Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (394972) for SB 1696
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/01/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Higher Education Appropriations (Lynn)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 454 - 523
    4  and insert:
    5         1. The tuition differential may be assessed on all
    6  undergraduate courses at a state university.
    7         2. For each state university that has total research and
    8  development expenditures for all fields of at least $100 million
    9  per year as reported annually to the National Science
   10  Foundation, the aggregate sum of tuition and the tuition
   11  differential may not be increased by more than 15 percent of the
   12  total charged for the aggregate sum of these fees in the
   13  preceding fiscal year. For each state university that has total
   14  research and development expenditures for all fields of less
   15  than $100 million per year as reported annually to the National
   16  Science Foundation, the aggregate sum of tuition and the tuition
   17  differential may not be increased by more than 12.5 percent of
   18  the total charged for the aggregate sum of these fees in the
   19  preceding fiscal year.
   20         3. The aggregate sum of undergraduate tuition and fees per
   21  credit hour, including the tuition differential, may not exceed
   22  the national average of undergraduate tuition and fees at 4-year
   23  degree-granting public postsecondary educational institutions.
   24         4. The tuition differential may not be calculated as a part
   25  of the scholarship programs established in ss. 1009.53-1009.538.
   26         5. Beneficiaries having prepaid tuition contracts pursuant
   27  to s. 1009.98(2)(b) which were in effect on July 1, 2007, and
   28  which remain in effect, are exempt from the payment of the
   29  tuition differential.
   30         6. The tuition differential may not be charged to any
   31  student who was in attendance at the university before July 1,
   32  2007, and who maintains continuous enrollment.
   33         7. The tuition differential may be waived by the university
   34  for students who meet the eligibility requirements for the
   35  Florida public student assistance grant established in s.
   36  1009.50.
   37         8. Subject to approval by the Board of Governors, the
   38  tuition differential authorized pursuant to this subsection may
   39  take effect with the 2009 fall term.
   40         (c) A university board of trustees may submit a proposal to
   41  the Board of Governors to implement a tuition differential for
   42  all undergraduate courses. At a minimum, the proposal shall:
   43         1. Indicate the amount that will be assessed for the
   44  tuition differential.
   45         2. Indicate the purpose of the tuition differential.
   46         3. Indicate how the revenues from the tuition differential
   47  will be used.
   48         4. Indicate how the university will monitor the success of
   49  the tuition differential in achieving the purpose for which the
   50  tuition differential is being assessed.
   51         (d) The Board of Governors shall review each proposal and
   52  advise the university board of trustees of approval of the
   53  proposal, the need for additional information or revision to the
   54  proposal, or denial of the proposal. The Board of Governors
   55  shall establish a process for any university to revise a
   56  proposal or appeal a decision of the board.
   57         (e) The Board of Governors shall submit a report to the
   58  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
   59  Representatives, and the Governor describing the implementation
   60  of the provisions of this subsection no later than January 1,
   61  2010, and no later than January 1 each year thereafter. The
   62  report shall summarize proposals received by the board during
   63  the preceding fiscal year and actions taken by the board in
   64  response to such proposals. In addition, the report shall
   65  provide the following information for each university that has
   66  been approved by the board to assess a tuition differential:
   67         1. The amount of the tuition differential.