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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to postsecondary education
3 institutions; amending s. 239.115, F.S.;
4 establishing legislative intent that funding
5 formulas not penalize institutions for certain
6 actions; workforce development education
7 programs; amending s. 239.117, F.S., relating
8 to workforce development postsecondary student
9 fees; revising a limitation on the total value
10 of fee waivers; revising the date by which the
11 Commissioner of Education must provide a fee
12 schedule; deleting obsolete language; requiring
13 each school board or community college district
14 board of trustees to determine the method for
15 distributing certain awards; deleting a
16 provision that limits technology fees to
17 associate degree programs and courses;
18 authorizing school boards and community college
19 boards of trustees to establish technology and
20 financial aid fees; amending s. 239.213, F.S.,
21 relating to vocational preparatory instruction;
22 requiring students who enroll in certificate
23 career education programs of 450 hours or more
24 to complete an entry-level examination within a
25 certain period of time; revising provisions
26 relating to exceptional students to conform
27 with federal requirements; amending s. 239.514,
28 F.S., relating to the workforce development
29 capitalization incentive grant program;
30 authorizing the use of such funds to upgrade
31 workforce development programs; amending s.
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1 240.1201, F.S.; authorizing the State Board of
2 Education to classify students as residents or
3 nonresidents for tuition purposes; amending ss.
4 240.152 and 240.153, F.S.; conforming
5 provisions relating to students with
6 disabilities with federal requirements;
7 requiring the State Board of Education to
8 define "physical or mental impairment" by rule;
9 amending s. 240.311, F.S.; revising the role of
10 the State Board of Community Colleges in
11 rulemaking; providing specific rulemaking
12 authority; amending s. 240.321, F.S.;
13 clarifying requirements regarding the provision
14 of adequate information on remediation courses;
15 amending s. 240.325, F.S.; requiring the State
16 Board of Community Colleges, rather than the
17 State Board of Education, to adopt rules;
18 requiring the adoption of rules to address
19 accreditation, student withdrawal, and grade
20 forgiveness; amending s. 240.3341, F.S.;
21 authorizing community colleges to lease
22 incubator facilities; deleting obsolete
23 language; amending s. 240.35, F.S., relating to
24 student fees; deleting obsolete and redundant
25 language; amending s. 240.359, F.S.;
26 prohibiting the inclusion of certain hours in
27 calculations of full-time equivalent
28 enrollments; eliminating provisions relating to
29 funding for the category of lifelong learning;
30 providing one year performance exemptions for
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1 new and expanded workforce development
2 programs; providing an effective date.
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4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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6 Section 1. Subsection (9) of section 239.115, Florida
7 Statutes, is amended to read:
8 239.115 Funds for operation of adult general education
9 and vocational education programs.--
10 (9) The Department of Education, the State Board of
11 Community Colleges, and the Jobs and Education Partnership
12 shall provide the Legislature with recommended formulas,
13 criteria, timeframes, and mechanisms for distributing
14 performance funds. The commissioner shall consolidate the
15 recommendations and develop a consensus proposal for funding.
16 The Legislature shall adopt a formula and distribute the
17 performance funds to the Division of Community Colleges and
18 the Division of Workforce Development through the General
19 Appropriations Act. The Legislature recognizes that community
20 colleges and school districts must provide programs that are
21 current and meet the demands of business and industry.
22 Therefore, the Legislature intends that the funding formula
23 set forth in this section not penalize institutions which
24 convert out-of-date or low demand programs into high
25 skill/high wage programs as identified by the State Workforce
26 Development Board. The Legislature also intends that
27 performance exemptions be granted to institutions that start
28 new or significantly expand existing workforce development
29 education programs for a period not to exceed 2 years from the
30 implementation of the new or significantly expanded program.
31 These recommendations shall be based on formulas that would
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1 discourage low-performing or low-demand programs and encourage
2 through performance-funding awards:
3 (a) Programs that prepare people to enter high-wage
4 occupations identified by the Occupational Forecasting
5 Conference created by s. 216.136 and other programs as
6 approved by the Jobs and Education Partnership. At a minimum,
7 performance incentives shall be calculated for adults who
8 reach completion points or complete programs that lead to
9 specified high-wage employment and to their placement in that
10 employment.
