By the Committees on Appropriations; and Education; and Senator Baxley
A bill to be entitled
An act relating to student financial aid; creating s. 1006.75, F.S.; requiring the Board of Governors of the State University System to create an online dashboard; specifying minimum information to be included in the dashboard; requiring the dashboard to be available by a specified date; requiring each state university office of admissions website to contain a link to the dashboard; requiring each state university board of trustees to adopt certain procedures; requiring the procedures to include placing a hold on certain students’ registrations; specifying the requirements for students to lift the hold; requiring the Board of Governors to approve such procedures by a specified date; amending s. 1009.25, F.S.; making technical changes; amending s. 1009.40, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; creating s. 1009.46, F.S.; specifying the duties of certain postsecondary educational institutions with regard to financial aid and tuition assistance programs; specifying penalties for noncompliance; requiring the Board of Governors, the State Board of Education, and the Independent Colleges and Universities of Florida to each approve, by a specified date, a list of career certificate and undergraduate and graduate degree programs that they determine do not lead directly to employment; requiring that each list include specified information; requiring that the state board list include programs at independent colleges and
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