SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1288, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Horne moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 1.  Subsections (6) and (7) of section 239.117,

18  Florida Statutes, 1998 Supplement, are amended to read:

19         239.117  Postsecondary student fees.--

20         (6)(a)  The Commissioner of Education shall provide to

21  the State Board of Education no later than December 31 of each

22  year a schedule of fees for workforce development education,

23  excluding continuing workforce education, for school districts

24  and community colleges. The fee schedule shall be based on the

25  amount of student fees necessary to produce 25 percent of the

26  prior year's average cost of a course of study leading to a

27  certificate or diploma and 50 percent of the prior year's cost

28  of a continuing workforce education course. At the discretion

29  of a school board or a community college, this fee schedule

30  may be implemented over a 3-year period, with full

31  implementation in the 1999-2000 school year. In years

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1288, 1st Eng.

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 1  preceding that year, if fee increases are necessary for some

 2  programs or courses, the fees shall be raised in increments

 3  designed to lessen their impact upon students already

 4  enrolled. Fees for students who are not residents for tuition

 5  purposes must offset the full cost of instruction.

 6  Fee-nonexempt students enrolled in vocational-preparatory

 7  instruction shall be charged fees equal to the fees charged

 8  for certificate career education instruction. Each community

 9  college that conducts college-preparatory and

10  vocational-preparatory instruction in the same class section

11  may charge a single fee for both types of instruction.

12         (b)  Fees for continuing workforce education shall be

13  locally determined by the school board or community college.

14  However, at least 50 percent of the expenditures for the

15  continuing workforce education program provided by the

16  community college or school district must be derived from

17  fees.

18         (c)(b)  The State Board of Education shall adopt a fee

19  schedule for school districts that produces the fee revenues

20  calculated pursuant to paragraph (a). The schedule so

21  calculated shall take effect, unless otherwise specified in

22  the General Appropriations Act.

23         (d)(c)  The State Board of Education shall adopt, by

24  rule, the definitions and procedures that school boards shall

25  use in the calculation of cost borne by students.

26         (7)  Each year the State Board of Community Colleges

27  shall review and evaluate the percentage of the cost of adult

28  programs and certificate career education programs supported

29  through student fees.  For students who are residents for

30  tuition purposes, the schedule so adopted must produce

31  revenues equal to 25 percent of the prior year's average

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. SB 1288, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    





 1  program cost for college-preparatory and certificate-level

 2  workforce development programs and 50 percent of the prior

 3  year's program cost for student enrollment in continuing

 4  workforce education. Fees for continuing workforce education

 5  shall be locally determined by the school board or community

 6  college. However, at least 50 percent of the expenditures for

 7  the continuing workforce education program provided by the

 8  community college or school district must be derived from

 9  fees. Fees for students who are not residents for tuition

10  purposes must offset the full cost of instruction.

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12  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

17         On page 1, lines 2 and 3, delete those lines

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20         An act relating to education; amending s.

21         239.117, F.S.; revising requirements regarding

22         fee schedules for workforce development

23         education; amending s. 240.311, F.S.;

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