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BILL · 2013–14 SESSION

SB 5941: Resident undergrad tuition

Decreasing resident undergraduate tuition rates by three percent for the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium and limiting future growth of resident undergraduate tuition rates to inflation.

Summary

  • For the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years, resident undergraduate tuition at the four-year institutions and the community and technical colleges must be 3 percent below the resident undergraduate tuition fees for the 2012-13 academic year. For SBCTC, beginning in the 2015-16 academic year, increases in resident undergraduate tuition must not exceed inflation.

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Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
  1. IntroducedMay 31, 2013
  2. Out of committeeJun 7, 2013
  3. Passed Senatestopped here
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Senator (R-6)
Introduced
May 31, 2013 in the Senate
Last action
March 3, 2014
Budget
Has a fiscal note

AN ACT Relating to decreasing resident undergraduate tuition rates by three percent for the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium and limiting future growth of resident undergraduate tuition rates to inflation;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Senator (R-6)

1 co-sponsor (0 Democrats, 1 Republican)

Barbara Bailey R-10

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. Senate Rules "X" file.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. Minority; without recommendation.
  4. Minority; do not pass.
  5. WM - Majority; do pass.
  6. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  7. First reading, referred to Ways & Means.

SB 5941 in other sessions

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