{"id":13287,"date":"2018-02-09T18:54:08","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T23:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=13287"},"modified":"2020-09-10T15:48:45","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T19:48:45","slug":"florida-senate-bill-540-mean-big-changes-state-college-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/florida-senate-bill-540-mean-big-changes-state-college-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Senate Bill 540 Could Mean Big Changes To State College System"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legislation proposed by Republican Senator Dorothy Hukill threatens to impact local institutions like Miami Dade College. School officials believe it could have adverse ramifications for the current structure of Florida\u2019s state college system. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Florida Senate Bill 540<\/span><\/a>, filed by Hukill last October, aims to restructure the college system through the addition of a state oversight board, an enrollment cap on four-year programs and a new performance metric that bases funding on a two-year graduation rate. <\/span><\/p>\n

The bill was retained on the Senate calendar on Jan. 31 and awaits a vote. If passed, the bill would take effect in October 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

Named the College Competitiveness Act of 2018, the bill is a priority for Senate President Joe Negron who has argued that the bill has addressed concerns from SB 374, a similar bill that was vetoed by Governor Rick Scott in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Negron fundamentally believes we have a world-class college system,\u201d said Katherine Betta, a spokeswoman for Negron. \u201c374 included several components related to the state universities system as well as the state college system. Those policy goals are running as two separate bills.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In his veto letter for SB 374, Scott noted that the previous bill would hurt state colleges by \u201cunnecessarily increasing red tape\u201d in how they function. In a statement provided to <\/span>The Reporter<\/span><\/i>, the Governor\u2019s office said they are reviewing SB 540.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>As he does each year, Governor Scott will thoroughly review the budget line by line to ensure every dollar spent results in a return on investment for Florida\u2019s hardworking taxpayers,\u201d said Lauren Schenone, a spokeswoman for the Governor. \u201cThe Governor continues to encourage communities to be involved in the state budget process and looks forward to reviewing the budget at the conclusion of the ongoing legislative session.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hukill\u2019s office did not respond to repeated requests for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill and its House counterpart, HB 831, has faced criticism from MDC. The College argues that the bill makes it harder to operate, as the new performance metric ties half of the College\u2019s base funding to two-year graduations even though most MDC students graduate within three to four years.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the students are part-time students and they take more than two years to graduate,\u201d said Victoria Hernandez, director of governmental affairs at MDC. \u201cThey\u2019re working, they\u2019re older, they\u2019re raising families.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Seventy-nine percent of MDC students attended part-time during the Fall semester, the average age being 25.5. The average age of the 21 percent of full-time students was 21.6. However, the numbers can fluctuate, according to Juan Mendieta, the director of communications at MDC.<\/span><\/p>\n

The College\u2019s current measure of funding is based on four metrics: completion in up to four years, the transfer rate to universities, post-graduation job placement and the starting salaries for those jobs. By adding a measure based on full-time students, Hernandez argues that the addition will place MDC in an impossible situation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMDC (sic) does pretty well on those metrics, so when you add a fifth one, it\u2019s only based on a small number of students,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cWhen you put half of your money at risk, you\u2019re not going to make it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That would force budget cuts, which could impact the College\u2019s six four-year baccalaureate programs\u2014 another measure SB 540 would affect, as the bill would cap a college\u2019s enrollment of four-year programs at 20 percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf we can\u2019t open more sections because we can\u2019t hire more faculty, that\u2019s going to be bad for students,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have the money, you have to start cutting, [and] if you have to start making cuts, you start by cutting people.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That fear is shared by sophomore Andres Perez, 19, who set up a booth at Wolfson Campus<\/span><\/a> for students to contact their legislator to oppose the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like this is a bill that\u2019s targeting [students],\u201d said Perez, who pays for MDC out of pocket. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s fair for students like me, who\u2019s doing everything they can, for Miami Dade College to be penalized.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The bill also creates a new state board to oversee Florida\u2019s 28 state colleges, transitioning power away from the current system of trustee boards. It is meant to emulate the Board of Governors that governs state universities, though Hernandez stresses the differences between the two models.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s fine for the state universities because they are much more regional and international,\u201d Hernandez said. \u201cThe composition of students come from all over. They have other missions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Negron\u2019s office says the bill would not affect the power of the board of trustees, viewing the state board as a compliment to the college by removing them from the purview of the K-12 system.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt would actually empower colleges because they would have their own independent voice at the state level apart from the K-12 system,\u201d Betta said. \u201cIt shows how much we value the college system and the education of our students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hernandez disputes this, saying the state board would not be able to adequately make decisions that reflect the College\u2019s largely part-time population with the bill\u2019s focus on full-time students.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy measure something that\u2019s not reflective of your student body?\u201d Hernandez said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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