House Bill hb1779

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1779

        By Representative Machek






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to community college funding;

  3         amending s. 240.359, F.S.; revising the method

  4         of determining the annual apportionment to each

  5         community college from state funds; providing

  6         an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 240.359, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         240.359  Procedure for determining state financial

13  support and annual apportionment of state funds to each

14  community college district.--The procedure for determining

15  state financial support and the annual apportionment to each

16  community college district authorized to operate a community

17  college under the provisions of s. 240.313 shall be as

18  follows:

19         (3)  DETERMINING THE APPORTIONMENT FROM STATE FUNDS.--

20         (a)  By December 15 of each year, the Department of

21  Education shall estimate the annual enrollment of each

22  community college for the current fiscal year and for the 6

23  subsequent fiscal years.  These estimates shall be based upon

24  prior years' enrollments, upon the initial fall term

25  enrollments for the current fiscal year for each college, and

26  upon each college's estimated current enrollment and

27  demographic changes in the respective community college

28  districts.

29         (a)(b)  The apportionment to each community college

30  from the Community College Program Fund may shall be

31  determined annually in the General Appropriations Act.  In

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  1  determining each college's apportionment, the Legislature

  2  shall consider the following components:

  3         1.  Base budget, which includes the state general

  4  revenue and lottery appropriations appropriation to the

  5  Community College Program Fund in the current year plus the

  6  related student matriculation and tuition fees established

  7  assigned in the current General Appropriations Act.

  8         2.  The cost-to-continue allocation, which consists of

  9  incremental changes to the base budget, including salaries,

10  price levels, and other related costs allocated through the

11  operational resources funding model approved annually by the

12  State Board of Community Colleges.

13         3.  Enrollment workload adjustment, which shall be

14  determined as follows:

15         a.  The actual full-time equivalent enrollment for the

16  prior year, as accepted or modified by the Legislature, shall

17  be the assigned enrollment and the basis for allocating

18  appropriated funds for enrollment workload.  If the enrollment

19  workload allocation to a college is determined to be less than

20  zero, the reduction in allocation shall be implemented over a

21  2-year period.

22         b.  The systemwide average direct instructional cost

23  level of each program of study shall be used to calculate the

24  enrollment workload adjustment.  This amount, multiplied by a

25  factor of 1.3, for support services shall be multiplied by the

26  change in enrollment as determined in sub-subparagraph a.

27  From this amount, student matriculation and tuition fees

28  generated by the change in assigned enrollment shall be

29  deducted and the remaining amount shall be the state

30  allocation to each college for enrollment workload.

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  1         c.  Students enrolled in a recreation and leisure

  2  program and students enrolled in a lifelong learning program

  3  may not be counted as full-time equivalent enrollments for

  4  purposes of enrollment workload adjustments.

  5         3.4.  Operating costs of new facilities adjustments,

  6  which shall be provided, from funds available, for each new

  7  facility that is owned by the college and is recommended in

  8  accordance with s. 235.15 and the guidelines of the State

  9  Board of Community Colleges.

10         4.5.  New and improved program enhancements, which

11  shall be determined by the Legislature and may be allocated

12  through the operational resources funding model approved

13  annually by the State Board of Community Colleges.

14         5.  Performance-based budget funding.

15         6.  Workforce development funding.

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17  Student fees in the base budget plus student fee revenues

18  generated by increases in fee rates shall be deducted from the

19  sum of the components determined in subparagraphs 1.-5. The

20  amount remaining shall be the net annual state apportionment

21  to each college.

22         (b)  The sum of general revenue and lottery

23  appropriations shall be disbursed monthly in 12 equal

24  payments. In the event that lottery funds are insufficient to

25  make equal monthly disbursements, the shortfall shall be

26  eliminated through an increase in monthly general revenue

27  disbursements, but such disbursements are limited to the total

28  of the general revenue appropriation.

29         (c)  No community college shall commit funds for the

30  employment of personnel or resources in excess of those

31  required to continue the same level of support for either the

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  1  previously approved enrollment or the revised enrollment,

  2  whichever is lower.

  3         (c)(d)  The apportionment to each community college

  4  district for capital outlay and debt service shall be the

  5  amount determined in accordance with subsection (2). This

  6  amount, less any amount determined as necessary for

  7  administrative expense by the State Board of Education and any

  8  amount necessary for debt service on bonds issued by the State

  9  Board of Education, shall be transmitted to the community

10  college district board of trustees to be expended in a manner

11  prescribed by rules of the State Board of Education.

12         (d)(e)  Colleges shall seek to maintain an unencumbered

13  fund balance of between 4 percent and 10 percent of the funds

14  available in the current general fund of the operating budget.

15  If the 10-percent upper level is exceeded for 2 consecutive

16  years, the appropriation to the college in a succeeding fiscal

17  year shall be reduced by the average of the excess of the fund

18  balance over the 10 percent for the 2 years.  In exceptional

19  cases, when fund balances greater than 10 percent are

20  necessary for a college, prior approval shall be obtained from

21  the State Board of Community Colleges.

22         (e)(f)  Expenditures for apprenticeship programs shall

23  be reported separately.

24         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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27                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Revises the method of determining the annual
29    apportionment to each community college from state funds.
      See bill for details.
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