| 19 | | - | state university courses; requiring specif ied course 6 |
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| 20 | | - | syllabi information for certain courses to be included 7 |
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| 21 | | - | in the course registration system beginning in certain 8 |
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| 22 | | - | academic years; requiring such information to remain 9 |
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| 23 | | - | posted for a specified time period; revising specified 10 |
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| 24 | | - | reporting requirements for the board of trustees of 11 |
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| 25 | | - | Florida College System institutions and state 12 |
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| 26 | | - | universities; amending s. 1007.24, F.S.; revising the 13 |
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| 27 | | - | maintenance requirements of and information that must 14 |
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| 28 | | - | be included in the statewide course numbering system; 15 |
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| 29 | | - | requiring certain posts econdary educational 16 |
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| 30 | | - | institutions' registration processes to include 17 |
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| 31 | | - | specified information; requiring certain postsecondary 18 |
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| 32 | | - | educational institutions to accept and apply general 19 |
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| 33 | | - | education courses and credit in a specified manner; 20 |
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| 34 | | - | requiring the State Board o f Education to adopt rules; 21 |
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| 35 | | - | providing requirements for the rules; creating s. 22 |
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| 36 | | - | 1008.47, F.S.; defining the term "postsecondary 23 |
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| 37 | | - | education institution"; requiring the Board of 24 |
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| 38 | | - | Governors and State Board of Education to identify and 25 |
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| 19 | + | state university courses; amending s. 1007 .24, F.S.; 6 |
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| 20 | + | revising the maintenance requirements of and 7 |
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| 21 | + | information that must be included in the statewide 8 |
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| 22 | + | course numbering system; requiring certain 9 |
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| 23 | + | postsecondary educational institutions' registration 10 |
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| 24 | + | processes to include specified information; requiring 11 |
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| 25 | + | certain postsecondary educational institutions to 12 |
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| 26 | + | accept and apply general education courses and credit 13 |
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| 27 | + | in a specified manner; requiring the State Board of 14 |
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| 28 | + | Education to adopt rules; providing requirements for 15 |
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| 29 | + | the rules; creating s. 1008.47, F.S.; defining the 16 |
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| 30 | + | term "postsecondary education institution"; 17 |
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| 31 | + | prohibiting public postsecondary education 18 |
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| 32 | + | institutions from being accredited by the same agency 19 |
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| 33 | + | or association for consecutive accreditation cycles; 20 |
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| 34 | + | requiring public postsecondary education institutions 21 |
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| 35 | + | to collaborate to identify accrediting agencies or 22 |
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| 36 | + | associations that are recognized by the database 23 |
|---|
| 37 | + | created and maintained by the United States Department 24 |
|---|
| 38 | + | of Education, other than their current accrediting 25 |
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| 51 | | - | determine accrediting agenci es or associations best 26 |
|---|
| 52 | | - | suited for state universities and Florida College 27 |
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| 53 | | - | System institutions, respectively, by a date certain; 28 |
|---|
| 54 | | - | providing requirements for such accrediting agencies 29 |
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| 55 | | - | or associations; prohibiting state universities and 30 |
|---|
| 56 | | - | Florida College System institutions from being 31 |
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| 57 | | - | accredited by the same agency or association for 32 |
|---|
| 58 | | - | consecutive accreditation cycles; requiring state 33 |
|---|
| 59 | | - | universities and Florida College System institutions 34 |
|---|
| 60 | | - | to obtain accreditation from accrediting agencies or 35 |
|---|
| 61 | | - | associations identified by the Board of Governors or 36 |
|---|
| 62 | | - | State Board of Education, respectively; providing that 37 |
|---|
| 63 | | - | specified academic programs are exempt from such 38 |
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| 64 | | - | requirements; creating a cause of action for 39 |
|---|
| 65 | | - | postsecondary education institutions; authorizing the 40 |
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| 66 | | - | award of specified damages, court costs, and attorney 41 |
|---|
| 67 | | - | fees; providing for the future expiration of the 42 |
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| 68 | | - | section; amending ss. 1009.23 and 1009.24, F.S.; 43 |
|---|
| 69 | | - | requiring Florida College System institutions and 44 |
