Sources of Revenue:

Special Fund

Legislation creates:

Neither Program nor Fund

Fiscal Note Summary

Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.

Senate Bill 166, if approved, would authorize each higher education governing board to increase fees for students attending more than full-time as the term is redefined in this bill. Full-time undergraduate students are defined as those who take at least twelve credit hours in a regular term and full-time graduate students are defined as those talking at least nine credit hours per regular term. Current policy caps undergraduate tuition at the twelve hour rate and graduate tuition at the nine hour rate. This bill would allow each institution’s governing board to assess undergraduate student fees on a pro-rated basis at one-twelfth of the full-time rate for credit hours in excess of sixteen, and graduate students on a pro-rated basis at one-ninth of the full-time rate for credit hours in excess of nine.

Fiscal Note Detail

Effect of Proposal	Fiscal Year
Effect of Proposal	2010 Increase/Decrease (use"-")	2011 Increase/Decrease (use"-")	Fiscal Year (Upon Full Implementation)
1. Estmated Total Cost	0	0	0
Personal Services	0	0	0
Current Expenses	0	0	0
Repairs and Alterations	0	0	0
Assets	0	0	0
Other	0	0	0
2. Estimated Total Revenues	0	10,300,000	10,300,000

Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):

If this policy were in place for the Fall Semester, 2009 and all students taking “excess” hours were willing to pay the higher rate, an additional $10.3 million would have been generated. It is critical to note that the Higher Education Policy Commission and Council for Community and Technical College Education do not believe that demand would remain for these classes at higher tuition rates and the actual revenue increase to be expected would be minimal.

Memorandum

Person submitting Fiscal Note: Terry Hess
Email Address: hess@hepc.wvnet.edu