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State |
Status/Date |
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Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Brain Research |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Home Economics |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Does Money Matter? |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--Mandates |
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| Governance--Regional Entities |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Credit Recovery |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homework/Study Skills |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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| Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Brain Development |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Data Systems |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Public/Private Partnerships |
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| P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Parent/Family--Research |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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| Postsecondary Affordability |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Requires students who are victims of trafficking, domestic violence, and other serious crimes who have been granted a specified status under federal law, to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and to be eligible to apply for, and participate in, all student financial aid programs and scholarships administered by a public postsecondary educational institution or the State of California, to the same extent as individuals who are admitted to the U.S. as refugees under specified federal law. Requests the University of California to adopt policies that are consistent with these provisions. Requires community college districts to waive the fees of those students to the same extent as individuals who are admitted to the U.S. as refugees under specified federal law. Provides that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs must be made pursuant to these statutory provisions. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_1851-1900/ab_1899_bill_20120924_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1899
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Community College | From bill summary: Requires that a student qualifying for a waiver from $46 per unit per semester student enrollment fee meet minimum academic and progress standards adopted by the California Community Colleges board of governors, and provides detailed requirements regarding the content, adoption, and application of those standards. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1451-1500/sb_1456_bill_20120927_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1456 - Community College Student Fees
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov/
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Establishes the Working Families Student Fee Transparency and Accountability Act as a part of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, and establishes various policies relating to student fees and student financial aid at the University of California and the California State University. Requires the regents and the trustees to comply with prescribed public notice and student consultation procedures prior to adopting an increase in mandatory systemwide fees, and prohibits them from adopting a mandatory systemwide fee increase before specified dates. Requires the regents and the trustees, by April 2, 2013, to develop a list of factors required to be taken into consideration when developing recommendations to adjust mandatory systemwide fees.
Commencing with the 2012–13 academic year, requires the trustees and the regents to provide annual reports on expenditures and financial aid to the legislature, and requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to annually review and report to the legislature its findings, conclusions, or recommendations regarding the implementation of policies implemented pursuant to the bill.
Because the provisions of the bill are added to the Donahoe Higher Education Act, they apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents act by resolution to make them applicable. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0951-1000/ab_970_bill_20120927_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 970
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Makes students who were stationed in California for more than one year as active duty military for more than one year immediately prior to being discharged from the military exempt from paying nonresident tuition. Revises that provision for purposes of the California Community Colleges by making a community college student who was a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in the state on active duty for more than one year immediately prior to being discharged from the military exempt from paying nonresident tuition for up to one year, to be used while he/she lives in this state and within two years of being discharged, if he/she files an affidavit with the community college stating that he.she intends to establish residency in California as soon as possible. Prohibits a former member of the U.S. military who received a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge from being eligible for an exemption. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2451-2500/ab_2478_bill_20120920_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2478
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Prohibits specified California State University campus-based mandatory fees from being reallocated without an affirmative vote of the majority of the members of either the student body or a specified campus fee advisory committee voting on the fee reallocation, unless the vote that established the fee authorizes an alternative or automatic reallocation mechanism for that fee. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0951-1000/sb_960_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 960
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2012 | Community College | From section 50 of bill summary: Amends community college fee for nonresident students. Increases fee from $42 per course unit to a per-unit fee that is 2 times the amount of the resident fee until June 30, 2013, and 3 times the amount of the resident fee commencing on July 1, 2013. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1016_bill_20120627_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1016 - Community College Fees for Nonresident Students
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2012 | Postsec. | Provides that, with the exception of tuition charged to a veteran under the federal Yellow Ribbon Program, a student who has served in the U.S. armed forces and physically resides in Louisiana for the duration of his enrollment in a state public institution of postsecondary education and meets at least one of specified other qualifications is entitled to resident classification for tuition purposes, regardless of the length of residency in the state. Directs the board of regents and each public postsecondary education management board to adopt rules and guidelines necessary to implement these provisions. http://legis.la.gov/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=811693
Title: H.B. 435
Source: legis.la.gov
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | Classifies certain members of the Alabama National Guard as residents eligible for in-state tuition rates.
Title: H.B. 97
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | Revises the NJ STARS II Program such that the program covers only tuition (no fees) in the amount of $1,250 per semester (previously up to $3,500 per semester) to four-year public or independent institutions (previously only public). Changes the percentage of the scholarship paid by the state to 100% from 50% (50% previously paid by the public institution of higher education).
