The Florida Senate

¹240.271  State University System; funding.--

(1)  Planned enrollments for each university as accepted or modified by the Legislature and program cost categories shall be the basis for the allocation of appropriated funds to the universities.

(2)  In addition to enrollment-based appropriations, categorical programs shall be established in the State University System which are not directly related to planned student enrollment. Such programs shall be based upon the assigned missions of the institutions and shall include, but not be limited to, research and public service programs and authority to spend fee revenues collected pursuant to subsection (5) and s. 240.209(3)(e). Appropriations by the Legislature and allocations by the board shall be based upon full costs, as determined pursuant to subsection (1), and priorities established by the Legislature.

(3)  The Legislature by line item in an appropriations act may identify programs of extraordinary quality for the utilization of state funds to be matched by nonstate and nonfederal sources.

(4)  The Board of Regents shall establish and validate a cost-estimating system consistent with the requirements of subsection (1) and shall report as part of its legislative budget request the actual expenditures for the fiscal year ending the previous June 30. The report shall include total expenditures from all sources and shall be in such detail as needed to support the legislative budget request.

(5)(a)  If the actual enrollment for any university is less than planned enrollment by more than 5 percent for any 2 consecutive fiscal years, the university enrollment plan for the next year shall be reduced. If actual enrollment exceeds planned enrollment by more than 5 percent, an explanation of the excess shall be provided with the next year's enrollment plan. The analysis of enrollment conducted for implementing this subsection shall be based on the categories of enrollment used in the education and general appropriation.

(b)  Beginning in fiscal year 1995-1996, and as authorized in the General Appropriations Act, the Board of Regents shall allocate to each university the student fees collected by the university other than revenues generated by enrollment growth in excess of 5 percent above planned enrollment.

(6)  The enrollment planning plus program cost data established by this section shall be used as the basis for preparing the legislative budget requests.

History.--s. 39, ch. 79-222; s. 2, ch. 80-226; s. 12, ch. 83-325; ss. 19, 20, ch. 86-145; ss. 6, 7, ch. 86-172; s. 16, ch. 92-173; s. 26, ch. 94-230.

¹Note.--Section 112(1), ch. 96-175, provides that "[n]otwithstanding the provisions of sections 216.031, 216.181, 216.251, 216.262, and 240.271, Florida Statutes, to the contrary and pursuant to the provisions of section 216.351, Florida Statutes, but subject to any guidelines imposed in the General Appropriations Act, funds and authorized positions for the operation of programs affected by this act may be transferred by the Executive Office of the Governor between appropriation categories, budget entities, and departments as necessary to implement the act. The affected departments shall develop and publish annual operating budgets that reflect any reallocations. Any program, activity, or function transferred under the provisions of this subsection shall be considered a type two transfer under the provisions of section 20.06, Florida Statutes."