FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
JIM HORNE
F. PHILIP HANDY,
Chairman
Commissioner of Education
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Vice Chairman
Members
DONNA G. CALLAWAY
JULIA L. JOHNSON
ROBERTO MARTINEZ
PHOEBE RAULERSON
LINDA K. TAYLOR
Memorandum Number 05-12
May 17, 2005
M E M O R A N D U M
TO:
Community College Presidents
FROM:
J. David Armstrong, Jr.
SUBJECT:
2005-2006 Information for Development of College Operating Budgets
This memorandum has been prepared to assist your staff in the development of the colleges’
2005-2006 operating budgets. Attachments I and II contain information on student fees and
appropriations. We will provide additional information to you as soon as it is made available to
us.
If you have any questions about these issues, please contact Maybelle Montford at (850) 245-
9372 or SUNCOM 205-9372.
JDA/mml
Attachments
c:
Community College Business Officers
J. DAVID ARMSTRONG, JR.
Chancellor, Community Colleges and Workforce Education
325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 1314 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0407 • www.fldoe.org/cc
ATTACHMENT I
2005-2006 Student Fees and Appropriations
1.
Tuition and Out-of-State Fees for Credit Programs
The 2005-06 General Appropriations Act (Senate Bill 2600), Specific Appropriation 120,
establishes the standard fees which include technology as follows:
Program
Resident
Non-Resident
Advanced & Professional
Postsecondary Vocational
College Preparatory
Educator Preparatory
$ 47.72
$143.22
$ 47.72
$143.22
$ 47.72
$143.22
$ 47.72
$143.22
Please be advised that the Florida Prepaid College Program does not cover the technology
fee.
If you choose to not charge the technology fee, your board of trustees has the authority to
designate revenues in Fund 1, Unrestricted Current Fund, for technology.
Discretionary fees would be calculated by adding the tuition plus the technology fee and
multiplying by the percentage allowed for the fee. The new credit Educator Preparatory
discretionary fees would be calculated in this way also.
Colleges electing to increase tuition for security purposes will be required to provide written
justification to the Division of Community Colleges based on criteria approved by the local
board of trustees, including but not limited to criteria such as local crime data and information,
and strategies for the implementation of local safety plans.
If you
do not assess
a separate technology fee, the minimum and maximum tuition and out-of-
state fees would be as follows:
Max
Max With Tech
Classification
Standard Minimum
W/O Security
Security
Fee
Tuition
$ 47.72 $ 42.95 $ 52.49 $ 54.88 $0.00
Out-of-State $143.22 $128.90 $157.54 $164.70 $0.00
The minimum and maximum tuition and out-of-state fees would be as follows if you
assess
a
separate technology fee. Out-of-State technology fees may not exceed a total of $5.40 per credit
hour.
Max
Max
With
Tech
Classification
Standard Minimum
W/O Security
Security
Fee
Tuition
$ 45.92
$ 41.33
$ 50.69
$ 53.08
$1.80
Out-of-State
$139.62
$125.66
$153.94
$161.10
$3.60
2.
Tuition and Out-of-State Fees for Vocational PSAV, Voc Prep and Adult Education
Senate Bill 2600 contains language in the school districts section that requires them to increase
their workforce fees by 5%. However, the community college section states that colleges may
increase workforce education fees up to 5%. We strongly encourage you to follow the
requirement for the school districts and increase your fees by 5% to provide consistency between
the district and community college workforce programs. The minimum fee level is your current
fee. Attachment II lists the suggested increases by college.
3. Educator Preparation Institutes
Fees have been established for Educator Preparation Institutes comparable with college credit
and enrollments in this area should be reported as institutional credit in the student data base.
4.
Continuing Workforce Education
Fees for continuing workforce education are prescribed in Section 1009.22(3)(b), Florida
Statutes, which reads as follows: “Fees for continuing workforce education shall be locally
determined by the district 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.”
5.
Financial Aid
The General Appropriations Bill (SB 2600) made no changes in the financial aid fee language in
Section 1009.23(8)(c), Florida Statutes, which continued the requirement that a greater
percentage of these funds be used for need-based aid:
Up to 25 percent or $300,000, whichever is greater, of the financial aid fees
collected may be used to assist students who demonstrate academic merit; who
participate in athletics, public service, cultural arts, and other extracurricular
programs as determined by the institution; or who are identified as members of a
targeted gender or ethnic minority population. The financial aid fee revenues
allocated for athletic scholarships and fee exemptions provided pursuant to
s. 1009.25(3) for athletes shall be distributed equitably as required by
s. 1000.05(3)(d). A minimum of 75 percent of the balance of these funds for new
awards shall be used to provide financial aid based on absolute need, and the
remainder of the funds shall be used for academic merit purposes and other
purposes approved by the district boards of trustees.
