(1) The Board of Trustees of the University of Florida may use funds as provided in the General Appropriations Act to establish the Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education as an academic unit within the University of Florida. The purpose of the center is to support teaching and research concerning the ideas, traditions, and texts that form the foundations of Western and American civilization.
(2) The goals of the center are to:
(a) Educate university students in core texts and great debates of Western civilization.
(b) Educate university students in the principles, ideals, and institutions of the American political order.
(c) Educate university students in the foundations of responsible leadership and informed citizenship.
(d) Provide programming and training related to civic education and the values of open inquiry and civil discourse to support the K-20 system.
(e) Coordinate with the Florida Institute of Politics created pursuant to s. 1004.6499 and the Adam Smith Center for the Study of Economic Freedom created pursuant to s. 1004.64991 and assist in the curation and implementation of Portraits in Patriotism created pursuant to s. 1003.44.
History.—s. 35, ch. 2022-154.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XLVIII - Early Learning-20 Education Code
Chapter 1004 - Public Postsecondary Education
Part II - State Universities (Ss. 1004.22-1004.64991)
Subpart B - Branch Campuses, Centers,Institutes, and Special Programs
1004.341 - University of South Florida branch campuses.
1004.344 - The Florida Center for the Partnerships for Arts Integrated Teaching.
1004.345 - The Florida Polytechnic University.
1004.3451 - Direct-support organization for Florida Polytechnic University.
1004.346 - Florida Industrial and Phosphate Research Institute.
1004.36 - Florida Atlantic University campuses.
1004.384 - University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
1004.385 - Florida International University College of Medicine.
1004.39 - College of law at Florida International University.
1004.40 - College of law at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University.
1004.41 - University of Florida; J. Hillis Miller Health Center.
1004.42 - Florida State University College of Medicine.
1004.43 - H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute.
1004.435 - Cancer control and research.
1004.4351 - Medical marijuana research.
1004.44 - Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute.
1004.441 - Refractory and intractable epilepsy treatment and research.
1004.444 - Florida Center for Cybersecurity.
1004.445 - Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr., Alzheimer’s Center and Research Institute.
1004.447 - Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, Inc.
1004.4471 - Florida Institute for Human and Machine Cognition; affiliation with other universities.
1004.4473 - Industrial hemp pilot projects.
1004.45 - Ringling Center for Cultural Arts.
1004.46 - Multidisciplinary Center for Affordable Housing.
1004.47 - Research activities relating to solid and hazardous waste management.
1004.48 - Research protocols to determine most appropriate pollutant dispersal agents.
1004.49 - Florida LAKEWATCH Program.
1004.53 - Interdisciplinary Center for Brownfield Rehabilitation Assistance.
1004.55 - Regional autism centers; public record exemptions.
1004.56 - Florida Museum of Natural History; functions.
1004.57 - Vertebrate paleontological sites and remains; legislative intent and state policy.
1004.575 - Program of vertebrate paleontology within Florida Museum of Natural History.
1004.59 - Florida Conflict Resolution Consortium.
1004.60 - Research of Rosewood incident.
1004.615 - Florida Institute for Child Welfare.
1004.635 - State University System Research and Economic Development Investment Program.
1004.645 - Florida Center for Reading Research.
1004.647 - Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center.
1004.648 - Florida Energy Systems Consortium.
1004.649 - Northwest Regional Data Center.
1004.6496 - Hamilton Center for Classical and Civic Education.
1004.6497 - World Class Faculty and Scholar Program.
1004.6498 - State University Professional and Graduate Degree Excellence Program.
1004.6499 - Florida Institute of Politics.
1004.64991 - The Adam Smith Center for the Study of Economic Freedom.