Florida Student Association

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Florida Student Association
Established	1976
Type	Student Association
Location	Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Affiliations	The State University System of Florida
Website	Official website

The Florida Student Association (FSA) is a non-partisan statewide organization of university students formed in 1976 to represent the interests of students of the State University System of Florida. It is composed of the Student Body Presidents of all of Florida's public universities and their respective staffs

Florida law mandates that the Florida Student Association Chairman must be a member of the Florida Board of Governors. This represents an important shift from the operation of the previous university governing body, the Florida Board of Regents, to which the state Governor would select a student member (although Governors had historically given great weight to the FSA's recommendation in filling the seat).

FSA coordinates the collective efforts of each of the member student governments with a goal of proviing unified student representation before the Florida Government. FSA holds monthly meetings where student leaders can interact with their peers from other institutions, and it maintains a full-time staff in Tallahassee.

Contents 1 Tuition Differential 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Tuition Differential

During the 2009 legislative session the Florida Student Association supported the Tuition Differential iniative. The FSA was of the opinion that tuition must go up to help to improve the quality of the institions that comprise that State University System of Florida. The tuition increases will allow all 11 institions to increase their rates until they reach the national average.^[1]

[edit] See also

• Advisory Council of Faculty Senates
• Florida Board of Governors
• State University System of Florida
• Bright Futures Scholarship Program

[edit] External links

• Florida Student Association
• Florida Student Association News Blog

[edit] References

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