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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to higher education; creating s. 2
20.70, F.S.; providing residency requirements for 3
members of certain public postsecondary boards; 4
amending s. 112.3144, F.S.; requiring certain members 5
of the Board of Governors to comply with specified 6
financial disclosure requirements beginning on a date 7
certain; amending s. 1001.01, F.S.; revising term 8
limits for members and the chair of the State Board of 9
Education; amending s. 1001.61, F.S.; providing term 10
limits for members and the chairs of the Florida 11
College System institution boards of trustees; 12
authorizing trustees to serve until the appointment of 13
a successor; amending s. 1001.64, F.S.; providing that 14
certain actions related to the president of a Florida 15
College System institution are not subject t o approval 16
by the State Board of Education; requiring 17
presidential search committees for the appointment of 18
such president; providing requirements for the 19
committees; requiring such president be recommended by 20
the committee; authorizing a presidential cont ract to 21
be renewed for a specified period; amending s. 22
1001.70, F.S.; providing term limits for appointed 23
members of the Board of Governors; amending s. 24
1001.706, F.S.; requiring the Board of Governors to 25
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review the admission criteria of state universities ; 26
requiring state university program admission criteria 27
to be posted on state university websites; providing 28
that the president of a state university is appointed 29
by the university board of trustees; requiring 30
presidential search committees for the appoint ment of 31
such president; providing requirements for the 32
committees; requiring such president be recommended by 33
the committee; deleting a requirement that the Board 34
of Governors confirm the selection and reappointment 35
of such president; authorizing a preside ntial contract 36
to be renewed for a specified period; revising the 37
requirements for certain state university capital 38
outlay projects to be included on a specified list; 39
amending s. 1001.71, F.S.; providing term limits for 40
appointed members of university boa rds of trustees; 41
deleting obsolete language and a certain consideration 42
for appointed members; authorizing appointed members 43
to serve until a successor is appointed; amending s. 44
1004.085, F.S.; providing definitions; revising 45
requirements for information i ncluded in specified 46
lists relating to textbooks and instructional 47
materials; requiring the current syllabi for specified 48
courses to be posted as a hyperlink in a specified 49
system and include specified information; amending s. 50
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1004.098, F.S.; requiring sta te university and Florida 51
College System institution boards of trustees to adopt 52
a presidential succession plan for specified purposes; 53
providing requirements for the plan and persons 54
included in such plan; providing requirements for the 55
appointment or selection of an interim president; 56
prohibiting specified persons from discussing with 57
specified persons under certain circumstances certain 58
information or persons relating to the appointment of 59
a president; deleting a public records and meeting 60
exemption relating to applicants for president of a 61
state university or Florida College System 62
institution; amending s. 1004.89, F.S.; revising the 63
duties of the Institute for Freedom in the Americas; 64
deleting provisions relating to a direct -support 65
organization for the institute; amending s. 1007.25, 66
F.S.; prohibiting a Florida College System institution 67
or state university from imposing certain graduation 68
requirements; providing effective dates. 69
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 71
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Section 1. Section 20.70, Florida Statutes, is created to 73
read: 74
20.70 Residency requirements. —Notwithstanding any other 75
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law: 76
(1)(a) Effective January 6, 2027, an appointed member of 77
the Board of Governors of the State University System shall be: 78
1. A United States citizen; and 79
2. A state resident or a graduate of a state university. 80
(b) A position on the Board of Governors which is held by 81
a person who does not meet the requirements of paragraph (a) on 82
or after January 6, 2027, shall be deemed vacant. 83
(2)(a) Effective January 6, 2027, an appointed member of a 84
state university board of trustees shall be: 85
1. A United States citizen; and 86
2. A state resident or a graduate of the state university. 87
(b) A position on a university board of trustees which is 88
held by a person who does not meet the requirements of paragraph 89
(a) on or after January 6, 2027, shall be deemed vacant. 90
Section 2. Paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of 91
section 112.3144, Florida Statutes, to read: 92
112.3144 Full and public disclosure of financial 93
interests.— 94
(1) 95
(f) Beginning January 1, 2026, each citizen member of the 96
Board of Governors of the State University System must comply 97
with the financial disclosure requirements of s. 8, Art. II of 98
the State Constitution and this section. 99
Section 3. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1001.01, 100
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Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 101
1001.01 State Board of Education; generally. — 102
(1) The State Board of Education is established as a body 103
corporate. The state board shall be a citizen board consisting 104
of seven members who are residents of the state appointed by the 105
Governor to staggered 4 -year terms, subject to confirmation by 106
