Bill Amendment: FL S0524 | 2016 | Regular Session
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Education
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 287 (Ch. 2016-223), CS/CS/HB 719 (Ch. 2016-58), CS/CS/HB 1365 (Ch. 2016-149), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237) [S0524 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0524-Senate_Floor_Amendment_659750.html
Bill Title: Education
Status: 2016-03-11 - Died on Calendar, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 287 (Ch. 2016-223), CS/CS/HB 719 (Ch. 2016-58), CS/CS/HB 1365 (Ch. 2016-149), HB 5003 (Ch. 2016-62), CS/CS/HB 7029 (Ch. 2016-237) [S0524 Detail]
Download: Florida-2016-S0524-Senate_Floor_Amendment_659750.html
Florida Senate - 2016 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 524 Ì6597505Î659750 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Gaetz moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 417 - 434 4 and insert: 5 (6)(7)PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COURSE 6 REQUIREMENT AUTHORITY.—In order to provide a jointly shared 7 educational experience, a university that is designated a 8 preeminent state research university may require its incoming 9 first-time-in-college students to take a six-credit9-to-1210creditset of unique courses specifically determined by the 11 university and published on the university’s website. The 12 university may stipulate that credit for such courses may not be 13 earned through any acceleration mechanism pursuant to s. 1007.27 14 or s. 1007.271 or any other transfer credit. All accelerated 15 credits earned up to the limits specified in ss. 1007.27 and 16 1007.271 shall be applied toward graduation at the student’s 17 request. 18 (7)(8)PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY FLEXIBILITY 19 AUTHORITY.—The Board of Governors is encouraged to identify and 20 grant all reasonable, feasible authority and flexibility to 21 ensure that eachadesignated preeminent state research 22 university and each designated emerging preeminent state 23 research university is free from unnecessary restrictions. 24 (8)(9)PROGRAMS OF EXCELLENCE THROUGHOUT THE STATE 25 26 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 27 And the title is amended as follows: 28 Delete lines 35 - 36 29 and insert: 30 initiative; revising the credits a preeminent state 31 research university may require certain students to 32 take; amending s. 1001.92, F.S.; requiring