4. Fees, Fines and Charges
B.4.01 - Special Fees:
The Board shall have the right to set and collect special fees, as authorized by law.
B.4.02 - Incidental Fees:
The Board may fix the rate of incidental fees to be paid by students and prospective students and may make rules for the collection of the fees and for the distribution of the funds so collected. The rate of an incidental fee shall reasonably reflect the actual cost to LSCS of the materials or services for which the fee is collected.
The Board shall publish in the catalog a description of the amount of each incidental fee to be charged.
Incidental fees include, without limitation, such fees as late registration fees, library fines, microfilming fees, bad check charges, application processing fees, and laboratory breakage charges, etc.
B.4.03 - Laboratory Fees:
LSCS shall set and collect a laboratory charge in an amount sufficient to cover the general cost of laboratory materials and supplies used by a student. The laboratory charge shall not exceed the lesser of $24 per semester credit hour of laboratory course credit for which the student is enrolled or the cost of actual materials and supplies to be used by the student.
B.4.04 - Continuing Education Course Fees:
The Board shall charge a reasonable fee to each person registered in a Continuing Education (CE) course at LSCS. The Board shall set the fee in an amount sufficient to permit LSCS to recover the costs of providing the course.
This section applies only to a course for which LSCS does not collect tuition or receive formula funding, including an extension course, correspondence course, or other self-supporting course.
The students enrolled in CE courses for which LSCS collects tuition or receives formula funding will be charged a specified amount per course hour.
B.4.05 - Student Activity Fees:
The Board shall collect from registered students an activity fee of $2.00 per credit hour each semester to be used to support student activities that are separate and apart from the regularly scheduled academic functions of LSCS and directly involve or benefit students.
All money collected as student activity fees shall be reserved and accounted for in an account kept separate and apart from educational and general funds of LSCS and shall be used only for the support of student activities.
The Chancellor shall develop procedures and guidelines for the collecting, accounting, and expending of student activity fees.
B.4.06 - Student Activity Fee Advisory Committees:
Prior to recommending the student fee budget to the Board, the Chancellor shall consider the report and recommendations of the College Student Fee Advisory Committee. Each College Student Fee Advisory Committee shall consist of nine members.
B.4.07 - Joint Enrollment Waiver:
If a student registers at more than one of the colleges in the LSCS system under concurrent enrollment provisions of joint or cooperative programs between the two colleges, the student shall pay all compulsory student services fees to the college designated as the home college under the joint or cooperative program, and payment of all compulsory student services fees at the other college shall be waived.
B.4.08 - Exemption under Texas Law:
Students for whom Texas law provides specific exemptions from tuition and/or dues, fees and charges shall be granted those exemptions by LSCS.
LSCS Policy Manual Section adopted by the Board of Trustees on August 7, 2008