Florida Administrative Code › 6 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › 6A - State Board of Education › Chapter 6A-14 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › Section 6A-14.0718 - Prohibited Expenditures for Florida College System (FCS) Institutions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Purpose. The purpose of this rule is to
				implement the expenditure prohibitions found in s.
				1004.06, F.S.
(2) Definitions. For the purposes of this
				rule, the following terms mean:
(a)
				"Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" or "DEI" is any program, campus activity, or
				policy that classifies individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national
				origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation and promotes differential or
				preferential treatment of individuals on the basis of such
				classification.
(b) "Federal funds"
				are those funds provided to the institution or a direct-support organization
				for an institution directly or indirectly by an appropriation by Congress. This
				includes financial aid provided to the institution by or on behalf of a student
				attending the institution if that financial aid is provided to the student via
				a governmental aid or grant program. Federal funds do not include student fees
				to support student-led organizations notwithstanding any speech or expressive
				activity by such organizations which would otherwise violate this section,
				provided that the student fees must be allocated to student-led organizations
				pursuant to written policies or regulations of each institution, as
				applicable.
(c) "Non-traditional
				Student" is an undergraduate student not pursuing higher education immediately
				or up to two (2) years after graduating high school.
(d) "Political or Social Activism" is any
				activity organized with a purpose of effecting or preventing change to a
				government policy, action, or function, or any activity intended to achieve a
				desired result related to social issues, where the institution endorses or
				promotes a position in communications, advertisements, programs, or campus
				activities. Political or Social activism does not include authorized government
				relations and lobbying activities of the institution concerning matters that
				directly affect the operations of the institution or direct-support
				organizations of the institution. Political or Social Activism does not include
				endorsement or promotion of a position that encourages compliance with state or
				federal law or State Board of Education rule.
(e) "Programs or campus activities" are any
				activities authorized or administered by the institution or an institution's
				direct-support organization(s) that involve:
1. Academic programs subject to review as
				outlined in ss. 1001.02(6)(c),
				1007.25,
				1007.33, F.S., other than
				classroom instruction;
2. Student
				participation, other than classroom instruction; or
3. Hiring, recruiting, evaluating, promoting,
				disciplining, or terminating institution employees, or
				contractors.
(f) "Social
				Issues" are topics that polarize or divide society among political,
				ideological, moral, or religious
beliefs.
(g) "Student-led Organization" is an
				organization recognized by the institution as an active and registered student
				organization that is comprised of student members with a faculty or staff
				advisor including, but not limited to, organizations that receive activity and
				service fees pursuant to s.
				1009.23, F.S.
(h) "State funds" are those funds provided to
				an institution or a direct-support organization for an institution directly or
				indirectly by an appropriation by the Florida Legislature. This includes
				financial aid provided to the institution by or on behalf of a student
				attending the institution if that financial aid is provided to the student via
				a state government aid or grant program. State funds do not include student
				fees to support student-led organizations notwithstanding any speech or
				expressive activity by such organizations which would otherwise violate this
				section, provided that the student fees must be allocated to student-led
				organizations pursuant to written policies or regulations of each institution,
				as applicable.