the Senate. Members of the state board shall serve without 107
compensation but shall be entitled to reim bursement of travel 108
and per diem expenses in accordance with s. 112.061. Members may 109
only serve two be reappointed by the Governor for additional 110
terms not to exceed 8 years of consecutive service . 111
(2) The State Board of Education shall select a chair an d 112
a vice chair from its appointed members. The chair shall serve a 113
single 2-year term and may be reselected for one additional 114
consecutive term. 115
Section 4. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 1001.61, 116
Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 117
1001.61 Florida College System institution boards of 118
trustees; membership. — 119
(2) Trustees shall be appointed by the Governor to 120
staggered 4-year terms, subject to confirmation by the Senate in 121
regular session. A trustee may continue to serve until a 122
successor is appointed. Trustees may be reappointed by the 123
Governor for one additional term, not to exceed 8 consecutive 124
years of service. 125
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(4) At its first regular meeting after July 1 of each 126
year, each Florida College System institution board of trustees 127
shall organize by electing a chair, whose duty as such is to 128
preside at all meetings of the board, to call special meetings 129
thereof, and to attest to actions of the board, and a vice 130
chair, whose duty as such is to act as chair during the absence 131
or disability of the e lected chair. It is the further duty of 132
the chair of each board of trustees to notify the Governor, in 133
writing, whenever a board member fails to attend three 134
consecutive regular board meetings in any one fiscal year, which 135
absences may be grounds for remov al. The chair shall serve a 136
single 2-year term. 137
Section 5. Subsection (19) of section 1001.64, Florida 138
Statutes, is amended to read: 139
1001.64 Florida College System institution boards of 140
trustees; powers and duties. — 141
(19) Each board of trustees shal l appoint, suspend, or 142
remove the president of the Florida College System institution. 143
Such appointments, reappointments, suspensions, and extensions 144
of a president, including associated contracts, are not subject 145
to approval or confirmation by the State B oard of Education. In 146
appointing a permanent president, the chair of the institution 147
board of trustees shall appoint a presidential search committee. 148
The presidential search committee shall consist of at least two 149
members of the board of trustees and may i nclude persons from 150
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the institution's faculty, the student body, the institution's 151
foundation board, the institution's financing corporation board, 152
if applicable, alumni, donors, and members from the community 153
the institution serves. However, none of the p ersons appointed 154
to serve on the presidential search committee may hold positions 155
that report directly to the president. The Commissioner of 156
Education or a member of the State Board of Education may not 157
serve on a presidential search committee. The permane nt 158
president appointed by the institution board of trustees must be 159
recommended by the presidential search committee The board of 160
trustees may appoint a search committee . The board of trustees 161
shall conduct annual evaluations of the president in accordance 162
with rules of the State Board of Education and submit such 163
evaluations to the State Board of Education for review. The 164
evaluation must address the achievement of the performance goals 165
established by the accountability process implemented pursuant 166
to s. 1008.45. A presidential contract may be renewed for a term 167
exceeding 1 year, but not exceeding the term of the original 168
contract. 169
Section 6. Subsection (1) of section 1001.70, Florida 170
Statutes, is amended to read: 171
1001.70 Board of Governors of the Stat e University 172
System.— 173
(1) Pursuant to s. 7(d), Art. IX of the State 174
Constitution, the Board of Governors is established as a body 175
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corporate comprised of 17 members as follows: 14 citizen members 176
appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Se nate; 177
the Commissioner of Education; the chair of the advisory council 178
of faculty senates or the equivalent; and the president of the 179
Florida student association or the equivalent. The appointed 180
members may only shall serve a single staggered 7-year term 181
terms. In order to achieve staggered terms, beginning July 1, 182
2003, of the initial appointments, 4 members shall serve 2 -year 183
terms, 5 members shall serve 3 -year terms, and 5 members shall 184
serve 7-year terms. 185
Section 7. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5), paragraph (a) 186
of subsection (6), and paragraph (c) of subsection (12) of 187
section 1001.706, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 188
1001.706 Powers and duties of the Board of Governors. — 189
(5) POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO ACCOUNTABILITY. — 190
(a)1. The Legislature intends that the Board of Governors 191
shall align the missions of each constituent university with the 192
academic success of its students; the existing and emerging 193
economic development needs of the state; the national reputation 194
of its faculty and its academic and research programs; the 195
quantity of externally generated research, patents, and 196
licenses; and the strategic and accountability plans required in 197
paragraphs (b) and (c). The Board of Governors shall 198
periodically review the mission of each const ituent university 199
and make updates or revisions as needed. Upon completion of a 200
