HB2540 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2540

 

Introduced 2/18/2015, by Rep. Michael W. Tryon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the University Student Fee Act. Provides that all students enrolled in college credit programs at State universities shall be charged fees, except students who are exempt from fees or students whose fees are waived. Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2016, the resident undergraduate tuition for lower-level and upper-level coursework at a State university shall be $103.32 per credit hour. Provides that, beginning with the 2018 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the resident undergraduate tuition per credit hour shall increase at the beginning of each fall semester at a rate equal to inflation. Allows the Board of Higher Education or the Board's designee to establish tuition for graduate and professional programs and out-of-State fees for all programs. Sets forth provisions concerning flexible tuition policies, the establishment of fees, fee proposals, a tuition differential, and rules.


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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5University Student Fee Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Board" means the Board of Higher Education.
8    "University" means the University of Illinois, Southern
9Illinois University, Chicago State University, Eastern
10Illinois University, Governors State University, Illinois
11State University, Northeastern Illinois University, Northern
12Illinois University, Western Illinois University, and any
13other public universities now or hereafter established or
14authorized by the General Assembly.
 
15    Section 10. Application.
16    (a) This Act applies notwithstanding any other provision of
17law to the contrary.
18    (b) This Act applies to students enrolled in college credit
19programs at State universities.
 
20    Section 15. Fees required to be charged; resident
21undergraduate tuition rate.

 

 

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1    (a) All students shall be charged fees, except students who
2are exempt from fees or students whose fees are waived.
3    (b) Beginning on July 1, 2016, the resident undergraduate
4tuition for lower-level and upper-level coursework shall be
5$103.32 per credit hour.
6    (c) Beginning with the 2018 fiscal year and each fiscal
7year thereafter, the resident undergraduate tuition per credit
8hour shall increase at the beginning of each fall semester at a
9rate equal to inflation. The Department of Labor shall report
10the rate of inflation to the President of the Senate, the
11Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Governor, and the
12Board each year prior to March 1. For purposes of this
13subsection (c), the rate of inflation shall be defined as the
14rate of the 12-month percentage change in the Consumer Price
15Index for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, or
16successor reports as reported by the United States Department
17of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, or its successor for
18December of the previous year. In the event the percentage
19change is negative, the resident undergraduate tuition shall
20remain at the same level as the prior fiscal year.
 
21    Section 20. Tuition for graduate and professional
22programs; out-of-State fees. The Board or the Board's designee
23may establish tuition for graduate and professional programs
24and out-of-State fees for all programs. Except as otherwise
25provided in this Section, the sum of tuition and out-of-State

 

 

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1fees assessed to nonresident students must be sufficient to
2offset the full instructional cost of serving such students.
3However, adjustments to out-of-State fees or tuition for
4graduate programs and professional programs may not exceed 15%
5in any year.
 
6    Section 25. Flexible tuition policies. The Board may
7consider and approve flexible tuition policies as requested by
8a university's board of trustees, in accordance with the
9provisions of Section 35 of this Act, only to the extent such
10policies are in alignment with the mission of the university
11and do not increase the State's fiscal liability or
12obligations.
 
13    Section 30. Establishment of fees.
14    (a) The sum of the activity and service, health, and
15athletic fees a student is required to pay to register for a
16course shall not exceed 40% of the tuition established under
17this Act. No university shall be required to lower any fee in
18effect on the effective date of this Act in order to comply
19with this Section. Within the 40% cap, universities may not
20increase the aggregate sum of activity and service, health, and
21athletic fees more than 5% per year or the same percentage
22increase in tuition authorized under subsection (c) of Section
2315 of this Act, whichever is greater, unless specifically
24authorized by law. A university may increase its athletic fee

 

 