11 (b) Programs that successfully prepare adults who are
12 eligible for public assistance, economically disadvantaged,
13 disabled, not proficient in English, or dislocated workers for
14 high-wage occupations. At a minimum, performance incentives
15 shall be calculated at an enhanced value for the completion of
16 adults identified in this paragraph and job placement of such
17 adults upon completion. In addition, adjustments may be made
18 in payments for job placements for areas of high unemployment.
19 (c) Programs identified by the Jobs and Education
20 Partnership as increasing the effectiveness and cost
21 efficiency of education.
22 Section 2. Subsections (5), (8), and (18) and
23 paragraph (a) of subsection (6) of section 239.117, Florida
24 Statutes, are amended, to read:
25 239.117 Workforce development postsecondary student
26 fees.--
27 (5) School districts and community colleges may waive
28 fees for any fee-nonexempt student. The total value of fee
29 waivers granted by the school district or community college
30 may not exceed 8 percent of the district's or community
31 college's postsecondary vocational certificate program
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1 enrollment hours unless otherwise indicated by an the amount
2 established annually in the General Appropriations Act. Any
3 student whose fees are waived in excess of the authorized
4 amount may not be reported for state funding purposes. Any
5 school district or community college that waives fees and
6 requests state funding for a student in violation of the
7 provisions of this section shall be penalized at a rate equal
8 to 2 times the value of the full-time student enrollment
9 reported.
10 (6)(a) The Commissioner of Education shall provide to
11 the State Board of Education no later than January December 31
12 of each year a schedule of fees for workforce development
13 education, excluding continuing workforce education, for
14 school districts and community colleges. The fee schedule
15 shall be based on the amount of student fees necessary to
16 produce 25 percent of the prior year's average cost of a
17 course of study leading to a certificate or diploma. At the
18 discretion of a school board or a community college, this fee
19 schedule may be implemented over a 3-year period, with full
20 implementation in the 1999-2000 school year. In years
21 preceding that year, if fee increases are necessary for some
22 programs or courses, the fees shall be raised in increments
23 designed to lessen their impact upon students already
24 enrolled. Fees for students who are not residents for tuition
25 purposes must offset the full cost of instruction.
26 Fee-nonexempt students enrolled in vocational-preparatory
27 instruction shall be charged fees equal to the fees charged
28 for certificate career education instruction. Each community
29 college that conducts college-preparatory and
30 vocational-preparatory instruction in the same class section
31 may charge a single fee for both types of instruction.
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1 (8) Each school board and community college board of
2 trustees may establish a separate additional fee for financial
3 aid purposes and a separate additional fee for technology,
4 which in sum do not exceed 10 percent of the base
5 matriculation fee assessed for workforce development programs
6 funded through the Workforce Development Education Fund. Each
7 school board and community college board of trustees may also
8 establish additional financial aid and technology fees for
9 non-resident students, which in sum do not exceed 10 percent
10 of the base tuition fee assessed for workforce development
11 programs funded through the Workforce Development Education
12 Fund. When established, fees shall be assessed pursuant to
13 the following criteria:
14 (a) Each school board and community college board of
15 trustees may establish a separate fee for financial aid
16 purposes in an additional amount of up to 10 percent of the
17 student fees collected for workforce development programs
18 funded through the Workforce Development Education Fund. All
19 financial aid fees collected shall be deposited into a
20 separate workforce development student financial aid fee trust
21 fund of the district or community college to support students
22 enrolled in workforce development programs. Any undisbursed
23 balance remaining in the trust fund and interest income
24 accruing to investments from the trust fund shall increase the
25 total funds available for distribution to workforce
26 development education students. Awards shall be based on
27 student financial need and distributed in accordance with a
28 nationally recognized system of need analysis, as established
29 by each school board or community college district board of
30 trustees approved by the State Board for Career Education.
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1 Fees collected pursuant to this paragraph subsection shall be
2 allocated in an expeditious manner.
3 (b)(18) Technology fee revenues must be expended in
4 accordance with technology improvement plans related to
5 vocational certificate programs and shall not supplant funding
6 expended in the prior year's budget for these purposes. Each
7 district school board and community college district board of
8 trustees is authorized to establish a separate fee for
9 technology, not to exceed $1.80 per credit hour or credit-hour
10 equivalent for resident students and not more than $5.40 per
11 credit hour or credit-hour equivalent for nonresident
12 students, or the equivalent, to be expended in accordance with
13 technology improvement plans. The technology fee may apply
14 only to associate degree programs and courses. Fifty percent
15 of technology fee revenues may be pledged by a community
16 college board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source for
17 the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements,
18 not to exceed the useful life of the asset being financed.
