Florida Student Association

Florida Student Association
Motto	My Florida. My Future.
Type	Student Association
Established	1976
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 all member Student Body Presidents and their respective staffs from the participating state universities.

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 providing 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.

FSA was a driving force to create the Florida Prepaid Tuition Plan. In 1985, FSA asked key state legislators to review the Michigan Tuition plan and to sponsor one designed for the State of Florida. With the lobbying efforts of the student government presidents, David Corry, FSA Executive Director and Shari Caprara, FSA Legislative Director, the Florida House & Senate legislators developed the bill and ultimately passed it. The Florida Governor signed the law and hundreds of thousands students have obtained college degrees via the Florida Prepaid Tuition Plan. Most of their parents and grandparents purchased the plans with their children/grandchildren were toddlers.

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The State University System of Florida

Campuses	Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University Florida Atlantic University Florida Gulf Coast University Florida International University Florida Polytechnic University Florida State University New College of Florida University of Central Florida University of Florida University of North Florida University of South Florida University of West Florida

Chancellors	J. Broward Culpepper (1954–1968) Robert B. Mautz (1968–1975) E. Travis York (1975–1981) Barbara W. Newell (1981–1985) Charles B. Reed (1985–1998) Adam W. Herbert (1998–2001) Judy G. Hample (2001) Debra D. Austin (2003–2005) Mark B. Rosenberg (2005–2009) John Delaney (2009) Frank T. Brogan (2009–2013) Marshall Criser III (2014– )

Governing body	Florida Board of Control Florida Board of Regents Florida Board of Governors

Other	University Press of Florida Florida Institute of Oceanography List of State University System Libraries Bright Futures Scholarship Program Florida Student Association Advisory Council of Faculty Senates

State University System of Florida - Founded in 1905

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Florida Student Association

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