Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
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11 Senator Lynn moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 1009.24, Florida
19 Statutes, is amended to read:
20 1009.24 State university student fees.--
21 (3)(a) The Legislature has the responsibility to
22 establish tuition and fees.
23 (b) Undergraduate tuition and fees for state
24 university resident students are established within proviso in
25 the General Appropriations Act or law.
26 (c) Except as otherwise provided by law, each board of
27 trustees shall set university tuition and fees for graduate,
28 graduate professional, and nonresident students. Tuition and
29 fees for graduate, graduate professional, and nonresident
30 students may not exceed the average full-time tuition and fees
31 for corresponding programs at public institutions that are
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1 members of the Association of American Universities. The
2 annual percentage increase in tuition and fees established by
3 each board of trustees under this paragraph for students
4 enrolled prior to the fall of 2005 may not exceed the annual
5 percentage increase approved by the Legislature for resident
6 undergraduate students. At least 20 percent of the amount
7 raised by tuition increases imposed pursuant to this paragraph
8 shall be allocated by each university to need-based financial
9 aid for students.
10 (d) Within proviso in the General Appropriations Act
11 and law, each board of trustees shall set university tuition
12 and fees. The sum of the activity and service, health, and
13 athletic fees a student is required to pay to register for a
14 course shall not exceed 40 percent of the tuition established
15 in law or in the General Appropriations Act. The tuition and
16 fees established in paragraph (c) for graduate, graduate
17 professional, or nonresident students are not subject to the
18 40 percent cap. A No university is not shall be required to
19 lower any fee in effect on the effective date of this act in
20 order to comply with this subsection. Within the 40 percent
21 cap, universities may not increase the aggregate sum of
22 activity and service, health, and athletic fees more than 5
23 percent per year unless specifically authorized in law or in
24 the General Appropriations Act. A university may increase its
25 athletic fee to defray the costs associated with changing
26 National Collegiate Athletic Association divisions. Any such
27 increase in the athletic fee may exceed both the 40 percent
28 cap and the 5 percent cap imposed by this subsection. Any such
29 increase must be approved by the athletic fee committee in the
30 process outlined in subsection (11) and cannot exceed $2 per
31 credit hour. Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 1009.534,
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1 1009.535, and 1009.536, that portion of any increase in an
2 athletic fee pursuant to this subsection that causes the sum
3 of the activity and service, health, and athletic fees to
4 exceed the 40 percent cap or the annual increase in such fees
5 to exceed the 5 percent cap shall not be included in
6 calculating the amount a student receives for a Florida
7 Academic Scholars award, a Florida Medallion Scholars award,
8 or a Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award. This
9 subsection does not prohibit a university from increasing or
10 assessing optional fees related to specific activities if
11 payment of such fees is not required as a part of registration
12 for courses.
13 Section 4. Approval is granted for the endowment for
14 the Appleton Museum of Art, currently held by the Appleton
15 Cultural Center, Inc., to be transferred to the Central
16 Florida Community College Foundation. The endowment to be
17 transferred, which includes state matching funds, was
18 established in 1987 through the Cultural Arts Endowment
19 Program. By this provision, the Central Florida Community
20 College Foundation is authorized to manage the endowment only
21 for the support of the educational program at the Appleton
22 Museum of Art and is released from all other provisions of the
23 Trust Agreement dated July 17, 1987, by and between the State
24 of Florida and the Appleton Cultural Center, Inc., and from
25 sections 265.601 through 265.607, Florida Statutes.
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31 And the title is amended as follows:
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1 On page 6, line 16, after the semicolon,
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4 amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; providing that the
5 Legislature has the responsibility to establish
6 tuition and fees; providing that tuition and
7 fees for certain state university resident
8 students are established within the General
9 Appropriations Act or law; requiring each board
10 of trustees to set university tuition and fees
11 under certain circumstances; providing that
12 such tuition and fees may not exceed tuition
13 and fees for corresponding programs at certain
14 public institutions; limiting the annual
15 percentage increase in tuition and fees for
16 certain students; requiring each university to
17 allocate a certain percentage amount raised by
18 tuition increases to financial aid for
19 students; providing that tuition and fees for
20 certain students are not subject to a cap;
21 approving a transfer of an endowment from the
22 Appleton Cultural Center, Inc., to the Central
23 Florida Community College Foundation; providing
24 restrictions on the management of the
25 endowment; releasing the foundation from
26 certain trust agreement and statutory
27 requirements relating to the Cultural Endowment
28 Program;
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