19 Revenues generated from the technology fee may not be bonded.
20 Section 3. Subsections (2) and (3) of section 239.213,
21 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
22 239.213 Vocational-preparatory instruction.--
23 (2) Students who enroll in a certificate career
24 education program of 450 hours or more shall complete an
25 entry-level examination within the first 6 weeks of admission
26 into the program. The state board shall designate
27 examinations that are currently in existence, the results of
28 which are comparable across institutions, to assess student
29 mastery of basic skills. Any student deemed to lack a minimal
30 level of basic skills for such program shall be referred to
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1 for a structured program of basic skills instruction. Such
2 instruction may include English for speakers of other
3 languages. A student may not receive a certificate of
4 vocational program completion prior to demonstrating the basic
5 skills required in the state curriculum frameworks for the
6 vocational program.
7 (3) Any student with disabilities who meets the
8 criteria established in s. 240.152 or s. 240.153 Exceptional
9 students, as defined in s. 228.041, may be exempted from the
10 provisions of this section. A student who possesses an
11 associate in arts, baccalaureate, or graduate-level degree,
12 who has completed the college-level communication and
13 computation skills examination pursuant to s. 240.107, or who
14 is exempt from the college entry-level examination pursuant to
15 s. 240.107 may be exempted from the provisions of this
16 section. Pursuant to 29 C.F.R. part 30, students in registered
17 apprenticeship programs may also be exempted from the
18 provisions of this section.
19 Section 4. Section 239.514, Florida Statutes, is
20 amended to read:
21 239.514 Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive
22 Grant Program.--The Legislature recognizes that the need for
23 school districts and community colleges to be able to respond
24 to emerging local or statewide economic development needs is
25 critical to the workforce development system. The Workforce
26 Development Capitalization Incentive Grant Program is created
27 to provide grants to school districts and community colleges
28 on a competitive basis to fund some or all of the costs
29 associated with the creation or expansion of workforce
30 development programs that serve specific employment workforce
31 needs. Funds may also be used to upgrade workforce development
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1 programs to established industry standards in accordance with
2 program updates conducted by the Division of Community
3 Colleges and the Division of Workforce Development.
4 (1) Funds awarded for a workforce development
5 capitalization incentive grant may be used for instructional
6 equipment, laboratory equipment, supplies, personnel, student
7 services, or other expenses associated with the creation,
8 upgrade, or expansion of a workforce development program.
9 Expansion of a program may include either the expansion of
10 enrollments in a program or expansion into new areas of
11 specialization within a program. No grant funds may be used
12 for recurring instructional costs or for institutions'
13 indirect costs.
14 (2) The Postsecondary Education Planning Commission
15 shall accept applications from school districts or community
16 colleges for workforce development capitalization incentive
17 grants. Applications from school districts or community
18 colleges shall contain projected enrollments and projected
19 costs for the new or expanded workforce development program.
20 The Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, in
21 consultation with the Jobs and Education Partnership, the
22 Department of Education, and the State Board of Community
23 Colleges, shall review and rank each application for a grant
24 according to subsection (3) and shall submit to the
25 Legislature a list in priority order of applications
26 recommended for a grant award.
27 (3) The commission shall give highest priority to
28 programs that train people to enter high-skill, high-wage
29 occupations identified by the occupational forecasting
30 conference and other programs approved by the Jobs and
31 Education Partnership; programs that train people to enter
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1 occupations on the WAGES list; or programs that train for the
2 workforce adults who are eligible for public assistance,
3 economically disadvantaged, disabled, not proficient in
4 English, or dislocated workers. The commission shall consider
5 the statewide geographic dispersion of grant funds in ranking
6 the applications and shall give priority to applications from
7 education agencies that are making maximum use of their
8 workforce development funding by offering high-performing,
9 high-demand programs.
10 Section 5. Subsection (11) is added to section
11 240.1201, Florida Statutes, to read:
12 240.1201 Determination of resident status for tuition
13 purposes.--Students shall be classified as residents or
14 nonresidents for the purpose of assessing tuition fees in
15 public community colleges and universities.
