SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 4259, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Kirkpatrick moved the following amendment to amendment

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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

15         On page 44, between lines 24 & 25,

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18         Section 39.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of section

19  239.117, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

20         239.117  Postsecondary student fees--

21         (b)  Students enrolled in college-preparatory

22  instruction shall pay fees equal to the fees charged for

23  college credit courses.  Students enrolled in the same

24  college-preparatory class within a skill area more than two

25  times one-time shall pay fees at 100 percent of the full cost

26  of instruction and shall not be included in calculations of

27  full-time equivalent enrollments for state funding purposes;

28  however, students who withdraw or fail a class due to

29  extenuating circumstances may be granted an exception only

30  once for each class, provided approval is granted according to

31  policy established by the board of trustees.  Each community

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. HB 4259, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1  college shall have the authority to review and reduce payment

 2  for increased fees due to continued enrollment in a

 3  college-preparatory class on an individual basis, contingent

 4  upon a student's financial hardship, pursuant to definitions

 5  and fee levels established by the State Board of Community

 6  Colleges.  Fee-nonexempt students enrolled in

 7  vocational-preparatory instruction shall be charged fees equal

 8  to the fees charged for certificate career education

 9  instruction.  Each community college that conducts

10  college-preparatory and vocational-preparatory instruction in

11  the same class section may charge a single fee for both types

12  of instruction.

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

17         On page 46, line 23, after the semicolon

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20         amending s. 239.117, F.S., revising student

21         fees for college-preparatory classes that are

22         repeated;

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