The Florida Senate

246.013  Participation in the common course designation and numbering system.--

¹(1)  Nonpublic colleges and schools that have been issued a regular license and that are fully accredited by a member of the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and accredited nonpublic postsecondary colleges exempt from state licensure pursuant to s. 246.085(1)(a) may participate in the common course designation and numbering system. Participating colleges and schools shall bear the costs associated with inclusion in the system and shall meet the terms and conditions for institutional participation in the system. The department shall adopt a fee schedule that includes the expenses incurred through data processing, faculty task force travel and per diem, and staff and clerical support time. Such fee schedule may differentiate between the costs associated with initial course inclusion in the system and costs associated with subsequent course maintenance in the system. Any college that participated in the system prior to July 1, 1986, shall not be required to pay the costs associated with initial course inclusion in the system. Fees collected for participation in the common course designation and numbering system pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the Institutional Assessment Trust Fund created by s. 246.31. The Legislature finds and declares that independent nonprofit colleges and universities eligible to participate in the Florida resident access grant program pursuant to s. 240.605 are an integral part of the higher education system in this state and that a significant number of state residents choose this form of higher education. Any independent college or university that is eligible to participate in the Florida resident access grant program shall not be required to pay the costs associated with participation in the common course designation and numbering system.

(2)  No college or school shall record student transcripts or document courses offered by the college or school in accordance with this section unless the college or school is actually participating in the system pursuant to rules of the State Board of Education. Any college or school deemed to be in violation of this section shall be subject to the provisions of s. 246.111 or s. 246.228.

History.--s. 23, ch. 86-145; s. 19, ch. 87-212; s. 4, ch. 87-248; s. 2, ch. 89-344; ss. 2, 20, ch. 92-321; s. 33, ch. 94-230; s. 18, ch. 94-310.

¹Note.--As amended by s. 33, ch. 94-230. Subsection (1) was also amended by s. 18, ch. 94-310. The ch. 94-230 version is published here as the last expression of legislative will (see Journal of the Senate 1994, p. 1510 and Journal of the House of Representatives 1994, p. 1468). Subsection (1), as amended by s. 18, ch. 94-310, reads:

(1)  Nonpublic colleges and schools that have been issued a regular license and that are fully accredited by a member of the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and accredited nonpublic postsecondary colleges exempt from state licensure pursuant to s. 246.085(1)(a) may participate in the common course designation and numbering system. Participating colleges and schools shall bear the costs associated with inclusion in the system and shall meet the terms and conditions for institutional participation in the system. The department shall adopt a fee schedule that includes the expenses incurred through data processing, faculty task force travel and per diem, and staff and clerical support time. Such fee schedule may differentiate between the costs associated with initial course inclusion in the system and costs associated with subsequent course maintenance in the system. Any college that participated in the system prior to July 1, 1986, shall not be required to pay the costs associated with initial course inclusion in the system. Fees collected for participation in the common course designation and numbering system pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be deposited in the Institutional Assessment Trust Fund created by s. 246.31.