Florida College SystemOverview and Substantive

Legislative Issues 2011 Legislative Session

Association of Florida CollegesMichael Brawer, Executive

Director and CEO

Setting the Legislative Agenda

Issues identified by AFC Legislative Committee – June 2010

At the summer meeting of the Council of Presidents Steering Committee the issues and LBR (Legislative Budget Request ) are vetted and agreed upon - October 14, 2010

November 2010 – Game on!!

This Year’s Challenges

New Governor – unknown commodity Dozens of new Legislators

Loss of institutional knowledge Steep learning curve

New Senate President and House Speaker New procedures and rules New Committee Structure Numerous legislative staff changes

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The Florida College System: Growth in FTE*

*Lower and Upper Division Full-Time Equivalent Enrollment; Funded-30; Actual Enrollment from Student Database.

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11(2)$2,500

$2,750

$3,000

$3,250

$3,500

$3,750

$4,000

260,000

280,000

300,000

320,000

340,000

360,000

380,000

400,000

$3,448

$3,809

$3,643

$3,131

$2,854 $2,867

287,714 286,755

305,535

329,052

359,900

383,408

Florida College SystemComparison of FTE to State(1) Funds per FTE

State/Federal Funds per FTE FTE Enrollments

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(1) Includes ARRA Federal Stimulus Funds for 2009-10 and 2010-11.(2) 2010-11 includes funding and FTE for upper level. FTE excludes Continuing Workforce Education (CWE).

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Florida College Transfers & SUS Enrollment

AS1.4%

No Associate10.6%

All Others11.1%

SUS Native37.6%

AA Transfer39.3%

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09 09-10

Year

Num

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s

AA Transfer SUS Natives

Source: Florida Board of Governors

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Source: PK-20 Education Data Warehouse. * Does not include students who enrolled in postsecondary education out of state, historically 4-5% of high school graduates.Note: percentages use the 90,769 as the denominator and will add up to more than 100% because students may enroll in more than one

sector.

What Happens After They Graduate?Standard Diplomas to Postsecondary

146,095High School

DiplomaRecipients

Independent Universities

PK-12 Adult Programs

Florida Colleges

State Universities

2007-08 The 2008-09 Academic Year90,259 (62%) Students

Enrolled in a Florida Postsecondary Institution*

2,570 (3%)

59,814 (66%)

4,739 (5%)

26,685 (30%)

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Plugging the PipelineAA Transfers to the State

Universities The dramatic growth in Florida College System enrollments is proportionally increasing the number of AA graduates.

A gap is starting to grow between the number of AA graduates seeking to transfer and transfer admissions to the State University System.

State universities will need to increase the number of transfer students to meet demand for junior level transfers.

2004-05 Graduation2005-06 SUS En-

rollment

2005-06 Graduation2006-07 SUS En-

rollment

2006-07 Graduation2007-08 SUS En-

rollment

2007-08 Graduation2008-09 SUS En-

rollment

2008-09 Graduation2009-10 SUS En-

rollment

2009-10 Graduation2010-11 SUS En-

rollment

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

40,000

45,000

50,000

55,000

48,763

31,595

FCS AA Graduates FCS Transfers to SUS

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Targeted Degrees Pay!

Source: FETPIP, 2008-09 Graduates with Full-Time Employment Fall 2009

* HW/HS Threshold = 13 wks. X 40 hrs @ $19.84 per hr. X 4 qtrs.

Annualized Earnings for 2008-09Florida Graduates and Completers

$20,500 $20,960

$37,356$39,108

$47,708$44,064 $44,064

$47,080

$36,552

$57,728

$65,884

$(5,000)