16 (11) The State Board of Education is authorized to
17 adopt rules regarding the classification of students as
18 residents or nonresidents for tuition purposes to implement
19 the provisions of this section.
20 Section 6. Section 240.152, Florida Statutes, is
21 amended to read:
22 240.152 Individuals who have disabilities Impaired and
23 learning disabled persons; admission to postsecondary
24 institutions; substitute requirements; rules.--Any person who
25 is hearing impaired, visually impaired, speech impaired, or
26 otherwise physically impaired, or dyslexic, or who has a
27 specific learning disability, or who has a physical or mental
28 impairment as defined in State Board of Education rule, shall
29 be eligible for reasonable substitution for any requirement
30 for admission to a state university, community college, or
31 other postsecondary degree career education institution where
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1 documentation can be provided that the person's failure to
2 meet the admission requirement is related to the disability.
3 The State Board of Education, the Board of Regents, and the
4 State Board of Community Colleges shall adopt rules to
5 implement this section and shall develop substitute admission
6 requirements where appropriate.
7 Section 7. Section 240.153, Florida Statutes, is
8 amended to read:
9 240.153 Individuals who have disabilities Impaired and
10 learning disabled persons; graduation, study program
11 admission, and upper-division entry; substitute requirements;
12 rules.--Any student in a state university, community college,
13 or other postsecondary degree career education institution who
14 is hearing impaired, visually impaired, speech impaired, or
15 otherwise physically impaired, or dyslexic, or who has a
16 specific learning disability, or who has a physical or mental
17 impairment as defined in State Board of Education rule, shall
18 be eligible for reasonable substitution for any requirement
19 for graduation, for admission into a program of study, or for
20 entry into upper division where documentation can be provided
21 that the person's failure to meet the requirement is related
22 to the disability and where the failure to meet the graduation
23 requirement or program admission requirement does not
24 constitute a fundamental alteration in the nature of the
25 program. The State Board of Education, the Board of Regents,
26 and the State Board of Community Colleges shall adopt rules to
27 implement this section and shall develop substitute
28 requirements where appropriate.
29 Section 8. Paragraphs (g) and (j) of subsection (3),
30 paragraph (c) of subsection (5), and paragraph (d) of
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1 subsection (8) of section 240.311, Florida Statutes, are
2 amended to read:
3 240.311 State Board of Community Colleges; powers and
4 duties.--
5 (3) The State Board of Community Colleges shall:
6 (g) Specify, by rule, Recommend to the State Board of
7 Education minimum standards for the operation of each
8 community college as required in s. 240.325, which standards
9 may include, but are not limited to, general qualifications of
10 personnel, budgeting, accounting and financial procedures,
11 educational programs, student admissions and services, and
12 community services.
13 (j) Establish, by rule, criteria for making
14 recommendations relative to modifying district boundary lines
15 and for making recommendations upon all proposals for the
16 establishment of additional centers, instructional sites,
17 special purpose centers, or campuses for community colleges.
18 (5) The State Board of Community Colleges is
19 responsible for reviewing and administering the state program
20 of support for the Florida Community College System and,
21 subject to existing law, shall:
22 (c) Provide for and coordinate implementation of the
23 community college program fund in accordance with provisions
24 of ss. 240.359 and 240.323 and in accordance with rules of the
25 State Board of Community Colleges Education.
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27 (d) By December 31, 1999, and annually thereafter, the
28 State Board of Community Colleges shall report on the
29 implementation of this section to the Speaker of the House of
30 Representatives and the President of the Senate.
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1 Section 9. Section 240.321, Florida Statutes, is
2 amended to read:
3 240.321 Community college district board of trustees;
4 rules for admissions of students.--The board of trustees shall
5 make rules governing admissions of students. These rules
6 shall include the following:
7 (1) Admissions counseling shall be provided to all
8 students entering college credit programs, which counseling
9 shall utilize tests to measure achievement of college-level
10 communication and computation competencies by all students
11 entering college credit programs.
