HLS 15RS-754 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 152
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROADWATER
STUDENT/TUITION: Provides relative to mandatory fees charged to students at public
postsecondary education institutions
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:3351.20, relative to fees charged to students at public postsecondary
3 education institutions; to authorize the postsecondary education management boards
4 to establish such fees and modify fee amounts; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:3351.20 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง3351.20. Mandatory fees
8 A. In addition to the authority granted by any other provision of law,
9 including but not limited to R.S. 17:3139.5, 3351.7, and 3351.8, and in accordance
10 with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of
11 Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
12 the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical
13 College, the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, and the
14 Board of Supervisors of Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges may establish
15 at each institution under their respective management and supervision mandatory
16 fees to be charged to students enrolled at such institutions and to modify the amount
17 of such fees as they deem necessary.
18 B.(1) The authority granted by Subsection A of this Section includes the
19 authority to impose per credit fees, to impose differential fees for certain programs
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1 exclusive of others, and to charge proportional amounts for part-time students and
2 for summer sessions.
3 (2) The authority granted by Subsection A of this Section is not subject to
4 any limitation on the authority to establish fees and set fee amounts provided for in
5 R.S. 17:3139 et seq.
6 C. Each management board shall establish a need-based financial assistance
7 fund at each of its member institutions. Each institution shall allocate to its fund
8 funds from its operating budget in an amount not less than five percent of additional
9 revenues realized by the institution from fees assessed pursuant to this Section. Such
10 funds shall be utilized to provide need-based financial assistance to students at that
11 institution who are eligible to receive a Pell Grant.
12 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
13signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
14by the governor, as provided in Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
15vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
16effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 152 Original 2015 Regular Session Broadwater
Abstract: Authorizes the higher education (including community and technical colleges)
management boards to establish and modify, as they deem necessary, fees charged
to students.
Proposed law authorizes the management boards of public higher education to establish fees
and modify fee amounts at institutions under their respective management and supervision.
Provides that such authority specifically includes authority to impose per credit fees and
differential fees for certain programs and to charge proportional amounts for part-time
students and summer sessions.
Present law, the GRAD Act, authorizes specific tuition and fee increases at public
postsecondary education institutions contingent on those institutions meeting performance
goals established by agreement with the Board of Regents. Proposed law provides that the
authority to establish and modify fees as authorized by proposed law is not subject to such
contingencies.
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Proposed law requires each institution to allocate not less than 5% of additional revenues
realized pursuant to proposed law to provide need-based financial assistance to students who
are eligible to receive a Pell Grant.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:3351.20)
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