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    CS/CS/SB 2: Higher Education

    GENERAL BILL by Appropriations, Education, Galvano

    Higher Education; Citing this act as the “Florida Excellence in Higher Education Act of 2017”; revising requirements for the performance-based metrics used to award Florida College System institutions with performance-based incentives; revising the Distinguished Florida College System Institution Program excellence standards requirements; requiring certain performance-based metrics to include specified graduation rates and access benchmarks; requiring each Florida Community College System institution to execute at least one “2+2” Targeted Pathway articulation agreement by a specified time, etc.

    Effective Date: 7/1/2017

    Last Action: 5/5/2017 House - Died in Messages

    Bill Text [pdf]

    Current Bill Version Posted: 3/8/2017 04:53 PM


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    • Proposed Committee Substitute (1)

      Links in this section are PDF documents.

      525260 - Proposed Committee Substitute
      Sponsor: Appropriations
      Filed: 2/10/2017 8:56 AM
      Last committee action: Replaced by Committee Substitute
      749062 - Amendment (525260)
      Amendment filed: 2/22/2017 8:55 AM
      Amending Sponsor: Appropriations
      Amending instruction: Between lines 609 and 610 insert:
      Amendment action: Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/23/2017 12:16 PM
      266322 - Amendment (525260)
      Amendment filed: 2/22/2017 8:56 AM
      Amending Sponsor: Appropriations
      Amending instruction: Delete lines 62 - 72 and insert:
      Amendment action: Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/23/2017 12:16 PM
      945716 - Amendment (525260)
      Amendment filed: 2/22/2017 8:56 AM
      Amending Sponsor: Appropriations
      Amending instruction: Between lines 616 and 617 insert:
      Amendment action: Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/23/2017 12:16 PM
      735718 - Amendment (525260)
      Amendment filed: 2/22/2017 8:56 AM
      Amending Sponsor: Appropriations
      Amending instruction: Between lines 421 and 422 insert:
      Amendment action: Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/23/2017 12:16 PM
      840626 - Amendment (525260)
      Amendment filed: 2/22/2017 8:28 AM
      Amending Sponsor: Appropriations
      Amending instruction: Between lines 609 and 610 insert:
      Amendment action: Replaced by Committee Substitute 2/23/2017 12:16 PM

    • Floor Votes (1)

      Links in this section are PDF documents.

      Date Chamber Result
      3/9/2017 1:22 PM Senate 35 Yeas - 1 Nays

    • Citations - Statute (22)

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      267.062 Naming of state buildings and other facilities. Page 36 (pdf)
      1001.66 Florida College System Performance-Based Incentive. Page 2 (pdf)
      1001.67 Distinguished Florida College System Institution Program. Page 6 (pdf)
      1001.706 Powers and duties of the Board of Governors. Page 7 (pdf)
      1001.7065 Preeminent state research universities program. Page 9 (pdf)
      1001.92 State University System Performance-Based Incentive. Page 10 (pdf)
      1004.6497 Page 11 (pdf)
      1004.6498 Page 13 (pdf)
      1007.23 Statewide articulation agreement. Page 14 (pdf)
      1007.27 Articulated acceleration mechanisms. Page 16 (pdf)
      1008.30 Common placement testing for public postsecondary education. Page 16 (pdf)
      1009.22 Workforce education postsecondary student fees. Page 17 (pdf)
      1009.23 Florida College System institution student fees. Page 18 (pdf)
      1009.24 State university student fees. Page 19 (pdf)
      1009.53 Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program. Page 22 (pdf)
      1009.534 Florida Academic Scholars award. Page 22 (pdf)
      1009.701 First Generation Matching Grant Program. Page 23 (pdf)
      1009.89 The William L. Boyd, IV, Florida resident access grants. Page 23 (pdf)
      1009.893 Benacquisto Scholarship Program. Page 26 (pdf)
      1009.894 Page 29 (pdf)
      1009.98 Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Program. Page 31 (pdf)
      1013.79 University Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant Program. Page 32 (pdf)

    • Bill History

      S = Senate, H = House

      1/11/2017 S • Filed
      1/12/2017 S • Referred to Education; Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; Appropriations -SJ 37
      1/13/2017 S • On Committee agenda-- Education, 01/23/17, 4:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
      1/23/2017 S • CS by Education; YEAS 8 NAYS 0 -SJ 148
      1/24/2017 S • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
      1/25/2017 S • Now in Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education -SJ 148
      1/30/2017 S • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education, 02/08/17, 2:00 pm, 412 Knott Building
      2/8/2017 S • Subcommittee Recommendation: CS/CS by Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education; YEAS 5 NAYS 1 -SJ 150
      2/10/2017 S • Now in Appropriations -SJ 150
      2/13/2017 S • On Committee agenda-- Appropriations, 02/23/17, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
      2/23/2017 S • CS/CS by- Appropriations; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 149
      2/27/2017 S • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
      3/3/2017 S • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 149
      3/6/2017 S • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/08/17
      3/7/2017 S • Introduced -SJ 37
      • CS by Education read 1st time -SJ 134
      • CS/CS by Appropriations read 1st time -SJ 134
      3/8/2017 S • Read 2nd time -SJ 165
      • Amendment(s) failed (231668, 424158, 440968, 692246, 891426, 934886) -SJ 166
      • Amendment(s) adopted (433696, 869454) -SJ 166
      • Ordered engrossed -SJ 167
      • Placed on 3rd reading
      3/9/2017 S • Read 3rd time -SJ 173
      • CS passed as amended; YEAS 35 NAYS 1 -SJ 173
      3/15/2017 H • In Messages
      5/5/2017 H • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
      • Died in Messages
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