FloridaCollege Access Network

Senator John LeggFlorida Senate, District 17

October 16, 2014

• Total Appropriation for Education…..$18.7 Billion• Total Education Funding including local revenues…$29.7 Billion• K-12 Funding:

• FEFP increased…. $575 Million• Digital Classroom Initiative…. $40 Million• Dual Enrollment Materials…. $5 Million• Mentoring Program…. $23.1 Million• Various School Enhancement & Instruction Programs…. $30 Million

• Higher Education:• Performance Funding for State universities…. $200 Million (Historic High)• University Research Preeminence….additional…. $10 Million• Florida Student Assistance Grant….additional…. $15 Million• Florida Resident Access Grant (FRAG)….additional…. $22.7 Million• Access to Better Learning & Education Grant (ABLE)…. $2.4 Million• Florida National Merit Scholar Incentive Program….NEW…. $2.8 Million• Florida College System equalizing funds…. $20.5 Million• Florida’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities….additional…. $3.3 Million

Education Funding 2014-2015

SB 850 – Access & AvailabilityTools & opportunities to augment student success

• Career and Professional Education (CAPE) • Provides students access to rigorous, innovative courses and

industry-approved skills training and certification.

• Collegiate High School Program • Provides 11th & 12th graders access to a purposeful college

experience potentially reducing postsecondary tuition and costs.

HB 851 - Tuition and FeesReforms to keep higher education in Florida

affordable• Higher Education Tuition

Ends automatic tuition increases at state universities & colleges.

• 15% Tuition Cap DifferentialDown to 6%; only preeminent state research

universities eligible• Purple Heart/Decorated Veterans

Expands waiver to recipients enrolled at tech centers• In-state Tuition for Veterans (HB 7015)

Grants OOS fee waiver to non-Floridian veterans

HB 851 - Tuition and FeesReforms to keep higher education in Florida

affordable(Continued)

• Undocumented StudentsExtends in-state tuition benefit via an out-of-state fee waiver

• Adult General EducationEliminates out-of-state fees; resident and

nonresident to pay same rate• Florida Prepaid Revised

Calculations thru June 2024 to reflect methodology used prior to 2009

HB 5101 - Technology & ClassroomsIncorporation of technology to enhance learning

• Computer Science and Technology Instruction • Establishes computer science learning for K-12,

including programing & coding • Authorizes high school computer science as substitute

for high school graduation requirement • Florida Digital Classroom Initiative

• Allocates $40 million for school district efforts and strategies to improve student performance outcomes through the integration of technology in classroom teaching

Attainment and AccountabilityEnsures students aided to attain credentials &

timely graduation • HB 5001 Performance Funding Strategies

• Rewards universities for student performance outcomes; credentials, certificates, & degrees

• $200 million appropriated for performance funding for universities; college funding model due by January 2015

• SB 1720 Developmental Education Strategies• Recognizes standard high school diploma as indication of

college and career readiness• Requires targeted method to address students’

remediation needs; no “one size, fits all”

Moving ForwardLikely issues for discussion during 2015

Legislative Session • Reviewing Florida College System role in offering Baccalaureate degree• Eligibility of Bright Futures• Course based vs. Act/Sat scores• University violence• Performance Funding• Post Secondary access for Students with Disabilities• Dual enrollment access• Governance of technical schools• Development education