BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 1434: Higher education strategy

Implementing a strategic direction for higher education.

Summary

Establishes the Legislature's statewide plan for higher education, which includes increasing capacity by 30,000 enrollments, awarding 3,000 additional baccalaureate degrees annually, adding 12,500 additional enrollments in high demand fields, and increasing the state's overall investment in higher education by $460 million per biennium.
Provides that by 2012, tuition and mandatory fees for full-time resident undergraduates will be equal to the average tuition and fees charged at peer institutions nationally.
Reforms the state need grant program to provide that a student's cost of attendance at a public institution shall not be more than 30 percent of family income.
Authorizes the branch campuses, beginning with the 2006-07 academic year, to offer lower-division courses and to transition to four-year institutions.
Requires public institutions of higher education to enter into six-year performance contracts with the state.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 1434), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to implementing a strategic direction for higher education by the year 2012;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

HB 1434 (2025–26) Eid al-Fitr & Eid al-Adha · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1434 (2023–24) DOH facilities/enforcement · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1434 (2021–22) Ag. mental health hotline · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1434 (2019–20) Noncriminal youth detention · Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
HB 1434 (2017–18) Shared leave/pregnancy · Enacted · Chapter 39, Laws of 2018
HB 1434 (2015–16) Forage fish spawning habitat · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1434 (2013–14) Environmental decisionmaking · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 1434 (2011–12) Sales, use, & B&O taxes · Did not pass · died in committee