Workforce Education Fees
2003-2004
The General Appropriations Act provided that fees for Workforce Education programs may
increase by up to 7.5%. The following fee schedule is provided for your use. College credit
fees were addressed in Community College Memorandum Number 03-18.
Tuition
Range Per
Contact Hour
Tuition
Range Per
Credit Hour**
Resident:
Vocational Certificate
(PSAV) or Applied Technology
Diploma*
$1.38-1.48
$ 41.40-$44.40
Additional Out of State Fee:
$4.12-4.43
$123.60-132.90
Full Cost:
Vocational Certificate
(PSAV
)
$5.50-5.91
$165.00-177.30
Resident:
Adult General Education
$.68-.73
$20.40-21.90
Additional Out of State Fee:
$2.05-2.20
$61.50-66.00
Full Cost:
Adult General Education
$2.73-2.93
$81.90-87.90
*Applied Technology Diploma programs may be offered by community colleges as
technical credit or college credit. When offered as college credit, college credit tuition
applies.
**There are 30 contact hours in 1 credit hour.
Fees for Continuing Workforce Education
In 1999, the method for establishing fees for Continuing Workforce Education shifted to local
school districts and community colleges. Section 1009.22(3)(b), Florida Statutes, states:
Fees for continuing workforce education shall be locally determined by the school
board or community college board. However, at least 50 percent of the
expenditures for the continuing workforce education program provided by the
community college or school district must be derived from fees.
Tuition Statutes
Statutes relating to fees were reorganized during the School Code Rewrite. The following are
the current statutory references related to Workforce Fees.
•
Section 1009.22, Florida Statutes, Workforce Development Fees for both school districts
and community colleges.
•
Section 1009.25, Florida Statutes, organizes all fee exemptions for all sectors.
•
Section 1009.26, Florida Statutes, organizes all fee waivers for all sectors.
•
Section 1009.27, Florida Statutes, organizes references to fee deferrals for all sectors.
Resident Tuition
Tuition for students who are residents should be established to align with the above schedule.
Nonresident Fees
Section 1009.22, Florida Statutes, Workforce Development Postsecondary Student Fees,
provides that “Except for otherwise provided in law, fees for students who are not residents for
tuition purposes must offset the full cost of instruction.” Students who are not residents are
responsible for paying the Tuition and the Out-of-State Fee, which totals the Full-Cost of
Instruction.
Financial Aid Fee
School districts and community colleges are still
permitted
to collect, for financial aid purposes,
up to an additional 10 percent of the student fees collected for
workforce development
education programs
as stated in Section 1009.22(5), Florida Statutes.
Capital Improvement Fee
School districts and community colleges are still
permitted
to collect a separate capital
improvement fee for capital improvements, technology enhancements, or equipping buildings
which may not exceed 5 percent of the tuition fee for resident students or 5 percent of the tuition
and out-of-state fee for nonresident students. For additional information see Section 1009.22(6),
Florida Statutes.
Technology Fee
Section 1009.22(7), Florida Statutes,
permits
a Technology Fee, but restricts the fee to
associate degree programs and courses.
Other Fees
Section 1009.22(8) and (9), Florida Statutes, state:
(8) Each district school board and community college board of trustees is
authorized to establish specific fees for workforce development instruction not
reported for state funding purposes or for workforce development instruction not
reported as state funded full-time equivalent students. District school boards and
district boards of trustees are not required to charge any other fee specified in
this section for this type of instruction.
(9) Community college boards of trustees and district school boards are not
authorized to charge students enrolled in workforce development programs any
fee that is not specifically authorized by statute. In addition to matriculation,
tuition, financial aid, capital improvement, and technology fees, as authorized in
this section, community colleges and district school boards are authorized to
establish fee schedules for the following user fees and fines: laboratory fees;
parking fees and fines; library fees and fines; fees and fines relating to facilities
and equipment use or damage; access or identification card fees; duplicating,
photocopying, binding, or microfilming fees, standardized testing fees; diploma
replacement fees; transcript fees; application fees; graduation fees; and late fees
related to registration and payment. Such user fees and fines shall not exceed
the cost of services provided and shall only be charged to persons receiving the
service. . . .
Fee Exemptions
Fee exemptions are defined in Section 1009.25, Florida Statutes.
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Fee Waivers
School districts and community colleges may provide fee waivers for programs funded through
Workforce Development Education appropriations for up to 8 percent of the fee revenues that
would otherwise be collected.
Differential Out-of-State Fee
Section 1009.22(4), Florida Statutes, provides that a district school board or community college
board that has a service area that borders another state may implement a plan for a differential
out-of-state fee.
Vocational-Preparatory Instruction
There has been some confusion about fees for Vocational-Preparatory Instruction. The
Department now considers Vocational-Preparatory Instruction as an Adult Education course.
Students receiving this instruction are fee-exempt, if they satisfy the fee exemption criteria for
Adult Education students. However, Section 1009.22(3)(a), Florida Statutes, further states:
“Fee-nonexempt students enrolled in vocational-preparatory instruction shall be charged fees
equal to the fees charged for certificate career education instruction. Each community college
that conducts college-preparatory and vocational-preparatory instruction in the same class
section
may
charge a single fee for both types of instruction.”
Contacts
If you have any questions about these issues, please contact one of the following individuals:
School Districts - Ms. Patti Askins at (850) 245-0447, SC 205-0447 or patti.askins@fldoe.org
and Community Colleges - Ms. Maybelle Montford at (850) 245-9372, SC 205-937 or
maybelle.montford@fldoe.org.