Fla. Stat. § 1004.6499
Florida Institute for Governance and Civics
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2021
(1) The Florida Institute of Politics is established at the Florida State University within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy. The purpose of the institute is to provide the southeastern region of the United States with a world class, bipartisan, nationally renowned institute of politics.
(2) The goals of the institute are to:
(a) Motivate students throughout the Florida State University to become aware of the significance of government and civic engagement at all levels and politics in general.
(b) Provide students with an opportunity to be politically active and civically engaged.
(c) Nurture a greater awareness of and passion for public service and politics.
(d) Plan and host forums to allow students and guests to hear from and interact with experts from government, politics, policy, and journalism on a frequent basis.
(e) Become a national and state resource on polling information and survey methodology.
(f) Provide fellowships and internship opportunities to students in government, nonprofit organizations, and community organizations.
(g) Provide training sessions for newly elected state and local public officials.
(h) Organize and sponsor conferences, symposia, and workshops throughout this state to educate and inform citizens, elected officials, and appointed policymakers regarding effective policymaking techniques and processes.
(i) Create and promote research and awareness regarding politics, citizen involvement, and public service.
(j) Collaborate with related policy institutes and research activities at the Florida State University and other institutions of higher education to motivate, increase, and sustain citizen involvement in public affairs.
(1) The Florida Institute for Governance and Civics is established at the Florida State University.
(2) The goals of the institute are to:
(a) Provide students with access to an interdisciplinary hub that will develop academically rigorous scholarship and coursework on the origins of the American system of government, its foundational documents, its subsequent political traditions and evolutions, and its impact on comparative political systems.
(b) Encourage civic literacy in this state through the development of educational tools and resources for K-12 and postsecondary students which foster an understanding of how individual rights, constitutionalism, separation of powers, and federalism function within the American system.
(c) Model civic discourse that recognizes the importance of viewpoint diversity, intellectual rigor, and an evidence-based approach to history.
(d) Plan and host forums to allow students and guests to hear from exceptional individuals who have excelled in a wide range of sectors of American life, to highlight the possibilities created by individual achievement and entrepreneurial vision.
(e) Become a national and state resource on using polling instruments and other assessments to measure civic literacy and make recommendations for improving civic education.
(f) Provide fellowships and internship opportunities to students in government.
(g) Create through scholarship, original research, publications, symposiums, testimonials, and other means a body of resources that can be accessed by students, scholars, and government officials to understand the innovations in public policy in this state over a rolling 30-year time period.
Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.