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review of the mission, the board shall review existing academic 201
programs, including admission criteria, for alignment with the 202
mission. The board shall include in its review a directive to 203
each constituent university regarding its programs for any 204
curriculum or admission criteria that violates s. 1000.05 or 205
that is based on theories that systemic racism, sexism, 206
oppression, and privilege are inherent in the institutions of 207
the United States and were created to maintain social, 208
political, and economic inequities. The mission alignm ent and 209
strategic plan must consider peer institutions at the 210
constituent universities. The mission alignment and strategic 211
plan must acknowledge that universities that have a national and 212
international impact have the greatest capacity to promote the 213
state's economic development through: new discoveries, patents, 214
licenses, and technologies that generate state businesses of 215
global importance; research achievements through external grants 216
and contracts that are comparable to nationally recognized and 217
ranked universities; the creation of a resource rich academic 218
environment that attracts high -technology business and venture 219
capital to the state; and this generation's finest minds 220
focusing on solving the state's economic, social, environmental, 221
and legal problems in the areas of life sciences, water, 222
sustainability, energy, and health care. A nationally recognized 223
and ranked university that has a global perspective and impact 224
must be afforded the opportunity to enable and protect the 225
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university's competitiveness on the global stage in fair 226
competition with other institutions of other states in the 227
highest Carnegie Classification. 228
2. To assist the Board of Governors in its review of 229
admission criteria, each constituent university shall post 230
program admission cri teria on its website. 231
(6) POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO PERSONNEL. — 232
(a) The Board of Governors, or the board's designee, shall 233
establish the personnel program for all employees of a state 234
university, except the president. The board of trustees of a 235
state university shall select and reappoint the university 236
president. In appointing a permanent president, the chair of the 237
university board of trustees shall appoint a presidential search 238
committee. The presidential search committee shall consist of 15 239
members consisting of at least three members of the board of 240
trustees and may include persons from the university's faculty, 241
the student body, the university's foundation board, the 242
university's financing corporation board, if applicable, alumni, 243
donors, and members from the community in which the university 244
serves. However, none of the persons appointed to serve on the 245
presidential search committee may hold positions that report 246
directly to the president. The Chancellor of the State 247
University System or a membe r of the Board of Governors may not 248
serve on the presidential search committee. The permanent 249
president selected by the board of trustees must have been 250
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recommended by the presidential search committee. Selections, 251
reappointments, and extensions of a presi dent, including 252
associated contracts, are not subject to approval or 253
confirmation by the Board of Governors. A presidential contract 254
may be renewed for a term exceeding 1 year, but not exceeding 255
the term of the original contract . The Board of Governors sha ll 256
confirm the presidential selection and reappointment by a 257
university board of trustees as a means of acknowledging that 258
system cooperation is expected. 259
(12) PUBLIC EDUCATION CAPITAL OUTLAY. —The Board of 260
Governors shall submit the prioritized list as r equired by s. 261
1013.64(4). Projects considered for prioritization shall be 262
chosen from a preliminary selection group which shall include 263
the list of projects maintained pursuant to paragraph (d) and 264
the top two priorities of each state university. 265
(c) A new construction, remodeling, or renovation project 266
that has not received an appropriation in a previous year shall 267
not be considered for inclusion on the prioritized list required 268
by s. 1013.64(4), unless: 269
1. A plan is provided to reserve funds in an esc row 270
account, specific to the project, into which shall be deposited 271
each year an amount of funds equal to 1 percent of the total 272
value of the building for future maintenance; 273
2. There exists sufficient capacity within the cash and 274
bonding estimate of fun ds by the Revenue Estimating Conference 275
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to accommodate the project within the 3 -year Public Education 276
Capital Outlay funding cycle; and 277
3. The project has been recommended pursuant to s. 278
1013.31. 279
Section 8. Subsection (1) of section 1001.71, Florida 280
Statutes, is amended to read: 281
1001.71 University boards of trustees; membership. — 282
(1) Pursuant to s. 7(c), Art. IX of the State 283
Constitution, each local constituent university shall be 284
administered by a university board of trustees comprised of 13 285
members as follows: 6 citizen members appointed by the Governor 286
subject to confirmation b y the Senate; 5 citizen members 287
appointed by the Board of Governors subject to confirmation by 288
the Senate; the chair of the faculty senate or the equivalent; 289
and the president of the student body of the university. The 290
appointed members shall serve stagger ed 5-year terms. Appointed 291
members may be reappointed for one additional term, not to 292
