Florida SB 1782: Dangerous Excessive Speeding

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1782 
New College Day 
2026-02-03T03:13:53Z 
Recognizing February 4, 2026, as “New College Day” in Florida, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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Resolution 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 (NP) SR 1782 

 By Senator Gruters 

 22-02352-26 20261782__ 
 1 Senate Resolution 
 2 A resolution recognizing February 4, 2026, as “New 
 3 College Day” in Florida. 
 4 
 5 WHEREAS, New College of Florida is designated as the 
 6 residential liberal arts honors college of this state and is the 
 7 only public college or university in Florida with the sole, 
 8 distinctive mission of providing a liberal arts undergraduate 
 9 education of the highest caliber to its students, and 
 10 WHEREAS, New College of Florida’s Logos + Techne General 
 11 Education Curriculum combines classical education with next 
 12 generation skills to create a culture of intellectually curious 
 13 students pursuing academic excellence and seeking a better 
 14 understanding of the world within an educational environment of 
 15 free speech and academic freedom, and 
 16 WHEREAS, the New College of Florida academic system rewards 
 17 risk-taking and ambition through its individualized contract 
 18 system; develops skills in independent study and initiative 
 19 through tutorials, independent study projects, and a required 
 20 senior thesis; and creates students who do not passively receive 
 21 information, but who engage, innovate, and learn to ask the 
 22 right questions, and 
 23 WHEREAS, New College of Florida has solidified its status 
 24 as one of the nation’s premier public liberal arts institutions, 
 25 having been ranked the top public liberal arts college by 
 26 Washington Monthly 3 years in a row, and the top public college 
 27 for value and small size by The Princeton Review, and 
 28 WHEREAS, New College of Florida continues to be recognized 
 29 as a national leader in Fulbright Scholarship recipients and has 
 30 been named the best Hidden Gem College in Florida by College 
 31 Raptor, and the No. 1 liberal arts college in Florida for 2026 
 32 and No. 10 among all public liberal arts colleges in the country 
 33 by U.S. News & World Report, and 
 34 WHEREAS, New College of Florida set a record in fall 2025 
 35 with a total enrollment of more than 900 students for the first 
 36 time in the college’s history, and 
 37 WHEREAS, to support this unprecedented growth and maintain 
 38 its elite academic standards, the college recruited 65 new 
 39 world-class faculty members, including prestigious visiting 
 40 professors and presidential scholars-in-residence, thereby 
 41 ensuring the preservation of New College’s best-in-state 8-to-1 
 42 student-to-faculty ratio, and 
 43 WHEREAS, an independent economic impact analysis reveals 
 44 that New College of Florida has become a powerful engine for 
 45 regional prosperity, with an economic impact of more than $200 
 46 million per year, and 
 47 WHEREAS, New College of Florida’s acceptance into the 
 48 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics as a full 
 49 member of the Sun Conference launched an athletics program that 
 50 has quickly grown to 24 sports, and 
 51 WHEREAS, New College of Florida pursues the simple belief 
 52 of teaching students how to think, not what to think, and in an 
 53 age of rapid technological change, global competition, and 
 54 information overload, New College knows students’ ability to 
 55 reason, question, write, and analyze is relevant and essential, 
 56 NOW, THEREFORE, 
 57 
 58 Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida: 
 59 
 60 That February 4, 2026, is designated as “New College Day” 
 61 in Florida in recognition of New College of Florida’s 
 62 contributions as Florida’s residential honors college and an 
 63 outstanding institution of higher education.