November 20th - Agenda

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November 20th - Agenda

• Review Agenda, Explanation of Fee Types, Fee
  Reviews Process, Review of Proposed Fee Changes
  - Janet Parker
• 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
• QA /Wrap Up

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Fee Structure and Fee Types
Tuition and Fee Proposal
Academic Years 2011 and 2012
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Tuition and Fee Structure

• Three components
• Tuition Statutory (rate set by state
  legislature) Designated (deregulated rate set
  by UT Board of Regents through the TF Proposal
  process)
• 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 and Designated Tuition

• Statutory Tuition - Set by Legislature
• 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.
  
• FY 09 110/SCH
• FY10 120.85/SCH

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Mandatory Fees

• 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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Incidental Fees

• 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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Laboratory Fees

• 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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Overview of Mandatory Fees
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Automated Services Fee

• To defray costs associated with provision of
  specialized automated services, a wireless
  network, 24-hour 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

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Athletic Fee

• Current rate 13/SCH with a maximum of 156 a
  semester

• FY09 Income 6.8M

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Energy Fee

• To cover increasing utility costs.

• Current rate 35/semester

• FY09 Income 2.2M

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Identification (UTSA) Card Fee

• To defray costs of producing and distributing
  student ID cards.

• Current rate 3/semester

• FY09 Income 240k

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International Education Fee

• 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

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Library Resource Fee

• 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

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Medical Services Fee

• May be used only to provide medical services to
  students registered at that component institution.

• Current rate 29.70/semester

• FY09 Income 1.7M

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Records Processing Fee

• 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

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Recreation Center Fee

• 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

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Student Services Fee

• Funds to be used solely for student services.

• Current rate 15.40/SCH with a maximum of
  184.80/semester

• FY09 Income 9.5M

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Teaching and Learning Center Fee

• To defray costs associated with support of center
  operations and learning needs of students.

• Current rate 5/semester

• FY09 Income 319k

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Transportation Fee

• Funds to be used for sole purpose of financing
  transportation services, including capital
  expenses.

• Current rate 20/semester

• FY09 Income 1.1M

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University Center Fee

• 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

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University Publication Fee

• To defray costs of providing catalogs, course
  schedules and other publications to enrolled
  students.

• Current rate 5/semester

• FY09 Income 319k