CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN BERNARDINO

POLICY ON GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
MANDATORY STUDENT FEES

APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL:         October 29, 1996

Revision #1:
        APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL:     April 7, 1997

FOR INTERPRETATION OF THIS POLICY, PLEASE CONTACT:
        Office of Vice President for Student Affairs, 909-880-5185

I.         PURPOSE

The purpose of this policy is to set forth the procedures by which mandatory student fees are established and/or adjusted at California State University, San Bernardino.  Mandatory fees are those fees that must be paid by all students to enroll in, attend, or graduate from the university or to take a course offered through the state-funded instructional program.

II.    SCOPE OF AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY

The Board of Trustees of the California State University (CSU) provides policy guidance for all matters pertaining to student fees.   The Chancellor of CSU is delegated the authority to establish new campus mandatory, user and penalty fees.  The campus President is delegated the authority to increase, decrease, or abolish campus mandatory, user or penalty fees.  At its meeting in May 1996, the CSU Board of Trustees adopted a systemwide Student Fees Policy which gave campus Presidents the responsibility for assuring that appropriate consultation occurs prior to adjusting any fee or requesting the Chancellor to establish a new fee.  The following campus policy describes the consultation processes which will be utilized at California State University, San Bernardino.

III.    STUDENT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The President shall establish a Student Fee Advisory Committee which will review proposed mandatory student fee adjustments and the proposed establishment of new fees.  The committee will provide the recommendations to the President on all proposed new or adjusted mandatory fees.

A.    Membership

The Student Fee Policy Committee will be comprised of:

• The Associated Students, Inc., President or designee, six student representatives, one of whom is a graduate student, appointed by the Associated Students President.

• The Chair of the Faculty Senate or designee.

• One member of the Educational Policy and Resources Committee appointed by the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate.

• One representative from the financial management area of the Division of Administration and Finance, recommended to the President by the Vice President for Administration and Finance.

• One representative from the Division of Information Resources and Technology, recommended to the President by the Vice President for Information Resources and Technology.

• One representative from the Division of Student Affairs recommended to the President by the Vice President for Student Affairs.

• One representative from the Division of University Advancement recommended to the President by the Vice President for University Advancement.
  

B.    Committee Chair

The President shall appoint a chairperson of the committee from the membership at the beginning of each academic year.

C.    Duties

The Student Fee Advisory Committee will review requests for the establishment and/or adjustment of mandatory student fees and provide recommendations to the President.  Typically, changes to mandatory student fees are implemented with the beginning of the academic year.  If a referendum is deemed necessary by the committee, such referenda must be held no later than the spring quarter for a fee to be implemented during the coming year.  Criteria for determining if a fee requires a referendum is set forth in Executive Order No. 661.  The committee will facilitate student referenda prior to adjusting or establishing new mandatory fees.  This includes:  assuring the referendum is open, fair, and objective, the issuance of a voter pamphlet providing objective analysis, assuring that the pamphlet and ballot information is widely distributed to students at least thirty days prior to the referendum.  The committee will recommend to the Administrative Council how the referendum will be financed.

IV.    ACCOUNTABILITY

A.    Total campus mandatory fees, excluding mandatory fees for graduate level programs, may not exceed one-third of the state university fee.

B.   Mandatory fees for graduate level programs may not exceed one-half of the state university fee regardless of the level of campus mandatory fees.

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