Deletes the requirement that the amount of the scholarship awarded for the third academic year of study be based on the student's cumulative grade point average upon graduation from the county college. Deletes the requirement that the amount of the scholarship awarded for the fourth academic year of study be based on the student's grade point average during the third academic year of study.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/AL12/8_.PDF
Title: S 874
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2012 | Postsec. | Requires that a student will be eligible for in-state tuition regardless of residency if the student is a dependent of a military or reserve service member on active duty and whose home of record is Oklahoma. The student will retain in-state status after the military person has been discharged or released for reasons other than dishonorable as long as the student stays continuously enrolled in a program at an institution in the Oklahoma State System of Higher Education. Home of record is defined as the place where a person was living when he or she enlisted or was commissioned into the military or reenlisted in the military.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB2689%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 2689
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | From final bill analysis: Increases the surcharge for excess credit hours. Bill text (pages 47-48 of 72): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5201er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5201&Session=2012
Final bill analysis: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h5201z.HEAS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=5201&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 5201 - Surcharge for Excess Credit Hours
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | From final bill analysis: Allows colleges to increase the fee up to 20% of tuition or the sum of tuition and out-of-state fees. Implements a new fee structure for universities allowing them to increase the Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee up to 10% of tuition or the sum of tuition and out-of-state fees as approved by a fee committee and the board of trustees. Permits the fee to increase no more than $2 per credit hour over the prior year for resident students. Also stipulates the fee may be used to fund any project or real property acquisition and any reduction must undergo review of the State Board of Administration, Division of Bond Finance. Bill text (primarily pages 41-44 of 72): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5201er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5201&Session=2012
Final bill analysis (page 10 of 22): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h5201z.HEAS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=5201&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 5201 - Capital Improvement Fee
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | Community College
Postsec. | Adds a reason that any resident of the state who is out of the workforce by reason of total and permanent disability who enrolls at a community college in a class that has at least 10 regularly enrolled students can be exempt from payment of tuition: for continuing education instruction designed to lead to employment, including life skills instruction. http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/chapters_noln/Ch_83_hb0053T.pdf
Title: H.B. 53
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Provides that the board of visitors of every public institution of higher education shall establish policies requiring the registrar to place an administrative hold on student registration, records, and grades for a period of at least three months prior to referring a student account to collections for nonpayment.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB703ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 703
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | Postsec. | Part P: Permits each university center to increase non-resident undergraduate tuition rates each year by not more than 10% over the previous year's tuition, for a five-year period beginning with the semester following the semester in which the governor and the chancellor of the state university of New York approve the NY-SUNY 2020 proposal for such university center. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09057&term=&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 9057 - NY-SUNY 2020
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | Community College
Postsec. | Part Q: Directs the state university board of trustees, in conjunction with the city university board of trustees, to examine the laws, regulations and policies regarding community college charges for non-resident students. Requires the examination to review the impacts of the current law mechanisms for covering the local sponsor's share of community college operating costs attributable to non-resident students. Identifies other issues the examination must address. Directs the boards to submit a joint report of their findings to specified legislative leaders by September 1, 2012.
Chapter 57: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09057&term=&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 9057 - Study of Laws Regarding Community College Charges for Non-Resident Students
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| ID | Signed into law 02/2012 | Postsec. | Identifies as a resident for tuition purposes an Idaho resident who is a member of the U.S. armed forces but stationed outside the state..
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2012/H0384.pdf
Title: H.B. 384
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 02/2012 | Postsec. | Permits a student who completed the final year of high school at home and establishes domocile in Ohio to be recognized as an Ohio resident for tuition purposes.
Pages 4-6 of 9: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_116_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 116 - Determining Student Residency
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2012 | Postsec. | Exempts veterans from the twelve-month residency requirement for the purposes of tuition and fees. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2012/Bills/SB80ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 80
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2011 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Amends state law to conform with federal law granting a member of the Armed Forces, or his or her dependent, entitlement to resident classification for so long as he or she is continuously enrolled at that institution. Requests the Regents of the University of California to establish the same residency requirements as those established by this bill for students enrolled at the University of California. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0851-0900/ab_882_bill_20111009_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 882
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2011 | Community College
Postsec. | From bill summary: Raise the maximum parking services fee limits at community colleges, and authorizes the governing board of each community college district to annually increase the parking and transportation services fee limits by the same percentage increase as the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services published by the U.S. Department of
Commerce. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0751-0800/sb_774_bill_20110906_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 774
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2011 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Revises the conditions for a tuition and fees refund for National Guard and reservist students called into active duty to remove the requirement of the student's withdrawal by a specified date. Also requires any refund toward an academic term to equal 100% of the tuition and fees paid to the institution for the academic term in which the student was required to report for military service, regardless of whether the student was called to military service before after the academic term had commenced. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0601-0650/ab_636_bill_20110921_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 636
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | To governor 09/2011 | Community College
Postsec. | From bill summary: Provides that provision setting community college student fees at $36 per unit per semester repeals May 1, 2011 instead of January 1, 2012 as formerly specified. Increases student fee to $46
per unit per semester, effective with the summer term of the 2012 calendar year, rather than winter term of 2011-12 academic year, as previously specified. Provides a statement of legislative intent relating to this delay in the fee increase. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/abx1_32_bill_20110921_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 32
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | From bill summary: Requires the director of finance to meet specified requirements if he/she proposes to reduce an item of appropriation pursuant to specified provisions. Repeals provision setting student fee at each community college district at $36 per unit per semester, effective May 1, 2012 (previously this repeal became effective January 1, 2012). Specifies that the raising of this fee to $46 per unit per semester occurs effective with the summer term of the 2012 calendar year. Makes this provision operative May 1, 2012. Provides a statement of legislative intent relating to this delay in the fee increase. States that this bill addresses the fiscal emergency declared and reaffirmed by the governor by proclamation issued on January 20, 2011, pursuant to the California Constitution.
Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx1_6_bill_20110912_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SBX1_6_Veto_Message.pdf
Title: S.B. 6
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| SC | Signed into law 08/2011 | Postsec. |
Transparency and Efficiency
Requires each public institution of higher learning to maintain a transaction register that includes a complete record of all funds expended, from whatever source for whatever purpose. Provides that the register must be prominently posted on the institution's Internet website and made available for public viewing and downloading. Grants the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education the authority to employ and administer certain administrative efficiency provisions.
Comprehensive Human Resources System
Directs the State Budget and Control Board's State Office of Human Resources to participate with five representatives selected by the respective presidents of the public institutions of higher learning and technical colleges to represent all of the public institutions of higher learning and technical colleges to study, develop, and recommend a separate, comprehensive human resources system for the public institutions of higher learning and technical colleges. Provides that the recommendation must include, but not be limited to, prescription of a methodology to establish a uniform compensation and classification plan among the public institutions of higher learning and technical colleges.
