BILL · 2003–04 SESSION
SB 5241: Higher education funding
Changing enrollment forecasts and budgeting for institutions of higher education.
Summary
- It is state policy to provide appropriations to meet the demand for higher education in the state. The state budget is required to include increased funding, up to the fiscal growth factor under Initiative 601, to support the level of actual higher education enrollment reported during the immediate prior school year.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 20, 2003
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 20, 2003 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 12, 2004
AN ACT Relating to state funding for the enrollments of the state's institutions of higher education;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
6 co-sponsors (2 Democrats, 4 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
- First reading, referred to Higher Education.
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