Committee/Subcommittee Amendment — Bill No. PCS for HB 999 (2023), Amendment No. 2
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Amendment No. 2, with title amendment, to Bill No. PCS for HB 999 (2023), offered by Representative Eskamani in the Postsecondary Education & Workforce Subcommittee and published March 13, 2023. The 19-page amendment removes lines 78-581 of the bill and inserts replacement text. The inserted text addresses the Board of Governors' strategic and accountability plans for the State University System, post-tenure review, and preeminent state research university standards, including a new standard of $50 million or more in STEM-related research expenditures. It also creates s. 1001.725 on state university boards of trustees and personnel, amends s. 1004.06 on prohibited expenditures, and creates the Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Education at the University of Central Florida. The title amendment lists further changes, including renaming the Florida Institute of Politics.
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Bill No. PCS for HB 999 (2023)
Amendment No. 2
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1 Committee/Subcommittee hearing bill: Postsecondary Education &
2 Workforce Subcommittee
3 Representative Eskamani offered the following:
4
5 Amendment (with title amendment)
6 Remove lines 78-581 and insert:
7 and (c). The mission alignment and strategic plan shall consider
8 peer institutions at the constituent universities. The mission
9 alignment and strategic plan shall acknowledge that universities
10 that have a national and international impact have the greatest
11 capacity to promote the state's economic development through:
12 new discoveries, patents, licenses, and technologies that
13 generate state businesses of global importance; research
14 achievements through external grants and contracts that are
15 comparable to nationally recognized and ranked universities; the
16 creation of a resource rich academic environment that attracts
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17 high-technology business and venture capital to the state; and
18 this generation's finest minds focusing on solving the state's
19 economic, social, environmental, and legal problems in the areas
20 of life sciences, water, sustainability, energy, and health
21 care. A nationally recognized and ranked university that has a
22 global perspective and impact shall be afforded the opportunity
23 to enable and protect the university's competitiveness on the
24 global stage in fair competition with other institutions of
25 other states in the highest Carnegie Classification.
26 (b) The Board of Governors shall develop a strategic plan
27 specifying goals and objectives for the State University System
28 and each constituent university, including each university's
29 contribution to overall system goals and objectives. The
30 strategic plan must:
31 1. Include performance metrics and standards common for
32 all institutions and metrics and standards unique to
33 institutions depending on institutional core missions,
34 including, but not limited to, student admission requirements,
35 curriculum that promotes citizenship in a constitutional
36 republic, retention, graduation, percentage of graduates who
37 have attained employment, percentage of graduates enrolled in
38 continued education, licensure passage, average wages of
39 employed graduates, average cost per graduate, excess hours,
40 student loan burden and default rates, faculty awards, total
41 annual research expenditures, patents, licenses and royalties,
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42 intellectual property, startup companies, annual giving,
43 endowments, and well-known, highly respected national rankings
44 for institutional and program achievements.
45 2. Consider reports and recommendations of the Florida
46 Talent Development Council under s. 1004.015 and the
47 Articulation Coordinating Committee under s. 1007.01.
48 3. Include student enrollment and performance data
49 delineated by method of instruction, including, but not limited
50 to, traditional, online, and distance learning instruction.
51 4. Include criteria for designating baccalaureate degree
52 and master's degree programs at specified universities as high-
53 demand programs of emphasis. The programs of emphasis li st
54 adopted by the Board of Governors before July 1, 2021, shall be
55 used for the 2021-2022 academic year. Beginning in the 2022-2023
56 academic year, the Board of Governors shall adopt the criteria
57 to determine value for and prioritization of degree credentia ls
58 and degree programs established by the Credentials Review
59 Committee under s. 445.004 for designating high-demand programs
60 of emphasis. The Board of Governors must review designated
61 programs of emphasis, at a minimum, every 3 years to ensure
62 alignment with the prioritization of degree credentials and
63 degree programs identified by the Credentials Review Committee.
64 5. Include criteria for nondegree credentials.
65 (c) The Board of Governors shall develop an accountability
66 plan for the State University System and each constituent
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67 university. The accountability plan must address institutional
68 and system achievement of goals and objectives specified in the
69 strategic plan adopted pursuant to paragraph (b) and must be
70 submitted as part of its legislative budget request. Each
71 university shall submit, as a component of the university's
72 annual accountability plan:,
73 1. Information on the effectiveness of its plan for
74 improving 4-year graduation rates. and
75 2. Information on the level of financial assistance
76 provided to students pursuant to paragraph (h).