Facility and Procurement
Defines "permanent improvement project" for institutions of higher learning and revises the procurement statutory provisions.
Public Vote for Tuition Change
When the governing board of a public institution of higher learning, excluding technical colleges, adopts a change to the tuition or fees imposed on students, the change may be implemented by the institution only after a public vote with the number of trustees voting for and against the change being counted. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess119_2011-2012/bills/172.htm
Title: S.B. 172
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2011 | Community College
Postsec. | Amends circumstances under which the governing board of each community college district must raise student fees to $46 per semester, and when this fee change takes place. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_108_bill_20110726_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 108 - Community College Fees
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends in-state tuition benefits. Provides that a person, except a nonimmigrant alien (someone with a visa permitting temporary entrance to the country for a specific purpose), qualifies for in-state tuition if he or she: (1) Resides in Connecticut; (2) attended any educational institution in the state and completed at least four years of high school here; (3) Graduated from a high school or the equivalent in Connecticut; and (4) Is registered as an entering student, or is currently a student at, the University of Connecticut, a Connecticut State University, a community-technical college, or Charter Oak State College. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00043-R00HB-06390-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 6390
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| LA | Adopted 06/2011 | Postsec. | Urges and requests the Board of Regents to study the disparity in tuition charged at public four-year universities as compared to their Southern Regional Education Board peers, to develop a proposal for amending the LA GRAD Act in a way that will mitigate the disparity, and to submit the proposal to the legislature.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=753814
Title: H.C.R. 110
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Revises current statute on providing tuition exemption for family members of a member of the Louisiana National Guard.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=760079
Title: H.B. 232
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Authorizes the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to increase tuition and mandatory fee amounts at institutions under its supervision and management; provides limitations, applicability and implementation requirements, including provisions for the uniform imposition of tuition and mandatory fee amounts on a per-credit-hour basis; to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=760105
Title: H.B. 526
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Revises the Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act (LA GRAD Act) to provide for additional operational autonomies to be granted to public postsecondary education institutions, including but not limited to authority and exemptions relative to budgetary management, capital outlay and procurement. Addresses required reporting by public institutions and certain cost data to be included, renewal periods of institutions' performance agreements by the Board of Regents, and achievement of certain standards for retention of first-year students. Requires the Board of Regents to report on the standardization of student tracking and records systems and the performance of institutions.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=761954
Title: H.B. 549
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us
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| NV | To governor 06/2011 | Postsec. | Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, in fixing tuituon charges and assessing registration fees and other fees, to adjust the amount of the tuition charges and registration and other fees based on the demand for or the costs of providing the academic program or major for which the tuition charges are fixed or the registration fees are assessed; requiring the Board of Regents to establish a program authorizing scholarships and reduced fees for students who are economically disadvantaged under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Regents to make reports to the Legislature which identify the demand for and the costs of each academic program and major and includes a schedule of all tuition charges, registration fees and other fees assessed for each academic program and major; requiring the Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to provide certain information on employment and wages to the Board of Regents for purposes of the report made by the Board of Regents.
Title: S.B. 449
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Requires that the chancellor's rules for determining student residency for purposes of determining tuition costs must grant residency status to a person who graduated from an Ohio high school, if the person enrolls in an institution of higher education and establishes domicile in the state, regardless of the student's residence prior to that enrollment. Provides that an alien may not be granted resident status if the alien is not also an immigrant (granted right to permanent residency in the U.S.) or nonimmigrant (granted right to temporary residency in the U.S.).
Pages 437-438 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Resident for Determining Tuition
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Extends sunset on allowance of certain foreign exchange students to be considered residents of school district until July 1, 2013. Requires resident school district of foreign exchange students described in Oregon Revised Statutes 339.133(8) to submit a report to the interim legislative committee on education. Report must include recommendations for funding options that may be enacted in lieu of considering the foreign students to be residents. Effective July 1, 2011.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3300.dir/hb3359.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 3359
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | From bill analysis: Eliminates inconsistency between statute and the General Appropriations Act regarding tuition payment dates by giving each institution of higher education the freedom to set its own policy with regard to collection of tuition and mandatory fees. Also replaces specific references to semesters with more generic references to reduce confusion associated with registrations that take place outside of the traditional fall, spring and summer model. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB01341F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 1341
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Permits a general academic teaching institution (as defined here http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm) to develop a fixed tuition rate program for qualified students who agree to transfer to the institution within 12 months of completing an associate degree at a lower-division institution of higher education. Requires a participating general teaching institution to prescribe program eligibility requirements and notify applicants for transfer admission from lower-division institutions of higher education about the program. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB02999F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 2999
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | Postsec. | Existing Sections 54.5031 and 54.5032 providing for student fee advisory committee meetings. New provisions require that such committees conduct meetings at which a quorum is present in a manner that is open to the public and in accordance with procedures prescribed by the president of the institution. Creates requirements that such procedures must meet. Requires the final recommendations made by a student fee advisory committee to be recorded and made public. Pages 31-32 of 38: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00005F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 5 - Student Fee Advisory Committee Meetings and Recommendations
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Revises policies related to guaranteed tuition and fee rates by higher education institutions. Limits the contracts between students and institutions to addressing only tuition and clarifies that the contracts are not included in an institution's financial accountability plan. Shifts setting of most fee policies from Colorado commission on higher education to institutional governing boards.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/3DF6454C7E1E0EF187257808008011E6?Open&file=1301_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1301
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec. | From Legislative Budget Committee Summary:
Coenrollment in Public Schools and Adult Education Programs
Prohibits funding for coenrollment in public schools and adult general education programs, except that for the 2011-2012 fiscal year students may enroll in core courses for credit recovery or dropout prevention for up to two courses. Provides that high school students are exempt from the payment of block tuition for general adult education programs.
