Workforce Education Fees
2004-2005
The General Appropriations Act provides that school districts and community colleges
shall
increase workforce education fees by 5%. The following fee table provides the minimum and
maximum fee rates for 2004-05. The actual rate that your district or college must use will vary
depending on the fee rate that you established for 2003-04.
You must increase last year’s fee
rate by 5%
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Tuition
Range Per
Contact Hour
Tuition
Range Per Credit
Hour**
Resident:
Vocationa l Certificate (PSAV) or
Applied Technology Diploma*
$1.45 - 1.55
$43.47 - $46.62
Additional Out-of-State Fee:
$4.33 - 4.65
$129.78 - 139.55
Full Cost:
Vocational Certificate (PSAV
)
$5.78 - 6.21
$173.25 - 186.17
Resident:
Adult General Education
$0.71 - 0.77
$21.42 - 23.00
Additional Out-of-State Fee:
$2.15 - 2.31
$64.58 - 69.30
Full Cost:
Adult General Education
$2.87 - 3.08
$86.00 - 92.30
*Applied Technology Diploma programs may be offered by community colleges as
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technical credit or college credit. When offered as college credit, college credit tuition
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applies.
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**There are 30 contact hours in 1 credit hour.
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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 Statues (F.S.), 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.
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Section 1009.22, F.S., Workforce Development Fees for both school districts and community
colleges.
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Section 1009.25, F.S., organizes all fee exemptions for all sectors.
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Section 1009.26, F.S., organizes all fee waivers for all sectors.
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Section 1009.27, F.S., 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, F.S., Workforce Development Postsecondary Student Fees, provides that
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“Except for otherwise provided in law, fees for students who are not residents for tuition
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purposes must offset the full cost of instruction.” Students who are not residents are responsible
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for paying the Tuition and the Out-of-State Fee, which totals the Full-Cost of Instruction.
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Financial Aid Fee
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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
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programs
as stated in section 1009.22(5), F.S.
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Capital Improvement Fee
€
School districts and community colleges are still
permitted
to collect a separate capital
€
improvement fee for capital improve
ments, technology enhancements, or equipping buildings
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which may not exceed 5 percent of the tuition fee for resident students or 5 percent of the tuition
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and out-of-state fee for nonresident students.
For additional information see section 1009.22(6),
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F.S.
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Technology Fee
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Section 1009.22(7), F.S.,
permits
a Technology Fee, but restricts the fee to associate degree
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programs and courses.
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Other Fees
Section 2009.22(8) and (9), F.S., states:
(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. . . .
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Fee Exemptions
Fee exemptions are defined in section 1009.25, F.S.
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), F.S., 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), F.S., 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: Mr. Tim Elwell at (850) 245-9002, SC 205-9002 or tim.elwell@fldoe.org.
Community Colleges: Ms. Maybelle Montford at (850) 245-9372, SC 205-9372 or
maybelle.montford@fldoe.org.
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