|---|
| 70 | | - | state universities, respectively, to post specified 45 |
|---|
| 71 | | - | information relating to tuiti on and fee rates on their 46 |
|---|
| 72 | | - | websites; revising the information that must be 47 |
|---|
| 73 | | - | included in a required notice to students; requiring a 48 |
|---|
| 74 | | - | specific press release to be e -mailed to enrolled 49 |
|---|
| 75 | | - | students; providing requirements for a Florida College 50 |
|---|
| 51 | + | agencies or associations, from which to seek 26 |
|---|
| 52 | + | accreditation and seek and obtain accreditation; 27 |
|---|
| 53 | + | creating a cause of action for postsecondary education 28 |
|---|
| 54 | + | institutions; authorizing the award of specified 29 |
|---|
| 55 | + | damages, court costs, and attorney fees; providing for 30 |
|---|
| 56 | + | the future expiration of the section; amending ss. 31 |
|---|
| 57 | + | 1009.23 and 1009.24, F.S.; requiring Florida College 32 |
|---|
| 58 | + | System institutions and state universities, 33 |
|---|
| 59 | + | respectively, to post specified information relating 34 |
|---|
| 60 | + | to tuition and fee rates on their websites; revising 35 |
|---|
| 61 | + | the information that must be included in a required 36 |
|---|
| 62 | + | notice to students; requiring a specific press release 37 |
|---|
| 63 | + | to be e-mailed to enrolled students; providing 38 |
|---|
| 64 | + | requirements for a Florida College System institution 39 |
|---|
| 65 | + | or state university, respectively, to raise, impose, 40 |
|---|
| 66 | + | or authorize certain fees; providing a directive to 41 |
|---|
| 67 | + | the Division of Law Revision; providing an effective 42 |
|---|
| 68 | + | date. 43 |
|---|
| 69 | + | 44 |
|---|
| 70 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 45 |
|---|
| 71 | + | 46 |
|---|
| 72 | + | Section 1. Subsection (5) of section 1004.085, Florida 47 |
|---|
| 73 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 48 |
|---|
| 74 | + | 1004.085 Textbook and instructional materia ls 49 |
|---|
| 75 | + | affordability and transparency.— 50 |
|---|
| 88 | | - | System institution or state university, respectively, 51 |
|---|
| 89 | | - | to raise, impose, or authorize certain fees; providing 52 |
|---|
| 90 | | - | a directive to the Division of Law Revision; providing 53 |
|---|
| 91 | | - | effective dates. 54 |
|---|
| 92 | | - | 55 |
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| 93 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 56 |
|---|
| 94 | | - | 57 |
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| 95 | | - | Section 1. Subsections (5) an d (7) of section 1004.085, 58 |
|---|
| 96 | | - | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 59 |
|---|
| 97 | | - | 1004.085 Textbook and instructional materials 60 |
|---|
| 98 | | - | affordability and transparency.— 61 |
|---|
| 99 | | - | (5)(a) Each Florida College System institution and state 62 |
|---|
| 100 | | - | university shall post prominently in the course re gistration 63 |
|---|
| 101 | | - | system and on its website , as early as is feasible, but at least 64 |
|---|
| 102 | | - | 45 days before the first day of class for each term, a hyperlink 65 |
|---|
| 103 | | - | to lists of required and recommended textbooks and instructional 66 |
|---|
| 104 | | - | materials for at least 95 percent of all courses a nd course 67 |
|---|
| 105 | | - | sections offered at the institution during the upcoming term. 68 |
|---|
| 106 | | - | The lists must include the International Standard Book Number 69 |
|---|
| 107 | | - | (ISBN) for each required and recommended textbook and 70 |
|---|
| 108 | | - | instructional material or other identifying information, which 71 |
|---|
| 109 | | - | must include, at a minimum, all of the following: the title, all 72 |
|---|
| 110 | | - | authors listed, publishers, edition number, copyright date, 73 |
|---|
| 111 | | - | published date, and other relevant information necessary to 74 |
|---|
| 112 | | - | identify the specific textbooks or instructional materials 75 |
|---|
| 88 | + | (5)(a) Each Florida College System institution and state 51 |
|---|
| 89 | + | university shall post prominently in the course registration 52 |
|---|
| 90 | + | system and on its website , as early as is feasible, but at least 53 |
|---|
| 91 | + | 45 days before the first day of cla ss for each term, a hyperlink 54 |
|---|
| 92 | + | to lists of required and recommended textbooks and instructional 55 |
|---|
| 93 | + | materials for at least 95 percent of all courses and course 56 |
|---|
| 94 | + | sections offered at the institution during the upcoming term. 57 |
|---|
| 95 | + | The lists must include the Internationa l Standard Book Number 58 |
|---|
| 96 | + | (ISBN) for each required and recommended textbook and 59 |
|---|
| 97 | + | instructional material or other identifying information, which 60 |
|---|
| 98 | + | must include, at a minimum, all of the following: the title, all 61 |
|---|
| 99 | + | authors listed, publishers, edition number, copyrig ht date, 62 |
|---|
| 100 | + | published date, and other relevant information necessary to 63 |
|---|
| 101 | + | identify the specific textbooks or instructional materials 64 |
|---|
| 102 | + | required and recommended for each course. The State Board of 65 |
|---|
| 103 | + | Education and the Board of Governors shall include in the 66 |
|---|
| 104 | + | policies, procedures, and guidelines adopted under subsection 67 |
|---|
| 105 | + | (6) certain limited exceptions to this notification requirement 68 |
|---|
| 106 | + | for classes added after the notification deadline. 69 |
|---|
| 107 | + | (b) The lists of required and recommended textbooks and 70 |
|---|
| 108 | + | instructional materials requir ed in paragraph (a) must: 71 |
|---|
| 109 | + | 1. Be posted as early as is feasible but at least 45 days 72 |
|---|
| 110 | + | before the first day of class for each term. 73 |
|---|
| 111 | + | 2. Remain posted for at least 5 academic years. 74 |
|---|
| 112 | + | 3. Be searchable by the course subject, course number, 75 |
|---|
| 125 | | - | required and recommended for each course. The State Board of 76 |
|---|
| 126 | | - | Education and the Board of Governors shall include in the 77 |
|---|
| 127 | | - | policies, procedures, and guidelines adopted under subsection 78 |
|---|
