolled as a full-time undergraduate
814	student at an eligible college or university;
815	2.  He or she is not enrolled in a program of study leading
816	to a degree in theology or divinity; and
817	3.  He or she is making satisfactory academic progress as
818	defined by the college or university in which he or she is
819	enrolled; and
820	(c)  He or she annually submits the Free Application for
821	Federal Student Aid.
822	(5)(a)  Funding for the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida
823	Resident Access Grant Program shall be based on a formula
824	composed of planned enrollment and the state cost of funding
825	undergraduate enrollment at public institutions pursuant to s.
826	1011.90. The amount of the William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident
827	access grant issued to a full-time student shall be an amount as
828	specified in the General Appropriations Act. The William L.
829	Boyd, IV, Florida resident access grant may be paid on a
830	prorated basis in advance of the registration period. The
831	department shall make such payments to the college or university
832	in which the student is enrolled for credit to the student's
833	account for payment of tuition and fees. Institutions shall
834	certify to the department the amount of funds disbursed to each
835	student and shall remit to the department any undisbursed
836	advances or refunds within 60 days of the end of regular
837	registration. A student is Students shall not be eligible to
838	receive the award for more than 9 semesters or 14 quarters,
839	except as otherwise provided in s. 1009.40(3).
840	Section 15.  Subsection (4) of section 1009.891, Florida
841	Statutes, is amended to read:
842	1009.891  The Access to Better Learning and Education Grant
843	Program.-
844	(4)  A person is eligible to receive an access grant if:
845	(a)  He or she meets the general requirements, including
846	residency, for student eligibility as provided in s. 1009.40,
847	except as otherwise provided in this section; and
848	(b)1.  He or she is enrolled as a full-time undergraduate
849	student at an eligible college or university in a program of
850	study leading to a baccalaureate degree;
851	2.  He or she is not enrolled in a program of study leading
852	to a degree in theology or divinity; and
853	3.  He or she is making satisfactory academic progress as
854	defined by the college or university in which he or she is
855	enrolled; and
856	(c)  He or she annually submits the Free Application for
857	Federal Student Aid.
858	Section 16.  Subsections (6) and (10) of section 1011.80,
859	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
860	1011.80  Funds for operation of workforce education
861	programs.-
862	(6)(a)  A school district or a community college that
863	provides workforce education programs shall receive funds in
864	accordance with distributions for base and performance funding
865	established by the Legislature in the General Appropriations
866	Act. To ensure equitable funding for all school district
867	workforce education programs and to recognize enrollment growth,
868	the Department of Education shall use the funding model
869	developed by the District Workforce Education Funding Steering
870	Committee to determine each district's workforce education
871	funding needs. To assist the Legislature in allocating workforce
872	education funds in the General Appropriations Act, the funding
873	model shall annually be provided to the legislative
874	appropriations committees no later than March 1. Beginning with
875	the 2011-2012 fiscal year, and for a 3-year period thereafter or
876	until full reallocation is achieved, the funding model shall be
877	used to reallocate workforce education funds among districts to
878	reflect each district's current programs and funding needs. If
879	the General Appropriations Act does not provide for the
880	distribution of funds, the following methodology shall apply:
881	1.  Base funding shall be allocated based on weighted
882	enrollment and shall not exceed 90 percent of the allocation.
883	The Department of Education shall develop a funding process for
884	school district workforce education programs that is comparable
885	with community college workforce programs.
886	2.  Performance funding shall be at least 10 percent of the
887	allocation, based on the previous fiscal year's achievement of
888	output and outcomes in accordance with formulas adopted pursuant
889	to subsection (10). Performance funding must incorporate
890	payments for at least three levels of placements that reflect
891	wages and workforce demand. Payments for completions must not
892	exceed 60 percent of the payments for placement. School
893	districts and community colleges shall be awarded funds pursuant
894	to this paragraph based on performance output data and
895	performance outcome data available in that year.
896	(b)  A program is established to assist school districts
897	and community colleges in responding to the needs of new and
898	expanding businesses and thereby strengthening the state's
899	workforce and economy. The program may be funded in the General
900	Appropriations Act. A school district or community college may
901	expend funds under the program without regard to performance
902	criteria set forth in subparagraph (a)2. The district or
903	community college shall use the program to provide customized
904	training for businesses which satisfies the requirements of s.
905	288.047. Business firms whose employees receive the customized
906	training must provide 50 percent of the cost of the training.
907	Balances remaining in the program at the end of the fiscal year
908	shall not revert to the general fund, but shall be carried over
909	for 1 additional year and used for the purpose of serving
910	incumbent worker training needs of area businesses with fewer
911	than 100 employees. Priority shall be given to businesses that
912	must increase or upgrade their use of technology to remain
913	competitive.
914	(10)  A high school student dually enrolled under s.
