HLS 23RS-479 ENGROSSED
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 67
BY REPRESENTATIVE FISHER
HIGHER EDUCATION: Authorizes the University of Louisiana System to establish tuition
and fees for a Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Louisiana at
Monroe
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(c), to authorize the University of Louisiana
3 System board of supervisors to establish tuition amounts and other fees and charges
4 applicable to the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of Louisiana
5 at Monroe; to provide limitations; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(c) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
8follows:
9 ยง3351. General powers, duties, and functions of postsecondary education
10 management boards
11 A. Subject only to the powers of the Board of Regents specifically
12 enumerated in Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and as
13 otherwise provided by law, each postsecondary system management board as a body
14 corporate shall have authority to exercise power necessary to supervise and manage
15 the day-to-day operations of institutions of postsecondary education under its
16 control, including but not limited to the following:
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18 (5)
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are additions. HLS 23RS-479 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 67
1 (c)(i) The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System is
2 authorized to establish the tuition amounts and other fees and charges applicable to
3 students enrolled in the Doctor of Pharmacy Program program at the University of
4 Louisiana at Monroe to be consistent with tuition amounts and other fees charged to
5 students in Doctor of Pharmacy Programs programs in states comprising the
6 Southern Regional Education Board.
7 (ii) The Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System is
8 authorized to establish the tuition amounts and other fees and charges applicable to
9 students enrolled in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program at the University of
10 Louisiana at Monroe to be consistent with tuition amounts and other fees charged to
11 students in Doctor of Physical Therapy programs in states comprising the Southern
12 Regional Education Board.
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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 67 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Fisher
Abstract: Authorizes the University of La. System to set tuition and fee amounts for Doctor
of Physical Therapy students at University of La. at Monroe (ULM).
Proposed law authorizes the University of La. System board of supervisors to establish
tuition amounts and other fees and charges applicable to students enrolled in the Doctor of
Physical Therapy program at ULM to be consistent with tuition amounts and other fees
charged to students in Doctor of Physical Therapy programs in the states comprising the
Southern Regional Education Bd.
(Amends R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(c))
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