12 (2) Admission to associate degree programs is subject
13 to minimum standards adopted by the State Board of Education
14 and shall require:
15 (a) A standard high school diploma, a high school
16 equivalency diploma as prescribed in s. 229.814, previously
17 demonstrated competency in college credit postsecondary
18 coursework, or, in the case of a student who is home educated,
19 a signed affidavit submitted by the student's parent or legal
20 guardian attesting that the student has completed a home
21 education program pursuant to the requirements of s. 232.0201.
22 Students who are enrolled in a dual enrollment or early
23 admission program pursuant to s. 240.116 and secondary
24 students enrolled in college-level instruction creditable
25 toward the associate degree, but not toward the high school
26 diploma, shall be exempt from this requirement.
27 (b) A demonstrated level of achievement of
28 college-level communication and computation skills. Students
29 entering a postsecondary education program within 2 years of
30 graduation from high school with an earned college-ready
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1 diploma issued pursuant to s. 232.2466 shall be exempt from
2 this testing requirement.
3 (c) Any other requirements established by the board of
4 trustees.
5 (3) Admission to other programs within the community
6 college shall include education requirements as established by
7 the board of trustees.
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9 Each board of trustees shall establish policies that notify
10 students about, and place students into, adult basic
11 education, adult secondary education, or other instructional
12 programs that provide students with alternatives to
13 traditional college-preparatory instruction, including private
14 provider instruction. Such notification shall include a
15 written listing or a prominent display of information on
16 alternative remedial options that must be available to each
17 student who scores below college level in any area on the
18 common placement test. The list or display shall include, but
19 is not limited to, options provided by the community college,
20 adult education programs, and programs provided by private
21 sector providers. The college shall not endorse, recommend,
22 evaluate, or rank any of the providers. The list of providers
23 or the display materials shall include all those providers
24 that request to be included. The written list must provide
25 students with specific contact information and disclose the
26 full costs of the course tuition, laboratory fees, and
27 instructional materials of each option listed. A student who
28 elects a private provider for remedial instruction is entitled
29 to enroll in up to 12 credits of college-level courses in
30 skill areas other than those for which the student is being
31 remediated. A student is prohibited from enrolling in
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1 additional college-level courses until the student scores
2 above the cut-score on all sections of the common placement
3 test.
4 Section 10. Section 240.325, Florida Statutes, is
5 amended to read:
6 240.325 Minimum standards, definitions, and guidelines
7 for community colleges.--Subject to the provisions of s.
8 240.311(2), the State Board of Community Colleges Education
9 shall prescribe, by rule, minimum standards, definitions, and
10 guidelines for community colleges and the Division of
11 Community Colleges which will assure the quality of education,
12 systemwide coordination, and efficient progress toward
13 attainment of the community college mission. The State Board
14 of Community Colleges shall adopt rules addressing At a
15 minimum, these rules must address:
16 (1) Personnel.
17 (2) Contracting.
18 (3) Program offerings and classification including
19 college-level communication and computation skills associated
20 with successful performance in college, with tests and other
21 assessment procedures which measure student achievement of
22 those skills. The performance measures shall provide that
23 students moving from one level of education to the next
24 acquire the necessary competencies for that level.
25 (4) Provisions for curriculum development, graduation
26 requirements, accreditation, college calendars, and program
27 service areas. These provisions shall include rules that:
28 (a) Provide for the award of an associate in arts
29 degree to a student who successfully completes 60 semester
30 credit hours at the community college.
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1 (b) Require all of the credits accepted for the
2 associate in arts degree to be in the common course numbering
3 and designation system as credits toward a baccalaureate
4 degree offered by a university in the State University System.
5 (c) Require no more than 36 semester credit hours in
6 general education courses in the subject areas of
7 communication, mathematics, social sciences, humanities, and
8 natural sciences.
9 (d) Provide for procedures for student withdrawal and
10 grade forgiveness.
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12 The rules should encourage community colleges to enter into
13 agreements with universities which allow community college
14 students to complete upper-division-level courses at a
15 community college. An agreement may provide for concurrent
16 enrollment at the community college and the university,
17 authority for the community college to offer an
18 upper-division-level course, or distance learning.
19 (5) Student admissions, conduct and discipline,
20 nonclassroom activities, and fees.
21 (6) Budgeting.
22 (7) Business and financial matters.
23 (8) Student services.
24 (9) Reports, surveys, and information systems,
25 including forms and dates of submission.
