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FL S1556

Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/8/2016

Primary Sponsor

Nancy Detert

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Origin

Senate

2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Recognizes the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee on its 40th anniversary of service to Sarasota and Manatee Counties and the Tampa Bay area
  • Acknowledges the campus began offering upper-division undergraduate and graduate classes in Sarasota County in 1975
  • Notes the Legislature established the campus as a regional campus in 2001 and it opened a new campus center near the Powel Crosley Estate in Manatee County in 2006
  • Recognizes the campus received separate academic accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in 2011, welcomed its first freshman class in 2013, and gained approval in 2015 to offer general education and lower-level courses
  • Directs copies of the resolution be presented to the University of South Florida Board of Trustees and the Sarasota-Manatee Campus Board

Legislative Description

University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee

Last Action

Adopted, companion bill(s) passed, see HR 9015 (Adopted)

2/18/2016

Full Bill Text

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