G-5. IMPLEMENTATION OF FEES
Value Statements:
[1] Student fees must be approved annually by
the Board, with justifications, revenue/cost estimates, and proposed changes
listed during budget deliberations.
[2] The implementation of a fee shall be
guided by a different principle than tuition. In particular fees shall be
assessed to cover identified costs, not to generate revenue.
(a) No course fee for credit classes shall be
imposed unless it can be clearly linked to materials, laboratories, services,
equipment, or specialized non-classroom-based one-to-one instruction that are
unique to that course. These are completely or partially consumed or used by an
individual student during the semester. Moreover, consumption or use must be in
such a manner that re-use by future students would be adversely impacted or not
possible because of their nature or that requires frequent replacement because
of such use or consumption.
(b) In addition to the reason outlined in
2(a) above, no course fee shall be imposed unless it can also be demonstrated
that without such a fee, the course would require a subsidy of general revenue
funds. A fee may also be imposed for a credit course for which the college does
not receive state reimbursement
[3] The administration shall provide to the
board a justification based upon these principles prior to the imposition of
any new fee.
The Austin Community College
Board of Trustees adopted this policy on October 2, 2000. Section [1] had
previously been a provision of Policy A-4. The policy was
amended (and its numbering changed from A-7 to G-8) on March 4, 2003. The policy number was changed from G-8 in
May 2004 when the previous
G-5 (on capital equipment purchases) was repealed as part of a
rearrangement of the budget policies. Policy G-5 was amended on October 6, 2008.
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