26 Section 11. Subsection (3) of section 240.3341,
27 Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
28 240.3341 Incubator facilities for small business
29 concerns.--
30 (3)(a) The incubator facility and any improvements to
31 the facility shall be owned or leased by the community
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1 college. The community college may charge residents of the
2 facility all or part of the cost for facilities, utilities,
3 and support personnel and equipment. No small business
4 concern shall reside in the incubator facility for more than 5
5 calendar years. The state shall not be liable for any act or
6 failure to act of any small business concern residing in an
7 incubator facility pursuant to this section or of any such
8 concern benefiting from the incubator facilities program.
9 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (a) to
10 the contrary, and for the 1999-2000 fiscal year only, the
11 incubator facility may be leased by the community college.
12 This paragraph is repealed on July 1, 2000.
13 Section 12. Subsections (7) and (10) of section
14 240.35, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
15 240.35 Student fees.--Unless otherwise provided, the
16 provisions of this section apply only to fees charged for
17 college credit instruction leading to an associate in arts
18 degree, an associate in applied science degree, or an
19 associate in science degree and noncollege credit
20 college-preparatory courses defined in s. 239.105.
21 (7) Each community college board of trustees shall
22 establish matriculation and tuition fees, which may vary no
23 more than 10 percent below and 15 percent above the fee
24 schedule adopted by the State Board of Community Colleges.,
25 provided that Any amount from 10 to 15 percent above the fee
26 schedule must be expended solely is used only to support
27 additional safety and security purposes and shall not supplant
28 funding expended in the prior year's budget for safety and
29 security purposes. In order to assess an additional amount for
30 safety and security purposes, a community college board of
31 trustees must provide written justification to the State Board
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1 of Community Colleges based on criteria approved by the local
2 board of trustees, including but not limited to criteria such
3 as local crime data and information, and strategies for the
4 implementation of local safety plans. For 1999-2000, each
5 community college is authorized to increase the sum of the
6 matriculation fee and technology fee by not more than 5
7 percent of the sum of the matriculation and local safety and
8 security fees in 1998-1999. However, no fee in 1999-2000 shall
9 exceed the prescribed statutory limit. Should a college decide
10 to increase the matriculation fee, the funds raised by
11 increasing the matriculation fee must be expended solely for
12 additional safety and security purposes and shall not supplant
13 funding expended in the 1998-1999 budget for safety and
14 security purposes.
15 (10) Each community college district board of trustees
16 may establish a separate activity and service fee not to
17 exceed 10 percent of the matriculation fee, according to rules
18 of the State Board of Education. The student activity and
19 service fee shall be collected as a component part of the
20 registration and tuition fees. The student activity and
21 service fees shall be paid into a student activity and service
22 fund at the community college and shall be expended for lawful
23 purposes to directly benefit the student body in general.
24 These purposes include, but are not limited to, student
25 publications and grants to duly recognized student
26 organizations, the membership of which is open to all students
27 at the community college without regard to race, sex, or
28 religion.
29 Section 13. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
30 240.359, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
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1 240.359 Procedure for determining state financial
2 support and annual apportionment of state funds to each
3 community college district.--The procedure for determining
4 state financial support and the annual apportionment to each
5 community college district authorized to operate a community
6 college under the provisions of s. 240.313 shall be as
7 follows:
8 (1) DETERMINING THE AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED IN THE STATE
9 COMMUNITY COLLEGE PROGRAM FUND FOR THE CURRENT OPERATING
10 PROGRAM.--
11 (c) If a student enrolls in any course that he or she
12 has previously taken, unless it is a credit course in which
13 the student earned a grade of D or F, the hours shall not be
14 used in the calculation of full-time equivalent enrollments
15 for state funding purposes. The category of lifelong learning
16 is for students enrolled pursuant to s. 239.301. A student
17 shall also be reported as a lifelong learning student for his
18 or her enrollment in any course that he or she has previously
19 taken, unless it is a credit course in which the student
20 earned a grade of D or F.
21 Section 14. For fiscal year 2001-2002, up to 10
22 percent of each community college's and school district's
23 total state funding for workforce development education
24 programs, pursuant to s. 239.115, may be exempted by the State
25 Workforce Board from the performance requirements of
26 subsection (7) of s. 239.115 based on the implementation of
27 new programs and the expansion of existing programs targeted
28 by the board.
29 Section 15. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
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