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FL Stat § 1005.36 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1005 - Nonpublic Postsecondary Education|Part III - Licensure of Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions (Ss. 1005.31-1005.39)|1005.36 - Institutional closings.

1005.36 Institutional closings.—(1) The Legislature intends to protect students and the independent sector of postsecondary education from the detriment caused by licensed institutions that cease operation without providing for the proper completion of student training or for the appropriate refund of student fees. To serve this intention, the Commission for Independent Education may prevent the operation in this state of a licensed independent postsecondary educational institution by an owner who has unlawfully closed another institution and the commission may exercise control over student records upon closure of a licensed institution if the institution does not provide an orderly closure.(2) At least 30 days prior to closing an institution, its owners, directors, or administrators shall notify the commission in writing of the closure of the institution. The owners, directors, and administrators must organize an orderly closure of the institution, which means at least providing for the completion of training of its students. The commission must approve any such plan. An owner, director, or administrator who fails to notify the commission at least 30 days prior to the institution’s closure, or who fails to organize the orderly closure of the institution and the trainout of the students, commits a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.(3) If the commission finds that an institution has ceased operating without providing for the proper access to student records, the commission may require the institution to convey all student records to the commission office or to another location designated by the commission or its staff. The commission shall make copies of records available to bankruptcy trustees upon request and to the student or those designated by the student. Confidentiality of the records shall be maintained to the extent required by law. The commission may seek civil penalties not to exceed $10,000 from any owner, director, or administrator of an institution who knowingly destroys, abandons, or fails to convey or provide for the safekeeping of institutional and student records. The commission may use moneys in the Student Protection Fund to facilitate the retrieval or safekeeping of records from an institution that has closed.(4) The commission may refer matters it deems appropriate to the Department of Legal Affairs or the state attorney for investigation and prosecution.History.—s. 259, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1005.37 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1005 - Nonpublic Postsecondary Education|Part III - Licensure of Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions (Ss. 1005.31-1005.39)|1005.37 - Student Protection Fund.

1005.37 Student Protection Fund.—(1) The commission shall establish and administer a statewide, fee-supported financial program through which funds will be available to complete the training of a student who enrolls in a nonpublic school that terminates a program or ceases operation before the student has completed his or her program of study. The financial program is named the Student Protection Fund.(2) The commission is authorized to assess a fee from the schools within its jurisdiction for such purpose. The commission shall assess a licensed school an additional fee for its eligibility for the Student Protection Fund.(3) If a licensed school terminates a program before all students complete it, the commission shall also assess that school a fee adequate to pay the full cost to the Student Protection Fund of completing the training of students.(4) The fund shall consist entirely of fees assessed to licensed schools and shall not be funded under any circumstances by public funds, nor shall the commission make payments or be obligated to make payments in excess of the assessments actually received from licensed schools and deposited in the Institutional Assessment Trust Fund to the credit of the Student Protection Fund.(5) At each commission meeting, the commission shall consider the need for and shall make required assessments, shall review the collection status of unpaid assessments and take all necessary steps to collect them, and shall review all moneys in the fund and expenses incurred since the last reporting period. This review must include administrative expenses, moneys received, and payments made to students or to lending institutions.(6) Staff of the commission must immediately inform the commission upon learning of the closing of a licensed school or the termination of a program that could expose the fund to liability.(7) The Student Protection Fund must be actuarially sound, periodically audited by the Auditor General in connection with his or her audit of the Department of Education, and reviewed to determine if additional fees must be charged to schools eligible to participate in the fund.History.—s. 260, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1005.375 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1005 - Nonpublic Postsecondary Education|Part III - Licensure of Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions (Ss. 1005.31-1005.39)|1005.375 - Violations; penalties.

