Amendment H-8083 to HF 2558
Relating to higher education, including by modifying the responsibilities of private institutions of higher education, community colleges, the state board of regents, and institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents, modifying provisions related to diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, tuition, and administrator hiring at state universities, membership of the state board of regents, and student-employer work and tuition programs at state universities and community colleges, and including applicability provisions
Ruled out of order · February 29, 2024
Filed February 28, 2024 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment specifies that tuition and fee increases are limited to three percent of the previous year's total for resident undergraduate students. It also adds a rule that any tuition increase cannot result in a total cost higher than what the most recent incoming class paid. Additionally, it clarifies that certain academic timelines are measured in consecutive academic years.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 2, line 27, after “full” by inserting “consecutive”
- Page 2, line 30, after “classes” by inserting “by an amount not to exceed three percent of the total amount of resident tuition and mandatory fees the institution charged to undergraduate students during the immediately preceding academic year”
- Page 2, line 31, after “c.” by inserting “(1)”
- By striking page 2, line 35, through page 3, line 3, and inserting “program for all of the following students:”
- Page 3, by striking line 4 and inserting: “(a) Students who take more than four full consecutive academic years to”
- Page 3, line 6, by striking “(2)” and inserting “(b)”
- Page 3, line 10, after “full” by inserting “consecutive”
- Page 3, after line 11 by inserting: “(2) If an institution of higher education increases the total amount of resident tuition and mandatory fees associated with the baccalaureate program pursuant to this paragraph, the institution shall not increase the total amount of resident tuition and mandatory fees to an amount that is greater than the amount of tuition and mandatory fees charged to the most recent incoming class.”