Florida Senate - 2007 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Higher Education (Constantine) recommended
12 the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Section 1009.286, Florida Statutes, is
19 created to read:
20 1009.286 Additional payment for credit hours exceeding
21 graduation requirements.--
22 (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage
23 each undergraduate student in postsecondary education to
24 complete the student's respective degree program in the most
25 efficient way possible and, at the same time, provide access
26 to additional college coursework. The Legislature therefore
27 intends to enact a policy requiring a student to pay 50
28 percent more than the in-state tuition rate for any credit
29 hour that the student takes in excess of 120 percent of the
30 number of credit hours required to complete the degree program
31 in which he or she is enrolled.
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1 (2) Beginning with the fall 2007 semester:
2 (a) Each community college board of trustees may
3 require a student who is enrolled for the first time in the
4 community college to pay 50 percent more than the in-state
5 tuition rate for credit hours that the student takes in excess
6 of 120 percent of the credit hours required to complete an
7 associate degree, except that a community college student who
8 has earned an associate degree may not be required to pay the
9 full cost for a maximum of 24 hours credit hours taken while
10 enrolled at a community college which apply to his or her
11 baccalaureate degree.
12 (b) An undergraduate student who is enrolled for the
13 first time in a university that is part of the State
14 University System must pay 50 percent more than the in-state
15 tuition rate for credit hours that the student takes in excess
16 of 120 percent of the credit hours required to complete the
17 degree program in which he or she is enrolled regardless of
18 whether those hours were taken while enrolled at a community
19 college, a state university, or any private postsecondary
20 institution if the student received state funds while enrolled
21 at the private postsecondary institution.
22 (c) An undergraduate student who is enrolled for the
23 first time in a baccalaureate degree program at a community
24 college must pay 50 percent more than the in-state tuition
25 rate for credit hours that the student takes in excess of 120
26 percent of the number of credit hours required to complete the
27 degree program in which he or she is enrolled, regardless of
28 whether those hours were taken while enrolled at a community
29 college, a state university, or any private postsecondary
30 institution if the student received state funds while enrolled
31 at the private postsecondary institution.
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1 (3) Credit hours earned under the following
2 circumstances are not counted as hours required to complete a
3 degree for the purposes of this section:
4 (a) College credits earned through an accelerated
5 mechanism identified in s. 1007.27;
6 (b) Credit hours earned through internship programs;
7 (c) Credit hours required for certification,
8 recertification, or certificate degrees;
9 (d) Credit hours in courses from which a student must
10 withdraw due to a medical or personal hardship;
11 (e) Credit hours taken by active-duty military
12 personnel;
13 (f) Credit hours required to achieve a dual major
14 undertaken while pursuing a degree;
15 (g) Credit hours in remedial courses and English as a
16 Second Language; or
17 (h) Credit hours earned in military science courses
18 (ROTC).
19 (4) Each postsecondary institution shall implement a
20 process for notifying students regarding the requirements of
21 this section. The notice must be provided at the time of the
22 student's initial enrollment in the institution and again upon
23 the student's having earned the credit hours required to
24 complete the degree program in which he or she is enrolled.
25 The notice must include a recommendation that each student who
26 intends to earn credit hours at the institution beyond those
27 required for his or her enrolled degree program meet with his
28 or her academic advisor.
29 Section 2. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and
30 Government Accountability shall conduct a review of students
31 taking credit hours in excess of 120 percent of the number of
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1 credit hours required to complete degree programs in state
2 community colleges. The review shall determine the number and
3 percentage of community college students who take credit hours
4 in excess of 120 percent of graduation requirements and the
5 amount and percentage of credit hours that students take above
6 the 120 percent standard. The office shall provide three
7 annual reports, each of which shall compare data from the last
8 5 years beginning with the most recent year for which data is
9 available in order to determine whether students have begun
10 taking fewer excess hours. The office shall report its
11 findings by January 31, 2008, January 31, 2009, and January
12 31, 2010, to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
13 the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
14 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
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18 And the title is amended as follows:
19 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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22 A bill to be entitled
23 An act relating to tuition rates at state
24 colleges and universities; creating s.1009.286,
25 F.S.; providing legislative intent; requiring
26 students to pay 50 percent more than the actual
27 cost per credit hour for credit hours in excess
28 of a specified number for community college
29 credits and for overall credits applied to a
30 baccalaureate degree; excluding certain credit
31 hours from the calculation of hours required to
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1 complete a degree; providing for notification
2 of students by the postsecondary institution;
3 requiring the Office of Program Policy Analysis
4 and Government Accountability to provide a
5 report to the Governor and Legislature;
6 providing an effective date.
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