1005.375 Violations; penalties.—(1) Each of the following acts constitutes a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084:(a) Operating an independent postsecondary educational institution without a valid, active license issued pursuant to this chapter.(b) Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license to operate an institution by fraudulent misrepresentation.(c) Using or attempting to use a license that has been suspended or revoked.(2) Each of the following acts constitutes a misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083:(a) Knowingly concealing information relating to violations of this chapter.(b) Willfully making any false oath or affirmation when required to make an oath or affirmation pursuant to this chapter.History.—s. 2, ch. 2005-202.
FL Stat § 1005.385 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1005 - Nonpublic Postsecondary Education|Part III - Licensure of Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions (Ss. 1005.31-1005.39)|1005.385 - Authority to issue citations.

1005.385 Authority to issue citations.—(1) The commission shall adopt rules to permit the issuance of citations. A citation shall be issued to an independent postsecondary educational institution and shall contain the institution’s name and address, the institution’s license number if applicable, a brief factual statement, the sections of law allegedly violated, and the penalty imposed. A citation must clearly state that the subject may choose, in lieu of accepting the citation, to dispute the matter in the citation and must provide the subject all rights for either an informal hearing to dispute the facts before the commission or a formal hearing to dispute the facts before an administrative law judge from the Division of Administrative Hearings pursuant to chapter 120. However, if the subject does not dispute the matter in the citation within 30 days after the citation is served, the citation becomes a final order and constitutes discipline. The penalty shall be a fine or other conditions as established by rule.(2) The commission shall adopt rules designating violations for which a citation may be issued. A violation so designated shall be a violation for which there is no substantial threat to the public health, safety, or welfare.(3) The commission shall be entitled to recover the costs of investigation, in addition to any penalty provided according to rule, as part of the penalty levied pursuant to a citation.(4) A citation must be issued within 6 months after the filing of a complaint that is the basis for the citation.(5) Service of a citation may be made by personal service or certified mail, restricted delivery, to the subject at the subject’s last known address of record.History.—s. 4, ch. 2005-202.
FL Stat § 1005.39 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1005 - Nonpublic Postsecondary Education|Part III - Licensure of Nonpublic Postsecondary Educational Institutions (Ss. 1005.31-1005.39)|1005.39 - Continuing education and training for administrators and faculty.

1005.39 Continuing education and training for administrators and faculty.—(1) The commission is authorized to ensure that the administrators of licensed institutions are qualified to conduct the operations of their respective positions and to require such administrators and faculty to receive continuing education and training as adopted by rule of the commission. The positions for which the commission may review qualifications and require continuing education and training may include the positions of chief administrator or officer, director of education or training, placement director, admissions director, and financial aid director and faculty members.(2) The training of each administrator and faculty member shall be the type of training necessary to assure compliance with statutes and rules of the commission and the State Board of Education and with those of other state or federal agencies in relation to the responsibilities of the respective positions.(3) The commission shall adopt general qualifications for each of the respective positions and establish guidelines for the minimum amount and type of continuing education and training to be required. The continuing education and training may be provided by the commission, appropriate state or federal agencies, or professional organizations familiar with the requirements of the particular administrative positions. The actual curricula should be left to the discretion of those agencies and organizations.(4) Evidence of the administrator’s and faculty member’s compliance with the continuing education and training requirements established by the commission may be included in the initial and renewal application forms provided by the commission. Actual records of the continuing education and training received by administrators and faculty shall be maintained at the institution and available for inspection at all times.(5) Qualifications of administrators and faculty in their respective fields, as well as continuing education and training, may be established by the commission as a condition of an application for licensure by a new institution or for renewal of a license.History.—s. 262, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1006.50 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning|Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751)|1006.50 - Student handbooks.

1006.50 Student handbooks.—(1) Each Florida College System institution and state university shall compile and update annually a student handbook that includes, but is not limited to, a comprehensive calendar that emphasizes important dates and deadlines, student rights and responsibilities, appeals processes available to students, and a roster of contact persons within the administrative staff available to respond to student inquiries.(2) Each student handbook shall list the legal and institution-specific sanctions that will be imposed upon students who violate the law or institutional policies regarding controlled substances and alcoholic beverages.(3) Each student handbook shall provide information related to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) education or identify sites from which AIDS education information may be obtained.History.—s. 320, ch. 2002-387; s. 77, ch. 2011-5.
FL Stat § 1006.51 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning|Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751)|1006.51 - Student ombudsman office.

