Title: Postsecondary Performance-based Funding

Summary: Requires OPPAGA to conduct study relating to performance-based funding of public community colleges & universities; specifies requirements for study; requires OPPAGA to provide report to Legislature by specified date.

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An act relating to postsecondary performance-based funding; requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) to conduct a study relating to performance-based funding of public community colleges and universities; specifying requirements for the study; requiring OPPAGA to provide a report to the Legislature by a specified date; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. (1) The Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability (OPPAGA) shall conduct a performance funding study that must include: (a) The number of states with performance plans for publi ccommunity colleges and universities. (b) The number of states that use specific metrics for each public community college and university and the number of states that use the same metrics for all public community colleges and universities. (c) The nu mber of states that use recurring funds and the number of states that use nonrecurring funds. (d) The number of states that include performance funds in the base allocations for public community colleges and HB 1125 2017 universities and the percentage amounts of suc hfunds. (e) The number of states in which public community colleges and universities win awards for meeting performance benchmarks and the number of states that withhold funds if benchmarks are not met. (f) The number of states that allow the loss of the previous year's base funding as a penalty within the performance plans. (g) Information on how each state establishes the metrics, including which entity establishes the metrics. (h) An analysis of Florida's performance-based funding, including: 1. Demographics of each Florida College System institution and state university. 2. The average SAT and ACT score for incoming freshmen at each Florida College System institution and state university. 3. The percentage of students enrolled at each Flor ida College System institution and state university who have been awarded a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship. 4. The percentage of students enrolled at each Florida College System institution and state university who have been awarded a Pell grant. 5. The percentage of students who are to years of age and are enrolled full time at each Florida College System institution and state university. HB 1125 2017 6. The percentage of students who are years of age or older and are enrolled full time at each Flori da College System institution and state university. 7. The percentage of students who are to yea rs of age and are enrolled part time at each Florida College System institution and state university. 8. The percentage of students who are years of age or older and are enrolled part time at each Florida College System institution and state university. 9. The history of performance-based awards granted to each Florida College System institution and state university. 10. The number of performance-based metrics that are identical to the performance-based funding metrics used for Florida College System institution sand state universities.11. The number of performance-based metrics that are unique to each Florida College System institut ion and state university. (2) By December 1, 2017, OPPAGA shall submit a report comprising the information specified in subsection (1) to the President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the standing legislative committees wi th substantive jurisdiction over performance-based funding for public postsecondary institutions. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.