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1to defray the costs associated with changing National
2Collegiate Athletic Association divisions. Any such increase
3in the athletic fee may exceed both the 40% cap and the 5% cap
4imposed by this subsection (a). Any such increase must be
5approved by the athletic fee committee in the process outlined
6in subsection (j) of this Section and may not exceed $2 per
7credit hour. That portion of any increase in an athletic fee
8pursuant to this Section that causes the sum of the activity
9and service, health, and athletic fees to exceed the 40% cap or
10the annual increase in such fees to exceed the 5% cap shall not
11be included in calculating the amount a student receives from a
12scholarship from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
13    (b) This Section does not prohibit a university from
14increasing or assessing optional fees related to specific
15activities if payment of such fees is not required as a part of
16registration for courses.
17    (c) A university may implement a differential out-of-State
18fee, in accordance with rules developed by the Board, for the
19following:
20        (1) A student from another state that borders the
21    service area of the university.
22        (2) A graduate student who has been determined to be a
23    nonresident for tuition purposes and has a 0.25 full-time
24    equivalent appointment or greater as a graduate assistant,
25    graduate research assistant, graduate teaching assistant,
26    graduate research associate, or graduate teaching

 

 

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1    associate.
2        (3) A graduate student who has been determined to be a
3    nonresident for tuition purposes and is receiving a full
4    fellowship.
5    (d) Students who are enrolled in programs in medical
6sciences are considered graduate students for the purpose of
7enrollment and student fees.
8    (e) A university's board of trustees is authorized to
9collect for financial aid purposes an amount not to exceed 5%
10of the tuition and out-of-State fees. The revenues from fees
11are to remain at each campus and replace existing financial aid
12fees. Such funds shall be disbursed to students as quickly as
13possible. A minimum of 75% of funds from the student financial
14aid fee shall be used to provide financial aid based on
15absolute need. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission
16shall develop criteria for making financial aid awards. Each
17university shall report annually to the Illinois Student
18Assistance Commission and the Board on the revenue collected
19pursuant to this subsection (e), the amount carried forward,
20the criteria used to make awards, the amount and number of
21awards for each criterion, and a delineation of the
22distribution of such awards. The report shall include an
23assessment by category of the financial need of every student
24who receives an award, regardless of the purpose for which the
25award is received. Awards that are based on financial need
26shall be distributed in accordance with a nationally recognized

 

 

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1system of need analysis approved by the Board. An award for
2academic merit shall require a minimum overall grade point
3average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale or the equivalent for both
4initial receipt of the award and renewal of the award.
5    (f) The capital improvement fee is established at $2.44 per
6credit hour per semester. The building fee is established at
7$2.32 per credit hour per semester.
8    (g) Each university's board of trustees is authorized to
9establish separate activity and service, health, and athletic
10fees. When duly established, the fees shall be collected as
11component parts of tuition and fees and shall be retained by
12the university and paid into the separate activity and service,
13health, and athletic funds. Notwithstanding any other
14provision of law to the contrary, a university may transfer
15revenues derived from the fees authorized pursuant to this
16subsection (g) to a direct-support organization of the
17university to be used only for the purpose of paying and
18securing debt on projects approved by the Board and pursuant to
19a written agreement approved by the Board. The amount
20transferred may not exceed the amount authorized for annual
21debt service.
22    (h) Each university's board of trustees shall establish a
23student activity and service fee for the main campus of the
24university. The university's board of trustees may also
25establish a student activity and service fee for any branch
26campus or center. Any subsequent increase in the activity and

 

 

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1service fee must be recommended by an activity and service fee
2committee, at least one-half of whom are students appointed by
3the student body president. The remainder of the committee
4shall be appointed by the university president. A chairperson,
5appointed jointly by the university president and the student
6body president, shall vote only in the case of a tie. The
7recommendations of the committee shall take effect only after
8approval by the university president, after consultation with
9the student body president, with final approval by the
10university's board of trustees. An increase in the activity and
11service fee may occur only once each fiscal year and must be
12implemented beginning with the fall term. The Board is
13responsible for adopting the rules and timetables necessary to
14implement this fee.
15    The student activity and service fees shall be expended for
16lawful purposes to benefit the student body in general. This
17shall include, but shall not be limited to, student
18publications and grants to duly recognized student
19organizations, the membership of which is open to all students
20at the university without regard to race, sex, or religion. The
21funds may not benefit activities for which an admission fee is
22charged to students, except for student government
23association-sponsored concerts. The allocation and expenditure
24of the funds shall be determined by the student government
25association of the university, except that the president of the
26university may veto any line item or portion thereof within the

