Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-14 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 6A-14.0061 - Campus, Center, Special Purpose Center and Instructional Site Designations

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The Division of Florida Colleges shall receive proposals from
				  local boards of trustees to establish campuses, centers, and special purpose
				  centers, and shall recommend for or against the establishment of the requested
				  site to the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall
				  approve or disapprove the proposal for a new site. The following shall
				  apply:
(1) A campus is an
				instructional and administrative unit of a community college, consisting of
				college owned facilities and staffed primary by full-time personnel. It houses
				a full range of instructional services and of institutional, instructional, and
				student support services. Facilities and other resources are sufficient to
				accommodate at least one thousand (1, 000) full-time equivalent students and is
				in compliance with the criteria established in Rule
				6A-2.0010, F.A.C.
(2) A center is an instructional and
				administrative unit with limited support services. It consists of college owned
				or unowned facilities and is staffed primarily by full-time personnel. It does
				not necessarily offer a full range of instructional programs or courses and is
				in compliance with the criteria established in Rule
				6A-2.0010, F.A.C.
(3) A special purpose center is unit of a
				community college consisting of college owned facilities or unowned facilities
				leased for more than one year that provides a limited number of special,
				clearly defined programs or services, such as instruction or administration,
				and is in compliance with Rule
				6A-2.0010, F.A.C.
(4) An instructional site is an instructional
				unit of a community college that offers students a very limited range of
				instructional programs or courses in unowned facilities leased for one year or
				less with no support services.
(5)
				Proposals to establish campuses or centers shall document the following
				conditions:
(a) The proposed expansion is part
				of and consistent with the master plan of the community college.
(b) Expanded or new instructional services
				and support services are necessary to adequately serve the community college
				district.
(c) Existing campuses
				have at least three thousand (3, 000) full-time equivalent students each, and
				projected enrollments are stable or increasing, when the proposal is to
				establish a campus.
(d) Facilities
				at existing campuses, as identified in the master plan of the community
				college, are substantially complete.
(e) Enrollment projections in the master plan
				of the community college are for at least one thousand (1, 000) full-time
				equivalent students for a proposed campus or at least four hundred (400) for a
				proposed center. A proposed center to provide central administrative services
				for a community college shall be exempt from this enrollment
				condition.
(f) The proposed
				expansion is in conjunction with other educational agencies within the
				community college district and adjacent to the district.
(g) Alternatives to the proposed expansion
				were considered by the board of trustees.