Facilities
Expands the class size reduction lottery bond program to include other educational facilities. Suspends temporarily the state match for facilities and operating challenge grant programs for colleges and universities, effective July 1, 2011. Provides that existing eligible donations will remain eligible for future match and that the suspension may be removed once $200 million of the grant backlog has been matched. Allows a university board of trustees to expend carry-forward balances from prior year operational appropriations on legislatively approved fixed capital outlay projects authorized for the establishment of a new campus.
Finance
Streamlines library operations through consolidation and joint purchasing. Requires creation of a union catalog for higher education. Requires the Florida College System Council of Presidents to develop and recommend an equitable funding formula for the distribution of certain state funds to the college system institutions. Provides for the use of a funding formula to ensure equitable distribution of district workforce funds. Provides a $200,000 limit on the amount of state funds that may be paid for salaries of college and university presidents and administrative employees. Terminates the University Concurrency Trust Fund.
Finanical Aid/Scholarships
Increases the Florida Medallion Scholarship test scores in 2013-2014, from 1050 to 1170 for SAT, including the applicable home school test scores. Increases or establishes required community service hours for Bright Futures applicants. Requires applicants for Bright Futures, and certain other programs to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid prior to disbursement of funds. Prioritizes state student financial aid to the neediest (Pell eligible) students for the Florida Work Experience Program and the First Generation in College Program.
Northwest Regional Data Center
Designates the Northwest Regional Data Center as a primary data center.
Student Enrollment Pilot Program
Authorizes a spring and summer term student enrollment pilot program at the University of Florida for the purpose of aligning student enrollment and the availability of instructional facilities. Authorizes Bright Futures scholarships in the summer for these students.
Transient Student Admission
Authorizes the implementation of a transient student admission application process through the Florida Academic Counseling Tracking for Students system to include admissions, readmissions, financial aid, and transfer of credit functions. Authorizes a fee of $5 to support the system.
Tuition
Provides an exemption from the 30 percent need-based expenditure requirement from the tuition differential fee if the university has covered the entire tuition and fee costs of all resident students who are eligible for need-based aid. Authorizes alternative documentation for tuition fee waivers for Purple Heart veterans. Increases the tuition surcharge for excess hours to 100 percent in excess of 115 percent of the credit hours required for a degree. Requires a block tuition and corresponding out-of-state fee for students enrolled in adult general education courses. Removes fee exemptions for certain students and requires residency of students to be documented. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-063.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Clarifies and amends the requirements for obtaining an exemption from the payment of tuition at community colleges for specified disabled individuals. Allows an individual who is out of work due to a disability to obtain a tuition waiver at a community college (previous law provided this excemption only for someone who is retired). Provides that the tuition waiver is limited to 6 credits per semester or to 12 credits per semester if the individual is enrolled in classes as part of a degree or a certificate program designed to lead to employment. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/hb/hb0104t.pdf
Title: H.B. 104
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Clarifies the duties and responsibilities of the Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC). Sets deadlines in coming years for working toward fulfilling pay levels included in a state-determined salary schedule. Provides that a tutition and fee increase greater than five percent for resident students requires the approval fo the HEPC. Requires, by July 1, 2015, the governing board of each state institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the HEPC, including the governing boards of Marshall University and West Virginia University, to attain a graduation rate for full-time undergraduate students that equals or exceeds the peer-established graduation rate (W. Va. Code §18B-1A-3). http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB330%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=330
Title: S.B. 330
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2011 | Postsec. | Grants in-state student status for the purposes of tuition at any Arizona public university or community college to any person honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/hb2410h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2410
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| AZ | Vetoed 04/2011 | Postsec. | Increases the repayment responsibilities of participants in the Professional Student Exchange Program (PSEP) under the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and grants participants a greater period of time to fulfill their repayment obligations.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1386s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1386
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2011 | Postsec. | On registration at a state supported community college, college, or university, any person who is eligible for and has applied for benefits for education available to veterans of the United States Armed Forces under federal law may apply for a deferment of payment of tuition, fees and required books and materials for a period not to exceed one hundred twenty days. If at the end of the deferral period the person has not yet received from the veterans administration the initial benefit monies for tuition and fees, the person may be granted an extension until such time as the benefits are received.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1256h.pdf
Title: S.B. 1256 -- Veterans
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/
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| IL | Adopted 04/2011 | Postsec. | Requests the Illinois Board of Higher Education to conduct a cost-neutral analysis of all relevant out-of-state tuition and fees charged by the University of Illinois in comparison to those charged by the flagship schools in surrounding states, and that the board report its findings to the general assembly and the governor on or before June 30, 2011. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/HR/PDF/09700HR0004lv.pdf
Title: H.R. 4
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2011 | Postsec. | Defines a fee as any monetary charge, other than tuition, that a student is assessed for a specific purpose or supplemental service. Requires the state board of higher education to publish on its web site all fees by campus; limits annual mandatory fee increases to not more than 1% of the latest available average full-time, resident, on-campus, undergraduate tuition rate unless the board determines that there are documented extraordinary circumstances or certain evidence of student demand.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0351-07000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2351
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov/
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2011 | Postsec. | Ensures that the established in-state tuition eligibility must not be affected by the establishment and maintenance of a place of residence in another jurisdiction for the purpose of maintaining a joint household with such member. Also provides that the spouse of an active-duty military service member, if such spouse has established domicile and claimed a dependent student on federal or state income tax returns, must not be subject to minimum income tests or requirements. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0782
Title: H.B. 1848/S.B. 1279
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec. | From bill summary:
Requires the Regents of the University of California and the Trustees of the California State University, in implementing reductions contained in the Budget Act of 2011, to minimize fee and enrollment impacts
on students by targeting actions that lower the costs of instruction and administration. Requires the regents and the trustees to submit recommended budget options, with savings estimates for each identified
solution, to the legislature, the governor, and stakeholders for review and comment by June 1, 2011, prior to adoption of a final plan.
