Bill Text: FL S1610 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Adult General Education Student Fees

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Education [S1610 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S1610-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2013                                    SB 1610
       
       
       
       By Senator Thompson
       
       
       
       
       12-01469-13                                           20131610__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to adult general education student
    3         fees; amending s. 1009.22, F.S.; revising student fees
    4         for adult general education programs; deleting the
    5         assessment of block tuition; providing an effective
    6         date.
    7  
    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (3) of section
   11  1009.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         1009.22 Workforce education postsecondary student fees.—
   13         (3)
   14         (c)1. Effective July 1, 2011, for programs leading to a
   15  career certificate or an applied technology diploma, the
   16  standard tuition shall be $2.22 per contact hour for residents
   17  and nonresidents and the out-of-state fee shall be $6.66 per
   18  contact hour.
   19         2. Effective July 1, 2013, for adult general education
   20  programs, the standard tuition shall be $0.83 per contact hour
   21  for residents and nonresidents and the out-of-state fee shall be
   22  $2.49 per contact hour a block tuition of $45 per half year or
   23  $30 per term shall be assessed for residents and nonresidents,
   24  and the out-of-state fee shall be $135 per half year or $90 per
   25  term. Each district school board and Florida College System
   26  institution board of trustees shall adopt policies and
   27  procedures for the collection of and accounting for the
   28  expenditure of the block tuition. All funds received from the
   29  block tuition shall be used only for adult general education
   30  programs. Students enrolled in adult general education programs
   31  may not be assessed the fees authorized in subsection (5),
   32  subsection (6), or subsection (7).
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.