| 1 | Representative(s) Pickens offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Section 1009.01, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 6 | to read: |
| 7 | 1009.01 Definitions.--The term: |
| 8 | (1) "Tuition" means the basic fee charged to a student for |
| 9 | instruction provided by a public postsecondary educational |
| 10 | institution in this state. A charge for any other purpose shall |
| 11 | not be included within this fee. |
| 12 | (2) "Out-of-state fee" means the additional fee for |
| 13 | instruction provided by a public postsecondary educational |
| 14 | institution in this state, which fee is charged to a non-Florida |
| 15 | student as defined in rules of the State Board of Education. A |
| 16 | charge for any other purpose shall not be included within this |
| 17 | fee. |
| 18 | (3) "Tuition differential" means the supplemental fee |
| 19 | charged to a student for instruction provided by a public |
| 20 | university in this state pursuant to s. 1009.24(15). |
| 21 | Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 1009.24, Florida |
| 22 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (15) is added to that |
| 23 | section, to read: |
| 24 | 1009.24 State university student fees.-- |
| 25 | (8) Each university board of trustees is authorized to |
| 26 | establish separate activity and service, health, and athletic |
| 27 | fees. When duly established, the fees shall be collected as |
| 28 | component parts of tuition and fees and shall be retained by the |
| 29 | university and paid into the separate activity and service, |
| 30 | health, and athletic funds. Notwithstanding any other provision |
| 31 | of law to the contrary, a university may transfer revenues |
| 32 | derived from the fees authorized pursuant to this subsection to |
| 33 | a university direct-support organization of the university to be |
| 34 | used only for the purpose of paying and securing debt on |
| 35 | projects approved pursuant to s. 1010.62 and pursuant to a |
| 36 | written agreement approved by the Board of Governors. The amount |
| 37 | transferred may not exceed the amount authorized for annual debt |
| 38 | service pursuant to s. 1010.62. |
| 39 | (15) The Board of Governors may establish a uniform |
| 40 | maximum undergraduate tuition differential that does not exceed |
| 41 | 40 percent of tuition for all universities that meet the |
| 42 | criteria for Funding Level 1 under s. 1004.635(3), and may |
| 43 | establish a uniform maximum undergraduate tuition differential |
| 44 | that does not exceed 30 percent of tuition for all universities |
| 45 | that meet the criteria for Funding Level 2 under s. 1004.635(3). |
| 46 | However, the board shall ensure that the maximum tuition |
| 47 | differential it establishes for universities meeting the Funding |
| 48 | Level 1 criteria is at least 30 percent greater than the maximum |
| 49 | tuition differential the board establishes for universities that |
| 50 | meet Funding Level 2 criteria. The tuition differential is |
| 51 | subject to the following conditions: |
| 52 | (a) The sum of tuition and the tuition differential may |
| 53 | not be increased by more than 15 percent of the total charged |
| 54 | for these fees in the preceding fiscal year. |
| 55 | (b) The tuition differential may not be calculated as a |
| 56 | part of the scholarship programs established in ss. 1009.53- |
| 57 | 1009.537. |
| 58 | (c) Beneficiaries having prepaid tuition contracts |
| 59 | pursuant to s. 1009.98(2)(b) which were in effect on July 1, |
| 60 | 2007, and which remain in effect, are exempt from the payment of |
| 61 | the tuition differential. |
| 62 | (d) The tuition differential may not be charged to any |
| 63 | student who was in attendance at the university before July 1, |
| 64 | 2007, and who maintains continuous enrollment. |
| 65 | (e) The tuition differential may be waived by the |
| 66 | university for students who meet the eligibility requirements |
| 67 | for the Florida public student assistance grant established in |
| 68 | s. 1009.50. |
| 69 | (f) A university board of trustees that has been |
| 70 | authorized by the Board of Governors to establish a tuition |
| 71 | differential pursuant to this subsection may establish the |
| 72 | tuition differential at a rate lower than the maximum tuition |
| 73 | differential established by the board, but may not exceed the |