| 128 | | - | (6) certain limited exceptions to this notification requirement 79 |
|---|
| 129 | | - | for classes added after the notification deadline. 80 |
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| 130 | | - | (b) The lists of required and recommended textbooks and 81 |
|---|
| 131 | | - | instructional materials required in paragraph (a) must: 82 |
|---|
| 132 | | - | 1. Be posted as early as is feasible, but at least 45 days 83 |
|---|
| 133 | | - | before the first day of class for each term, for at least 95 84 |
|---|
| 134 | | - | percent of all courses and course sections offered at the 85 |
|---|
| 135 | | - | institution during the upcoming term. 86 |
|---|
| 136 | | - | 2. Remain posted for at least 4 academic years. 87 |
|---|
| 137 | | - | 3. Be searchable by academic term, department, course 88 |
|---|
| 138 | | - | number, course section, the name of the instructor of the 89 |
|---|
| 139 | | - | course, and International Standard Book Number (ISBN). 90 |
|---|
| 140 | | - | 4. Be easily printed or downloadable by current and 91 |
|---|
| 141 | | - | prospective students for their registered courses or search 92 |
|---|
| 142 | | - | results. 93 |
|---|
| 143 | | - | (c) Beginning with the 2022 -2023 academic year for general 94 |
|---|
| 144 | | - | education core course options identified pursuant to s. 1007.25, 95 |
|---|
| 145 | | - | and by the 2024-2025 academic year for all upper -level courses 96 |
|---|
| 146 | | - | required as part of a degree program, course syllabi containing 97 |
|---|
| 147 | | - | sufficient detail to inform students of all of the following 98 |
|---|
| 148 | | - | must be included in the course registration system and remain 99 |
|---|
| 149 | | - | posted for at least 4 academic years: 100 |
|---|
| 125 | + | course title, the name of the instructor of the course, the 76 |
|---|
| 126 | + | title of each assigned textbook or instructional material, and 77 |
|---|
| 127 | + | each author of an assigned textbook or instructional material. 78 |
|---|
| 128 | + | 4. Be easily downloadable by current and prospective 79 |
|---|
| 129 | + | students. 80 |
|---|
| 130 | + | (c) If a course subje ct to the requirements of paragraphs 81 |
|---|
| 131 | + | (a) and (b) is a general education core course option identified 82 |
|---|
| 132 | + | pursuant to s. 1007.25, course syllabi information containing 83 |
|---|
| 133 | + | sufficient detail to inform students of all of the following 84 |
|---|
| 134 | + | must be included: 85 |
|---|
| 135 | + | 1. The course curriculum. 86 |
|---|
| 136 | + | 2. The goals, objectives, and student expectations of the 87 |
|---|
| 137 | + | course. 88 |
|---|
| 138 | + | 3. How student performance will be measured. 89 |
|---|
| 139 | + | Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 1007.24, Florida 90 |
|---|
| 140 | + | Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (9), subsections (4), (5), 91 |
|---|
| 141 | + | and present subsection (8) are amended, and a new subsection (8) 92 |
|---|
| 142 | + | is added to that section, to read: 93 |
|---|
| 143 | + | 1007.24 Statewide course numbering system. — 94 |
|---|
| 144 | + | (4) The statewide course numbering system must be shall 95 |
|---|
| 145 | + | maintained electronically and regularly updated by the 96 |
|---|
| 146 | + | department, and include the courses at the recommended levels , 97 |
|---|
| 147 | + | course numbers, course titles, credits awarded, and other 98 |
|---|
| 148 | + | identifiable information by institution and academic year, as 99 |
|---|
| 149 | + | required by state board rule. 100 |
|---|
| 162 | | - | 1. The course curriculum. 101 |
|---|
| 163 | | - | 2. The goals, objectives, and student expectations of the 102 |
|---|
| 164 | | - | course. 103 |
|---|
| 165 | | - | 3. How student performance will be measured. 104 |
|---|
| 166 | | - | (7) The board of trustees of each Florida College System 105 |
|---|
| 167 | | - | institution and state university shall report, by September 30 106 |
|---|
| 168 | | - | of each year, to the Chancellor of the Florida College System or 107 |
|---|
| 169 | | - | the Chancellor of the State University System, as applicable, 108 |
|---|
| 170 | | - | the textbook and instructional materials selection process for 109 |
|---|
| 171 | | - | high-enrollment courses; specific initiatives of the institution 110 |
|---|
| 172 | | - | designed to reduce the costs of textbooks and instructional 111 |
|---|
| 173 | | - | materials; policies implemented in accordance with subsection 112 |
|---|
| 174 | | - | (5); the number of courses and course sections that were not 113 |
|---|
| 175 | | - | able to meet the textbook and instructional materials and course 114 |
|---|
| 176 | | - | syllabi posting deadline for the previous academic year; and any 115 |
|---|
| 177 | | - | additional information determined by the chancellors. By 116 |
|---|
| 178 | | - | November 1 of each yea r, each chancellor shall provide a summary 117 |
|---|
| 179 | | - | of the information provided by institutions to the State Board 118 |
|---|
| 180 | | - | of Education and the Board of Governors, as applicable. 119 |
|---|
| 181 | | - | Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 1007.24, Florida 120 |
|---|
| 182 | | - | Statutes, is renumbered as subsectio n (9), subsections (4), (5), 121 |
|---|
| 183 | | - | and present subsection (8) are amended, and a new subsection (8) 122 |
|---|
| 184 | | - | is added to that section, to read: 123 |
|---|
| 185 | | - | 1007.24 Statewide course numbering system. — 124 |
|---|
| 162 | + | (5) The registration process at each state university and 101 |
|---|
| 163 | + | Florida College System institution shall include the courses at 102 |
|---|
| 164 | + | their designated levels , and statewide course numbers , course 103 |
|---|
| 165 | + | titles, credits awarded, and other identifiable informati on, as 104 |
|---|
| 166 | + | required by state board rule . 105 |
|---|
| 167 | + | (8) Participating postsecondary institutions receiving 106 |
|---|
| 168 | + | transfer course credit must accept and apply general education 107 |
|---|
| 169 | + | courses and credit in accordance with this section, s. 1007.25, 108 |
|---|
| 170 | + | and other provisions of law, includ ing credit earned through 109 |
|---|
| 171 | + | dual enrollment, course equivalencies, and other acceleration 110 |
|---|
