Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Filed: Feb. 14, 2011
Whether the Division of Administrative Hearings has jurisdiction to hear a petition, brought pursuant to section 120.56(4), Florida Statutes (2010),1/ claiming that a state university's documents concerning the process and criteria for faculty performance evaluation; documents from the university's College of Business setting out a Framework and Standards for Contract Renewal and Promotion for faculty; and documents showing the university's organization structure and delegations of authority are "agency statements" that require rule-making under the Administrative Procedure Act.University's documents concerning faculty evaluation, retention, and organizational structure derived from exercise of article IX, section 7, Florida Constitution; thus, no subject matter jurisdiction for the Administrative Procedures Act.