exceed 10 years of consecutive service. In order to achieve 293
staggered terms, beginning July 1, 2003, of the initial 294
appointments by the Governor, 2 members shall serve 2 -year 295
terms, 3 members shall serve 3 -year terms, and 1 member shall 296
serve a 5-year term and of the initial appointments by the Board 297
of Governors, 2 members shall serve 2 -year terms, 2 members 298
shall serve 3-year terms, and 1 member shall serve a 5 -year 299
term. There shall be no state residency requirement for 300
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university board members, but The Governor and the Board of 301
Governors shall consider diversity and regional representation 302
when appointing members. An appointed board member may continue 303
to serve until a successor is appointed . Beginning July 2, 2020, 304
For purposes of this subsection, regional representation shall 305
include the chair of a campus board established pursuant to s. 306
1004.341. 307
Section 9. Effective January 1, 2026, subsections (1) and 308
(5) of section 1004.085, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 309
1004.085 Textbook and instructional materials 310
affordability and transparency. — 311
(1) As used in this section , the term:, 312
(a) The term "Instructional materials" means educational 313
materials for use within a course which may be available in 314
printed or digital format. 315
(b) "Syllabus" or "syllabi" means the course syllabus or 316
syllabi developed by the instructor assigned to the course. 317
(c) "Term" includes the fall, spring, and summer terms. 318
(5)(a) Each Florida College System institution and state 319
university shall post prominently in the course registration 320
system and on its website a hyperlink to lists of required and 321
recommended textbooks and instructional materials , including 322
those that are open ac cess or an open educational resource or 323
for which there is no cost, for at least 95 percent of all 324
courses and course sections offered at the institution during 325
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the upcoming term. The lists must include the International 326
Standard Book Number (ISBN) or a unique identifier for each 327
required and recommended textbook and instructional material and 328
or other identifying information, which must include, at a 329
minimum, all of the following: the title, all authors listed, 330
publishers, edition number, copyright date, p ublished date, and 331
other relevant information necessary to identify the specific 332
textbooks or instructional materials required and recommended 333
for each course. The State Board of Education and the Board of 334
Governors shall include in the policies, procedure s, and 335
guidelines adopted under subsection (6) certain limited 336
exceptions to this notification requirement for classes added 337
after the notification deadline. 338
(b) The lists of required and recommended textbooks and 339
instructional materials required in para graph (a) must be based 340
on a list submitted by the instructor and : 341
1. Be posted as early as is feasible but at least 45 days 342
before the first day of class for each term. 343
2. Remain posted for at least 5 academic years. 344
3. Be searchable by the general education status, the 345
course subject, the course section, the course number, the 346
course title, the name of the instructor of the course, the 347
title of each assigned textbook or instructional material, and 348
each author of an assigned textbook or instructional material. 349
4. Include the duration of any license allowing access to 350
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the textbook or instructional material. 351
5. Display corresponding retail costs, when applicable, to 352
students to help determine the value of any bulk pricing 353
program. 354
6.4. Be easily downloadable by current and prospective 355
students. 356
(c) To maximize informed student choice, the current 357
syllabus for each If a course subject to paragraphs (a) and (b) 358
shall be posted prominently as a hyperlink in the course 359
registration system. Each syll abus must contain is a general 360
education core course option identified pursuant to s. 1007.25, 361
course syllabi information containing sufficient detail to 362
inform students of all of the following must be included: 363
1. The course curriculum , including the required, 364
recommended, and supplemental textbooks and instructional 365
materials regardless of cost or whether the materials are open 366
access or open educational resource . 367
2. Specific The goals, objectives, and student 368
expectations of the course. 369
3. How student performance will be evaluated, including 370
the grading scale and methodology measured. 371
Section 10. Section 1004.098, Florida Statutes, is amended 372
to read: 373
1004.098 Applicants for president of a state university or 374
Florida College System institution ; public records exemption; 375
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public meetings exemption .— 376
(1)(a) Each state university and Florida College System 377
institution board of trustees must adopt a presidential 378
succession plan specifying lines of authority should the 379
president not fulfill his or her full term as president. To 380
promote continuity and efficiency in government, each successor 381
identified in the plan must be a current employee of the state 382
university or Florida College System institution. 383
(b) A state university or Florida College Syst em 384
institution may not appoint or select an interim president 385
unless the appointment or selection conforms to its succession 386
plan or the university or institution conducts a search pursuant 387
to s. 1001.706(6)(a) or s. 1001.64(19), as applicable. 388
(2) Upon the vacancy or anticipated vacancy of the 389