$5,000

$15,000

$25,000

$35,000

$45,000

$55,000

$65,000

Sec. Vocation

High School

FCS PSAV

FCS PSVC

FCS AS Degree

FCS AAS Degree

FCS AA Degree

FCS Bachelors Degree

SUS Bachelors Degree

SUS Masters

SUS PhD

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 (1)$0.0

$200,000,000.0

$400,000,000.0

$600,000,000.0

$800,000,000.0

$1,000,000,000.0

$1,200,000,000.0

$1,400,000,000.0

$1,600,000,000.0

$1,800,000,000.0

$2,000,000,000.0

$892,104,196.0$975,184,510.0 $1,000,880,995.0

$905,551,366.0$827,759,534.0 $889,604,318.0

$99,925,000.0

$116,930,000.0 $112,252,800.0

$124,770,300.0

$116,671,024.0$126,717,253.0

$469,634,981.0

$495,612,316.0$545,204,419.5

$640,412,297.0 $767,092,340.0

$851,429,278.0

$82,588,573.0

$83,045,378.0

Florida College System Operating Budget

GENERAL REVENUE L0TTERY/ EETF STUDENT FEES FEDERAL FUNDS

Do

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s in

Mil

lio

ns

$1,461.7

$1,794.1

$1,670.7$1,658.3$1,587.7

$1,950.8

32

.1%

31

.2% 32

.9%

38

.3%

42

.8%

43

.6%

(1) 2010-11 includes funding for the upper level.

2011-12 College Funds

2010-11 Appropriations  

2011-12 Requested

Appropriations   Increase

%Increas

e

Operating Budgets

Community College Program Fund $904,119,526 $865,413,441 ($38,706,085

)

State Fiscal Stabilization Funds - Education $83,045,378 ($83,045,378

)

Community College Lottery Funds $126,959,158 $157,514,164 $30,555,006

CCPF - Enrollment Growth $76,439,567 $76,439,567

Replacement of Non-recurring (SFSF & GR) $91,196,457 $91,196,457

Operating Cost of New Facilities $6,000,000 $6,000,000

Operating Budgets  $1,114,124,0

62  $1,196,563,6

29  $82,439,567 7.4%

Non-Program Fund RequestsProgram Challenge Grants - Dr. Phil Benjamin $0 $154,080,119 $154,080,119

2+2 Public and Private Partnerships $5,000,000 $5,000,000 $0

Commission on Community Service $566,251 $566,251 $0

Distance Learning Consortium   $316,675   $316,675   $0

Non-Program Funds $5,882,926 $159,963,045 $154,080,11

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Total$1,120,006,9

88 $1,356,526,6

74 $236,519,68

6 21.1%

FY 2011-12 Legislative Budget Request

Projected Funding Per FTEEnrollment Calculation

Current Estimated FTE (excluding CWE) 356,955

Projected FTE (excluding CWE) 383,629

Projected Growth FTE 26,674

State & Federal Operating Funds per FTE $2,866

Request to Fund Enrollment Growth$76,439,567

Substantive Legislative Issues

E-Text Fee Will allow colleges specific authority to

charge "licensing fees" for electronic texts in lieu of traditional texts.

Credit Card Convenience fee Tweak last year’s legislation to include

all students, not just college credit.

Substantive Legislative Issues

Continuing Workforce Education – “Glitch bill” designed to tweak

problematic areas in the bill that passed the 2010 session to require 100% support from fees.

HB 007 Transportation Fee Bill Continue for the 12th year trying to pass

a transportation fee bill similar to what the universities have.

Substantive Legislative Issues

Retirement and Benefits Monitor and influence major changes

proposed last year that will be proposed again.

Could include substantial changes to FRS as we know it

Also on the table is DROP, and possibly other benefits

Employee Co-pay - # 1 issue Continuation of Defined Benefit

Retirement Issues Status

Key issue is the states obligation to cover the FRS “unfunded liability”, i.e., the difference between the cash value in the entire system currently and what would be needed to pay out every obligation annually.

Covered 3 Legislative Committees week of January 10

Scheduled Key meetings with Legislative Staff this week

NO BILL DRAFTED YET!! Due sometime in February.

Asked to be part of work group to propose solutions

Other Things We are Watching

OPPAGA (Office of Public Policy and Government Accountability) Monitor and review results of OPPAGA study relating

to consolidation of tech centers with colleges or vice versa.

Baccalaureate degrees Monitor the Higher Education Coordinating Council

and the Board of Governors on decisions that could impact the offering of four-year degrees by our colleges.

General Governance Monitor bills and other actions that may impact our

local governance by weakening our Boards of Trustees and/or providing greater oversight authority to the DOE.