FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
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STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
JOHN L. WINN
Commissioner of Education
F. PHILIP HANDY,
Chairman
T. WILLARD FAIR,
Vice Chairman
Members
DONNA G. CALLAWAY
ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ
PHOEBE RAULERSON
KATHLEEN SHANAHAN
LINDA K. TAYLOR
Memorandum Number 06-21
July 24, 2006
M E M O R A N D U M
TO:
Community College Presidents
FROM:
J. David Armstrong, Jr.
SUBJECT:
New Facilities Opening in 2007-2008
To assist the Florida Department of Education in meeting Strategic Imperative Seven, Aligning
Financial Resources with Performance, the Community College System must allocate resources
used to improve student and institutional performance.
The purpose of this memo is to request information for the 2007-2008 Legislative Budget
Request relating to new facilities which will need operating expenses during the 2007-2008
fiscal year.
The colleges are to submit requests for projects that will be opening from July 1, 2007, through
June 30, 2008. The system-wide current average operating cost per square foot of $6.29 will be
used initially and will be updated after the FY 2005-2006 Cost Analysis Reports have been
received. The calculation of operating expenses includes Plant Maintenance cost and the cost of
Police and Campus Security Service.
An Operating Expenses for the New Facilities form will be sent to your staff; if your college
expects to open a new facility during the period of July 1, 2007, through June 30, 2008, it must
be completed and returned on or before
August 10, 2006
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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
Memorandum Number 06-21
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July 24, 2006
Please ensure that the projects for which you request funds are
not repeats for projects
requested previously
or projects that do not meet the criteria for funding. Return the
requests to:
Ron Fahs
Division of Community Colleges & Workforce Education
325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1314
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
A form for calculating exceptional cost for specialized facilities will also be provided to your
staff and should be filled out
only
if there is a
need
to request funding for unusually high
operational cost facilities. Please refer to the
Community College System Guidelines and
Procedures Manual
, Policy Number 17, for further details if necessary. Highly unusual
circumstances must occur for consideration of an exceptional cost request.
If you have any questions, please contact Ron Fahs at SUNCOM 205-9490, or (850) 245-9490 or
Maybelle Montford at SUNCOM 205-9372, or (850) 245-9372 respectively.
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Community College Business Officers
Community College Reports Coordinators
Community College Facilities Directors
