FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

John L. Winn

Commissioner of Education

 

  

 

 

 

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

  

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Chairman

Members

DONNA G. CALLAWAY

DR. AKSHAY DESAI

ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ

PHOEBE RAULERSON

KATHLEEN SHANAHAN

LINDA K. TAYLOR

 

Memorandum Number 07-05

 

 

February 16, 2007

 

 

M E M O R A N D U M

 

TO:

 

  

Community College Presidents

 

FROM:

 

J. David Armstrong, Jr.

 

 

SUBJECT:

 

2006-07 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) 2 Estimates

 

  

DUE: 5:00 p.m. EST, February 23, 2007

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

To assist the Florida Department of Education to reach its goal of

Quality Efficient Services

, it is

important for the Community College System to provide accurate Full Time Equivalent (FTE)

enrollment estimates to the Legislature. An Enrollment Estimating Conference is scheduled for

February 28, 2007, to review the most recent 2006-07 FTE Estimates for the community

colleges. The FTE-2 Estimates have been generated from the Student Data Base Summer and

Fall End-of-Term and Winter/Spring Beginning-of-Term data. The FTE-2 Estimates include

lower division FTE only. As directed by the Enrollment Estimating Conference, the non-credit

FTE estimates, by program area, are the FTE for the prior year. The credit FTE estimates are

generated the same as in the past.

 

Community College Technical Center Management Information Systems (CCTCMIS) staff has

created, in Excel, a form for the colleges to report adjustments. Instructions to access the

Adjustments Form will be emailed to the Reports Coordinator at each college. Instructions for

completing and submitting the Adjustments Form are attached.

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

 

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Memorandum Number 07-05

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February 16, 2007

 

 

The Division is asking each institution to review the FTE-2 Estimates and to make adjustments

as needed. When reviewing the estimates, it is important that the estimates by program area be

accurate as well as the college total.

 

Each college must submit an FTE-2 Estimates Submission Form to CCTCMIS. Attach to the

Submission Form all narratives justifying the adjustments to the enrollment estimates. The

Submission Form is attached. NOTE: A narrative justification must accompany the college

response

even

if the enrollment growth is zero or negative. The adjustments

must

be based on

factors other than the college’s estimate and the justifications must explain these factors. The

Enrollment Estimating Conference members expressly stated at the last meeting that a college’s

estimate is not an acceptable justification.

 

The data submission and the 2006-07 FTE-2 Enrollment Estimates Submission Form

must

be

received by the Division by

5:00 p.m. EST, February 23, 2007

. The Submission Form is

required.

 

Please email the completed 2006-07 FTE-2 Adjustments Form to robert.mcmullen@fldoe.org.

Please FAX or mail the 2006-07 FTE-2 Estimates Submission Form and narratives to:

 

Attn: Robert G. McMullen

  

  

  

FAX:

Suncom 205-9499

Florida Department of Education

or (850) 245-9499

325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1324

Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400

 

If you have any questions, please call Robert McMullen at SUNCOM 205-9501 or (850) 245-

9501 or email robert.mcmullen@fldoe.org.

 

JDA/rm

 

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