Lamar State College Port Arthur 2016-2017 Catalog Revised 9-13-16
Endowed Scholarship Fee in addition to tuition. The amount of these fees varies based on the number of semester credit hours a student is taking. Other fees, such as a Student Center Fee, a Recreational Sports Fee, a Transcript Fee and those for student photo identification and late registration, are for fixed amounts. Descriptions of common fees appear below.
The College reserves the right to change fees in keeping with acts of the Texas Legislature and The Texas State University System Board of Regents.
Administrative Computer Use Fee
The Administrative Computer Use Fee supports the administrative mainframe computer and the academic mainframe computer. The current rate is $ 20.57 per semester credit hour.
Athletic Fee
The Athletic Fee supports the intercollegiate athletic programs administration, staffing and activities related to participation in NJCAA( National Junior College Athletic Association) competition.
The current rate is $ 11.37 per credit hour in fall and spring semesters and $ 5.69 per credit hour during summer terms.
Breakage or Damage Fee
The College will make a special assessment against any student responsible for the breakage of supplies or equipment, loss of instructional equipment or other college property.
Library fines, charges for breakage or loss of equipment or to other charges must be paid before a transcript of credit or a permit to re-enter the College will be issued.
Verification of Identity Fee
Currently, the only Lamar State College Port Arthur students required to pay an additional charge for verifying identity are those students enrolled in RNSG 1300 and 1311. These students register for proctored final examinations in each course at a cost of $ 25 per exam.
Endowed Scholarship Fee
The Endowed Scholarship Fee is used to establish a Student Endowment Scholarship Fund. The current rate is $ 1 per semester credit hour.
Laboratory Fee
A Laboratory Fee is charged each semester for courses with a combined lecture and laboratory credit from one to three semester credit hours. The laboratory fee is $ 4 per semester for courses that have four or more semester credit hours.
Late Registration Fee
A charge of $ 10 is made for late registration.
Library Fee
This $ 4 per credit hour fee is used to support a portion of the operations of the Gates Memorial Library.
Matriculation Fee
A matriculation fee of $ 20 will be incurred by students who withdraw prior to the first day of class. This $ 20 fee will be deducted from refunds.
Miscellaneous Fees
Associate Degree Diploma............................... $ 27.98 Certificate of Completion................................ $ 27.98 Cap and Gown Fee.......................................... $ 37.98 Advanced Standing Examination( per course).... $ 25 Lost Photo ID.......................................................... $ 5 Distance Learning Fee......................................... $ 50
NOTE: After a student exceeds the state-mandated limit of 27 semester credit hours of remedial courses, the College may charge an additional fee for further remedial courses.
Parking Fee
Charges for parking on campus are made at registration. Parking fees are:
Fall Semester....................................................... $ 40 Spring Semester.................................................. $ 35 Summer Session I................................................. $ 30 Summer Session II.............................................. $ 25
Parking fees allow the use of parking facilities on the Lamar State College Port Arthur campus only.
Recreational Sports Fee
The Recreational Sports Fee supports the operations of the Carl A. Parker Multipurpose Center. The current rate is $ 26.40 for each long semester and $ 13.20 for each short semester.
Reinstatement Fee
A student seeking reinstatement to the College after withdrawing without paying the full amount of tuition and fees due, or after having been denied
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