2 A flat $10/semester fee eliminates multiple charges, as in the past, for processing applications for graduation, late registration, enrollment certifications, adding and dropping classes, and per transcript charges for individual transcripts. Students can order up to 5 transcripts daily for the rest of their lives with no additional charge. Fee revenue supports salaries for 10 staff members that work directly with student records, transcript production, and graduation coordination. This fee also pays for transcript security paper, special security envelopes, postage, and some routine maintenance and operation expenses. A flat $10/semester fee eliminates multiple charges, as in the past, for processing applications for graduation, late registration, enrollment certifications, adding and dropping classes, and per transcript charges for individual transcripts. Students can order up to 5 transcripts daily for the rest of their lives with no additional charge. Fee revenue supports salaries for 10 staff members that work directly with student records, transcript production, and graduation coordination. This fee also pays for transcript security paper, special security envelopes, postage, and some routine maintenance and operation expenses. 3 The majority of expenses are for staff salaries that provide the services related to records processing. Various opportunities for technological advances are being investigated that may allow us to maintain our current number of employees even with our continual increase in enrollment. Broadening our base for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with other participating Texas colleges and universities should reduce postage costs, paper and envelopes, as well as maintaining the same level of staffing positions. The majority of expenses are for staff salaries that provide the services related to records processing. Various opportunities for technological advances are being investigated that may allow us to maintain our current number of employees even with our continual increase in enrollment. Broadening our base for Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with other participating Texas colleges and universities should reduce postage costs, paper and envelopes, as well as maintaining the same level of staffing positions. 4 The current fee of $10/semester does not currently fully support all the functions associated with the services provided. Although we anticipate status quo at this time, we may need to request a fee increase in the future. Longer term, we are testing a completely different electronic transcript process with eSCRIP-Safe which will allow students to send their transcripts electronically to businesses and other colleges almost instantly with virtually no wait. We hope to implement this in The current fee of $10/semester does not currently fully support all the functions associated with the services provided. Although we anticipate status quo at this time, we may need to request a fee increase in the future. Longer term, we are testing a completely different electronic transcript process with eSCRIP-Safe which will allow students to send their transcripts electronically to businesses and other colleges almost instantly with virtually no wait. We hope to implement this in 2010. 5 None at this time