PS-05.A.24 - Tuition, Fees, and Charges

3.1.2.A Supplemental Instruction fees (54.051[1]): The tuition statute states that students registered for a course or courses in art, architecture, drama, speech or music where individual coaching or instruction is the usual method of instruction, shall pay a fee for the individual coaching or instruction, in addition to regular tuition.

3.1.2.B University Center fees (54.527): The statute allows and the Board has approved a fee not to exceed $25 per student enrolled in up to five Semester Credit Hours (“SCH”) and $35 for students enrolled for more than five SCH to be set for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving the University Center..

3.1.2.C International Education fees (54.5132): The University charges a Board-approved rate of $4 per student for each semester. The funds may be used to assist students participating in international student exchange or study abroad programs.

3.1.2.D Incidental fees (54.504): A fee may be charged to students or prospective students to cover the cost of providing materials or services which are not the subject of a charge under any other statutory authorization. Incidental fees may be course related or non-course related.

The rate of the fee should reasonably reflect the actual cost to the University for the materials or services for which it is collected; balances of incidental fees may only accrue to the extent considered reasonable in the business cycle of the college or department, or to provide sufficient funds for replacement of equipment and furnishings on a regular, but not annual, basis. Balances accruing as a result of enrollment variances or fluctuations in the cost of materials or services will be expended for the purpose for which the funds were collected, and that use will be stated in an annual report on the use of incidental fees. Funds accruing for the replacement of equipment and furnishings will be accounted for in a manner in which the balance can be readily identified.

3.1.2.E Student Service fees (54.503 and 54.5061): These statutes allow the University to charge fees to cover the cost of student services that the Board considers necessary or desirable in carrying out the educational functions of the University. The fees may be approved as either compulsory or voluntary; the maximum allowable for all compulsory fees is $250 per semester or summer session (unless approved by a majority vote of the students under this statute.) The Board has approved a compulsory student service fee.

Student services, under this statute, cover textbook rentals; recreational activities; health, hospital, and other medical services; group hospitalization; intramural and intercollegiate athletics; artists and lecture series and other cultural entertainment; debating and oratorical activities; student publications; student government; student fees advisory committees; student transportation services; and any other student activities and services specifically authorized and approved by the Board, except those authorized by any other section of the Education Code.

3.1.2.F Rentals, rates and charges (55.16): The Board is authorized by this statute to impose rentals, rates and charges upon students and others for the occupancy, services, use, and/or availability of all or any of its property, buildings, structures, activities, operations, or other facilities, in such amounts and in such manner as may be determined by the Board. The Board is not required to charge students enrolled in different degree programs at the institution the same rentals, rates and charges.

3.1.2.G Fees and charges for services to the general public (54.506): The Board must approve schedules of minimum fees and charges for services performed by any department or unit of the University for students and the public. The schedule shall conform to the fees and charges customarily made for like services in the community.

3.1.2.H Fees for continuing education courses (54.545): In accordance with Section 54.545 of the Texas Education Code, the Board delegates authority to the Chancellor, or their designee, to set fees for each continuing education course at each institution in an amount sufficient to permit the institution to recover the costs of providing the course. Fees will be charged only for a course for which the institution does not collect tuition or receive formula funding, including an extension course, correspondence course, or other self-supporting course. Information regarding fees charged for continuing education courses shall be on file in the Office of the President.

3.1.2.I Vehicle registration and other fees related to parking and traffic (54.505): The Board is authorized by this statute to charge reasonable fees to students, faculty, and staff for registration of vehicles. Revenue from these fees may be used to support parking operations, including debt service on parking garages. The Board is also authorized to charge reasonable fees for parking facilities, enforcement and administration of parking and traffic regulations. These fees are voluntary.

3.1.2.J The University may seek authorization from the legislature, through statute, to charge new stand-alone fees, generally to support new non-Education and General (E&G) construction.

3.1.2.K Wellness and Success Center Fee: A compulsory fee, approved by the UHS Board of Regents and the 86^th Legislature, allows UHD to begin charging this fee of up to $130 per Long Semester, starting in Fall 2019, to finance the construction and operation of the UHD Wellness and Success Center. This Fee is completely separate from the Center Fee.