| 172 | + | mechanisms, as first satisfying general education core course 111 |
|---|
| 173 | + | credit requirements and other general education subject area 112 |
|---|
| 174 | + | course credit requirements before applying th e course credit as 113 |
|---|
| 175 | + | elective credit. 114 |
|---|
| 176 | + | (9)(8) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that 115 |
|---|
| 177 | + | provide for the collection of course information from 116 |
|---|
| 178 | + | participating institutions, identifiable information required 117 |
|---|
| 179 | + | for each course, and the conduct of regularly scheduled faculty 118 |
|---|
| 180 | + | committee reviews and recommendations. At a minimum, rules must 119 |
|---|
| 181 | + | address all of the following: 120 |
|---|
| 182 | + | (a) Required institutional reporting formats, timelines, 121 |
|---|
| 183 | + | and procedures for the timely and uniform collection and 122 |
|---|
| 184 | + | publication of course data information. 123 |
|---|
| 185 | + | (b) Regularly scheduled faculty committee reviews and 124 |
|---|
| 186 | + | recommendations to the commissioner for the alignment or 125 |
|---|
| 198 | | - | (4) The statewide course numbering system must be shall 125 |
|---|
| 199 | | - | maintained electronical ly and regularly updated by the 126 |
|---|
| 200 | | - | department, and include the courses at the recommended levels , 127 |
|---|
| 201 | | - | course numbers, course titles, credits awarded, and other 128 |
|---|
| 202 | | - | identifiable information by institution and academic year, as 129 |
|---|
| 203 | | - | required by state board rule . 130 |
|---|
| 204 | | - | (5) The registration process at each state university and 131 |
|---|
| 205 | | - | Florida College System institution shall include the courses at 132 |
|---|
| 206 | | - | their designated levels , and statewide course numbers , course 133 |
|---|
| 207 | | - | titles, credits awarded, and other identifiable information , as 134 |
|---|
| 208 | | - | required by state board rule. 135 |
|---|
| 209 | | - | (8) Participating postsecondary institutions receiving 136 |
|---|
| 210 | | - | transfer course credit must accept and apply general education 137 |
|---|
| 211 | | - | courses and credit in accordance with this section, s. 1007.25, 138 |
|---|
| 212 | | - | and other provisions of law, including credit earned throug h 139 |
|---|
| 213 | | - | dual enrollment, course equivalencies, and other acceleration 140 |
|---|
| 214 | | - | mechanisms, as first satisfying general education core course 141 |
|---|
| 215 | | - | credit requirements and other general education subject area 142 |
|---|
| 216 | | - | course credit requirements before applying the course credit as 143 |
|---|
| 217 | | - | elective credit. 144 |
|---|
| 218 | | - | (9)(8) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules that 145 |
|---|
| 219 | | - | provide for the collection of course information from 146 |
|---|
| 220 | | - | participating institutions, identifiable information required 147 |
|---|
| 221 | | - | for each course, and the conduct of regularly scheduled faculty 148 |
|---|
| 199 | + | realignment of courses, course numbers, course titles, 126 |
|---|
| 200 | + | designated levels, credits awarded, and other identifiable 127 |
|---|
| 201 | + | information for the purpose of facilitating credit transfer and 128 |
|---|
| 202 | + | acceptance for substantially similar courses at receiving 129 |
|---|
| 203 | + | institutions. 130 |
|---|
| 204 | + | (c) Regularly scheduled faculty committee reviews and 131 |
|---|
| 205 | + | recommendations to the commissioner for the classification or 132 |
|---|
| 206 | + | reclassification of courses as satisfying general education, 133 |
|---|
| 207 | + | general education core, prerequisite, substitution, equivalency, 134 |
|---|
| 208 | + | civic literacy, or other course types, pursuant to s. 1007.25, 135 |
|---|
| 209 | + | consistent with subject area, course content, programmatic, and 136 |
|---|
| 210 | + | other requirements o utlined in rule. 137 |
|---|
| 211 | + | (d) Purges of courses that are listed in the statewide 138 |
|---|
| 212 | + | course numbering system but have not been taught at an 139 |
|---|
| 213 | + | institution for the preceding 5 years. These rules must include 140 |
|---|
| 214 | + | waiver provisions that allow course continuation if an 141 |
|---|
| 215 | + | institution has reasonable cause for having not offered a course 142 |
|---|
| 216 | + | within the 5-year limit and an expectation that the course will 143 |
|---|
| 217 | + | be offered again within the following 5 years. 144 |
|---|
| 218 | + | Section 3. Section 1008.47, Florida Statutes, is created 145 |
|---|
| 219 | + | to read: 146 |
|---|
| 220 | + | 1008.47 Postsecondary education institution 147 |
|---|
| 221 | + | accreditation.— 148 |
|---|
| 222 | + | (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 149 |
|---|
| 223 | + | "postsecondary education institution" means a Florida College 150 |
|---|
| 234 | | - | committee reviews and recommendations. At a minimum, rules must 149 |
|---|
| 235 | | - | address all of the following: 150 |
|---|
| 236 | | - | (a) Required institutional reporting formats, timelines, 151 |
|---|
| 237 | | - | and procedures for the timely and uniform collection and 152 |
|---|
| 238 | | - | publication of course data information. 153 |
|---|
| 239 | | - | (b) Regularly scheduled faculty committee reviews and 154 |
|---|
| 240 | | - | recommendations to the commissioner for the alignment or 155 |
|---|
| 241 | | - | realignment of courses, course numbers, course titles, 156 |
|---|
| 242 | | - | designated levels, credits awarded, and other identifiable 157 |
|---|
| 243 | | - | information for the purpose of facilita ting credit transfer and 158 |
|---|
| 244 | | - | acceptance for substantially similar courses at receiving 159 |
|---|
| 245 | | - | institutions. 160 |
|---|
| 246 | | - | (c) Regularly scheduled faculty committee reviews and 161 |
|---|
| 247 | | - | recommendations to the commissioner for the classification or 162 |
|---|
| 248 | | - | reclassification of courses as satisfying general education, 163 |
|---|
| 249 | | - | general education core, prerequisite, substitution, equivalency, 164 |
|---|
| 250 | | - | civic literacy, or other course types, pursuant to s. 1007.25, 165 |
|---|