915	1007.271 in a workforce education program operated by a
916	community college or school district career center generates the
917	amount calculated for workforce education funding, including any
918	payment of performance funding, and the proportional share of
919	full-time equivalent enrollment generated through the Florida
920	Education Finance Program for the student's enrollment in a high
921	school. If a high school student is dually enrolled in a
922	community college program, including a program conducted at a
923	high school, the community college earns the funds generated for
924	workforce education funding, and the school district earns the
925	proportional share of full-time equivalent funding from the
926	Florida Education Finance Program. If a student is dually
927	enrolled in a career center operated by the same district as the
928	district in which the student attends high school, that district
929	earns the funds generated for workforce education funding and
930	also earns the proportional share of full-time equivalent
931	funding from the Florida Education Finance Program. If a student
932	is dually enrolled in a workforce education program provided by
933	a career center operated by a different school district, the
934	funds must be divided between the two school districts
935	proportionally from the two funding sources. A student may not
936	be reported for funding in a dual enrollment workforce education
937	program unless the student has completed the basic skills
938	assessment pursuant to s. 1004.91. A student who is coenrolled
939	in a K-12 education program and an adult education program may
940	not be reported for funding in an adult education program.
941	Section 17.  Subsection (2) of section 1011.85, Florida
942	Statutes, is amended to read:
943	1011.85  Dr. Philip Benjamin Matching Grant Program for
944	Community Colleges.-
945	(2)  Each community college board of trustees receiving
946	state appropriations under this program shall approve each gift
947	to ensure alignment with the unique mission of the community
948	college. The board of trustees must link all requests for a
949	state match to the goals and mission statement. The Florida
950	Community College Foundation Board receiving state
951	appropriations under this program shall approve each gift to
952	ensure alignment with its goals and mission statement. Funds
953	received from community events or festivals are not eligible for
954	state match under this program.
955	Section 18.  Subsection (4) is added to section 1012.885,
956	Florida Statutes, to read:
957	1012.885  Remuneration of community college presidents;
958	limitations.-
959	(4)  LIMITATION.-Notwithstanding the provisions of this
960	section, for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, a Florida College System
961	institution president may not receive more than $200,000 in
962	remuneration from appropriated state funds. Only compensation,
963	as defined in s. 121.021(22), provided to a Florida College
964	System institution president may be used in calculating benefits
965	under chapter 121.
966	Section 19.  Section 1012.886, Florida Statutes, is created
967	to read:
968	1012.886  Remuneration of Florida College System
969	institution administrative employees; limitations.-
970	(1)  DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term:
971	(a)  "Appropriated state funds" means funds appropriated
972	from the General Revenue Fund or funds appropriated from state
973	trust funds.
974	(b)  "Cash-equivalent compensation" means any benefit that
975	may be assigned an equivalent cash value.
976	(c)  "Remuneration" means salary, bonuses, and cash-
977	equivalent compensation paid to a Florida College System
978	institution administrative employee by his or her employer for
979	work performed, excluding health insurance benefits and
980	retirement benefits.
981	(2)  LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.-Notwithstanding any other
982	law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a Florida College
983	System institution administrative employee may not receive more
984	than $200,000 in remuneration annually from appropriated state
985	funds. Only compensation, as such term is defined in s.
986	121.021(22), provided to a Florida College System institution
987	administrative employee may be used in calculating benefits
988	under chapter 121.
989	(3)  EXCEPTIONS.-This section does not prohibit any party
990	from providing cash or cash-equivalent compensation from funds
991	that are not appropriated state funds to a Florida College
992	System institution administrative employee in excess of the
993	limit in subsection (2). If a party is unable or unwilling to
994	fulfill an obligation to provide cash or cash-equivalent
995	compensation to a Florida College System institution
996	administrative employee as permitted under this subsection,
997	appropriated state funds may not be used to fulfill such
998	obligation.
999	(4)  EXPIRATION.-This section expires June 30, 2012.
1000	Section 20.  Subsection (4) is added to section 1012.975,
1001	Florida Statutes, to read:
1002	1012.975  Remuneration of state university presidents;
1003	limitations.-
1004	(4)  LIMITATION.-Notwithstanding the provisions of this
1005	section, for the 2011-2012 fiscal year, a state university
1006	president may not receive more than $200,000 in remuneration
1007	from public funds. Only compensation, as defined in s.
1008	121.021(22), provided to a state university president may be
1009	used in calculating benefits under chapter 121.
1010	Section 21.  Section 1012.976, Florida Statutes, is created
1011	to read:
1012	1012.976  Remuneration of state university administrative
1013	employees; limitations.-
1014	(1)  DEFINITIONS.-As used in this section, the term:
1015	(a)  "Appropriated state funds" means funds appropriated
1016	from the General Revenue Fund or funds appropriated from state
1017	trust funds.
