ENROLLED
ACT No. 455
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 989
BY REPRESENTATIVE SHADOIN AND SENATOR WALSWORTH
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(b)(i), relative to nonresident tuition and fees at
3 public postsecondary education institutions; to remove limitations on the tuition and
4 fee amounts; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(b)(i) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7 follows:
8 ยง3351. General powers, duties, and functions of postsecondary education
9 management boards
10 A. Subject only to the powers of the Board of Regents specifically
11 enumerated in Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and as
12 otherwise provided by law, each postsecondary system management board as a body
13 corporate shall have authority to exercise power necessary to supervise and manage
14 the day-to-day operations of institutions of postsecondary education under its
15 control, including but not limited to the following:
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17 (5)
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19 (b)(i)(aa) In accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of
20 Louisiana, each management board also shall have authority to establish tuition and
21 mandatory attendance fee amounts applicable to nonresident students at an
22 institution under its supervision and management that at least equal the average
23 amount of annual tuition and mandatory attendance fees for the ensuing fiscal year
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1 applicable to nonresident students, at institutions in states comprising the Southern
2 Regional Education Board, excluding Louisiana, which are in the same category as
3 established by the Southern Regional Education Board. Such amounts shall be based
4 on the latest available information that is obtainable by the Board of Regents from
5 the regional education board.
6 (bb) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subitem (aa) of this Item, the Board
7 of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and
8 the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System may reduce tuition
9 and mandatory attendance fee amounts applicable to nonresident undergraduate
10 students at historically black colleges and universities under the supervision and
11 management of the respective board to an amount not less than the average amount
12 of annual tuition and mandatory attendance fees applicable to resident undergraduate
13 students at the same institution. This authority includes the authority to impose
14 proportional amounts for part-time students and for summer and intersession terms.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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