| 74 | maximum tuition differential established by the board. |
| 75 | (g) The revenue generated from the tuition differential |
| 76 | must be spent solely for improving the quality of direct |
| 77 | undergraduate instruction and support services. |
| 78 | (h) Information relating to the annual receipt and |
| 79 | expenditure of the proceeds from the assessment of the tuition |
| 80 | differential shall be reported by the university in accordance |
| 81 | with guidelines established by the Board of Governors. |
| 82 | Section 3. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section |
| 83 | 1009.98, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 84 | 1009.98 Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid College Program.-- |
| 85 | (2) PREPAID COLLEGE PLANS.--At a minimum, the board shall |
| 86 | make advance payment contracts available for two independent |
| 87 | plans to be known as the community college plan and the |
| 88 | university plan. The board may also make advance payment |
| 89 | contracts available for a dormitory residence plan. The board |
| 90 | may restrict the number of participants in the community college |
| 91 | plan, university plan, and dormitory residence plan, |
| 92 | respectively. However, any person denied participation solely on |
| 93 | the basis of such restriction shall be granted priority for |
| 94 | participation during the succeeding year. |
| 95 | (b)1. Through the university plan, the advance payment |
| 96 | contract shall provide prepaid registration fees for a specified |
| 97 | number of undergraduate semester credit hours not to exceed the |
| 98 | average number of hours required for the conference of a |
| 99 | baccalaureate degree. Qualified beneficiaries shall bear the |
| 100 | cost of any laboratory fees associated with enrollment in |
| 101 | specific courses. Each qualified beneficiary shall be classified |
| 102 | as a resident for tuition purposes pursuant to s. 1009.21, |
| 103 | regardless of his or her actual legal residence. |
| 104 | 2. Effective July 1, 1998, the board may provide advance |
| 105 | payment contracts for additional fees delineated in s. |
| 106 | 1009.24(8)-(11), for a specified number of undergraduate |
| 107 | semester credit hours not to exceed the average number of hours |
| 108 | required for the conference of a baccalaureate degree, in |
| 109 | conjunction with advance payment contracts for registration |
| 110 | fees. Such contracts shall provide prepaid coverage for the sum |
| 111 | of such fees, to a maximum of 45 percent of the cost of |
| 112 | registration fees. University plan contracts purchased prior to |
| 113 | July 1, 1998, shall be limited to the payment of registration |
| 114 | fees as defined in s. 1009.97. |
| 115 | 3. Effective July 1, 2007, the board may provide advance |
| 116 | payment contracts for the tuition differential authorized in s. |
| 117 | 1009.24(15) for a specified number of undergraduate semester |
| 118 | credit hours, which may not exceed the average number of hours |
| 119 | required for the conference of a baccalaureate degree, in |
| 120 | conjunction with advance payment contracts for registration |
| 121 | fees. |
| 122 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |
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| 124 | ======= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ========== |
| 125 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 126 | A bill to be entitled |
| 127 | An act relating to academic fees; amending s. 1009.01, |
| 128 | F.S.; defining the term "tuition differential"; amending |
| 129 | s. 1009.24, F.S.; authorizing a university to transfer |
| 130 | revenues from certain fees to a university direct-support |
| 131 | organization; limiting the purposes for which such |
| 132 | revenues may be used; limiting the amount that may be |
| 133 | transferred; authorizing the Board of Governors of the |
| 134 | State University System to establish uniform undergraduate |
| 135 | tuition differentials; providing certain conditions for |
| 136 | the tuition differentials; amending s. 1009.98, F.S.; |
| 137 | authorizing the Florida Prepaid College Board to provide |
| 138 | advance payment contracts for tuition differentials for a |
| 139 | specified number of undergraduate semester hours; |
| 140 | providing an effective date. |