 

 

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1budget when submitted by the student government association's
2legislative body. The university president shall have 15 school
3days from the date of presentation of the budget to act on the
4allocation and expenditure recommendations, which shall be
5deemed approved if no action is taken within the 15 school
6days. If any line item or portion thereof within the budget is
7vetoed, the student government association's legislative body
8shall, within 15 school days, make new budget recommendations
9for expenditure of the vetoed portion of the funds. If the
10university president vetoes any line item or portion thereof
11within the new budget revisions, the university president may
12reallocate by line item that vetoed portion to bond obligations
13guaranteed by activity and service fees. Unexpended funds and
14undisbursed funds remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall
15be carried over and remain in the student activity and service
16fund and be available for allocation and expenditure during the
17next fiscal year.
18    (i) Each university's board of trustees shall establish a
19student health fee for the main campus of the university. The
20university's board of trustees may also establish a student
21health fee for any branch campus or center. Any subsequent
22increase in the health fee must be recommended by a health
23committee, at least one-half of whom are students appointed by
24the student body president. The remainder of the committee
25shall be appointed by the university president. A chairperson,
26appointed jointly by the university president and the student

 

 

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1body president, shall vote only in the case of a tie. The
2recommendations of the committee shall take effect only after
3approval by the university president, after consultation with
4the student body president, with final approval by the
5university's board of trustees. An increase in the health fee
6may occur only once each fiscal year and must be implemented
7beginning with the fall term. The Board is responsible for
8adopting the rules and timetables necessary to implement this
9fee.
10    (j) Each university's board of trustees shall establish a
11separate athletic fee for the main campus of the university.
12The university's board of trustees may also establish a
13separate athletic fee for any branch campus or center. Any
14subsequent increase in the athletic fee must be recommended by
15an athletic fee committee, at least one-half of whom are
16students appointed by the student body president. The remainder
17of the committee shall be appointed by the university
18president. A chairperson, appointed jointly by the university
19president and the student body president, shall vote only in
20the case of a tie. The recommendations of the committee shall
21take effect only after approval by the university president,
22after consultation with the student body president, with final
23approval by the university's board of trustees. An increase in
24the athletic fee may occur only once each fiscal year and must
25be implemented beginning with the fall term. The Board is
26responsible for adopting the rules and timetables necessary to

 

 

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1implement this fee.
2    (k) Each university's board of trustees may establish a
3technology fee of up to 5% of the tuition per credit hour. The
4revenue from this fee shall be used to enhance instructional
5technology resources for students and faculty.
6    (l) Except as otherwise provided in Section 35 of this Act,
7each university's board of trustees is authorized to establish
8the following fees:
9        (1) A nonrefundable application fee in an amount not to
10    exceed $30.
11        (2) An orientation fee in an amount not to exceed $35.
12        (3) A fee for security, access, or identification
13    cards. The annual fee for such a card may not exceed $10
14    per card. The maximum amount charged for a replacement card
15    may not exceed $15.
16        (4) Registration fees for audit and zero-hours
17    registration; a service charge, which may not exceed $15,
18    for the payment of tuition and fees in installments; and a
19    late-registration fee in an amount not less than $50 nor
20    more than $100 to be imposed on students who fail to
21    initiate registration during the regular registration
22    period.
23        (5) A late-payment fee in an amount not less than $50
24    nor more than $100 to be imposed on students who fail to
25    pay or fail to make appropriate arrangements to pay (by
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1    billing) tuition by the deadline set by each university.
2    Each university may adopt specific procedures or policies
3    for waiving the late-payment fee for minor underpayments.
4        (6) Fees for transcripts and diploma replacement, not
5    to exceed $10 per item.
6        (7) A nonrefundable admissions deposit for
7    undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs
8    in an amount not to exceed $200. The admissions deposit
9    shall be imposed at the time of an applicant's acceptance
10    to the university and shall be applied toward tuition upon
11    enrollment. If the applicant does not enroll in the
12    university, the admissions deposit shall be deposited in an
13    auxiliary account of the university and used to expand
14    financial assistance, scholarships, and student academic
15    and career counseling services at the university. The Board
16    shall adopt a policy that provides for the waiver of such
17    admissions deposit on the basis of financial hardship.
18        (8) A fee for miscellaneous health-related charges for
19    services provided at cost by the university health center
20    that are not covered by the health fee set under subsection
21    (i) of this Section.
22        (9) Materials and supplies fees to offset the cost of
23    materials or supplies that are consumed in the course of
24    the student's instructional activities, excluding the cost
25    of equipment replacement, repairs, and maintenance.
26        (10) Housing rental rates and miscellaneous housing

