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11 The Committee on Education Appropriations (Lynn) recommended
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 1009.24, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 1009.24 State university student fees.--
21 (3)(a) The Legislature has the responsibility to
22 establish tuition and fees.
23 (b) Undergraduate tuition and fees for state
24 university resident students are established within proviso in
25 the General Appropriations Act or law.
26 (c) Except as otherwise provided by law, each board of
27 trustees shall set university tuition and fees for graduate,
28 graduate professional, and nonresident students. Tuition and
29 fees for graduate, graduate professional, and nonresident
30 students may not exceed the average full-time nonresident
31 tuition and fees for corresponding programs at public
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1 institutions that are members of the Association of American
2 Universities. At least 20 percent of the amount raised by
3 tuition increases imposed pursuant to this paragraph shall be
4 allocated by each university to need-based financial aid for
5 students.
6 (d) Within proviso in the General Appropriations Act
7 and law, each board of trustees shall set university tuition
8 and fees. The sum of the activity and service, health, and
9 athletic fees a student is required to pay to register for a
10 course shall not exceed 40 percent of the tuition established
11 in law or in the General Appropriations Act. The tuition and
12 fees established in paragraph (c) for graduate, graduate
13 professional, or nonresident students are not subject to the
14 40 percent cap. A No university is not shall be required to
15 lower any fee in effect on the effective date of this act in
16 order to comply with this subsection. Within the 40 percent
17 cap, universities may not increase the aggregate sum of
18 activity and service, health, and athletic fees more than 5
19 percent per year unless specifically authorized in law or in
20 the General Appropriations Act. A university may increase its
21 athletic fee to defray the costs associated with changing
22 National Collegiate Athletic Association divisions. Any such
23 increase in the athletic fee may exceed both the 40 percent
24 cap and the 5 percent cap imposed by this subsection. Any such
25 increase must be approved by the athletic fee committee in the
26 process outlined in subsection (11) and cannot exceed $2 per
27 credit hour. Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 1009.534,
28 1009.535, and 1009.536, that portion of any increase in an
29 athletic fee pursuant to this subsection that causes the sum
30 of the activity and service, health, and athletic fees to
31 exceed the 40 percent cap or the annual increase in such fees
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1 to exceed the 5 percent cap shall not be included in
2 calculating the amount a student receives for a Florida
3 Academic Scholars award, a Florida Medallion Scholars award,
4 or a Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award. This
5 subsection does not prohibit a university from increasing or
6 assessing optional fees related to specific activities if
7 payment of such fees is not required as a part of registration
8 for courses.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
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18 amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; providing that the
19 Legislature has the responsibility to establish
20 tuition and fees; providing that tuition and
21 fees for certain state university resident
22 students are established within the General
23 Appropriations Act or law; requiring each board
24 of trustees to set university tuition and fees
25 under certain circumstances; providing that
26 such tuition and fees may not exceed tuition
27 and fees for corresponding programs at certain
28 public institutions; requiring each university
29 to allocate a certain percentage amount raised
30 by tuition increases to financial aid for
31 students; providing that tuition and fees for
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