Florida Senate - 2019                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/SB 190, 1st Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Perry moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 696 and 697
    4  insert:
    5         Section 12. Subsection (2) of section 1009.286, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         1009.286 Additional student payment for hours exceeding
    8  baccalaureate degree program completion requirements at state
    9  universities.—
   10         (2) State universities shall require a student to pay an
   11  excess hour surcharge for each credit hour in excess of the
   12  number of credit hours required to complete the baccalaureate
   13  degree program in which the student is enrolled. Each university
   14  must calculate an excess hour threshold for each student based
   15  on the number of credit hours required for the degree. For any
   16  student who changes degree programs, the excess hour threshold
   17  must be adjusted only if the number of credit hours required to
   18  complete the new degree program exceeds that of the original
   19  degree program. The excess hour surcharge shall become effective
   20  for students who enter a state university for the first time and
   21  maintain continuous enrollment is as follows:
   22         (a) For the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years, an
   23  excess hour surcharge equal to 50 percent of the tuition rate
   24  for each credit hour in excess of 120 percent.
   25         (b) For the 2011-2012 academic year, an excess hour
   26  surcharge equal to 100 percent of the tuition rate for each
   27  credit hour in excess of 115 percent.
   28         (c) For the 2012-2013 academic year through the 2019 spring
   29  term and thereafter, an excess hour surcharge equal to 100
   30  percent of the tuition rate for each credit hour in excess of
   31  110 percent. For the 2019 summer term and thereafter, an excess
   32  hour surcharge equal to 100 percent of the tuition rate for each
   33  credit hour in excess of 120 percent. Notwithstanding the
   34  requirements of this subsection, a state university shall refund
   35  the excess hour surcharge assessed pursuant to this paragraph
   36  for up to 12 credit hours to any first-time-in-college student
   37  who completes a baccalaureate degree program within 4 years
   38  after his or her initial enrollment in a state university.
   39  
   40  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   41  And the title is amended as follows:
   42         Delete line 107
   43  and insert:
   44         circumstances; amending s. 1009.286, F.S.; requiring a
   45         state university to calculate an excess hour threshold
   46         for each student based on specified criteria;
   47         providing that the excess hour threshold may be
   48         adjusted only under certain circumstances; revising
   49         the threshold for assessing the excess credit hour
   50         surcharge; amending s. 1009.53, F.S.; removing a