States enrollment goals for the 2011–12 academic year, and requires the regents and the trustees to report to the legislature by May 1, 2012, on whether the University of California and the California State University met their respective 2011–12 enrollment goals. Provides that if the goals are not met, the director of finance will be directed to revert the total amount of enrollment funding associated with the total share of the enrollment goal that was not met to the general fund by May 15, 2012. Requires the regents and the trustees to submit a final detailed report to the governor, the department of finance, and the legislature by September 1, 2012. Pages 79-80 of 81: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_70_bill_20110324_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 70 - Sec. 59 and 60
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | University of Idaho - Amends and repeals existing law relating to education to provide that the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho may prescribe fees, including tuition fees, for resident and nonresident students enrolled in all state colleges and universities.
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/H0020.pdf
Title: H.B. 20
Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Permits the governing board of a public university to adopt a tuition policy whereby any veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces or National Guard who is eligible for Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits who enrolls as a student in the university as a non-Kentucky resident is charged no more than the maximum tuition reimbursement provided under the Post-9/11 GI Bill to public universities for eligible Kentucky residents. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/11RS/HB425/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 425 - Resident Tuition for Veterans
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires an institution of higher education to grant resident status to the child of active duty military personnel if the child produces any of specified identification.
http://le.utah.gov/~2011/bills/sbillenr/sb0046.pdf
Title: S.B. 46
Source: le.utah.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec. | Provides in-state tuition for any person who met the requirements for in-state tuition prior to being called to active duty in the National Guard of another state following completion of active duty service if during active duty that person maintained one or more of the following in Virginia rather than in another state or jurisdiction: a driver's license, motor vehicle registration, voter registration, employment, property ownership, or sources of financial support. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0376+pdf
Title: S.B. 1074
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends the criteria for institutions of higher education to be eligible to receive tuition assistance on behalf of eligible students. For an institution to be eligible, the institution must have either been receiving such funds as of January 1, 2011, or (i) be formed, chartered, established, or incorporated within the Commonwealth; (ii) have the principal place of business in the Commonwealth; (iii) conduct their primary educational activity with the Commonwealth; and (iv) be accredited by a nationally recognized regional accrediting agency. The bill requires the State Council of Higher Education to keep a current, and periodically updated, list of such institutions. The bill also defines ''principal place of business."
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+SB1439ER+pdf
Title: S.B. 1439/H.B. 1960
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2011 | Postsec. | Authorizes certain veterans who elect to establish Virginia as their permanent residence for domiciliary purposes to establish immediate residency in Virginia and become eligible for in-state tuition, rather than waiting the required one-year period. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0038+pdf
Title: H.B. 1861/S.B. 824
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| ID | Approved by voters 11/2010 | Postsec. | Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Idahoto permit the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho to impose rates of tuition and fees on all students enrolled in the University of Idaho as authorized by law.
Title: SJR 101
Source: StateNet.com
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | This section provides institutions of higher education the option of developing a program to permit older adults to enroll in courses free of tuition charge. Each institution that develops such a program is required to promulgate specific guidelines regarding procedures and administration of the program.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0101&pn=4389
Title: H.B. 101 - Article XX-E
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2010 | Postsec. | From bill summary: Prohibits the trustees of the California State University from allocating, and would request the regents of the University of California to not allocate, any fees that are proposed by a student body
organization and imposed pursuant to a vote of the students registered at a campus, branch or location of the respective institution, for purposes of supporting intercollegiate athletics programs for any purpose or in any amount not approved by the vote of the students. Requires the trustees, and request the regents, at the end of an academic year, to refund to each feepaying student a pro rata share of any portion of the fee that is not allocated for the authorized purposes during that academic year. Pages 33-34 of 52: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1601-1650/ab_1610_bill_20101019_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1610 - Prohibition of Student Fees to Support Intercollegiate Athletics Programs
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | Community College
Postsec. | Authorizes community college districts to use an alternative method to set nonresident tuition rates. Deletes the requirement that community college district's governing board consider the nonresident tuition fees of public community colleges in other states when adopting a tuition fee for nonresident students. Instead authorizes the governing board to adopt a nonresident tuition fee that is no greater than the average of the nonresident tuition fees of public community colleges of at least 12 states with a comparable cost of living. Requires the additional revenue generated by the increased nonresident tuition permitted under these changes to be used to expand and enhance services to resident students. Prohibits the admission of nonresident students at the expense of resident enrollment.