 

 

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1    charges for services provided by the university at the
2    request of the student.
3        (11) A charge representing the reasonable cost of
4    efforts to collect payment of overdue accounts.
5        (12) A service charge on university loans in lieu of
6    interest and administrative handling charges.
7        (13) A fee for off-campus course offerings when the
8    location results in specific, identifiable, increased
9    costs to the university.
10        (14) Library fees and fines, including charges for
11    damaged and lost library materials, overdue reserve
12    library books, interlibrary loans, and literature
13    searches.
14        (15) Fees relating to duplicating, photocopying,
15    binding, and microfilming; copyright services; and
16    standardized testing. These fees may be charged only to
17    those who receive the services.
18        (16) Fees and fines relating to the use, late return,
19    and loss and damage of facilities and equipment.
20        (17) A returned-check fee for unpaid checks returned to
21    the university.
22        (18) Traffic and parking fines, charges for parking
23    decals, and transportation access fees.
24        (19) A fee for child care and services offered by the
25    university.
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1    distance learning course for accepting a transient student
2    and processing the transient student's admissions
3    application.
4    With the exception of housing rental rates and except as
5otherwise provided, fees assessed pursuant to items (8) through
6(19) of this subsection (l) shall be based on reasonable costs
7of services.
8    The Board shall adopt rules and timetables necessary to
9implement the fees and fines authorized under this subsection
10(l). The fees assessed under this subsection (l) may be used
11for debt.
 
12    Section 35. Fee proposals.
13    (a) The Board may approve the following:
14        (1) A proposal from a university's board of trustees to
15    establish a new student fee that is not specifically
16    authorized by this Act.
17        (2) A proposal from a university's board of trustees to
18    increase the current cap for an existing fee authorized
19    pursuant to items (1) through (7) of subsection (l) of
20    Section 30 of this Act.
21        (3) A proposal from a university's board of trustees to
22    implement flexible tuition policies, such as undergraduate
23    or graduate block tuition, a block tuition differential, or
24    market tuition rates for graduate-level online courses or
25    graduate-level courses offered through a university's

 

 

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1    continuing education program. A block tuition policy for
2    resident undergraduate students or undergraduate-level
3    courses shall be based on the per-credit-hour
4    undergraduate tuition established under Section 15 of this
5    Act. A block tuition policy for nonresident undergraduate
6    students shall be based on the per-credit-hour
7    undergraduate tuition and out-of-State fee established
8    under Section 15 of this Act. Flexible tuition policies,
9    including block tuition, may not increase this State's
10    fiscal liability or obligation.
11    (b) A proposal developed pursuant to subsection (a) of this
12Section shall be submitted in accordance with guidelines
13established by the Board. Approval by the Board of such a
14proposal must be made in accordance with the provisions of this
15Section.
16    (c) In reviewing a proposal to establish a new fee under
17subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this Section, the Board
18shall consider the following:
19        (1) The purpose to be served or accomplished by the new
20    fee.
21        (2) Whether there is a demonstrable, student-based
22    need for the new fee that is not currently being met
23    through existing university services, operations, or
24    another fee.
25        (3) Whether the financial impact on students is
26    warranted in light of other charges assessed to students

 

 

