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By the Committee on Education; and Senators Villalobos, Peaden
and Wise
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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
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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 shall be determined
31 annually in the General Appropriations Act. In determining
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1 each college's apportionment, the Legislature shall consider
2 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 a
11 funding model approved by the Legislature which may recognize
12 differing economic factors arising from the individual
13 educational approaches of the various community colleges,
14 including, but not limited to:
15 a. Direct Instructional Funding, including class size,
16 faculty productivity factors, average faculty salary, ratio of
17 full-time to part-time faculty, costs of programs, and
18 enrollment factors.
19 b. Academic Support, including small colleges factor,
20 multicampus factor, and enrollment factor.
21 c. Student Services Support, including headcount of
22 students as well as FTE count and enrollment factors.
23 d. Library Support, including volume and other
24 materials/audiovisual requirements.
25 e. Special Projects.
26 f. Operations and Maintenance of Plant, including
27 square footage and utilization factors.
28 g. District Cost Differential.
29 3. Enrollment workload adjustment, which shall be
30 determined as follows:
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1 a. The actual full-time equivalent enrollment for the
2 prior year, as accepted or modified by the Legislature, shall
3 be the assigned enrollment and the basis for allocating
4 appropriated funds for enrollment workload. If the enrollment
5 workload allocation to a college is determined to be less than
6 zero, the reduction in allocation shall be implemented over a
7 2-year period.
8 b. The systemwide average direct instructional cost
9 level of each program of study shall be used to calculate the
10 enrollment workload adjustment. This amount, multiplied by a
11 factor of 1.3, for support services shall be multiplied by the
12 change in enrollment as determined in sub-subparagraph a.
13 From this amount, student matriculation and tuition fees
14 generated by the change in assigned enrollment shall be
15 deducted and the remaining amount shall be the state
16 allocation to each college for enrollment workload.
17 c. Students enrolled in a recreation and leisure
18 program and students enrolled in a lifelong learning program
19 may not be counted as full-time equivalent enrollments for
20 purposes of enrollment workload adjustments.
21 3.4. Operating costs of new facilities adjustments,
22 which shall be provided, from funds available, for each new
23 facility that is owned by the college and is recommended in
24 accordance with s. 235.15.
25 4.5. New and improved program enhancements, which
26 shall be determined by the Legislature and may be allocated
27 through the funding model specified in subparagraph 2.
28 5. Performance-based-budget funding.
29 6. Workforce development funding.
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1 Student fees in the base budget plus student fee revenues
2 generated by increases in fee rates shall be deducted from the
3 sum of the components determined in subparagraphs 1.-5. The
4 amount remaining shall be the net annual state apportionment
5 to each college.
6 (c) No community college shall commit funds for the
7 employment of personnel or resources in excess of those
8 required to continue the same level of support for either the
9 previously approved enrollment or the revised enrollment,
10 whichever is lower.
11 (b)(d) The apportionment to each community college
12 district for capital outlay and debt service shall be the
13 amount determined in accordance with subsection (2). This
14 amount, less any amount determined as necessary for
15 administrative expense by the Florida State Board of Education
16 and any amount necessary for debt service on bonds issued by
17 the State Board of Education, shall be transmitted to the
18 community college district board of trustees to be expended in
19 a manner prescribed by rules of the Florida State Board of
20 Education.
21 (e) Colleges shall seek to maintain an unencumbered
22 fund balance of between 4 percent and 10 percent of the funds
23 available in the current general fund of the operating budget.
24 If the 10-percent upper level is exceeded for 2 consecutive
25 years, the appropriation to the college in a succeeding fiscal
26 year shall be reduced by the average of the excess of the fund
27 balance over the 10 percent for the 2 years. In exceptional
28 cases, when fund balances greater than 10 percent are
29 necessary for a college, prior approval shall be obtained from
30 the State Board of Community Colleges.
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1 (c)(f) Expenditures for apprenticeship programs shall
2 be reported separately.
3 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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5 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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6 Senate Bill 1542
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8 Revises the formula for calculating each community college
apportionment from the annual legislative appropriation for
9 the Community College Program Fund
10 Adds two additional factors, performance based budgeting and
workforce development funding, to the five factors usually
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12 Requires that additional factors be considered in determining
the cost-to-continue allocation and includes costs of new
13 facilities whether owned by the community college or not.
14 Removes the following requirements: that DOE estimate future
enrollments; that an enrollment workload be determined; that
15 student matriculation and tuition fees be deducted; and that
community colleges keep an unencumbered fund balance.
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