No. CS/CS/SB 7038
Filed under Education.
Education; Requiring each Florida College System institution and state university to waive tuition and fees for members of the Florida State Guard if certain conditions are met; requiring entities that offer fee-based services to individuals who are blind or visually impaired to disclose in writing whether the service may be obtained elsewhere at no cost; authorizing school district career centers to use alternative methods adopted by the board in lieu of common placement tests to assess students in basic communication and computation skills; providing that a fee waiver only applies to a full-time undergraduate student, beginning with a specified academic year, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDPublic colleges must waive tuition for National Guard members and adopt written campus safety policies. These new mandates apply to every state university and Florida College System institution.
School districts must use a statewide weighted grading system for high school GPAs. This removes local discretion and standardizes how grades are calculated across the state.
Colleges must maintain a 7% reserve balance and use a new funding model. This replaces the old cost-to-continue model and sets a minimum funding level per student.
Businesses charging blind individuals for services must disclose in writing if free public alternatives exist. This creates a new compliance requirement for service providers.
AICreates a binding obligation for all public postsecondary institutions to waive tuition and fees for active National Guard members, subject to director approval and space availability.
AIMandates that any entity charging for services to blind or visually impaired individuals must provide a written disclosure stating whether free equivalent services exist through public agencies before accepting payment.
AIReplaces district-level discretion with a mandatory requirement that all district school boards use a statewide uniform weighted grading system to calculate high school GPAs.
AIRequires every state university and Florida College System institution to adopt, implement, and annually review written safety policies for preventing, reporting, and responding to violence and credible threats on campus.
AICreates a new funding stream and mandatory teacher bonuses for high school students who pass the FACT College Algebra test.
AIReplaces the existing cost-to-continue funding model with a new model developed by college presidents, requiring recognition of a minimum funding level per FTE.
AIStandardizes the minimum carry forward balance requirement at 7% for all Florida College System institutions, removing the previous 5% threshold for smaller colleges.
AIBroadens the definition of dual enrollment to include students in this state and explicitly exempts participating students from registration, tuition, and laboratory fees.