6. Capital Improvement Fee
Senate Bill 670 was passed by the Legislature and changed the Capital Improvement Fee in the
following manner: a) Authorized colleges to increase the capital improvement fee to 10% of
tuition for resident students or 10% of the sum of the tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident
students. The fee for resident students shall be limited to an annual increase of $2 per credit
hour; (b) the capital improvement fee allocation for child care centers was changed to a
maximum of 15
percent
instead of
cents
per credit hour. The use of capital improvement fees
for such purposes shall be subordinate to the payment of any bonds secured by the fees; (c) limits
length of time that capital improvement fee revenues may be pledged; (d) requires that bonds
authorized through the provisions of section 1009.23(11)(b) be issued by the Division of Bond
Finance upon the request of the community college board of trustees. Other changes regarding
the pledging of capital improvement fee revenues are contained in Senate Bill 670. The website
for access to this bill is http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-
bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb0670er.html&Directory=session/2
005/Senate/bills/billtext/html/.
7. Technology Fee
Section 1009.23(10), Florida Statutes, authorizes each community college district board of
trustees to establish a separate fee for technology which may not exceed $1.80 per credit hour for
resident students and not more than $5.40 per credit hour for non-resident students. These
revenues must be expended according to technology improvement plans. The technology fee
applies only to college credit and college preparatory instruction.
Fifty percent of the revenues from the technology fee may be pledged by a community college
board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source for the repayment of lease-purchase agreements
not to exceed the useful life of the asset being financed. These revenues and related expenditures
should be recorded in the Unexpended Plant Fund.
8.
Differential Out-of-State Fee
Section 1009.23(6), Florida Statutes, provides that each community college board of trustees
which has a service area that borders another state may implement a plan for a differential out-
of-state fee. Discretionary fees for out-of-state students would be calculated by multiplying the
sum of tuition and technology fees by the percentage allowed for the discretionary fee. These
fees will be reported in the college operating budgets.
9. Service Charge
Section 1009.23(15), Florida Statutes, allows each community college to assess a service charge
for the payment of tuition and fees in installments. The community college board of trustees
must approve the service charge. As a reminder, Section 1009.27, Florida Statutes, Deferral of
Fees, states:
Each school district, community college and state university is responsible for
collecting all deferred fees. If a school district, community college, or state
university has not collected a deferred fee,
the student may not earn state
funding for any course for which the student subsequently registers until the
fee has been paid
.
10. Other Fees
Section 1009.23(12), Florida Statutes, reads as follows:
In addition to tuition, out-of-state, financial aid, capital improvement, student
activity and service, and technology fees authorized in this section, each board of
trustees is 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 the services provided and shall only be
charged to persons receiving the service.
A community college may not charge
any fee except as authorized by law or rules of the State Board of Education.
Community colleges are not authorized to charge any fee that is not specifically
authorized by statute.
11. Fee Waivers
Specific Appropriation Item 120 of Senate Bill 2600 (General Appropriations Act) and Section
1009.26(1), Florida Statutes, establishes vocational fee waivers for up to 8% of the fee revenues
that would otherwise be collected.
12. Baccalaureate Programs
Specific Appropriation Item 120A of Senate Bill 2600 provides funding for upper division
baccalaureate programs for St. Petersburg College, Okaloosa-Walton College, Chipola College,
and Miami Dade College. These appropriations are restricted funds and must be accounted for in
Current Funds Restricted (Fund 2). Prior to the disbursement of funds in this appropriation,
colleges are required to submit an operating budget for the expenditure of these funds as
provided in section 1011.30, Florida Statutes. Baccalaureate Degree fees were established as
follows: Tuition - $60.84 per credit hour; Out-of-State fees shall be no more than 85 percent of
the cost of the tuition and out-of-state fees at the nearest public university. Except for St.
Petersburg College, discretionary fees are computed using the same method and percentages as
credit fees. For St. Petersburg College, authority for discretionary fees is specified in Section
1004.73(3)(b)3, Florida Statutes.