| 251 | | - | consistent with subject area, course content, programmatic, and 166 |
|---|
| 252 | | - | other requirements outlined in rule. 167 |
|---|
| 253 | | - | (d) Purges of courses that are listed in the statewide 168 |
|---|
| 254 | | - | course numbering system but have not been taught at an 169 |
|---|
| 255 | | - | institution for the preceding 5 years. These rules must include 170 |
|---|
| 256 | | - | waiver provisions that allow course continuation if an 171 |
|---|
| 257 | | - | institution has reasonable ca use for having not offered a course 172 |
|---|
| 236 | + | System institution, state university, or nonpublic postsecondary 151 |
|---|
| 237 | + | education institution that receives state funds. 152 |
|---|
| 238 | + | (2) ACCREDITATION.—A public postsecondary education 153 |
|---|
| 239 | + | institution may not be accredited by the same accrediting agency 154 |
|---|
| 240 | + | or association for consecutive accreditation cycles. In the year 155 |
|---|
| 241 | + | following reaffirmation or fifth -year review by their 156 |
|---|
| 242 | + | accrediting agencies or associations, public postsecondary 157 |
|---|
| 243 | + | education institutions must collaborate to identify accrediting 158 |
|---|
| 244 | + | agencies or associations that are recognized by the database 159 |
|---|
| 245 | + | created and maintained by the United States Department of 160 |
|---|
| 246 | + | Education, other than their current accrediting agencies or 161 |
|---|
| 247 | + | associations, from which to seek accreditation and seek and 162 |
|---|
| 248 | + | obtain accreditation before their next reaffirmation date. 163 |
|---|
| 249 | + | (3) CAUSE OF ACTION. —A postsecondary education institution 164 |
|---|
| 250 | + | negatively impacted by ret aliatory action taken against the 165 |
|---|
| 251 | + | postsecondary education institution by an accrediting agency or 166 |
|---|
| 252 | + | association may bring an action against the accrediting agency 167 |
|---|
| 253 | + | or association in a court of competent jurisdiction and may 168 |
|---|
| 254 | + | obtain liquidated damages up to the amount of federal financial 169 |
|---|
| 255 | + | aid received by the postsecondary education institution, court 170 |
|---|
| 256 | + | costs, and reasonable attorney fees. 171 |
|---|
| 257 | + | (4) This section expires December 31, 2032. 172 |
|---|
| 258 | + | Section 4. Subsection (20) of section 1009.23, Florida 173 |
|---|
| 259 | + | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (21) is added to that 174 |
|---|
| 260 | + | section, to read: 175 |
|---|
| 270 | | - | within the 5-year limit and an expectation that the course will 173 |
|---|
| 271 | | - | be offered again within the following 5 years. 174 |
|---|
| 272 | | - | Section 3. Effective upon becoming a law, section 1008.47, 175 |
|---|
| 273 | | - | Florida Statutes, is created to read: 176 |
|---|
| 274 | | - | 1008.47 Postsecondary education institution 177 |
|---|
| 275 | | - | accreditation.— 178 |
|---|
| 276 | | - | (1) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 179 |
|---|
| 277 | | - | "postsecondary education institution" means a Florida College 180 |
|---|
| 278 | | - | System institution, state university, or nonpublic postsecondary 181 |
|---|
| 279 | | - | education institution t hat receives state funds. 182 |
|---|
| 280 | | - | (2) ACCREDITATION.—By July 1, 2022, the Board of 183 |
|---|
| 281 | | - | Governors, for state universities, and the State Board of 184 |
|---|
| 282 | | - | Education, for Florida College System institutions, shall 185 |
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| 283 | | - | identify and make a determination of the accrediting agencies o r 186 |
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| 284 | | - | associations that are best suited to, respectively, serve as an 187 |
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| 285 | | - | accreditor for state universities and Florida College System 188 |
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| 286 | | - | institutions. Such accrediting agencies or associations must be 189 |
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| 287 | | - | recognized by the database created and maintained by the United 190 |
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| 288 | | - | States Department of Education. A state university or Florida 191 |
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| 289 | | - | College System institution may not be accredited by the same 192 |
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| 290 | | - | accrediting agency or association for consecutive accreditation 193 |
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| 291 | | - | cycles. In the year following reaffirmation or fifth -year review 194 |
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| 292 | | - | by their accrediting agencies or associations, each state 195 |
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| 293 | | - | university or Florida College System institution must seek and 196 |
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| 294 | | - | obtain accreditation from an accrediting agency or association 197 |
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| 273 | + | 1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees. — 176 |
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| 274 | + | (20) All tuition and fees described in this section, and 177 |
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| 275 | + | any proposed changes to such tuition and fees, must be 178 |
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| 276 | + | prominently posted on the F lorida College System institution's 179 |
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| 277 | + | website in an area that is transparent and easily accessible. 180 |
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| 278 | + | Each Florida College System institution shall publicly notice 181 |
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| 279 | + | and notify all enrolled students of any proposal to increase 182 |
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| 280 | + | tuition or fees at least 28 days be fore its consideration for a 183 |
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| 281 | + | vote taken at a board of trustees meeting. The notice must: 184 |
