BILL · 2013–14 SESSION
SB 5420: Tuition/two-year freeze
Creating a two-year freeze on tuition rates at four-year institutions of higher education.
Summary
- Freezes tuition increases for resident undergraduate students for the 2013-2015 biennium, provided that no less than two hundred twenty-five million dollars is appropriated and proportionally divided among the six public baccalaureate institutions of higher education.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 29, 2013
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 29, 2013 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 13, 2014
AN ACT Relating to creating a two-year freeze on tuition rates at four-year institutions of higher education;
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Jeanne Kohl-Welles (D-36)
9 co-sponsors (9 Democrats, 0 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.
- And refer to Ways & Means.
- HIE - Majority; without recommendation.
- Referred to Ways & Means.
- First reading, referred to Higher Education.
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