Transcript November 20th - Agenda • Review Agenda, Explanation of Fee Types, Fee Reviews & Process, Review of Proposed Fee Changes - Janet Parker • Mandatory.

November 20th - Agenda
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Review Agenda, Explanation of Fee Types, Fee Reviews & Process, Review of Proposed Fee
Changes - Janet Parker
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Mandatory Fee Presentations:
Automated Services Fee – Ken Pierce, Chief Information Officer
Library Services and Teaching & Learning Center Fees – Krisellen Maloney, Dean of Libraries
Transportation & UTSA Card Fees – Pam Bacon, Associate Vice President, Administration
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Q&A /Wrap Up
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Three components:
1. Tuition: Statutory (rate set by state legislature) & Designated (‘deregulated’ rate
set by UT Board of Regents through the T&F Proposal process)
2. Mandatory Fees: required to be paid by all students unless exempted by law or
authorized waiver
3. Incidental Fees: paid on a per use or per circumstance basis.
*Excludes textbooks, housing, parking, dining, etc.
• Course & Lab fees – paid by students enrolled in a particular course or lab
for which a fee has been approved.
• College fees – paid by students enrolled in a degree program within a
particular college for which a special fee has been approved (e.g. Advising;
Technology support)
• Optional – paid by any student or public for opting to use a particular good
or service (e.g. Testing fees; Application fees; Transcript request fees.)
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Statutory Tuition - Set by Legislature
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Has remained at $50 per semester credit hour (SCH)
since Fall 2005.
Designated Tuition - Considered a local source of
revenue; the rate is set by each institution based
on deregulation by the legislature in 2003.
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FY 09 = $110/SCH
FY10 = $120.85/SCH
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Fees required to be paid by every enrolled student
attending UTSA unless otherwise exempted or waived
as allowed by statute. Revenues must be spent in
accordance with the fee justification as authorized by
the Texas Education Code.
• Assessed on a per student basis , or
• Assessed on a per Semester Credit Hour (SCH) basis, some
have min/max limits; others are based on the exact number
of SCH taken
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Fees charged for services or materials utilized by
students at a rate that “must reasonably reflect the
actual cost to the university of the materials or services
for which the fee is collected.”
• Based on student or user choices, or as a good/service is
actually used.
• Some incidental fees are required by all students taking a
particular course or based on their enrollment within a
college or degree program.
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Fees charged for the general cost of laboratory
materials and supplies used by a student. The
amount of the laboratory fee may not exceed the
cost of actual materials and supplies used by the
student.
•Lab fees are required to be accounted for as state revenue
•May not exceed $30 per lab course regardless of actual costs
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To defray costs associated with provision of
specialized automated services, a wireless network, 24hour computer access, and distance learning facilities
and support.
Current rate: $25/SCH with a minimum of $100 and
maximum of $300
FY09 Income: $15.6M
Funds to support athletic programs.
Referendum in September 2007 to double the
Athletics Fee over the next five to seven years from
$10 per semester credit hour up to $20 per semester
hour, capped at 12 semester credit hours.
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Current rate: $13/SCH with a maximum of $156 a
semester
FY09 Income: $6.8M
To cover increasing utility costs.
Current rate: $35/semester
FY09 Income: $2.2M
To defray costs of producing and distributing
student ID cards.
Current rate: $3/semester
FY09 Income: $240k
Funds are to be deposited into institution's
international education financial aid fund; money
may be used only to assist student participating in
international student exchange or study programs
Current rate: $2/semester
FY09 Income: $128k
To defray costs associated with providing
increased direct and indirect services and supplies,
to include on-line access to full text data-bases,
academic indexes, print journals and monographs.
Increase will help defray costs for providing 24/5
library hours to respond to expressed student
demand. To provide for growth in library staffing
and associated costs.
Current rate: $14/SCH
FY09 Income: $9.4M
May be used only to provide medical services to
students registered at that component institution.
Current rate: $29.70/semester
FY09 Income: $1.7M
To defray costs associated with adding and dropping
classes, administrative processing of applications for
graduation, late registration, processing transcripts,
updating student records, and preparing enrollment
certifications
Current rate: $10/semester
FY09 Income: $639k
Funds used to finance, construct, operate, maintain, or
improve student recreational facilities. Persons not
enrolled at university may use facility if does not
interfere with student use, or increase potential
liability for university, and is charged a few that is not
less than the student fee & not less than cost to the
university
Current rate: $120/semester
FY09 Income: $7.6M
Funds to be used solely for student services.
Current rate: $15.40/SCH with a maximum of
$184.80/semester
FY09 Income: $9.5M
To defray costs associated with support of center
operations and learning needs of students.
Current rate: $5/semester
FY09 Income: $319k
Funds to be used for sole purpose of financing
transportation services, including capital expenses.
Current rate: $20/semester
FY09 Income: $1.1M
Funds to be used for sole purpose of financing,
operating, maintaining, & improving student union
building.
Current rate: $10/SCH with a minimum of $40 and
maximum of $120
FY09 Income: $5M
To defray costs of providing catalogs, course
schedules and other publications to enrolled
students.
Current rate: $5/semester
FY09 Income: $319k