Joe Negron announces community college partnership pact
Sen. Joe Negron announced Thursday that he has succeeded in brokering an agreement between the Legislature and the Florida College System in their ongoing conflict over the proper role and scale of Florida’s community colleges. The deal — under the moniker of the “2+2 Program,” referring to the common course of study that includes two years toward an associate’s degree and two more for a bachelor’s — resolves a few major sticking points. They include enshrining the issuance of bachelor’s degrees as…