Fla. Admin. Code R. 6A-14.0061 (2026)

The Division of Florida Colleges shall receive proposals from local boards of trustees to establish campuses, centers, and special purpose centers, and shall recommend for or against the establishment of the requested site to the State Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall approve or disapprove the proposal for a new site. For purposes of this rule, “college” has the same meaning as “Florida College System institution” as defined in section 1000.21(5), Florida Statutes.The following shall apply:

(1) A campus is an instructional and administrative unit of a college, consisting of college owned facilities and staffed primary by full-time personnel. It houses a full range of instructional services and of institutional, instructional, and student support services. Facilities and other resources are sufficient to accommodate at least one thousand (1,000) full-time equivalent students, and the site is in compliance with the criteria established in Rule 6A-2.0010, F.A.C.

(2) A center is an instructional and administrative unit with limited support services. It consists of college owned or unowned facilities and is staffed primarily by full-time personnel. It does not necessarily offer a full range of instructional programs or courses and is in compliance with the criteria established in Rule 6A-2.0010, F.A.C.

(3) A special purpose center is a unit or a portion of a site of a college consisting of college property,owned facilities or unowned facilities leased for more than one year that provides a limited number of special, clearly defined programs or services, such as, but not limited to, instruction or administration, and is in compliance with Rule 6A-2.0010, F.A.C.

(4) An instructional site is an instructional unit of a college that offers students a very limited range of instructional programs or courses in unowned facilities leased for one year or less with no support services.

(5) Proposals to establish campuses or centers shall document the following conditions:

(a) The proposed expansion is part of and consistent with the master plan of the college.

(b) Expanded or new instructional services and support services are necessary to adequately serve the college district.

(c) Existing campuses have at least three thousand (3,000) full-time equivalent students each, and projected enrollments are stable or increasing, when the proposal is to establish a campus.

(d) Facilities at existing campuses, as identified in the master plan of the college, are substantially complete.

(e) Enrollment projections in the master plan of the college are for at least one thousand (1,000) full-time equivalent students for a proposed campus or at least four hundred (400) for a proposed center. A proposed center to provide central administrative services for a college shall be exempt from this enrollment condition.

(f) The proposed expansion is in conjunction with other educational agencies within the college district and adjacent to the district.

(g) Alternatives to the proposed expansion were considered by the board of trustees.

(6) Proposals to establish a special purpose center shall document the following:

(a) The proposed expansion is part of and consistent with the master plan of the college.

(b) The proposed services are necessary to adequately serve the college district.

(c) Projected enrollments justify expansion.

(d) Projected facility needs justify expansion.

(e) Proposed expansion is in conjunction with the other educational agencies with the college district.

(f) Alternatives were considered by the board of trustees.

(7) Exceptions to subsections (5) and (6) herein are authorized when justified in the judgment of the State Board of Education due to the nature of the services to be provided, the number and types of students to be served, the population to be served, transportation problems, the availability of acceptable sites and facilities, urban density, energy conservation, or population shifts. Urban density refers to sites where no additional land is available to expand existing campuses and where the urban build-up limits any campus expansion.

(8) Regardless of funding source or size of the site, when a college plans construction, remodeling, or renovation on a new site the college must submit a request for review and approval of the site designation in accordance with the process prescribed in this rule. The college must also submit a request for review and approval of the site designation if the planned construction, remodeling, or renovation will cause a currently approved site designation to change such that the site, or a portion of the site, falls under a definition outlined in subsections (1)-(4) that is different from the definition under which the site designation was originally reviewed and approved.

(9) The Division of Florida Colleges may use the services of the Office of Educational Facilities and of others to evaluate proposals and develop recommendations.

Rulemaking Authority 1001.02(1), (4)(e), 1013.36 FS. Law Implemented 1013.36, 1013.40 FS. History–New 2-27-84, Formerly 6H-1.40, Amended 6-22-87, Formerly 6H-1.040, Amended 8-18-04, 8-3-26.

Effective: 8/3/2026.