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The Committee on Higher Education Appropriations (Oelrich)

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recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Delete line(s) 8-9

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and insert:

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     Section 1.  Subsection (4) of section 1009.24, Florida

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Statutes, is amended to read:

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     1009.24  State university student fees.--

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     (4)(a)1. Effective January 1, 2008, undergraduate tuition

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is $77.39 per credit hour.

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     2. Beginning with the 2008-2009 fiscal year and each year

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thereafter, the undergraduate tuition per credit hour shall

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increase at the beginning of each fall semester at a rate equal

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to inflation, unless otherwise provided Except as otherwise

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provided by law, undergraduate tuition shall be established

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annually in the General Appropriations Act. The Office of

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Economic and Demographic Research shall report the rate of

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inflation to the Governor, the President of the Senate, the

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Board of

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Governors each year before March 1. For purposes of this

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subparagraph, the rate of inflation is the rate of the 12-month

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percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban

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Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, or successor reports as

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reported by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of

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Labor Statistics, or its successor for December of the previous

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year. If the percentage change is negative, the undergraduate

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tuition shall remain at the same level as the prior fiscal year.

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     3. The Board of Governors, or the board's designee, may

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establish the out-of-state fee for undergraduate courses. The sum

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of the undergraduate tuition and the out-of-state fee assessed to

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nonresident students for undergraduate courses must be sufficient

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to offset the full instructional cost of serving such students.

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However, adjustments to the out-of-state fee pursuant to this

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subparagraph may not exceed 10 percent in any year.

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     (b) The Board of Governors, or the board's designee, may

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establish tuition for graduate tuition and professional programs,

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and the out-of-state fee fees for graduate-level courses all

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programs. The sum of graduate tuition and the out-of-state fee

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fees assessed to nonresident students for graduate-level courses

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must be sufficient to offset the full instructional cost of

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serving such students. However, adjustments to the out-of-state

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fee fees or graduate tuition for graduate and professional

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programs pursuant to this paragraph section may not exceed 10

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percent in any year.

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     (c) Each university board of trustees may establish tuition

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and the out-of-state fee for each professional program offered by

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the university. The sum of tuition and the out-of-state fee

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assessed to nonresident students in professional programs must be

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sufficient to offset the full instructional cost of serving such

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students. Adjustments to tuition or the out-of-state fee for any

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student who was enrolled in a professional program before the

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2008 fall term and maintained continuous enrollment in good

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academic standing in such program as determined by the university

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may not exceed 10 percent in any year.

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     (d) The sum of the activity and service, health, and

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athletic fees a student is required to pay to register for a

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course may shall not exceed 40 percent of the tuition established

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in law or in the General Appropriations Act. A No university may

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not shall be required to lower any fee in effect on the effective

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date of this act in order to comply with this paragraph

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subsection. Within the 40 percent cap, universities may not

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increase the aggregate sum of activity and service, health, and

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athletic fees more than 5 percent per year unless specifically

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authorized in law or in the General Appropriations Act. A

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university may increase its athletic fee to defray the costs

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associated with changing National Collegiate Athletic Association

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divisions. Any such increase in the athletic fee may exceed both

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the 40 percent cap and the 5 percent cap imposed by this

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paragraph subsection. Any such increase must be approved by the

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athletic fee committee in the process outlined in subsection (11)

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and cannot exceed $2 per credit hour. Notwithstanding the

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provisions of ss. 1009.534, 1009.535, and 1009.536, that portion

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of any increase in an athletic fee pursuant to this subsection

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that causes the sum of the activity and service, health, and

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athletic fees to exceed the 40 percent cap or the annual increase

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in such fees to exceed the 5 percent cap shall not be included in

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calculating the amount a student receives for a Florida Academic

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Scholars award, a Florida Medallion Scholars award, or a Florida

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Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award.

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     (e) This subsection does not prohibit a university from

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increasing or assessing optional fees related to specific

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activities if payment of such fees is not required as a part of

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registration for courses.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     Delete line(s) 2-4

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and insert:

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An act relating to college tuition; amending s. 1009.24,

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F.S.; providing for the cost of undergraduate tuition per

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credit hour; providing for the annual adjustment of

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undergraduate tuition based on the rate of inflation;

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authorizing the Board of Governors to establish the out-

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of-state fee for undergraduate and graduate-level courses;

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authorizing the Board of Governors to establish graduate

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tuition; authorizing the university board of trustees to

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establish tuition and the out-of-state fee for

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professional programs; providing that the adjustment to

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tuition or the out-of-state fee may not exceed a certain

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percentage for certain students; providing an effective

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date.

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