The Florida Senate

¹240.124  Funding for continuous enrollment in college credit courses.--A student enrolled in the same undergraduate college-credit course more than twice shall pay matriculation at 100 percent of the full cost of instruction and shall not be included in calculations of full-time equivalent enrollments for state funding purposes. However, students who withdraw or fail a class due to extenuating circumstances may be granted an exception only once for each class, provided that approval is granted according to policy established by the board of trustees of the community colleges or the Board of Regents for the State University System. Each community college and state university shall have the authority to review and reduce fees paid by students due to continued enrollment in a college-credit class on an individual basis contingent upon the student's financial hardship, pursuant to definitions and fee levels established by the State Board of Community Colleges for the community colleges and the Board of Regents for the State University System. For purposes of this section, first-time enrollment in a class shall mean enrollment in a class beginning fall semester 1997, and calculations of the full cost of instruction shall be based on the systemwide average of the prior year's cost of undergraduate programs for the Community College System and the State University System. The Board of Regents and the State Board of Community Colleges may make exceptions to this section for individualized study, elective coursework, courses that are repeated as a requirement of a major, and courses that are intended as continuing over multiple semesters, excluding the repeat of coursework more than two times to increase grade point average or meet minimum course grade requirements.

History.--s. 47, ch. 97-246; s. 4, ch. 99-150.

¹Note.--Section 5, ch. 99-150, provides that "[t]his act shall take effect July 1, 1999, and shall apply beginning with the Fall term in 1999."