1006.51 Student ombudsman office.—(1) There is created at each Florida College System institution and state university a student ombudsman office, which is accountable to the president.(2) Each institution must have an established procedure by which a student may appeal to the office of the ombudsman a decision that is related to the student’s access to courses and credit granted toward the degree. Detailed information concerning this procedure must be included in the institution’s catalog.(3) Each Florida College System institution and state university shall develop minimum standards for the role of ombudsman or student advocate. The standards shall address the issue of notification of students of opportunities for assistance or appeal.History.—s. 321, ch. 2002-387; s. 78, ch. 2011-5.
FL Stat § 1006.52 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning|Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751)|1006.52 - Education records and applicant records; public records exemption.

1006.52 Education records and applicant records; public records exemption.—(1) Each public postsecondary educational institution may prescribe the content and custody of records that the institution may maintain on its students and applicants for admission. A student’s education records, as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. s. 1232g, and the federal regulations issued pursuant thereto, and applicant records are confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution. For the purpose of this subsection, applicant records are records that are:(a) Directly related to an applicant for admission to a public postsecondary educational institution who has not been in attendance at the institution; and(b) Maintained by a public postsecondary educational institution or by a party acting on behalf of the public postsecondary educational institution.(2)(a) A public postsecondary educational institution may not release a student’s education records without the written consent of the student to any individual, agency, or organization, except in accordance with and as permitted by the FERPA.(b) Education records released by public postsecondary educational institutions to the Auditor General or the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, which are necessary for such agencies to perform their official duties and responsibilities, must be used and maintained by the Auditor General and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability in accordance with the FERPA.History.—s. 322, ch. 2002-387; s. 2, ch. 2009-240; s. 1, ch. 2014-11.
FL Stat § 1006.53 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning|Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751)|1006.53 - Religious observances.

1006.53 Religious observances.—Each public postsecondary educational institution shall adopt a policy which reasonably accommodates the religious observance, practice, and belief of individual students in regard to admissions, class attendance, and the scheduling of examinations and work assignments. Each policy shall include a grievance procedure by which a student who believes that he or she has been unreasonably denied an educational benefit due to his or her religious belief or practices may seek redress. Such policy shall be made known to faculty and students annually in inclusion in the institution’s handbook, manual, or other similar document regularly provided to faculty and students.History.—s. 323, ch. 2002-387; s. 105, ch. 2007-217.
FL Stat § 1006.54 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning|Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751)|1006.54 - Universities; public documents distributed to libraries.

1006.54 Universities; public documents distributed to libraries.—The general library of each state university may receive copies of reports of state officials, departments, and institutions and all other state documents published by the state. Each officer of the state empowered by law to distribute such public documents may transmit without charge, except for payment of shipping costs, the number of copies of each public document desired upon requisition from the librarian. It is the duty of the library to keep public documents in a convenient form accessible to the public. The library, under regulations formulated by the university board of trustees, is authorized to exchange documents for those of other states, territories, and countries.History.—s. 324, ch. 2002-387; s. 16, ch. 2010-78.
FL Stat § 1006.55 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning|Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751)|1006.55 - Law libraries of certain institutions of higher learning designated as state legal depositories.

