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Budget Amendments - HB1700 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Reid
Part 4 - Tuition and Fees (language only)

Item 4-0.01 #2h

Item 4-0.01 #2h

Operating Policies
Operating Policies

Language

Page 571, after line 26, insert:

"g. 1. The governing board of any public institution of higher education for which the average increase in the amount of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees over the most recent 10-academic-year period exceeds the average increase in the amount of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees over such period across each public institution of higher education is ineligible to increase undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees for the subsequent academic year.

2. The governing board of any public institution of higher education that is not deemed ineligible pursuant to subsection E may increase undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees for the subsequent academic year by a certain percentage, provided that no such percentage increase exceeds (i) the annual percentage increase in the average Consumer Price Index for all items, all urban consumers (CPI-U), as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor, from January 1 through December 31 of the year immediately preceding the relevant academic year, multiplied by (ii) a factor that begins at 0.500 for the eligible institution with the highest average increase in the amount of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees over the most recent 10-academic-year period and increases by 0.100 for each subsequent eligible institution based on average increases in the amount of undergraduate tuition and mandatory fees over the most recent 10-academic-year period, from second highest to lowest increase."



Explanation

(This amendment is self-explanatory.)