13. Restricted Funds
Specific Appropriation Item 120 also provides the following restricted special projects:
Project GR
Lottery
College
Appleton Museum
$1,566,740
$0
Central Florida
Community College
Advanced Tech Center
500,000
0
Daytona Beach
Community College
Bio Informatics Curriculum – FCCJ
250,000
0
Florida Community
College at Jacksonville
Florida Keys Operational Support
75,000
100,000
Florida Keys
Community College
Indian River Public Safety/Homeland
Security Training Program
0
500,000
Indian River
Community College
Learning Gateway – Manatee CC
500,000
0
Manatee Community
College
Miami Dade College Florida Center for
Literary Arts
50,000
50,000
Miami Dade College
North Florida Operational Support
0
100,000
North Florida
Community College
Expansion Planning – Polk Community
College
1,000,000
0
Polk Community
College
Saint Johns River Center for Performing
Arts
350,000
150,000
Saint Johns River
Community College
Santa Fe Community College Keystone
Project
0
175,000
Santa Fe Community
College
Information Technology Career Training
Program at Santa Fe
0
100,000
Santa Fe Community
College
Legislative Research Museum
612,434
0
Tallahassee Community
College
Continuation of Sterling Council at TCC
320,000
0
Tallahassee Community
College
All of these special projects (except for $1,306,740 of the Appleton Museum funds and the
Legislative Research Museum funds) are non-recurring funds. They should be accounted for in
Current Funds Restricted.
14.
Excess Hours
CS for CS for SB 2236 was adopted this session by the Legislature. It stipulates that a student
who is enrolled in a community college must pay 75 percent over the in-state tuition rate for
credit hours taken in excess of 120 percent of the credit hours required to earn an associate
degree. However, a community college student who has earned the associate degree does not
pay the full cost for a maximum of 24 additional hours if the hours apply toward a baccalaureate
degree. This stipulation also applies to an undergraduate student enrolled in a baccalaureate
degree program at a community college regardless of whether the hours were taken at a
community college, state university or any private institution if the student received state funds
while enrolled at the private institution. The Council on Instructional Affairs will need to
provide clarification on this section. There are numerous exemptions and the provisions apply to
freshmen starting in Fall 2005 and thereafter. A copy of the bill can be accessed at
http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-
bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb2236er.html&Directory=session/2
005/Senate/bills/billtext/html/.
15.
Substantive Changes to Residency Bill – Senate Bill 2264
The following substantive changes were made to Section 1009.21, Florida Statutes -
Determination of resident status for tuition purposes.--
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Clarifies the term “dependent child” to include having received at least 51% of the true
cost-of-living expenses from his or her parent.
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Defines “initial enrollment” as the first day of class at a higher education institution.
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Amends Subsection 2(a)1 in Section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, to require that a person or,
if a dependent child, his or her parents must have resided in the state for a period of 12
consecutive months immediately prior to initial enrollment in a postsecondary education
program.
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Creates Subsection (2)(a)3 in Section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, to require institutions of
higher education to determine whether or not an applicant who has been granted
admission is a dependent child.
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Creates Subsection (2)(a)4 in Section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, to require institutions of
higher learning to verify that applicants granted admission as a Florida resident meet the
requirements of the section at the time of initial enrollment.
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Amends Subsection (2)(b) in Section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, to clarify the term
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“qualification” to mean “initial” enrollment at an institution of higher education."
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Creates Subsection (2)(d) in Section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, providing that an
individual who is classified as a nonresident for tuition purposes may become eligible for
reclassification as a resident for tuition purposes only if that individual, or his or her
parent if that individual is a dependent child, can provide documentation of permanent,
full-time employment in Florida, plus physical presence in the state for 12 consecutive
months while not enrolled “full-time” in an institution of higher learning. Subsection
(2)(d) in Section 1009.21, Florida Statutes, also allows for the following: If an individual
and his or her parent moves to this state while the individual is a high school student and
the individual graduates from a high school in this state, the individual may become
eligible for reclassification as a resident for tuition purposes when the parent qualifies for
permanent residency, if the individual is a dependent child.
A copy of this bill can be accessed at: http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-
bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb2264er.html&Directory=se
ssion/2005/Senate/bills/billtext/html/.
