2005 Idaho Code - 33-2110 — TUITION

                                  TITLE  33
                                  EDUCATION
                                  CHAPTER 21
                               JUNIOR COLLEGES
    33-2110.  TUITION. (1) All students of a community college shall pay
tuition that shall be fixed annually by the board of trustees not later than
the 1st day of August of each year. The tuition for full-time students taking
normal academic courses provided by the college, who are residents of the
district, shall be fixed at not less than three hundred fifty dollars ($350)
per annum, and may be increased by increments of not more than ten percent
(10%) per annum to a maximum tuition of one thousand two hundred fifty dollars
($1,250) per annum. For all other students taking such courses the tuition
shall be, as nearly as is practicable, the annual costs of all elements of
providing the courses of instruction, including interest on general obligation
bonds, teaching, administration, maintenance, operation and depreciation of
equipment and buildings, supplies and fuel, and other ordinary and necessary
expenses of operation incurred in providing courses by the community college,
provided that the tuition of students residing outside the district but within
the county or counties wherein the district is located shall be fixed after
taking into account moneys received by the community college district from any
funds allocated to the community college from the educational funds of the
state of Idaho, other than allocations for professional-technical education;
and provided that the tuition of students residing outside the district and
the county but within the state of Idaho shall be fixed after taking into
account moneys received from educational funds other than
professional-technical moneys, as referred to in this chapter, from the state
of Idaho. Receipt of moneys, as hereinbefore provided in this section, shall
be based upon the receipts from the sources referred to during the fiscal year
preceding the fixing of the tuition. A student in a community college shall
not be deemed a resident of the district or of the county or of the state of
Idaho, unless that student is deemed a resident as defined by section
33-2110B, Idaho Code, for the district, county or state prior to the date of
his first enrollment in the community college, and no student who was not a
resident of the district, county or state shall gain residence while attending
and enrolled in the community college. The residence of a minor shall be
deemed to be the residence of his parents or parent or guardian. Tuition shall
be payable in advance, but the board may, in its discretion, permit tuition to
be paid in installments.
    (2)  The board of trustees shall also fix fees for laboratory and other
special services provided by the community college and for special courses,
including, but not limited to, night school, off-campus courses, summer
school, professional-technical courses, as otherwise provided in this chapter,
and other special instruction provided by the community college and nothing in
this chapter shall be deemed to control the amount of tuition for special
courses or fees for special services, as herein provided, but the same shall
be, as nearly as reasonable, sufficient to cover the cost of all elements of
providing courses as above defined.
    (3)  In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following
definitions shall be uniformly applied. The application of these definitions
shall be retroactive and prospective.
    (a)  "Fees" shall include all charges imposed by the governing body, to
    students, as a whole or individually, in excess of tuition. Student fees
    may be imposed for special courses, instruction, and service:
         (i)   "Special course or instruction fee" means those fees charged
         for any class or educational endeavor which shall have unique costs
         beyond a traditional college lecture class; for example, foreign
         language audio or visual instruction, specialized musical
         instruction, computer class, art class involving supplies or
         audiovisual equipment, professional-technical instruction, laboratory
         class, remedial instruction, team teaching, satellite transmissions,
         outside instructor, professionally assisted instruction, etc.
         (ii)  "Special service fee" means those fees charged for activity,
         benefit, or assistance offered to students which is beyond
         traditional classroom instruction; for example, student government
         support, providing of student health staff or facilities, student
         union support, intramural and intercollegiate athletics, recreational
         opportunities, financial aid services, graduation expense, automobile
         parking, student yearbook/publication, insurance, registration,
         noncapital library user fee, etc.
    Fees shall not be imposed for any capital improvements except as
    specifically authorized in chapter 21, title 33, Idaho Code.
    (b)  "Tuition" shall mean a sum charged students for cost of college
    instruction and shall include costs associated with maintenance and
    operation of physical plant, student services and institutional support.