Requires the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges to make specified data relating to nonresident tuition available to the Legislative Analyst's Office, and requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to include a summary of this data in its annual analysis of the Governor's budget proposal. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_2251-2300/ab_2297_bill_20100924_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2297
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2010 | Community College
Postsec. | From bill summary: Increases the combined limit of the transportation fee (for the transportation costs incurred by the district or the costs of reducing fares for services provided by common carriers or municipally
owned transit systems to students and employees) and the parking services fee to $70 per semester or $35 per intersession. Requires these fee limits to increase annually based on a specified calculation. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_82_bill_20100930_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 82
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2010 | Postsec. | Amends provisions related to four-year public postsecondary institutions in the state. Provides that an undergraduate student who is an Illinois resident and who has for 4 continuous academic years been charged no more than the tuition amount that he/she was charged at the time he/she first enrolled in the university must be charged tuition not to exceed the amount the university charged students who first enrolled in the university for the academic year following the academic year the student first enrolled in the university for a maximum of 2 additional continuous academic years. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-1293.pdf
Title: S.B. 3222
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Permits a state university or community college to waive tuition and fees for a classroom teacher, who is employed full-time by a school district and who meets the academic requirements established by the community college or state university, for up to 6 credit hours per term on a space-available basis; limites such courses to undergraduate courses related to special education, mathematics, or science; prohibits the waiver from being used for courses scheduled during the school district's regular school day. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0723er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0723&Session=2010
Title: HB 723
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act; provides for performance agreements between the Board of Regents and public postsecondary institutions; provides for autonomies, including setting tuition rates, granted to institutions that enter into such agreements; to require specified performance objectives to be met as part of such agreements; to provide for monitoring and reporting by the Board of Regents; The standards are related to student success, articulation and transfer policies, and workforce and economic development. The fourth objective – efficiency and accountability – requires four-year institutions that enter into the agreements to eliminate remedial education courses unless such programs cannot be offered at a community college in the same geographic area.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722570
Title: H.B. 1171
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12
Postsec. | Expands the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program to include students pursuing a teaching degree at a qualifying, private postsecondary educational institution in the state. Transfers the program from the Arizona board of regents to the commission for postsecondary education.Stipulates that the loans granted must be used to cover the costs of tuition and mandatory fees for each loan recipient and may also defray the costs of instructional materials but cannot exceed $7,000 each year. Removes requirement that, if an applicant qualifies for federal financial aid and receives federal grant aid, the loan amount must be limited to the amount of tuition and mandatory fees not covered by the federal grant aid and my include a stipend for instructional materials. Removes the requirement that the commission adopt policies for screening qualified applicants based on character. Mandates that the commission adopt policies for screening qualified candidates including requiring applicants to complete a Free Application for Student Federal Aid as a part of their applicant screening policies. Allows the commission to partner with qualifying postsecondary institutions to administer the loans; allows the commission to retain up to 10% of the amount deposited in each fiscal year into the Fund for the purposes of administering the program; allows the commission to use the interest deposited into the fund to cover the administration costs of the loan repayment responsibilities. Requires the commission to forward a request for verification of attendance, satisfactory academic progress, financial need and enrollment in a qualified program to the institution.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2725s.pdf
Title: H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | Clarifies exemption from postsecondary student fee requirements provided for a student who is or was at time he or she reached 18 years of age in custody of relative under Relative Caregiver Program or who was adopted from department of children and family services after specified date; provides that exemption includes fees associated with enrollment in career-preparatory instruction. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h1363er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=1363&Session=2010
Title: H.B. 1363
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | Rewrites Section 20-3-519.6 relating to HOPE GED vouchers. Previous legislation awarded a one-time $500 voucher to each student earning a GED, with the voucher valid at any eligible postsecondary institution in the state for 24 months from the date of issuance. New provision does not denote amount of HOPE GED voucher, but specifies that to be eligible for a voucher, a student must be a legal resident of Georgia as defined by state entities for purposes of paying in-state tuition. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb341.pdf
Title: S.B. 341
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| ID | Approved as Final Rule 05/2010 | Postsec. | Amends rules to bring them into alignment with changes made to related rules. Allows students to retain resident status when the leave the state for educational purposes.
http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/bulletin/bul/10bul/10may.pdf
Title: IDAPA 08.01.04
Source: http://adm.idaho.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2010 | Postsec. | Requires the comptroller to continue to distribute specified income tax revenue from corporations to the Higher Education Investment Fund (the Fund); Expands the authorized uses of the Fund; establishes a Tuition Stabilization Trust Account in the Fund; States a goal of the state that public senior higher education funding should reach 100% of the funding guidelines approved by the Maryland Higher Education Commission; Requires governing boards of specified higher education institutions to periodically review tuition. http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/chapters_noln/Ch_193_hb0470T.pdf
http://mlis.state.md.us/2010rs/bills/sb/sb0283e.pdf
Title: H.B. 470/S.B. 283
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Opportunity Pathways Account; requires funds in the account to stabilize and increase existing resources for the recruitment of entrepreneurial researchers, innovative partnership zones and research teams, early childhood education, opportunity grants, educational opportunity grants, get ready for math and science scholarships, passport to college promise scholarships, college bound scholarships, Washington Scholars awards, the award for vocational excellence, and Promise scholarships. Directs lottery account money to the opportunity pathways accounts and requires those funds to stabilize and increase existing resources for the recruitment of entrepreneurial researchers, innovation partnership zones and research teams, early childhood education, opportunity grants, educational opportunity grants, "get ready for math and science" scholarships, passport to college promise scholarships, college bound scholarships, the state work study program, the state need grant, Washington scholars awards, the Washington award for vocational excellence and the Washington promise scholarships. Requires the lottery commission, in consultation with independent experts and in collaboration with the higher education coordinating board, to develop and begin implementation of a strategy and plan for actively marketing the state lotter as an essential contributor to the opportunity pathways. First Special Session Chapter 27
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/6409-S2.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 6409
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2010 | Postsec. | Establishes new provisions governing the financing, construction, purchase and leasing of facilities at state institutions of higher education, which could lead to the state taking responsibility for the bulk of construction and maintenance of educational facilities on college campuses (currently, campus construction is borne almost entirely by students through tuition and fees); Requires the Higher Education Policy Commission to establish standards for evaluating institutional requests for tuition and fee increases. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4026%20ENR.htm&yr=2010&sesstype=RS&i=4026
Title: H.B. 4026
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2010 | Postsec. | Amends existing law relating to public institutions of higher education to provide resident student status to certain veteran who enroll in the state college or university within one year of the date of separation from the military, or who moves to Idaho for the purpose of establishing domicile; provided however, to maintain status as a resident student, such person must actively establish domicile in Idaho within one year of matriculation in a public institution of higher education in Idaho. The dependent of a person who qualifies as a resident student under this paragraph and who receives at least fifty percent support from such person shall also be a resident student. Chapter 77
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2010/S1367.htm
Title: S.B. 1367
Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov
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| OR | Signed into law 03/2010 | Postsec. | Establishes program for education loan repayment for providers of primary care; creates Primary Care Student Loan Repayment Fund; continuously appropriates moneys in fund to Oregon Student Assistance Commission for purposes of paying student loan repayment assistance under program. Chapter 42
http://www.leg.state.or.us/10ss1/measpdf/hb3600.dir/hb3639.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 3639A
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| AK | Rule Adoption 02/2010 | Postsec. | Sets the origination fee for the AlaskAdvantage Consolidation Loan Program. Provides for the distribution of education funds when there are insufficient funds to meet demand. Clarifies application process and cosigner eligibility. Clarifies the methodology for setting interest rates on the WICHE PSEP. Adjusts interest rates.
