2022 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 76
BY SENATOR FIELDS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(a), relative to fees charged to students at public
3 postsecondary education institutions; to provide for the inclusion of fees in certain
4 graduate students' compensation packages; to require each public postsecondary
5 education management board to adopt a policy providing for such compensation; and
6 to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
9 follows:
10 ยง3351. General powers, duties, and functions of postsecondary education
11 management boards
12 A. Subject only to the powers of the Board of Regents specifically
13 enumerated in Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and as
14 otherwise provided by law, each postsecondary system management board as a body
15 corporate shall have authority to exercise power necessary to supervise and manage
16 the day-to-day operations of institutions of postsecondary education under its
17 control, including but not limited to the following:
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19 (5)(a)(i) In accordance with any other applicable provision of this Paragraph,
20 determine the fees which shall be paid by students.
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1 (ii) Payments to cover or a waiver of any mandatory fee imposed in
2 accordance with this Title except for tuition shall be included in the
3 compensation package of each graduate student serving as a teaching assistant,
4 research assistant, or curatorial assistant. Each public postsecondary education
5 management board shall adopt a policy relative to implementing the provisions
6 of this Item.
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8 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on August 1, 2024; if vetoed by the
9 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
10 the day following such approval by the legislature or August 1, 2024, whichever is later.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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