1018	(b)  "Cash-equivalent compensation" means any benefit that
1019	may be assigned an equivalent cash value.
1020	(c)  "Remuneration" means salary, bonuses, and cash-
1021	equivalent compensation paid to a state university
1022	administrative employee by his or her employer for work
1023	performed, excluding health insurance benefits and retirement
1024	benefits.
1025	(2)  LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.-Notwithstanding any other
1026	law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a state university
1027	administrative employee may not receive more than $200,000 in
1028	remuneration annually from appropriated state funds. Only
1029	compensation, as such term is defined in s. 121.021(22),
1030	provided to a state university administrative employee may be
1031	used in calculating benefits under chapter 121.
1032	(3)  EXCEPTIONS.-This section does not prohibit any party
1033	from providing cash or cash-equivalent compensation from funds
1034	that are not appropriated state funds to a state university
1035	administrative employee in excess of the limit in subsection
1036	(2). If a party is unable or unwilling to fulfill an obligation
1037	to provide cash or cash-equivalent compensation to a state
1038	university administrative employee as permitted under this
1039	subsection, appropriated state funds may not be used to fulfill
1040	such obligation. This section does not apply to university
1041	medical school faculty or staff.
1042	(4)  EXPIRATION.-This section expires June 30, 2012.
1043	Section 22.  Subsection (12) of section 1013.33, Florida
1044	Statutes, is amended to read:
1045	1013.33  Coordination of planning with local governing
1046	bodies.-
1047	(12)  As early in the design phase as feasible and
1048	consistent with an interlocal agreement entered pursuant to
1049	subsections (2)-(8), but no later than 90 days before commencing
1050	construction, the district school board shall in writing request
1051	a determination of consistency with the local government's
1052	comprehensive plan. The local governing body that regulates the
1053	use of land shall determine, in writing within 45 days after
1054	receiving the necessary information and a school board's request
1055	for a determination, whether a proposed educational facility is
1056	consistent with the local comprehensive plan and consistent with
1057	local land development regulations. If the determination is
1058	affirmative, school construction may commence and further local
1059	government approvals are not required, except as provided in
1060	this section. Failure of the local governing body to make a
1061	determination in writing within 90 days after a district school
1062	board's request for a determination of consistency shall be
1063	considered an approval of the district school board's
1064	application. Campus master plans and development agreements must
1065	comply with the provisions of s. ss. 1013.30 and 1013.63.
1066	Section 23.  Section 1013.63, Florida Statutes, is
1067	repealed.
1068	Section 24.  (1)  The Department of Education shall work
1069	with the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA) to
1070	transfer the K-12 public school bibliographic database in
1071	standard library data format to the CCLA for inclusion in its
1072	online discovery tool product and make the database publicly
1073	searchable by school district students, staff, and parents no
1074	later than September 1, 2011. The department shall also develop
1075	an ongoing process to provide for the electronic updating of
1076	school district library holdings data to the CCLA in a manner
1077	that will ensure that the public school bibliographic database
1078	and searchable catalog remains current.
1079	(2)  The Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) and
1080	the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA) shall develop
1081	and submit a plan by December 1, 2011, to the Executive Office
1082	of the Governor and to the chairs of the appropriations
1083	committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives for
1084	establishing a single postsecondary education union catalog,
1085	which must include the combined holdings and electronic
1086	resources of all the state universities and institutions in the
1087	Florida College System, and that allows a user to search these
1088	holdings and electronic resources by either an individual state
1089	university or institution in the Florida College System,
1090	selected state universities or institutions in the Florida
1091	College System, or all state universities and institutions in
1092	the Florida College System. The plan must also include the
1093	projected costs for the development and ongoing maintenance of
1094	the postsecondary education union catalog; projected cost
1095	savings resulting from the FCLA and CCLA no longer being
1096	required to maintain separate online discovery tool products and
1097	associated resources; and timeline and implementation strategies
1098	for making the postsecondary education union catalog available
1099	for use.
1100	(3)  By January 1, 2012, the Task Force on the Future of
1101	Academic Libraries in Florida shall develop and submit a plan to
1102	the Executive Office of the Governor and to the chairs of the
1103	appropriations committees of the Senate and the House of
1104	Representatives that describes the establishment of a joint
1105	library technology organizational structure that will meet the
1106	needs of academic libraries in both the Florida College System
1107	and the State University System in a manner that must be more
1108	cost effective than the current organizational structure that
1109	includes the Florida Center for Library Automation (FCLA) and
1110	the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA). The plan must
1111	include the recommended governance and reporting structure,
1112	staffing, funding, and duties and responsibilities of the joint
1113	library technology organizational structure and provide
1114	recommendations for any substantive and fiscal changes needed to
1115	establish and fund the organizational structure.
1116	Section 25.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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