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1    for tuition and associated fees.
2        (4) Whether any restrictions, limitations, or
3    conditions should be placed on the use of the fee.
4        (5) Whether there are outcome measures to indicate if
5    the purpose for which the fee was established is
6    accomplished.
7    (d) In reviewing a proposal to increase or exceed the
8current cap for an existing fee under subdivision (2) of
9subsection (a) of this Section, the Board shall consider the
10following:
11        (1) The services or operations currently being funded
12    by the fee.
13        (2) Whether those services or operations can be
14    performed more efficiently to alleviate the need for any
15    increase.
16        (3) The additional or enhanced services or operations
17    to be funded by the increase.
18        (4) Whether any alternative resources are available to
19    meet the need.
20        (5) Whether the financial impact on students is
21    warranted in light of other charges assessed to students
22    for tuition and associated fees.
23    (e) In reviewing a proposal to implement a flexible tuition
24policy under subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this Section,
25the Board shall consider the following:
26        (1) Whether the proposed tuition flexibility policy is

 

 

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1    aligned with the mission of the university.
2        (2) Whether the proposed tuition flexibility policy
3    increases this State's fiscal liabilities or obligations,
4    and, if so, the proposal shall be denied.
5        (3) Whether any restrictions, limitations, or
6    conditions should be placed on the policy.
7        (4) How the proposed tuition flexibility policy will be
8    implemented to honor the advance payment contracts of
9    students who are beneficiaries of prepaid tuition
10    contracts.
11    (f) The Board shall submit an annual report to the
12President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
13Representatives, and the Governor summarizing the proposals
14received by the Board during the preceding year and actions
15taken by the Board in response to such proposals. The Board
16shall also include in the annual report the following
17information for each fee established pursuant to subdivision
18(1) of subsection (a) of this Section:
19        (1) The amount of the fee.
20        (2) The total revenues generated by the fee.
21        (3) Detailed expenditures of the revenues generated by
22    the fee.
23    (g) The aggregate sum of any fees established pursuant to
24subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this Section that a
25student is required to pay to register for a course shall not
26exceed 10% of tuition.

 

 

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1    (h) The revenues generated by a fee established pursuant to
2subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this Section may not be
3transferred to an auxiliary enterprise or a direct-support
4organization and may not be used for the purpose of paying or
5securing debt.
6    (i) If the Board approves a university's proposal to
7establish a fee pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a)
8of this Section, a fee committee shall be established at the
9university to make recommendations to the university president
10and the university's board of trustees regarding how the
11revenue from the fee is to be spent and any subsequent changes
12to the fee. At least one-half of the committee must be students
13appointed by the student body president. The remainder of the
14committee shall be appointed by the university president. A
15chairperson, appointed jointly by the university president and
16the student body president, shall vote only in the case of a
17tie.
18    (j) An increase to an existing fee or a fee established
19pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this Section
20may occur no more than once each fiscal year and must be
21implemented beginning with the fall term.
 
22    Section 40. Tuition differential.
23    (a) Each university's board of trustees may establish a
24tuition differential for undergraduate courses upon receipt of
25approval from the Board. The tuition differential shall promote

 

 