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| 282 | + | (a) Include the date and time of the meeting at which the 185 |
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| 283 | + | proposal will be considered. 186 |
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| 284 | + | (b) Specifically outline the details of existing tuition 187 |
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| 285 | + | and fees, including how such tuition and fees are expended, the 188 |
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| 286 | + | rationale and necessity for the proposed increase, and how the 189 |
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| 287 | + | funds from the proposed increase will be used. 190 |
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| 288 | + | (c) Be posted on the institution's website and issued in a 191 |
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| 289 | + | press release, which must also be enclos ed in an email sent to 192 |
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| 290 | + | all enrolled students . 193 |
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| 291 | + | (21) Any proposal or action of a Florida College System 194 |
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| 292 | + | institution to raise, impose, or authorize any fee, as 195 |
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| 293 | + | authorized by law, except for tuition, must be approved by a 196 |
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| 294 | + | supermajority vote of the members of the board of trustees of 197 |
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| 295 | + | the institution, if approval by the board of trustees is 198 |
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| 296 | + | required by general law, and at least a supermajority vote of 199 |
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| 297 | + | the members of the State Board of Education, if approval by the 200 |
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| 307 | | - | identified by the Board of Governors or State Board of 198 |
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| 308 | | - | Education, respectivel y, before its next reaffirmation date. The 199 |
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| 309 | | - | requirements of this subsection do not apply to those 200 |
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| 310 | | - | professional, graduate, departmental, or certificate programs at 201 |
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| 311 | | - | state universities or Florida College System institutions that 202 |
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| 312 | | - | have specific accreditation req uirements or best practices, 203 |
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| 313 | | - | including, but not limited to, law, pharmacy, engineering, or 204 |
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| 314 | | - | other similarly situated educational programs. 205 |
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| 315 | | - | (3) CAUSE OF ACTION. —A postsecondary education institution 206 |
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| 316 | | - | negatively impacted by retaliatory action taken against t he 207 |
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| 317 | | - | postsecondary education institution by an accrediting agency or 208 |
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| 318 | | - | association may bring an action against the accrediting agency 209 |
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| 319 | | - | or association in a court of competent jurisdiction and may 210 |
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| 320 | | - | obtain liquidated damages up to the amount of federal financial 211 |
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| 321 | | - | aid received by the postsecondary education institution, court 212 |
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| 322 | | - | costs, and reasonable attorney fees. 213 |
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| 323 | | - | (4) This section expires December 31, 2032. 214 |
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| 324 | | - | Section 4. Subsection (20) of section 1009.23, Florida 215 |
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| 325 | | - | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (21) is added to that 216 |
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| 326 | | - | section, to read: 217 |
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| 327 | | - | 1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees. — 218 |
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| 328 | | - | (20) All tuition and fees described in this section, and 219 |
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| 329 | | - | any proposed changes to such tuition and fees, must be 220 |
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| 330 | | - | prominently posted on the Florida College System instituti on's 221 |
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| 331 | | - | website in an area that is transparent and easily accessible. 222 |
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| 310 | + | State Board of Education is required by general law, in order to 201 |
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| 311 | + | take effect. 202 |
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| 312 | + | Section 5. Subsection (20) of section 1009.24, Florida 203 |
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| 313 | + | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (21) is added to that 204 |
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| 314 | + | section, to read: 205 |
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| 315 | + | 1009.24 State university student fees. — 206 |
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| 316 | + | (20) All tuition and fees described in this s ection, and 207 |
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| 317 | + | any proposed changes to such tuition and fees, must be 208 |
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| 318 | + | prominently posted on the state university's website in an area 209 |
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| 319 | + | that is transparent and easily accessible. Each state university 210 |
