Bill Text: FL S1760 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Postsecondary Tuition [SPSC]

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on Higher Education [S1760 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S1760-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2010                                    SB 1760 
        
       By Senator Thrasher 
       8-00346-10                                            20101760__ 
    1                        A bill to be entitled                       
    2         An act relating to postsecondary tuition; providing a 
    3         short title; creating s. 1009.295, F.S.; requiring the 
    4         student catalog, application packet, and fee invoice 
    5         to separately identify tuition and all fees required 
    6         by each public postsecondary institution; providing an 
    7         effective date. 
    8   
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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   11         Section 1. This act may be cited as the “Transparency in 
   12  Tuition Act.” 
   13         Section 2. Section 1009.295, Florida Statutes, is created 
   14  to read: 
   15         1009.295 Tuition transparency.— 
   16         (1) The student catalog and application packet for each 
   17  public postsecondary institution in this state must provide a 
   18  current tuition and fees schedule for residents and nonresidents 
   19  which separately identifies the tuition, out-of-state fee, and 
   20  each additional required fee authorized under this chapter, plus 
   21  a list of optional fees, for each level of coursework offered. 
   22  The catalog and application packet must also provide a statement 
   23  describing the proportion of the full, per student, 
   24  instructional cost that is covered by tuition and fees. The 
   25  catalog and application packet containing this information must 
   26  be posted on each institution’s website. 
   27         (2) Each fee invoice submitted to a student for payment by 
   28  a public postsecondary institution in this state must provide an 
   29  itemized list that separately identifies the tuition, out-of 
   30  state fee, and each additional fee charged, and the total of all 
   31  tuition and fees owed. 
   32         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.