77 (d) Beginning in the 2014-2015 academic year and annually
78 thereafter, The Board of Governors shall annually require a
79 state university before prior to registration to provide each
80 enrolled student electronic access to the economic security
81 report of employment and earning outcomes prepared by the
82 Department of Economic Opportunity pursuant to s. 445.07. In
83 addition, the Board of Governors shall require a state
84 university to provide each student electronic access to the
85 following information each year before prior to registration
86 using the data described in s. 1008.39:
87 1. The top 25 percent of degrees reported by the
88 university in terms of highest full-time job placement and
89 highest average annualized earnings in the year after earning
90 the degree.
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91 2. The bottom 10 percent of degrees reported by the
92 university in terms of lowest full-time job placement and lowest
93 average annualized earnings in the year after earning the
94 degree.
95 (6) POWERS AND DUTIES RELATING TO PERSONNEL.—
96 (b) The Board of Governors may adopt a regulation
97 requiring each tenured state university faculty member to
98 undergo a comprehensive post-tenure review every 5 years and a
99 post-tenure review at any time for cause. The board may include
100 other considerations in the regulation, but the regulation must
101 address all of the following:
102 1. Accomplishments and productivity.;
103 2. Assigned duties in research, teaching, and service.;
104 3. Performance metrics, evaluations, and ratings.; and
105 4. Recognition and compensation considerations, as well as
106 improvement plans and consequences for underperformance.
107 5. Conditions that constitute cause for a post-tenure
108 review under this paragraph, including, but not limited to, poor
109 performance, negligence, inefficiency or inability to perform
110 assigned duties, insubordination, violation of any applicable
111 law or rule, conduct unbecoming a public employee, misconduct,
112 drug abuse, or conviction of any crime.
113 Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 1001.7065, Florida
114 Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (m) is added to subsection
115 (2) of that section, to read:
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116 1001.7065 Preeminent state research universities program. —
117 (2) ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH EXCELLENCE STANDARDS.—The
118 following academic and research excellence standards are
119 established for the preeminent state research universities
120 program and shall be reported annually in the Board of Governors
121 Accountability Plan:
122 (m) Total annual research expenditures of $50 million or
123 more in STEM-related expenditures, funded from business and non-
124 profit partners.
125 (3) PREEMINENT STATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITY DESIGNATION.—
126 (a) The Board of Governors shall designate each state
127 university that annually meets at least 12 11 of the 13 12
128 academic and research excellence standards identified in
129 subsection (2) as a "preeminent state research university."
130 (b) The Board of Governors shall designate each state
131 university that annually meets at least 7 6 of the 13 12
132 academic and research excellence standards identified in
133 subsection (2) as an "emerging preeminent state research
134 university."
135 Section 3. Section 1001.725, Florida Statutes, is created
136 to read:
137 1001.725 State university boards of trustees; personnel.—
138 (1) Each state university board of trustees is responsible
139 for hiring full-time faculty for the university. The president
140 of the university may provide hiring recommendations to the
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141 board. The president and the board are not required to consider
142 recommendations or opinions of faculty of the university or
143 other individuals or groups.
144 (a) The board of trustees may delegate its hiring
145 authority to the president; however, the president may not
146 delegate such hiring authority to anyone outside of the
147 executive management team of the president's office.
148 (b) A state university may not solicit pledges, except
149 pledges to uphold general and federal law, the United States
150 Constitution, and the State Constitution, or statements or
151 commitments for or against certain viewpoints about diversity,
152 equity, and inclusion, Critical Race Theory rhetoric, or
153 political identity or ideology, as part of any hiring,
154 promotion, disciplinary, or evaluation process, including as
155 part of applications for employment, promotion and tenure
156 applications, conditions of employment, job qualifications, job
157 descriptions, or performance evaluations, or as part of any
158 admissions or student disciplinary process, including as part of
159 any admissions applications or orientations. This paragraph
160 applies to all students and employees at the university,
161 including the president of the university.
162 (2) Each state university board of trustees may, at the
163 request of its chair, review any faculty member's tenure status
164 based on the considerations adopted in Board of Governors
165 regulation pursuant to s. 1001.706(6)(b).