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e7a8925672a0060a91b/f977d5852d5b1432892
Title: 20 AAC 15.189(a), 20 AAC 15.520, 20 AAC 15.715, 20 AAC 15.930, 20 AAC15.940, 20 AAC 15.945(g), 20 AAC 15.945(h), 20 AAC 15.945(i)
Source: http://notes5.state.ak.us
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| IL | Signed into law 02/2010 | Postsec. | Cites legislative findings, including that (1) private loans currently constitute 20% of total education loan money, as opposed to 5% of student loans 10 years ago, and (2) tuition at public universities has risen 57% in the past five years. Creates the Task Force on Higher Education Private Student Loans Act. Establishes task force membership. Charges the task force with investigating or assessing:
(1) The rates, fees and terms associated with private student loans made to students in the state
(2) How rates, fees and terms impact the accessibility of private student loans, affordability of student loans, and choice of institution students have
(3) The impact rates, fees and terms have on students after graduation, specifically: (A) The amount of debt they carry; (B) The impact on pursuing post-graduate degrees; and (C) The ability to repay their loans
(4) The relationship between rising tuition and the availability of private loans
(5) The impact of capping private student loan fees charged by lenders
(6) How many private student loans are in default or are not able to be repaid
(7) What rates, fees and terms are common to those private student loans in default
(8) What impact loan defaults have on lending institutions
(9) The impact a loan default has on the borrower
(10) What additional disclosures can be made to students regarding high risk loans, financial information, financial choices and financial aid available
(11) What higher education institutions can do to advise students on their financial aid and loan resources
(12) Whether race/ethnicity are a factor in the rates, fees and terms associated with private student loans.
Directs the task force to report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by December 31, 2010. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0880.pdf
Title: S.B. 1698
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| MO | Adopted 11/2009 | Postsec. | Distinguishes between the residency requirements pertaining to in-state tuition eligibility and state student financial aid eligibility. Adds requirements addressing loss of residency.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/6csr/6c10-3.pdf
Title: 6 CSR 10-3.010
Source: http://www.sos.mo.gov/
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | Community College
Postsec. | Authorizes a community college district to charge the additional fee to any nonresident student by deleting a condition that a nonresident be a citizen and resident of a foreign country. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0901-0950/ab_947_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 947
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | Community College
Postsec. | Amends existing law that authorizes the governing boards of specified community college districts to require that a transportation service fee be paid only by students and employees using those services. Extends the transportation fee authority to include any community college district. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_774_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 774
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | Postsec. | Allows an exception to the uniform residency requirements for a student 19 years of age or under at the time of enrollment in postsecondary education, who resides in the state and is a dependent or ward of the state through the child welfare system, or was served by the system and is no longer being served either due to emancipation or aging out of the system. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0651-0700/ab_669_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 669
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NY | Adopted 10/2009 | Postsec. | Amends the State University of New York Tuition and Fees Schedule to increase tuition for resident students in graduate and professional programs. no changes to as published in July 29, 2009 register. Pages 44-46 of 47: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2009/jul29/pdfs/rules.pdf
Title: Title 8 NYCRR section 302.1(c) - (i)
Source: www.dos.state.ny.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Prior legislation required districts to set aside free textbooks and provide fee waivers to children eligible for free meals under the Community School Lunch Program. Current amendment replaces reference to children eligible for free meals under the Community School Lunch Program with reference to children living in households eligible for federal free breakfast or lunch. Requires any school board that participates in a federally funded, school-based child nutrition program to follow certain guidelines. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0475lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 475
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec. | Requires the Board of Higher Education's master plan to include higher education affordability and accessibility measures. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4094lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4094
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Allows an honorably discharged military person who served on an Arizona military installation to receive in-state student classification regardless of the time the person resided in Arizona. Chapter 91
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/summary/s.2495vma.doc.htm
Title: H.B. 2495
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates the Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Under the program, the Department will provide a reimbursement to parents or volunteers who donate time at certain schools. To be eligible, individuals must donate time at a school in a district that is unaccredited or provisionally accredited or has a population of at least 50% at risk students as described in the act. Subject to appropriation, for every 100 hours donated by a volunteer or parent, the department will provide him or her with a reimbursement for the cost of three credit hours at a public institution of higher learning located in Missouri. The reimbursement cannot exceed $500 every two years. If a participating school district becomes classified as accredited, it may continue to participate in the program for an additional two years
http://www.senate.mo.gov/09info/pdf-bill/tat/SB291.pdf.
