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2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 113
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROADWATER
STUDENT/TUITION: Removes termination of the authority of public postsecondary
education management boards to establish and increase student fees
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3351.20(A)(1) and (F), relative to fees charged to students at
3 public postsecondary education institutions; to remove limitations on the authority
4 of a public postsecondary education management board to establish, adjust, and
5 increase certain fees; to extend the requirement that such boards report annually to
6 the legislature relative to such fees; and to provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:3351.20(A)(1) and (F) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
9as follows:
10 ยง3351.20. Mandatory fees
11 A.(1) In addition to the authority granted by any other provision of law,
12 including but not limited to R.S. 17:3139.5, 3351.7, and 3351.8, and in accordance
13 with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Legislature of
14 Louisiana hereby authorizes the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University
15 and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors of Southern
16 University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors for
17 the University of Louisiana System, and the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana
18 Community and Technical Colleges to establish at each institution under their
19 respective management and supervision mandatory fees to be charged to students
20 enrolled at such institutions and to adjust the amounts of such fees as they deem
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1 necessary. Such authority shall apply for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic
2 years only, and the authority to increase fees pursuant thereto shall terminate on June
3 30, 2017.
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5 F. Each postsecondary education management board shall submit a written
6 report to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on
7 Education not later than February 15, 2016, and February 15, 2017, February
8 fifteenth annually regarding how the fees authorized by this Section were are being
9 implemented at each institution under its supervision and management, including an
10 overview of the distribution of the monies in the need-based financial assistance fund
11 as provided in Subsection C of this Section.
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 113 Original 2017 Regular Session Broadwater
Abstract: Removes the sunset on the authority of the public postsecondary education
management boards to establish and increase student fees and extends annual
requirement that they report to the legislature relative to such fees.
Present law authorizes the public postsecondary education management boards to establish
fees and adjust fee amounts at institutions under their respective management and
supervision. Limits application of such authority to the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 academic
years and terminates the authority to increase fees pursuant thereto on June 30, 2017.
Proposed law removes the limitation on the exercise of this authority to these two academic
years and removes the June 30, 2017, termination of the authority to increase fees pursuant
thereto.
Present law requires each management board to report to the House and Senate education
committees by Feb. 15th of 2016 and 2017 regarding implementation of fees authorized by
present law, including an overview of the distribution of the monies in the need-based
financial assistance fund as provided in present law. Proposed law requires annual reporting
in accordance with proposed law; otherwise retains present law.
Proposed law retains applicability of all of the following present law to continuing authority:
(1)Fee authority 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.
(2)Except for the LSU Health Sciences Centers (LSUHSC), the pharmacy program at
the Univ. of La. at Monroe (ULM), and the Southern Univ. Law Center (SULC), the
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revenue per full time equivalent (FTE) student from all tuition and fee amounts
charged to a student plus the revenue per FTE student from state and local
appropriations shall not exceed the national average per FTE student revenue from
state appropriations, local appropriations, tuition, and fees as reported by the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) by Carnegie classification, which
maximum amount may be annually adjusted based on the most recent funding
statistics as reported by the NCES and adjusted to the current fiscal year (FY) using
the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI).
(3)The total of all tuition and fee amounts charged to a student enrolled in the LSUHSC,
ULM pharmacy program, and SULC shall not exceed the tuition and fees charged,
as reported by the NCES, of national peers selected by the institution, which
maximum amount may be annually adjusted based on the most recent tuition and fee
amounts per FTE student as reported by the NCES and adjusted to the current FY
using the HEPI.
(4)Requires each institution to allocate not less than 5% of revenues realized pursuant
to present law to provide need-based financial assistance to students eligible to
receive a Pell Grant.
(5)Prohibits revenues generated by fees imposed pursuant to present law from being
used for any other purpose except for support of the university at which the fees were
collected.
(6)Provides that the fee authority granted by present law includes the authority to
impose a fee for the administration of certain student surveys.
(Amends R.S. 17:3351.20(A)(1) and (F))
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