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166 (3) Each state university board of trustees must confirm
167 the president's selection and reappointment of each member of
168 the university's executive management team, and his or her
169 respective contract and annual salary, before such contracts and
170 salaries become effective, in accordance with the personnel
171 program established by the Board of Governors. Contracts and
172 responsibilities of the president and executive management team
173 members, including, but not limited to, the provost, must
174 explicitly delineate that the responsibilities of such
175 positions, other than the president, are limited to
176 administrative oversight and operational supervision of
177 curricular, instructional, and research affairs, as applicable
178 to the position.
179 (4) Each state university president shall annually present
180 to the state university board of trustees for review the results
181 of performance evaluations and associated annual salaries for
182 all evaluated academic and administrative personnel earning an
183 annual salary of $100,000 or more, regardless of the funding
184 source for such salaries. The results may be presented in a
185 summary or written format.
186 Section 4. Section 1004.06, Florida Statutes, is amended
187 to read:
188 1004.06 Prohibited expenditures.—
189 (1) A No Florida College System institution, state
190 university, Florida College System institution direct -support
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191 organization, or state university direct-support organization
192 may not shall expend any funds, regardless of source, to
193 purchase membership in, or goods and services from, any
194 organization that discriminates on the basis of race, color,
195 national origin, sex, disability gender, or religion.
196 (2) A Florida College System institution, state
197 university, Florida College System institution direct -support
198 organization, or state university direct-support organization
199 may not expend any state or federal funds to promote, support,
200 or maintain any programs or campus activities that:
201 (a) Promote the concepts listed in s. 1000.05(4)(a);
202 (b) Advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion;
203 (c) Promote or engage in political or social activism; or
204 (d) Include or espouse, as government speech or expressive
205 activity of the Florida College System institution or state
206 university or its direct-support organization speaking or acting
207 on the Florida College System institution's or state
208 university's behalf, preferential treatment or special benefits
209 to individuals on the basis of race, color, national origin,
210 sex, disability, or religion.
211
212 Student fees to support student-led organizations are permitted
213 notwithstanding any speech or expressive activity by such
214 organizations that would otherwise violate this subsection,
215 provided that the public funds must be allocated to student-led
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216 organizations pursuant to written policies or regulations of
217 each Florida College System institution or state university, as
218 applicable.
219 (3) Programs or campus activities required for compliance
220 with federal laws or regulations, or access programs for
221 military veterans, Pell Grant recipients, first generation
222 college students, nontraditional students, "2+2" transfer
223 students from the Florida College System, students from low-
224 income families, or students with unique abilities, are not
225 prohibited by this section.
226 (4) The State Board of Education and the Board of
227 Governors may adopt rules and regulations, respectively, to
228 implement this section.
229 Section 5. Section 1004.3841, Florida Statutes, is created
230 to read:
231 1004.3841 The Institute for Risk Management and Insurance
232 Education.—The Institute for Risk Management and Insurance
233 Education is established within the College of Business at the
234 University of Central Florida. Since insurance and risk
235 management is a major industry in the state, with a
236 concentration of such industry in Volusia County, the institute
237 shall be located in Volusia County. Like many other industries
238 in the state, the insurance and risk management industry is
239 being revolutionized by, among other things, the integration of
240 technology, predictive analytics, and data science, and is
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241 becoming more complex given its exposure to transformative
242 trends in the economy and environment. The purpose of the
243 institute is to respond to the ever-evolving insurance and risk
244 management industry and the present and emerging needs of the
245 state and its residents. The goals of the institute are to:
246 (1) Pursue technological innovations that advance risk
247 valuation models and operational efficiencies in the insurance
248 industry.
249 (2) Drive the development of workforce competencies in
250 data analytics, system-level thinking, technology integration,
251 entrepreneurship, and actuarial science.
252 (3) Leverage the University of Central Florida's world
253 class assets in data science, artificial intelligence, computer
254 science, engineering, finance, economics, and sales.
255 (4) Take advantage of the University of Central Florida's
256 robust portfolio of academic program offerings and draw on
257 faculty and industry experts in diverse fields, including
258 actuarial science, computer science, economics, engineering,
259 environmental science, finance, forensics, law, managem ent,
260 marketing, and psychology.
261 (5) Develop and offer risk management and insurance
262 education, including education that recognizes risks in areas
263 such as the environment, pandemic disease, and digital security.
