Florida Senate - 2024 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 996
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/16/2024 .
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The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Burgess) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete lines 963 - 1063
4 and insert:
5 College, Polk State College, and Tallahassee Community College
6 are authorized to charge an amount not to exceed $290 per credit
7 hour for nonresident tuition and fees for distance learning.
8 Such institutions may phase in this nonresident tuition rate by
9 degree program.
10 Section 19. Paragraphs (a) through (f) of subsection (10)
11 of section 1009.98, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
12 1009.98 Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Program.—
13 (10) PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF QUALIFIED BENEFICIARIES.—
14 (a) As used in this subsection, the term:
15 1. “Actuarial reserve” means the amount by which the
16 expected value of the assets exceeds the expected value of the
17 liabilities of the trust fund.
18 2. “Dormitory fees” means the fees included under advance
19 payment contracts pursuant to paragraph (2)(d).
20 3. “Fiscal year” means the fiscal year of the state
21 pursuant to s. 215.01.
22 4. “Local fees” means the fees covered by an advance
23 payment contract provided pursuant to subparagraph (2)(b)2.
24 5. “Tuition differential” means the fee covered by advance
25 payment contracts sold pursuant to subparagraph (2)(b)3. The
26 base rate for the tuition differential fee for the 2012-2013
27 fiscal year is established at $37.03 per credit hour. The base
28 rate for the tuition differential in subsequent years is the
29 amount assessed for the tuition differential for the preceding
30 year adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (b)2.
31 (b) Effective with the 2022-2023 2009-2010 academic year
32 and thereafter, and notwithstanding s. 1009.24, the amount paid
33 by the board to any state university on behalf of a qualified
34 beneficiary of an advance payment contract whose contract was
35 purchased before July 1, 2034 2024, shall be:
36 1. As to registration fees, if the actuarial reserve is
37 less than 5 percent of the expected liabilities of the trust
38 fund, the board shall pay the state universities 5.5 percent
39 above the amount assessed for registration fees in the preceding
40 fiscal year. If the actuarial reserve is between 5 percent and 6
41 percent of the expected liabilities of the trust fund, the board
42 shall pay the state universities 6 percent above the amount
43 assessed for registration fees in the preceding fiscal year. If
44 the actuarial reserve is between 6 percent and 7.5 percent of
45 the expected liabilities of the trust fund, the board shall pay
46 the state universities 6.5 percent above the amount assessed for
47 registration fees in the preceding fiscal year. If the actuarial
48 reserve is equal to or greater than 7.5 percent of the expected
49 liabilities of the trust fund, the board shall pay the state
50 universities 7 percent above the amount assessed for
51 registration fees in the preceding fiscal year, whichever is
52 greater.
53 2. As to the tuition differential, if the actuarial reserve
54 is less than 5 percent of the expected liabilities of the trust
55 fund, the board shall pay the state universities 5.5 percent
56 above the amount assessed base rate for the tuition differential
57 fee in the preceding fiscal year. If the actuarial reserve is
58 between 5 percent and 6 percent of the expected liabilities of
59 the trust fund, the board shall pay the state universities 6
60 percent above the amount assessed base rate for the tuition
61 differential fee in the preceding fiscal year. If the actuarial
62 reserve is between 6 percent and 7.5 percent of the expected
63 liabilities of the trust fund, the board shall pay the state
64 universities 6.5 percent above the amount assessed base rate for
65 the tuition differential fee in the preceding fiscal year. If
66 the actuarial reserve is equal to or greater than 7.5 percent of
67 the expected liabilities of the trust fund, the board shall pay
68 the state universities 7 percent above the amount assessed base
69 rate for the tuition differential fee in the preceding fiscal
70 year.
71 3. As to local fees, the board shall pay the state
72 universities 5 percent above the amount assessed for local fees
73 in the preceding fiscal year.
74 4. As to dormitory fees, the board shall pay the state
75 universities 6 percent above the amount assessed for dormitory
76 fees in the preceding fiscal year.
77 5. Qualified beneficiaries of advance payment contracts
78 purchased before July 1, 2007, are exempt from paying any
79 tuition differential fee.
80 (c) Notwithstanding the amount assessed for registration
81 fees, the tuition differential, or local fees, the amount paid
82 by the board to any state university on behalf of a qualified
83 beneficiary of an advance payment contract purchased before July
84 1, 2034 July 1, 2024, may not exceed 100 percent of the amount
85 charged by the state university for the aggregate sum of those
86 fees.
87 (d) Notwithstanding the amount assessed for dormitory fees,
88 the amount paid by the board to any state university on behalf
89 of a qualified beneficiary of an advance payment contract
90 purchased before July 1, 2034 July 1, 2024, may not exceed 100
91 percent of the amount charged by the state university for
92 dormitory fees.
93 (e) Notwithstanding the number of credit hours used by a
94 state university to assess the amount for registration fees,
95 tuition, tuition differential, or local fees, the amount paid by
96 the board to any state university on behalf of a qualified
97 beneficiary of an advance payment contract purchased before July
98 1, 2034 July 1, 2024, may not exceed the number of credit hours
99 taken by that qualified beneficiary at the state university.
100 (f) The board shall pay state universities the actual
101 amount assessed in accordance with law for registration fees,
102 the tuition differential, local fees, and dormitory fees for
103 advance payment contracts purchased on or after July 1, 2034
104 July 1, 2024.
105 Section 20. Subsection (5) is added to section 1012.55,
106 Florida Statutes, to read:
107 1012.55 Positions for which certificates required.—
108 (5) Notwithstanding ss. 1012.32, 1012.55, and 1012.56, or
109 any other provision of law or rule to the contrary, the State
110 Board of Education shall adopt rules to allow for the issuance
111 of a classical education teaching certificate, upon the request
112 of a classical school, to any applicant who fulfills the
113 requirements of s. 1012.56(2)(a)-(f) and (11) and any other
114 criteria established by the department. Such certificate is only
115 valid at a classical school. For the purposes of this
116 subsection, the term “classical school” means a school that
117 implements and provides professional learning in a classical
118 education school model that emphasizes the development of
119 students in the principles of moral character and civic virtue
120 through a well-rounded education in the liberal arts and
121 sciences that is based on the classical trivium stages of
122 grammar, logic, and rhetoric.
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125 And the title is amended as follows:
126 Delete lines 84 - 91
127 and insert:
128 authorizing certain Florida College System
129 institutions to charge a specified amount for
130 nonresident tuition and fees for distance learning;
131 amending s. 1009.98, F.S.; revising the definition of
132 the term “tuition differential”; revising provisions
133 relating to payments the Florida Prepaid College Board
134 must pay to state universities on behalf of
135 beneficiaries of specified contracts; amending s.
136 1012.55, F.S.; requiring the state board to adopt
137 rules for the issuance of a classical education
138 teaching certificate; providing requirements for such
139 certificate; defining the term “classical school”;
140 amending s. 1012.79, F.S.;