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ENROLLED HB 5001, ENGROSSED 1 2024 LEGISLATURE ______________________________________________________________________________ SECTION 2 - EDUCATION (ALL OTHER FUNDS) submit budget amendments requesting release of these funds pursuant to chapter 216, Florida Statutes. Release of these funds is contingent upon the submission of a detailed business plan developed by the New College of Florida and approved by the Board of Governors which describes the institution’s long-term student enrollment goals and how it will use the funding provided by the state to achieve these goals. The plan shall provide detailed descriptions of specific strategies, initiatives, and steps the institution will take over the next five years to increase its student enrollment count, while maintaining the high academic standards associated with the institution’s role as Florida’s designated Honors College. The plan shall include implementation timelines for identified strategies, estimated expenditures for each strategy, including the source of funds for the expenditures, and milestones for determining if the institution is making adequate progress towards achieving its student enrollment goals. The Board of Governors, on behalf of the New College of Florida, shall submit quarterly status reports to the chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the chair of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee, and the Executive Office of the Governor’s Office of Policy and Budget. At a minimum, each status report must include the progress made to date for each implementation strategy identified in the business plan, the amount of funds expended by source that quarter for each strategy, the latest student enrollment counts, including updated end-of-year projections for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 academic year, and any corrective actions or changes in strategies necessary, if any, to reach the milestones identified in the business plan. From the funds provided in Specific Appropriation 147, $5,000,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided to the Florida Center for Nursing at the University of South Florida as authorized in section 464.0195, Florida Statutes. Funds shall be used to address supply and demand for nursing, including issues of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nurse workforce resources. The center shall develop a strategic statewide plan for nursing supply in this state. From the funds provided in Specific Appropriation 147, $250,000 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided to the Florida State University Florida Center for Reading Research for the development and delivery of a literacy-focused online professional development system for Florida teachers as provided in section 1001.215, Florida Statutes. From the funds provided in Specific Appropriation 147, $15,000,000 in recurring funds and $1,000,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund are provided to the Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom at Florida International University. From the Funds in Specific Appropriation 147, $35,000,000 in nonrecurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is provided to the University of Florida - Florida Semiconductor Institute (SF 3263) for research and development initiatives. 148 AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GRANTS AND AIDS - FLORIDA POSTSECONDARY ACADEMIC LIBRARY NETWORK FROM GENERAL REVENUE FUND . . . . . 13,421,847 From the funds in Specific Appropriation 148 provided to the host entity as specified in section 1006.73(6), Florida Statutes, $1,642,808 shall be released to the Florida Postsecondary Academic Library Network at the host entity at the beginning of the first quarter, and $2,533,700 shall be released at the beginning of the second quarter in addition to the normal releases. The additional releases are provided to maximize cost savings through centralized purchases of subscription-based electronic resources and low-cost, no-cost, or open-access electronic textbooks. From the funds in Specific Appropriation 148, $750,000 in recurring funds is provided for subscription increases for e-resources such as, a statewide collection of library electronic resources, including scholarly journals, magazines, newspapers, academic streaming videos, research databases, or e-books. From the funds in Specific Appropriation 148, $835,347 in recurring funds is provided for the support of the Library Services and Distance 55