position of president, a public officer, including the Governor, 390
or an employee of an executive branch agency, may not discuss 391
the vacancy, an anticipated vacancy, or the process for filling 392
such vacancy or promote or advocate for a person to be appointed 393
as president, with a member or employee of the following: 394
(a) The Board of Governors. 395
(b) The State Board of Education. 396
(c) A state university board of trustees. 397
(d) A Florida College System institution boa rd of 398
trustees. 399
(1)(a) Any personal identifying information of an 400
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applicant for president of a state university or a Florida 401
College System institution held by a state university or a 402
Florida College System institution is confidential and exempt 403
from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 404
Constitution. 405
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the age, race, and 406
gender of all applicants who met the minimum qualifications 407
established for the position by a state university or Florida 408
College System institution who were considered and the personal 409
identifying information of an applicant included in the final 410
group of applicants for president of a state university or a 411
Florida College System institution are no longer confidential 412
and exempt from s. 119.07( 1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State 413
Constitution beginning at the earlier of the date the final 414
group of applicants to be considered for president is 415
established or 21 days before the date of a meeting at which an 416
interview of an applicant will be conduct ed or at which final 417
action or a vote is to be taken on the offer of the employment 418
of an applicant as president. 419
(2)(a) Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of 420
identifying or vetting applicants for president of a state 421
university or a Florida C ollege System institution, including 422
any portion of a meeting which would disclose personal 423
identifying information of such applicants which is otherwise 424
confidential and exempt under subsection (1), is exempt from s. 425
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286.011 and s. 24(b), Art. I of the St ate Constitution. 426
(b) A complete recording must be made of any portion of a 427
meeting which is closed pursuant to paragraph (a), and any 428
closed portion of such meeting may not be held off the record. 429
The recording of the closed portion of a meeting is exem pt from 430
s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. 431
(c) The exemption provided in paragraph (a) does not apply 432
to: 433
1. Any portion of a meeting held for the purpose of 434
establishing qualifications for the position or establishing any 435
compensation framework to be offered to an applicant for 436
president of a state university or a Florida College System 437
institution. 438
2. Any meeting that is held after a final group of 439
applicants for president of a state university or a Florida 440
College System institution has been established. 441
(3) This section is subject to the Open Government Sunset 442
Review Act in accordance with s. 119.15 and shall stand repealed 443
on October 2, 2027, unless reviewed and saved from repeal 444
through reenactment by the Legislature. 445
Section 11. Section 1004.89, Florida Statutes, is amended 446
to read: 447
1004.89 Institute for Freedom in the Americas. — 448
(1) The Institute for Freedom in the Americas is hereby 449
created at Miami Dade College to preserve the ideals of a free 450
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society and promote democracy in the Americas. The institute 451
shall be located at the Freedom Tower and shall: 452
(1)(a) Partner with the Adam Smith Center for Economic 453
Freedom to Hold workshops, symposiums, and conferences that 454
provide networking opportunities for leader s throughout the 455
region to gain new insights and ideas for promoting democracy, 456
including knowledge of and insight into the intellectual, 457
political, and economic freedoms that are foundational to a 458
democratic society. 459
(2)(b) Enter into an agreement with the Adam Smith Center 460
for Economic Freedom to provide participants with academic 461
coursework and programs that advance democratic practices and 462
economic and legal reforms. 463
(3)(c) Provide educational and experiential opportunities 464
for regional leaders comm itted to careers in democracy and 465
governance. 466
(2) Miami Dade College, in accordance with s. 1004.70, 467
shall approve a direct -support organization to support the 468
institute in its mission to develop partnerships throughout the 469
Americas. Notwithstanding s. 1 004.70(2), the board of the 470
direct-support organization shall be composed of five members, 471
as follows: one member appointed by the President of the Senate; 472
one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 473
Representatives; and three members appointed by the Governor, 474
including a representative from Miami Dade College and a 475
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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
representative from the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom. 476
Section 12. Subsection (15) is added to section 1007.25, 477
Florida Statutes, to read: 478
1007.25 General education cours es; common prerequisites; 479
other degree requirements. — 480
(15) A Florida College System institution or state 481
university may not impose an institutionwide or universitywide 482
graduation requirement that includes a course in conflict with 483
paragraph (3)(c). 484
Section 13. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this 485
act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon 486
becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 487