Senate Bill 1854c1
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Florida Senate - 1998 CS for SB 1854
By the Committee on Education and Senator Kirkpatrick
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the State University System;
3 amending s. 240.235, F.S.; authorizing each
4 university president to submit a plan to the
5 Board of Regents to increase matriculation and
6 tuition fees for specified professional
7 programs; providing a limit on such increase;
8 specifying certain contents of plans; providing
9 for the retention of revenue; amending s.
10 240.4042, F.S.; conforming a cross-reference;
11 providing an effective date.
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13 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15 Section 1. Present subsections (2) through (9) of
16 section 240.235, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as
17 subsections (3) through (10), respectively, and a new
18 subsection (2) is added to that section to read:
19 240.235 Fees.--
20 (2) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 240 to
21 the contrary, each university president may submit a plan to
22 the Board of Regents to increase matriculation and tuition
23 fees for any one or more of its first-professional programs to
24 a level not to exceed 110 percent of the average full-time
25 tuition at all public universities for the first-professional
26 program as reported by the United States Department of
27 Education National Center for Education Statistics. For
28 purposes of this subsection, first-professional programs
29 include dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, veterinary medicine,
30 and law. The plan may provide for such increases to take place
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1 thereafter. If approved by the Board of Regents, the plan
2 shall be implemented without further review or approval. Each
3 plan shall include a provision for need-based financial
4 assistance to those students who may be denied access because
5 of such tuition increases. Any revenue generated as a result
6 of the fee differential established pursuant to this
7 subsection shall be retained by the university. The plan must
8 be recommended by a university committee, at least one-half of
9 whom are students appointed by the student body president. The
10 remainder of the committee shall be appointed by the
11 university president. A chairperson, appointed jointly by the
12 university president and the student body president, may vote
13 only in case of a tie. The recommendations of the committee
14 shall take effect only after approval by the university
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16 Section 2. Subsection (3) of section 240.4042, Florida
17 Statutes, is amended to read:
18 240.4042 Financial aid appeal process.--
19 (3) A student involved in a financial aid appeal
20 proceeding is eligible for a deferral of registration and fee
21 payments pursuant to s. 240.235(3)(2).
22 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1 of the
23 year in which enacted.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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4 The Committee Substitute would limit the fee increases to 110
percent of the national average tuition at public
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first-professional programs at their current levels.
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