Bill > H5601

Introduced Session

An act relating to higher education; amending s. 1001.7065, F.S.; removing a provision requiring future funding increases to be distributed to certain preeminent state research universities; amending s. 1004.013, F.S.; revising a certain duty of the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors under the Strengthening Alignment between Industry and Learning to 60 Initiative; repealing s. 1004.6498, F.S.; relating to the State University Professional and Graduate Degree Excellence Program; amending s. 1006.73, F.S.; removing provisions relating to the Florida Academic Library Services Cooperative; providing responsibilities for the Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network; requiring that the Board of Governors and the Department of Education jointly oversee a host entity chosen to deliver certain services to public postsecondary educational institutions; transferring responsibility for the statewide Internet-based catalog of distance learning courses to the host entity; providing requirements for such catalog; transferring responsibility for certain statewide online student advising services to the host entity; providing requirements for such services; requiring the host entity to submit a certain annual hb5601-00 HB 5601 report to the Chancellor of the State University System and the Chancellor of the Florida College System by a specified date; requiring the chancellors to submit a certain report to specified persons; providing that specified entities are jointly responsible for the governance and administration of the services provided by the host entity; requiring the Chancellor of the State University System and the Chancellor of the Florida College System to provide oversight for the successful delivery of such services; requiring the Commissioner of Education and the Chancellor of the State University System to provide a certain joint recommendation for certain career centers to access certain services; repealing s. 1006.735, F.S., relating to the Complete Florida Plus Program; amending s. 1009.89, F.S.; revising eligibility criteria for the William L. Boyd, IV, Effective Access to Student Education grant program; requiring recipient institutions to submit a specified report to the Department of Education; requiring institutions to meet certain performance benchmarks to remain eligible under the grant program; requiring each recipient institution to report certain data to the department; repealing s. 1009.891, F.S., relating to the Access to Better Learning and Education Grant hb5601-00 HB 5601 Program; amending s. 1012.976, F.S.; expanding state university compensation limits to all state university employees, rather than state university administrative employees; providing exceptions; providing applicability; amending ss. 257.02, 295.22, 1007.27, 1009.23, and 1009.24, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; amending ss. 320.08056, 1007.01, 1009.40, and 1009.94, F.S.; conforming cross- references; providing an effective date.

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Rene Plasencia (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (1)

Chapter No. 2021-46; companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/SB 52 (Ch. 2021-160), SB 2500 (Ch. 2021-36) (on 06/03/2021)

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