HB 5007

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to community college student fees;
3	amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; deleting the requirement that a
4	community college board of trustees use a specified
5	portion of tuition and fees to support safety and security
6	purposes; providing 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 (4) of section 1009.23, Florida
11	Statutes, is amended to read:
12	1009.23  Community college student fees.--
13	(4)  Each community college board of trustees shall
14	establish tuition and out-of-state fees, which may vary no more
15	than 10 percent below and 15 percent above the combined total of
16	the standard tuition and fees established in subsection (3),
17	provided that any amount from 10 to 15 percent above the
18	standard tuition and fees established in subsection (3) shall be
19	used only to support safety and security purposes. In order to
20	assess an additional amount for safety and security purposes, a
21	community college board of trustees must provide written
22	justification to the State Board of Education based on criteria
23	approved by the board of trustees, including, but not limited
24	to, criteria such as local crime data and information, and
25	strategies for the implementation of local safety plans. Should
26	a college decide to increase the tuition and fees, the funds
27	raised by increasing the tuition and fees must be expended
28	solely for additional safety and security purposes and shall not
29	supplant funding expended in the 1998-1999 budget for safety and
30	security purposes.
31	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.

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