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| 320 | + | shall publicly notice and notify all enrolled students of an y 211 |
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| 321 | + | proposal to change tuition or fees at least 28 days before its 212 |
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| 322 | + | consideration for a vote taken at a board of trustees meeting. 213 |
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| 323 | + | The notice must: 214 |
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| 324 | + | (a) Include the date and time of the meeting at which the 215 |
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| 325 | + | proposal will be considered. 216 |
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| 326 | + | (b) Specifically outl ine the details of existing tuition 217 |
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| 327 | + | and fees, including how such tuition and fees are expended, the 218 |
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| 328 | + | rationale and necessity for the proposed change, and how the 219 |
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| 329 | + | funds from the proposed change will be used. 220 |
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| 330 | + | (c) Be posted on the university's website and i ssued in a 221 |
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| 331 | + | press release, which must also be enclosed in an email sent to 222 |
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| 332 | + | all enrolled students . 223 |
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| 333 | + | (21) Pursuant to s. 7(e), Art. IX of the State 224 |
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| 334 | + | Constitution, any proposal or action of a constituent university 225 |
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| 344 | | - | Each Florida College System institution shall publicly notice 223 |
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| 345 | | - | and notify all enrolled students of any proposal to increase 224 |
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| 346 | | - | tuition or fees at least 28 days before its consideration for a 225 |
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| 347 | | - | vote taken at a board of trustees meeting. The notice must: 226 |
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| 348 | | - | (a) Include the date and time of the meeting at which the 227 |
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| 349 | | - | proposal will be considered. 228 |
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| 350 | | - | (b) Specifically outline the details of existing tuition 229 |
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| 351 | | - | and fees, including how such tuition and fees are expended, the 230 |
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| 352 | | - | rationale and necessity for the proposed increase, and how the 231 |
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| 353 | | - | funds from the proposed increase will be used. 232 |
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| 354 | | - | (c) Be posted on the institution's website and issued in a 233 |
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| 355 | | - | press release, which must also be enclosed in an email sent to 234 |
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| 356 | | - | all enrolled students. 235 |
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| 357 | | - | (21) Any proposal or action of a Florida College System 236 |
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| 358 | | - | institution to raise, impose, or authorize any fee, as 237 |
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| 359 | | - | authorized by law, except for tuition, must be approved by a 238 |
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| 360 | | - | supermajority vote of the members of the board of trustees of 239 |
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| 361 | | - | the institution, if approval by the board of trustees is 240 |
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| 362 | | - | required by general law, and at least a supermajority vote of 241 |
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| 363 | | - | the members of the State Board of Education, if approval by the 242 |
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| 364 | | - | State Board of Education is required by general law, in order to 243 |
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| 365 | | - | take effect. 244 |
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| 366 | | - | Section 5. Subsection (20) of section 1009.24, Florida 245 |
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| 367 | | - | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (21) is added to that 246 |
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| 368 | | - | section, to read: 247 |
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| 381 | | - | 1009.24 State university student fees. — 248 |
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| 382 | | - | (20) All tuition and fees described in this section, and 249 |
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| 383 | | - | any proposed changes to such tuition and fees, must be 250 |
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| 384 | | - | prominently posted on the state university's website in an area 251 |
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| 385 | | - | that is transparent and easily accessible. Each state university 252 |
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| 386 | | - | shall publicly notice and notify all enrolled students of any 253 |
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| 387 | | - | proposal to change tuition or fees at least 28 days before its 254 |
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| 388 | | - | consideration for a vote taken at a board of trustees meeting. 255 |
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| 389 | | - | The notice must: 256 |
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| 390 | | - | (a) Include the date and time of the meeting at which the 257 |
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| 391 | | - | proposal will be considered. 258 |