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1improvements in the quality of undergraduate education and
2shall provide financial aid to undergraduate students who
3exhibit financial need.
4    (b) Seventy percent of the revenues from the tuition
5differential shall be expended for purposes of undergraduate
6education. Such expenditures may include, but are not limited
7to, increasing course offerings, improving graduation rates,
8increasing the percentage of undergraduate students who are
9taught by faculty, decreasing student-faculty ratios,
10providing salary increases for faculty who have a history of
11excellent teaching in undergraduate courses, improving the
12efficiency of the delivery of undergraduate education through
13academic advisement and counseling, and reducing the
14percentage of students who graduate with excess hours. This
15expenditure for undergraduate education may not be used to pay
16the salaries of graduate teaching assistants. Except as
17otherwise provided in this Section, the remaining 30% of the
18revenues from the tuition differential or the equivalent amount
19of revenue from private sources shall be expended to provide
20financial aid to undergraduate students who exhibit financial
21need, including students who are scholarship recipients, to
22meet the cost of university attendance. This expenditure for
23need-based financial aid shall not supplant the amount of
24need-based aid provided to undergraduate students in the
25preceding fiscal year from financial aid fee revenues, from the
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1universities, or from private sources. If the entire tuition
2and fee costs of resident students who have applied for and
3received Pell Grant funds have been met and the university has
4excess funds remaining from the 30% of the revenues from the
5tuition differential required to be used to assist students who
6exhibit financial need, the university may expend the excess
7portion in the same manner as required for the other 70% of the
8tuition differential revenues.
9    (c) Each tuition differential is subject to the following
10conditions:
11        (1) The tuition differential may be assessed on one or
12    more undergraduate courses or on all undergraduate courses
13    at a university.
14        (2) The tuition differential may vary by course or
15    courses, by campus or center location, and by institution.
16    Each university's board of trustees shall strive to
17    maintain and increase enrollment in degree programs
18    related to mathematics, science, high technology, and
19    other State or regional high-need fields when establishing
20    tuition differentials by course.
21        (3) For each university, the aggregate sum of tuition
22    and the tuition differential may not be increased by more
23    than 15% of the total charged for the aggregate sum of
24    these fees in the preceding fiscal year.
25        (4) The aggregate sum of undergraduate tuition and fees
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1    not exceed the national average of undergraduate tuition
2    and fees at 4-year, degree-granting, public, postsecondary
3    educational institutions.
4        (5) Beneficiaries having prepaid tuition contracts
5    that are in effect on January 1, 2016 and which remain in
6    effect are exempt from the payment of the tuition
7    differential.
8        (6) The tuition differential may not be charged to any
9    student who was in attendance at the university before
10    January 1, 2016 and who maintains continuous enrollment.
11        (7) Subject to approval by the Board, the tuition
12    differential authorized pursuant to this Section may take
13    effect with the 2016 fall term.
14    (d) A university's board of trustees may submit a proposal
15to the Board to implement a tuition differential for one or
16more undergraduate courses. At a minimum, the proposal shall do
17the following:
18        (1) Identify the course or courses for which the
19    tuition differential will be assessed.
20        (2) Indicate the amount that will be assessed for each
21    tuition differential proposed.
22        (3) Indicate the purpose of the tuition differential.
23        (4) Indicate how the revenues from the tuition
24    differential will be used.
25        (5) Indicate how the university will monitor the
26    success of the tuition differential in achieving the

 

 

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1    purpose for which the tuition differential is being
2    assessed.
3    (e) The Board shall review each proposal and advise the
4university's board of trustees of approval of the proposal, the
5need for additional information or revision to the proposal, or
6denial of the proposal. The Board shall establish a process for
7any university to revise a proposal or appeal a decision of the
8Board.
9    (f) The Board shall submit a report to the President of the
10Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the
11Governor describing the implementation of the provisions of
12this Section no later than January 1, 2017 and no later than
13January 1 each year thereafter. The report shall summarize
14proposals received by the Board during the preceding fiscal
15year and actions taken by the Board in response to such
16proposals. In addition, the report shall provide the following
17information for each university that has been approved by the
18Board to assess a tuition differential:
19        (1) The course or courses for which the tuition
20    differential was assessed and the amount assessed.
21        (2) The total revenues generated by the tuition
22    differential.
23        (3) Detailed expenditures of the revenues generated by
24    the tuition differential.
25        (4) Changes in retention rates, graduation rates, the
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1    the hours required for graduation, passage rates on
2    licensure examinations, the number of undergraduate course
3    offerings, the percentage of undergraduate students who
4    are taught by faculty, student-faculty ratios, and the
5    average salaries of faculty who teach undergraduate
6    courses.
7    (g) No university shall be required to lower any tuition
8differential that was approved by the Board and in effect prior
9to January 1, 2016 in order to comply with the provisions of
10this Section.
 
11    Section 45. Distance learning course fee.
12    (a) A University may assess a student who enrolls in a
13distance learning course a per-credit-hour distance learning
14course fee. For purposes of assessing this fee, a distance
15learning course is a course in which at least 80% of the direct
16instruction of the course is delivered using some form of
17technology when the student and instructor are separated by
18time or space or both.
19    (b) The amount of the distance learning course fee may not
20exceed the additional costs of the services provided that are
21attributable to the development and delivery of the distance
22learning course. If the distance learning course fee is
23assessed by a university, the university may not assess
24duplicative fees to cover the additional costs.
 

 

 

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1    Section 50. Authorized fees only. A university may not
2charge any fee except as specifically authorized by law.
 
3    Section 90. Rules. The Board shall adopt rules to
4implement the provisions of this Act.