...The Tuition Differential Fee
In 2007, the Legislature authorized state universities to
impose a new fee – the TDF. See Ch. 2007-225 § 1, Laws of Fla.
The Legislature did not include the TDF in the definition of tuition
or registration fee, but created it as a separate, statutorily defined
fee. See §§
1009.01(3),
1009.24(16), Fla. Stat. (2007). “Tuition
differential” is defined as “the supplemental fee charged to a
student for instruction provided by a public university in this state
pursuant to s.
1009.24(15).” §
1009.01(3), Fla. Stat. (2007). 3
However, the Legislature excluded pre-existing Florida Prepaid
2 The building fee was merged into the Capital Improvement
Trust Fund fee in 2012. Ch. 2012-134, § 22, Laws of Fla.
3 In 2009, section
1009.01(3), Florida Statutes, was amended
to define the TDF as, “the supplemental fee charged to a student
by a public university in this state pursuant to s....
...03/04 MC made this clear by its provision indicating the
beneficiary was responsible for additional fees.
What undermines Snyder’s argument is the Legislature’s
decision to define the TDF separately from tuition or registration
fee. See §§ 1009.01(1), (3), Fla....
