Florida § 1006.61 - Participation by students in disruptive activities, and promotion of foreign terrorist organizations, at public postsecondary educational institution; penalties.

§ 1006.61. Participation by students in disruptive activities, and promotion of foreign terrorist organizations, at public postsecondary educational institution; penalties.

(1) Any person who accepts the privilege extended by the laws of this state of attendance at any public postsecondary educational institution shall, by attending such institution, be deemed to have given his or her consent to the policies of that institution, the State Board of Education, and the Board of Governors regarding the State University System, and the laws of this state. Such policies shall include prohibition against disruptive activities at public postsecondary educational institutions. (2) After it has been determined that a student of a state institution of higher learning has participated in disruptive activities, such student may be immediately expelled from the institution for a minimum of 2 years. (3)(a) Pursuant to 8 C.F.R. s. 214.3(g)(2), a public postsecondary educational institution must report information relating to the current status of a student who is attending the institution on a student visa if the student promotes a foreign terrorist organization or a domestic terrorist organization whose designation as such has been published in the Florida Administrative Register in accordance with s. 943.03102. (b) After a student of a state institution of higher learning has been determined to have promoted a foreign terrorist organization or a domestic terrorist organization whose designation as such has been published in the Florida Administrative Register in accordance with s. 943.03102, such student shall be immediately expelled from the institution. (4) For purposes of this subsection, to “promote” a foreign terrorist organization or a domestic terrorist organization means making a statement or taking an action that supports, approves, or encourages a terrorist organization’s extralegal violence and which in context: (a) Is reasonably interpreted as a true threat of unlawful violence; (b) Materially disrupts the orderly learning environment; (c) Involves substantial disorder or the invasion of the rights of others; or (d) Constitutes the provision of material support for or the recruitment of members for such an organization.