Title: Postsecondary Education

Summary: Requiring that the Higher Education Coordinating Council review and evaluate the current higher education governance structure in this state and make recommendations to the Legislature for potential revisions to the higher education delivery system; requiring that the council report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature, etc.

Full Text:
An act relating to postsecondary education; requiring that the Higher Education Coordinating Council review and evaluate the current higher education governance structure in this state and make recommendations to the Legislature for potential revisions to the higher education delivery system; requiring that the council report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and Legislature; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1.  The Higher Education Coordinating Council, created pursuant to s. 1004.015,Florida Statutes, shall review and evaluate the current higher education governance structure in this state and shall make recommendations to the Legislature regarding potential revisions to the higher education delivery system to improve student services, access, affordability, and accountability. At a minimum, the council shall consider academic offerings, fiscal efficiencies, and regional demographics. The council shall consider the potential to create an intermediate structure of institutions that are not part of the Florida College System or the State University System by making university branch campuses independent, combining university branch campuses with colleges, transferring certain colleges to the intermediate structure, or creating new institutions. The council shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.