Amendment H-8090 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
Adopted · February 29, 2024
Filed February 28, 2024 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment changes the rules for tuition increases by adding a limit of three percent based on the previous year's resident tuition and fees. It also adds a rule that tuition increases cannot result in costs higher than what the most recent incoming class paid. Additionally, it clarifies that certain academic year requirements apply to consecutive years of study.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, by striking lines 10 through
- 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.”
- Page 4, by striking lines 2 through
- By renumbering as necessary.