Bill Text: FL S0442 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
Bill Title: Postsecondary Education for Certain Military Personnel
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Messages [S0442 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0442-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Postsecondary Education for Certain Military Personnel
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Messages [S0442 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0442-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 442 By Senator Lee 20-01074-19 2019442__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to postsecondary education for certain 3 military personnel; amending s. 1004.096, F.S.; 4 requiring the Board of Governors and State Board of 5 Education, in consultation with the Chancellors of the 6 State University System and the Florida College 7 System, to create a uniform system for the award of 8 postsecondary college credit to certain servicemembers 9 and veterans of the United States military; providing 10 the requirements for such uniform system; requiring 11 public postsecondary institutions to participate in 12 the uniform system; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; 13 requiring specified postsecondary institutions to 14 waive the transcript fee for active duty members of 15 the Armed Forces of the United States and certain 16 veterans; requiring specified postsecondary 17 institutions to provide a report to the Board of 18 Governors and the State Board of Education; requiring 19 the Board of Governors and the State Board of 20 Education to adopt regulations and rules, 21 respectively; providing an effective date. 22 23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 24 25 Section 1. Section 1004.096, Florida Statutes, is amended 26 to read: 27 1004.096 College credit for military experience and 28 training and education courses.— 29 (1) In consultation with the Chancellors of the State 30 University System and the Florida College System, the Board of 31 Governors shall adopt regulations and the State Board of 32 Education shall adopt rules that create a uniform system that 33 enablesenableeligible servicemembers or veterans of the United 34 States Armed Forces to earn academic college credit at public 35 postsecondary educational institutions for experience and 36 college-level training and education acquired in the military. 37 (2) The regulations and rules shall include, but are not 38 limited to: 39 (a) Procedures for thecredentialevaluation of military 40 credentials and experience and the award of academic college 41 credit based on such credentials and experience, including, but 42 not limited to, equivalency and alignment of military coursework 43 and experience with appropriate college courses and,course 44 descriptions. 45 (b)1. A list of courses for which academic college credit 46 shall be awarded for specified military credentials and 47 experience. Academic college credit must be offered for required 48 coursework based on military credentials and experience, when 49 appropriate. 50 2. The State Board of Education and Board of Governors must 51 use the American Council on Education’s “Guide to the Evaluation 52 of Educational Experiences in the Armed Services,” or a similar 53 resource if such guide is discontinued, when determining which 54 military credentials and experience shall be applied toward the 55 award of academic college credit, type and amount of college56credit that may be awarded, and transfer of credit. 57 (c) A policy for the mandatory transfer of academic college 58 credits awarded pursuant to this section between public 59 postsecondary educational institutions. 60 (d) The minimum number of academic college credits each 61 public postsecondary educational institution must offer for 62 qualifying military credentials and experience; however, a 63 public postsecondary educational institution may offer 64 additional academic credits for such credentials and experience, 65 when appropriate. 66 (3) Each public postsecondary educational institution must 67 participate in the uniform system created under this section. 68 Section 2. Subsection (16) is added to section 1009.26, 69 Florida Statutes, to read: 70 1009.26 Fee waivers.— 71 (16)(a) A state university, Florida College System 72 institution, career center operated by a school district under 73 s. 1001.44, or charter technical career center shall waive the 74 transcript fee for a person who is an active duty member of the 75 Armed Forces of the United States or an honorably discharged 76 veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States. 77 (b) Each state university, Florida College System 78 institution, career center operated by a school district under 79 s. 1001.44, and charter technical career center shall report to 80 the Board of Governors and the State Board of Education, 81 respectively, the number and value of fee waivers granted 82 annually under this subsection. 83 (c) The Board of Governors and the State Board of Education 84 shall respectively adopt regulations and rules to administer 85 this subsection. 86 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.