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| 392 | | - | (b) Specifically outline the details of existing tuition 259 |
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| 393 | | - | and fees, including how such tuition and fees are expended, the 260 |
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| 394 | | - | rationale and necessity for the proposed change, and how the 261 |
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| 395 | | - | funds from the proposed change will be used. 262 |
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| 396 | | - | (c) Be posted on the unive rsity's website and issued in a 263 |
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| 397 | | - | press release, which must also be enclosed in an email sent to 264 |
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| 398 | | - | all enrolled students . 265 |
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| 399 | | - | (21) Pursuant to s. 7(e), Art. IX of the State 266 |
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| 400 | | - | Constitution, any proposal or action of a constituent university 267 |
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| 401 | | - | to raise, impose, or aut horize any fee, as authorized by law, 268 |
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| 402 | | - | except for tuition, must be approved by at least nine 269 |
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| 403 | | - | affirmative votes of the members of the board of trustees of the 270 |
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| 404 | | - | constituent university, if approval by the board of trustees is 271 |
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| 405 | | - | required by general law, and at lea st twelve affirmative votes 272 |
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| 418 | | - | of the members of the Board of Governors, if approval by the 273 |
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| 419 | | - | Board of Governors is required by general law, in order to take 274 |
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| 420 | | - | effect. 275 |
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| 421 | | - | Section 6. The Division of Law Revision shall prepare a 276 |
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| 422 | | - | reviser's bill for the 2023 Regula r Session of the Legislature 277 |
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| 423 | | - | to replace references to the phrases "the Southern Association 278 |
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| 424 | | - | of Colleges and Schools," "the Commission on Colleges of the 279 |
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| 425 | | - | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools," and "the Southern 280 |
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| 426 | | - | Association of Colleges and Schools Co mmission on Colleges" 281 |
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| 427 | | - | wherever they occur in Florida Statutes with the phrase "an 282 |
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| 428 | | - | accrediting agency or association recognized by the database 283 |
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| 429 | | - | created and maintained by the United States Department of 284 |
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| 430 | | - | Education." 285 |
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| 431 | | - | Section 7. Except as otherwise expressl y provided in this 286 |
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| 432 | | - | act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon 287 |
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| 433 | | - | this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 288 |
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| 434 | | - | 2022. 289 |
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| 347 | + | to raise, impose, or authorize any fee, as authorized by law, 226 |
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| 348 | + | except for tuition, must be approved by at least nine 227 |
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| 349 | + | affirmative votes of the members of the board of trustees of the 228 |
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| 350 | + | constituent university, if approval by the board of trustees is 229 |
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| 351 | + | required by general law, and at least twelve affirmati ve votes 230 |
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| 352 | + | of the members of the Board of Governors, if approval by the 231 |
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| 353 | + | Board of Governors is required by general law, in order to take 232 |
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| 354 | + | effect. 233 |
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| 355 | + | Section 6. The Division of Law Revision shall prepare a 234 |
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| 356 | + | reviser's bill for the 2023 Regular Session of the Le gislature 235 |
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| 357 | + | to replace references to the phrases "the Southern Association 236 |
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| 358 | + | of Colleges and Schools," "the Commission on Colleges of the 237 |
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| 359 | + | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools," and "the Southern 238 |
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| 360 | + | Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on College s" 239 |
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| 361 | + | wherever they occur in Florida Statutes with the phrase "an 240 |
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| 362 | + | accrediting agency or association recognized by the database 241 |
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| 363 | + | created and maintained by the United States Department of 242 |
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| 364 | + | Education." 243 |
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| 365 | + | Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 244 |
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