Miami-Dade community college would be added to a state pilot project that has community colleges concentrating on four-year bachelor’s degrees, under changes to a Senate bill (1716) headed for a floor vote next week. plus involved in the state college pilot would be St. Petersburg, Okaloosa-Walton,

Daytona Beach, and Indian River community colleges.

House Speaker Marco Rubio is from Miami-Dade; incoming speaker Ray Sansom’s district includes Okaloosa, and Senate President Ken Pruitt’s district

The bill, like the House companion to be considered by the policy and budget council that afternoon, constructs the Florida College System of community colleges offering 2- and 4-year degrees and formulates a task force to recommend an approval process for four-year degree programs at community colleges and “state colleges”.

The aim is to deal with the state’s workforce needs.

Original post by Shannon Colavecchio-Van Sickler