FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

 

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TATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

T. WILLARD FAIR,

Chairman

Members

DONNA G. CALLAWAY

DR. AKSHAY DESAI

ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ

PHOEBE RAULERSON

KATHLEEN SHANAHAN

LINDA K. TAYLOR

 

Dr. Eric J. Smith

Commissioner of Education

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

May 29, 2008

 

M E M O R A N D U M

 

TO:

Community College Presidents

 

 

FROM:

Jay Pfeiffer, Deputy Commissioner

Accountability, Research, and Measurement

 

 

SUBJECT:

2008-09 FTE Enrollment Plan and Capital Outlay FTE Projections

DUE: June 23, 2008

 

 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

 

As we anticipate planning budget needs for 2009-10 and beyond, we again request your help in

projecting Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) enrollment changes out to 2013-14. These projections

will assist the Florida Department of Education in reaching its goal of

Quality Efficient Services

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The FTE Enrollment Plan was developed to improve the enrollment planning capabilities of the

Florida Community College System at both the state and college level. The Capital Outlay FTE

projections are used by the Office of Educational Facilities to calculate space needs for the

facilities surveys. The FTE Enrollment Plan and Capital Outlay FTE Projections are generated

once a year per the Florida Community College System Guidelines and Procedures. The

Community College and Technical Center Management Information System (CCTCMIS) is

asking the colleges to review the latest FTE projections and make adjustments as needed.

 

The Capital Outlay FTE Projections are the sole source for use by the Office of Educational

Facilities for Community College Surveys.

Therefore, colleges must include FTE projections

for all sites, actual and planned, through 2013-14.

 

 

CCTCMIS staff has generated, in Excel, the form for the colleges to report adjustments. Each

college must submit a FTE Enrollment Plan Submission Form. Attach to the Submission Form

all narratives justifying the projections in the enrollment plan. To assist the colleges in verifying

the FTE projections, reports for Florida public high school graduates, Florida’s population,

historical FTE and projected FTE are available. Instructions to access the Adjustments Form

 

JAY PFEIFFER

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER

ACCOUNTABILITY, RESEARCH, AND MEASUREMENT

 

325 W. GAINES STREET • SUITE 814 • TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0400 • (850) 245-0437 • www.fldoe.org

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and the reports will be emailed to the Reports Coordinator at each college.

 

For the FTE Enrollment Plan, colleges have a choice between making adjustments to the

projections or using the college’s own projections. Each college must use one or the other

method but not both. Colleges must submit a narrative explaining the college model or any

adjustments to the projections or explaining why no changes are made. The projections and

narratives will be carefully evaluated. Projections will not be accepted that are not reasonable

and fully justified. Per the Enrollment Estimating Conference, the FTE projections will be for

lower division courses only. The FTE projections use 30 credit hours per FTE.

 

Please email the completed FTE Enrollment Plan Adjustment Form to

robert.mcmullen@fldoe.org, and submit the FTE Enrollment Plan Submission Form by June 23,

2008 to:

 

Florida Department of Education

Attn: Robert McMullen

325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1324

Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400

 

or Fax to (850) 245-9499.

 

If you have any questions, please call Robert McMullen at (850) 245-9501 or send email to

robert.mcmullen@fldoe.org.

  

JP/rm