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Tuition Differential Fee Report Budget, Finance, and Business Operations Committee January 27, 2010. Background. Five universities charged tuition differential fees in 2008-09 Changes in 2009 All universities Raised cap Financial aid Accountability BOG implementation. 2008-09 Summary.
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Tuition Differential Fee Report Budget, Finance, and Business Operations Committee January 27, 2010
Background • Five universities charged tuition differential fees in 2008-09 • Changes in 2009 • All universities • Raised cap • Financial aid • Accountability • BOG implementation
2008-09 Summary • Five universities authorized, charged fee • $10.3M revenue • Charge of $6.96 per hour at FIU, FSU, UF, and USF (excluding branches) and $2.32 per hour at UCF • Uses of funds: • Hire faculty and advisors • Maintain course offerings • Maintain or improve student services
2009 Implementation • Approved university proposals for 2009-10 • Monitoring revenue and expenditures • Revised Tuition and Fees regulation (7.001): • Outline of the approval process; and • Financial aid accountability provisions. • Adopted University Work Plans and Annual Reports regulation (2.002), including tuition differential-related performance measures.
2009-10 Plans and Estimates • Eleven universities authorized, charging fee • $37.9M estimated revenue • $10.4M to need-based financial aid • Charges range from $5.74 to $13.74 per hour • Uses of funds: • Hire new faculty and advisors, and improve support for existing faculty and staff • Increase course offerings • Maintain or improve student services • Support enhanced and individualized instruction
Financial Aid Update • As of October 31, $7.8M undergraduate need-based financial aid awarded • Also, $145,621 in tuition differential fee waivers granted • Process and baseline data established to monitor compliance with spending and supplanting provisions
Performance Baseline • BOG passed new University Work Plans and Annual Report regulation, which includes: • Tuition differential proposals in annual work plans; • Statutorily specified performance measures. • Baseline data from which to determine changes from 2009-10 forward • Summary of system-wide baseline performance data