ATTACHMENT II
FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM
RECOMMENDED STUDENT FEES FOR FALL 2005
PSAV AND VOC PREP PROGRAMS
RESIDENT STUDENTS
NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS
FEE PER CREDIT HOUR
FEE PER CREDIT HOUR
COLLEGE
MINIMUM
TUITION
RATE
RECOMMENDED
TUITION
RATE
BREVARD
46.50
48.90
BROWARD
46.50
48.90
CENTRAL FLORIDA
46.50
48.90
CHIPOLA
45.60
48.00
DAYTONA BEACH
46.50
48.90
EDISON
46.50
48.90
FLA CC @ JACKSONVILLE
46.50
48.90
FLORIDA KEYS
46.50
48.90
GULF
46.50
48.90
HILLSBOROUGH
46.50
48.90
INDIAN RIVER
46.50
48.90
LAKE CITY
46.50
48.90
LAKE SUMTER
46.50
48.90
MANATEE
0.00
0.00
MIAMI DADE
46.50
48.90
NORTH FLORIDA
46.50
48.90
OKALOOSA WALTON
46.50
48.90
PALM BEACH
46.50
48.90
PASCO HERNANDO
46.50
48.90
PENSACOLA
46.50
48.90
POLK
46.50
48.90
SAINT JOHNS RIVER
46.50
48.90
SAINT PETERSBURG
46.50
48.90
SANTA FE
46.50
48.90
SEMINOLE
46.50
48.90
SOUTH FLORIDA
46.50
48.90
TALLAHASSEE
43.50
45.60
VALENCIA
46.50
48.90
COLLEGE
MINIMUM
TUITION
RATE
RECOMMENDED
TUITION
RATE
MINIMUM
OUT OF STATE
TUITION
RATE
RECOMMENDED
OUT OF
STATE
RATE
BREVARD
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
BROWARD
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
CENTRAL FLORIDA
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
CHIPOLA
45.60
48.00
129.90
136.50
DAYTONA BEACH
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
EDISON
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
FLA CC @ JACKSONVILLE
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
FLORIDA KEYS
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
GULF
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
HILLSBOROUGH
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
INDIAN RIVER
46.50
48.90
139.20
146.10
LAKE CITY
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
LAKE SUMTER
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
MANATEE
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
MIAMI DADE
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
NORTH FLORIDA
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
OKALOOSA WALTON
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
PALM BEACH
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
PASCO HERNANDO
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
PENSACOLA
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
POLK
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
SAINT JOHNS RIVER
46.50
48.90
138.90
145.80
SAINT PETERSBURG
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
SANTA FE
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
SEMINOLE
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
SOUTH FLORIDA
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
TALLAHASSEE
43.50
45.60
129.90
136.50
VALENCIA
46.50
48.90
139.50
146.40
Note: Fall 2004 contact hour rates were increased 5% and then converted to credit hours.
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ATTACHMENT II
RECOMMENDED STUDENT FEES FOR FALL 2005
ADULT PROGRAMS
RESIDENT STUDENTS
NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS
FEE PER CREDIT HOUR
FEE PER CREDIT HOUR
COLLEGE
MINIMUM
TUITION
RATE
RECOMMENDED
TUITION
RATE
BREVARD
$0.00
0.00
BROWARD
23.10
24.30
CENTRAL FLORIDA
23.10
24.30
CHIPOLA
0.00
0.00
DAYTONA BEACH
23.10
24.30
EDISON
0.00
0.00
FLA CC @ JACKSONVILLE
23.10
24.30
FLORIDA KEYS
0.00
0.00
GULF
23.10
24.30
HILLSBOROUGH
0.00
0.00
INDIAN RIVER
21.30
22.50
LAKE CITY
41.10
43.20
LAKE SUMTER
0.00
0.00
MANATEE
0.00
0.00
MIAMI DADE
0.00
0.00
NORTH FLORIDA
23.10
24.30
OKALOOSA WALTON
23.10
24.30
PALM BEACH
0.00
0.00
PASCO HERNANDO
21.30
22.50
PENSACOLA
23.10
24.30
POLK
0.00
0.00
SAINT JOHNS RIVER
23.10
24.30
SAINT PETERSBURG
23.10
24.30
SANTA FE
23.10
24.30
SEMINOLE
23.10
24.30
SOUTH FLORIDA
23.10
24.30
TALLAHASSEE
21.30
22.50
VALENCIA
0.00
0.00
COLLEGE
MINIMUM
TUITION
RATE
RECOMMENDED
TUITION
RATE
MINIMUM
OUT OF STATE
TUITION
RATE
RECOMMENDED
OUT OF
STATE
RATE
BREVARD
$0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
BROWARD
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
CENTRAL FLORIDA
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
CHIPOLA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
DAYTONA BEACH
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
EDISON
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
FLA CC @ JACKSONVILLE
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
FLORIDA KEYS
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
GULF
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
HILLSBOROUGH
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
INDIAN RIVER
21.30
22.50
64.50
67.80
LAKE CITY
41.10
43.20
123.00
129.30
LAKE SUMTER
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
MANATEE
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
MIAMI DADE
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
NORTH FLORIDA
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
OKALOOSA WALTON
23.10
24.30
69.00
72.60
PALM BEACH
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
PASCO HERNANDO
21.30
22.50
64.50
67.80
PENSACOLA
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
POLK
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
SAINT JOHNS RIVER
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
SAINT PETERSBURG
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
SANTA FE
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
SEMINOLE
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
SOUTH FLORIDA
23.10
24.30
69.30
72.90
TALLAHASSEE
21.30
22.50
64.50
67.80
VALENCIA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
Note: Fall 2004 contact hour rates were increased 5% and then converted to credit hours.
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