Remedial classes-tuition free.

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FISCAL NOTE

	FY 2014	FY 2015	FY 2016
NON-ADMINISTRATIVE IMPACT
Anticipated Revenue (Decrease):
COMM COLLEGE TUITION REV	(1,733,083)	(1,819,737)	(1,910,724)
UNIV. OF WYO. TUITION REV	(66,000)	(69,300)	(72,765)

Source of revenue decrease:

Tuition and fees for remedial classes no longer paid by resident students

Assumptions:

University of Wyoming (UW) students register through UW, then take remedial mathematics classes through Laramie County Community College (LCCC) - Albany County campus at the college tuition rate. UW applies tuition differential funding to the Synergy Program, a first year student learning assistance program.

The revenue decrease to the community colleges reported above is intended to be inclusive of tuition and fees paid by resident remedial students to community colleges for all post-secondary remedial education, including that provided by LCCC – Albany County Campus to UW-enrolled students.

Based on data provided by the Department of Education and UW in late 2011, and corroborated by information in the Community College Commission’s 2009-2010 Core Indicators of Effectiveness Report, first-semester remedial Math and English headcounts were increased by factors of 2.05 and 2.22, respectively, to account for students who had to take more than one remedial course, or who had to take the same remedial course more than once.

Remedial Math courses were assumed to be four credits, and remedial English courses were assumed to be three credits.

For fiscal year 2013, system-wide budgeted fee revenue is 28.74 percent of system-wide budgeted tuition revenue.  This same factor of 28.74 percent was used to estimate lost fee revenue on top of lost tuition revenue.

Tuition and fee increases of 5 percent per year are assumed for fiscal years 2015 and 2016.

Prepared by:   Dean Temte, LSO       Phone: 777-7881

(Information provided by Chris Boswell, UW; 307-766-2286:

Matthew Petry, Community College Commission; 777-5859)