264 (6) Offer programs, workshops, case studies, and applied
265 research studies that integrate technology and artificial
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266 intelligence with soft skills while preparing students and
267 professionals for the technology-enabled insurance industry of
268 the future.
269 Section 6. Paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of section
270 1004.6496, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
271 1004.6496 Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic
272 Education.—
273 (2) The goals of the center are to:
274 (e) Coordinate with the Florida Institute for Governance
275 and Civics of Politics created pursuant to s. 1004.6499 and the
276 Adam Smith Center for the Study of Economic Freedom created
277 pursuant to s. 1004.64991 and assist in the curation and
278 implementation of Portraits in Patriotism created pursuant to s.
279 1003.44.
280 Section 7. Section 1004.6499, Florida Statutes, is amended
281 to read:
282 1004.6499 Florida Institute for Governance and Civics of
283 Politics.—
284 (1) The Florida Institute for Governance and Civics of
285 Politics is established at the Florida State University within
286 the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. The purpose of
287 the institute is to provide the southeastern region of the
288 United States with a world class, bipartisan, nationally
289 renowned institute of politics.
290 (2) The goals of the institute are to:
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291 (a) Provide students with access to an interdisciplinary
292 hub that will develop academically rigorous scholarship and
293 coursework on the origins of the American system of government,
294 its foundational documents, its subsequent political traditions
295 and evolutions, and its impact on comparative political systems
296 Motivate students throughout the Florida State University to
297 become aware of the significance of government and civic
298 engagement at all levels and politics in general.
299 (b) Encourage civic literacy in the state through the
300 development of educational tools and resources for K-12 and
301 postsecondary students that foster an understanding of how
302 individual rights, constitutionalism, separation of powers, and
303 federalism function within the American system of government
304 Provide students with an opportunity to be politically active
305 and civically engaged.
306 (c) Model civic discourse that recognizes the importance
307 of viewpoint diversity, intellectual rigor, and an evidence-
308 based approach to history Nurture a greater awareness of and
309 passion for public service and politics.
310 (d) Plan and host forums to allow students and guests to
311 hear from exceptional individuals who have excelled in
312 government, industry, or civic engagement to highlight the
313 possibilities created by individual achievement, philan thropic
314 ideals, and entrepreneurial vision and interact with experts
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315 from government, politics, policy, and journalism on a frequent
316 basis.
317 (e) Become a national and state resource on polling
318 instruments and other assessments to measure civic literacy and
319 make recommendations for improving civic education information
320 and survey methodology.
321 (f) Provide fellowships and internship opportunities to
322 students in government, nonprofit organizations, and community
323 organizations.
324 (g) Create through scholarship, original research,
325 publications, symposia, testimonials, and other means a body of
326 resources that can be accessed by students, scholars, and
327 government officials to understand the innovations in public
328 policy in the state over a rolling 30-year time period Provide
329 training sessions for newly elected state and local public
330 officials.
331 (h) Organize and sponsor conferences, symposia, and
332 workshops throughout this state to educate and inform citizens,
333 elected officials, and appointed policymakers regarding
334 effective policymaking techniques and processes.
335 (i) Create and promote research and awareness regarding
336 politics, citizen involvement, and public service.
337 (j) Collaborate with related policy institutes and
338 research activities at the Florida State University and other
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339 institutions of higher education to motivate, increase, and
340 sustain citizen involvement in public affairs.
341 Section 8. Subsection (3) is added to section 1004.64991,
342 Florida Statutes, to read:
343 1004.64991 The Adam Smith Center for the Study of Economic
344 Freedom.—
345 (3) In order to carry out the goals outlined in subsection
346 (2), the center is authorized to:
347 (a) Hire the necessary faculty and staff.
348 (b) Enroll students.
349 (c) Develop curriculum and offer new courses, including
350 honors courses, certificates, and major and minor programs.
351 (d) Award degrees.
352 (e) Hold events, including fundraisers.
353 (f) Fulfill other actions approved by the president of the
354 university.
355 (g) Generate resources based on student credit hour
356 enrollment in the same manner as a college within the
357 university.