1006.55 Law libraries of certain institutions of higher learning designated as state legal depositories.—(1) The law libraries of the University of Florida, Florida State University, Florida International University, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Stetson University, Nova University, and the University of Miami are designated as state legal depositories.(2) Each officer of the state empowered by law to distribute legal publications may transmit, upon payment of shipping costs or cash on delivery, to the state legal depositories copies of such publications as requested. However, the number of copies transmitted shall be limited to:(a) Eight copies of each volume of General Acts and each volume of Special Acts to each of the state legal depositories;(b) Up to a maximum number of each volume of the Florida Statutes and each supplement volume, computed on the basis of one set for every 10 students enrolled during the school year, based upon the average enrollment as certified by the registrar; and(c) One copy of each journal of the House of Representatives and each journal of the Senate to each state legal depository.(3) It is the duty of the librarian of any depository to keep all public documents in a convenient form accessible to the public.(4) The libraries of all Florida College System institutions are designated as state depositories for the Florida Statutes and supplements published by or under the authority of the state; these depositories each may receive upon request one copy of each volume without charge, except for payment of shipping costs.History.—s. 325, ch. 2002-387; s. 79, ch. 2011-5.
FL Stat § 1006.58 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning|Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751)|1006.58 - Collections management for museums and galleries of state universities.

1006.58 Collections management for museums and galleries of state universities.—(1) State universities may enter into contracts or agreements with or without competitive bidding, as appropriate, for the restoration of objects of art, art history, or natural history in their collections or for the purchase of objects of art, art history, or natural history which are to be added to their collections.(2) State universities may sell any art, art history, or natural history object in their museum or gallery collections if the university determines that it is no longer appropriate for the collection. The proceeds of the sale shall be deposited in the Acquisition, Restoration, and Conservation Trust Fund or other appropriate trust fund of the university. Each state university museum or gallery shall function entirely separate from every state university museum or gallery. State universities also may exchange any art, art history, or natural history object which the university museums or galleries judge is of equivalent or greater value to their museums or galleries.(3) No employee, representative, or agent of a university shall receive a commission, fee, or financial benefit in connection with the sale or exchange of a work of art, art history, or natural history, nor may he or she be a business associate of any individual, firm, or organization involved in the sale or exchange.(4)(a) Each university may establish an Acquisition, Restoration, and Conservation Trust Fund or utilize an appropriate existing trust fund.(b) The president of each university may delegate the following authority to the museum or gallery directors and governing bodies of the museums or galleries:1. To enter into contracts for the restoration or purchase of art, art history, or natural history objects, with or without competitive bidding, as appropriate.2. To sell art, art history, or natural history objects in museum or gallery collections, the proceeds of which shall be deposited in the Acquisition, Restoration, and Conservation Trust Fund or other appropriate existing trust fund.3. To exchange art, art history, or natural history objects of equal or greater value with any other state university.History.—s. 328, ch. 2002-387.
FL Stat § 1006.59 (2021)
2021 Florida Statutes|Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code|Chapter 1006 - Support for Learning|Part II - Public Postsecondary Education Support for Learning and Student Services (Ss. 1006.50-1006.751)|1006.59 - The Historically Black College and University Library Improvement Program.

1006.59 The Historically Black College and University Library Improvement Program.—(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to enhance the quality of the libraries at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, Bethune-Cookman University, Edward Waters College, and Florida Memorial University.(2) There is created the Historically Black College and University Library Improvement Program to be administered by the Department of Education. The primary objectives of the program shall be to increase each library’s holdings by 500 to 1,000 books per year, to increase library use by students and faculty, and to enhance the professional growth of librarians by providing inservice training. At least 50 percent of library acquisitions shall be in the humanities, with the balance to be in all other disciplines. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide general revenue funds each year to support this program.(3) Each institution shall submit to the State Board of Education a plan for enhancing its library through the following activities:(a) Each institution shall increase the number of volumes by purchasing replacement books and new titles. Funds shall not be used to purchase periodicals. The goal of these purchases is to meet the needs of students and faculty in disciplines that have recently been added to the curriculum, in traditional academic fields that have been expanded, or in academic fields in which rapid changes in technology result in accelerated obsolescence of related library holdings.(b) A committee composed of librarians and faculty at each institution shall assess the adequacy of library holdings in all academic areas. The committee shall develop a list of resources that need to be replaced. Based on its assessment of the current collection, the committee shall develop a prioritized list of recommended acquisitions and shall submit such list to the college or university president.History.—s. 329, ch. 2002-387; s. 98, ch. 2009-21; s. 8, ch. 2010-155.