Title: Excess Credit Hour Surcharges

Summary: Requires each state university to calculate excess hour threshold for each student; requires such threshold to be adjusted under certain circumstances; prohibits such threshold from being adjusted under certain circumstances; revises threshold for assessing excess credit hour surcharge.

Full Text:
An act relating to excess credit hour surcharges; amending s. 1009.286, F.S.; requiring each state university to calculate an excess hour threshold for each student; requiring such threshold to be adjusted under certain circumstances; prohibiting such threshold from being adjusted under certain circumstances; revising the threshold for assessing the excess credit hour surcharge; providing an effective dat e. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1009.286, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 1009.286 Additional student payment for hours exceeding baccalaureate degree program completion re quirements at state universities.-(2) State universities shall require a student to pay an excess hour surcharge for each credit hour in excess of the number of credit hours required to complete the baccalaureate degree program in which the student is enrolled. Each state university must calculate an excess hour threshold for each student based on the number of credit hours required for the student's degree program. For any student who changes degree CS/HB 2019 programs, the excess hour threshold must be adjusted i fthe number of credit hours required to complete the new degree program exceeds that of the original degree program. The excess hour threshold may not be adjusted if the number of credit hours required to complete the new degree program is less than that of the original degree program. The excess hour surcharge shall become effective for students who enter a state university for the first time and maintain continuous enrollment is as follows: (a) For the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years, an excess hour surcharge equal to percent of the tuition rate for each credit hour in excess of percent. (b) For the 2011-2012 academic year, an excess hour surcharge equal to percent of the tuition rate for each credit hour in excess of percent. (c) For the 2012-2013 academic year through the 2019 spring term and thereafter,an excess hour surcharge equal to percent of the tuition rate for each credit hour in excess of percent. For the 2019 summer term and thereafter, an excess hour surcha rge equal to percent of the tuition rate for each credit hour in excess of percent. Notwithstanding the requirements of this subsection, a state university shall refund the excess hour surcharge assessed pursuant to this paragraph for up to cred it hours to any first-time-in-college student who completes a baccalaureate degree program within 49 years after his or her initial enrollment in a state university. CS/HB 2019 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.