358 Section 9. Subsection (3) of section 1007.25, Florida
359 Statutes, is amended to read:
360 1007.25 General education courses; common prerequisites;
361 other degree requirements.—
362 (3) The chair of the State Board of Education and the
363 chair of the Board of Governors, or their designees, shall
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364 jointly appoint faculty committees to review and recommend to
365 the Articulation Coordinating Committee for approval by the
366 Commissioner of Education and the Chancellor of the State
367 University System identify statewide general education core
368 course options for inclusion in the statewide course numbering
369 system established in s. 1007.24. Faculty committees shall, by
370 July 1, 2024, and by July 1 every 3 years thereafter, review and
371 submit recommendations to the Articulation Coordinating
372 Committee, the commissioner, and the Chancellor of the State
373 University System for the removal, alignment, realignment, or
374 addition of general education core courses that satisfy the
375 requirements of this subsection.
376 (a) General education core course options shall consist of
377 a maximum of five courses within each of the subject areas of
378 communication, mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and
379 natural sciences. The core courses may be revised, or the five-
380 course maximum within each subject area may be exceeded, if
381 approved by the State Board of Education and the Board of
382 Governors, as recommended by the subject area faculty committee
383 and approved by the Articulation Coordinating Committee as
384 necessary for a subject area.
385 (b) Each general education core course option must contain
386 high-level academic and critical thinking skills and common
387 competencies that students must demonstrate to successfully
388 complete the course.
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389 (c) Beginning with students initially entering a Florida
390 College System institution or state university in 2015-2016 and
391 thereafter, each student must complete at least one identified
392 core course in each subject area as part of the general
393 education course requirements. Beginning in the 2022-2023
394 academic year and thereafter, students entering a technical
395 degree education program as defined in s. 1004.02(13) must
396 complete at least one identified core course in each subject
397 area as part of the general education course requirements before
398 a degree is awarded.
399 (d) All public postsecondary educational institutions
400 shall offer at least one general education core course in each
401 of the identified subject areas and accept these courses as
402 meeting general education core course requirements upon the
403 transfer of credit for such course regardless of whether the
404 receiving institution offers the identical general education
405 core course. The remaining general education course requirements
406 shall be identified by each institution as approved in
407 accordance with s. 1007.55 and listed in the and reported to the
408 department by their statewide course numbering system number.
409 (e) The general education core course options shall be
410 adopted in rule by the State Board of Education and in
411 regulation by the Board of Governors.
412
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414 T I T L E A M E N D M E N T
415 Remove lines 4-58 and insert:
416 legislative intent; revising the contents of the Board
417 of Governor's strategic plan; post-tenure reviews at
418 any time for cause; revising an authorization for the
419 Board of Governors to adopt specified regulations;
420 amending s. 1001.7065, F.S.; revising the academic and
421 research excellence standards for preeminent state
422 research universities; creating s. 1001.725, F.S.;
423 providing requirements for hiring state university
424 faculty; providing requirements for the employment,
425 promotion, and evaluation processes for certain state
426 university employees; authorizing state university
427 boards of trustees to review the tenure status of
428 faculty members; requiring such boards to confirm the
429 selection and reappointment of specified personnel;
430 providing requirements for certain employment
431 contracts and responsibilities; requiring state
432 university presidents to annually present specified
433 information to such boards; amending s. 1004.06, F.S.;
434 prohibiting certain entities from expending specified
435 funds for certain purposes; providing exceptions;
436 authorizing the State Board of Education and the Board
437 of Governors to adopt certain rules and regulations,
438 respectively; creating s. 1004.3841, F.S.; creating
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439 the Institute for Risk Management and Insurance
440 Education within the College of Business at the
441 University of Central Florida; requiring the institute
442 to be located in a specified county; providing goals
443 of the institute; amending s. 1004.6496, F.S.;
444 conforming a provision to changes made by the act;
445 amending s. 1004.6499, F.S.; renaming the "Florida
446 Institute of Politics" as the "Florida Institute for
447 Governance and Civics"; revising the goals of the
448 institute; amending s. 1004.64991, F.S.; authorizing
449 the Adam Smith Center for the Study of Economic
450 Freedom within Florida International University to
451 take specified actions; amending s. 1007.25, F.S.;
452 revising the duties and responsibilities of specified
453 faculty committees relating to general education core
454 courses; deleting a provision authorizing certain
455 course maximums to be exceeded; revising requirements
456 for general education core courses; providing
457 definitions; requiring public postsecondary
458 educational institutions to offer and accept certain
459 credits for certain general education core courses;
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