Title: S.B. 291--Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program
Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Prohibits districts from charging instructional or materials fees to students eligible for free lunch.
DOE summary document: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Pages 1194-1195 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3313.642
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Existing legislation allows a nonresident student who is a member of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Ohio to pay in-state tuition. New provision extends in-state tuition to members of the Ohio national guard. Page 1456 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3333.42
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Appropriates moneys from General Fund to the Student Assistance Commission for certain biennial expenses; limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding specified lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by the commission; limits biennial expenditures by commission from federal funds; limits biennial expenditures by the commission from lottery moneys allocated from the Education Stability Fund for Opportunity Grants. Chapter 737
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb5500.dir/sb5544.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 5544
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes the state Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors to equalize tuition for online courses.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=665913
Title: H.B. 771
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| OH | Adopted 06/2009 | Postsec. | Revises rules relating to student residency for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes. Includes in the definition of residents (for purposes of determining tuition payment classification) veterans, their spouses and dependents who meet specified criteria. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3333/0/1/3333-1-10_PH_FF_A_RU_20090622_0900.pdf
Title: OAC 3333-1-10
Source: www.registerofohio.state.oh.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Sets limits on the dates of enlistment for tuition waiver eligibility requirements for service members; declares emergency, effective on passage. Chapter 236
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0001.dir/sb0046.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 595
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Allows certain veterans with honorable discharges to pay tuition and fees at discounted rates; exempts distance education and self-support courses from discounted rates; requires state institutions of higher education and community colleges to participate in certain federal educational assistance programs. Chapter 839
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2500.dir/hb2571.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2571
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Community College
Postsec. | Amends provisions relating to postsecondary fee waivers for military personnel and their children. Authorizes public technical institutes and public state colleges to establish a fee for extraordinary costs associated with a specific course or program that are not subject to the fee waiver. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00847F.pdf
Title: S.B. 847
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Community College
Postsec. | Authorizes the governing board of a junior college district to exempt a district employee from all or a portion of student tuition and fees. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01568F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1568
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Creates new Section 56.014. Directs institutions of higher education that are required to set aside a portion of student tuition payments to provide financial aid to notify each student from which a portion of tuition payments is set aside of the amount required to be set aside for this purpose. Provides this section applies beginning with tuition charged for the springn 2010 semester. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01304F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1304
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Amends provision of resident tuition for competitive scholarship recipients. Authorizes institutions to determine whether to charge resident tuition to nonresidents who hold a competitive scholarship of at least $1,000 (previously such students were automatically entitled to resident tuition). Clarifies that nonresident students eligible for resident tuition in the 2009-2010 academic year as this provision existed on January 1, 2009 are entitled to pay resident tuition as long as the student remains enrolled in the same certificate or degree program. Requires students to declare, before receiving a scholarship, whether the student is related to a current member of the institution's or system's governing board (previously, students were required to make this certification when applying for a scholarship. The amendment will simplify the process for students of applying for institutional scholarships.) http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB04244F.pdf
Title: H.B. 4244
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | These identical companion bills authorize institutions of higher education to charge students an environmental service fee, if approved by a majority vote of students in a general student election. Specify amounts a fee may not exceed. Provide fee may be used only to (1) provide environmental improvements at the institution through services related to recycling, energy efficiency and renewable energy, transportation, employment, product purchasing, planning and maintenance, or irrigation, or (2) provide matching funds for grants to obtain such improvements.
H.B. 3353: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03353F.pdf
S.B. 2182: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB02182F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3353 and S.B. 2182
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the higher education coordinating board to prescribe uniform standards to ensure that information on the cost of attending Texas public higher education institutions is available in a manner that is readily accessible and easily understandable to prospective students and their families. Requires that the uniform standards address all elements that constitute the total cost of attendance, including tuition and fees, room and board costs, book and supply costs, transportation costs, and other personal expenses. Requires all public institutions offering undergraduate programs to prominently display on the institution Web site information on the cost of full-time first-year attendance, aligned to the uniform standards. Requires any public institution's printed or electronic materials on the cost of undergraduate attendance to conform to the uniform standards. Requires public institutions to consider these uniform standards when providing information on the cost of attendance to prospective nonresident, graduate or professional program students.
Directs the board to prescribe requirements for an institution of higher education to provide on the institution's Web site consumer-friendly and readily understandable information regarding student financial aid opportunities, and requires this information to be provided in connection with the aforementioned information on the cost of attending the institution as a full-time first-year student. Requires the information to include a link to the FAFSA Web site intended to assist persons applying for student financial aid. Also requires the board to provide on its Web site a program or tool that will compute the estimated net cost of attendance for a full-time first-year student at each institution of higher education, and requires the board to make this tool or program available
Requires the board to prescribe the initial standards and requirements by January 2010, and for institutions to comply by April 2010. Directs the board to encourage private institutions of higher education to participate in the tuition equalization grant program, to prominently display information on cost of attendance for full-time first-year students in accordance with board standards, and to conform to those standards in printed and electronic materials that provide information on cost of attendance to prospective undergraduate students. Also directs the board to encourage those institutions to include on their Web sites a link to the FAFSA Web site, and to make the net price calculator tool available to private institutions for posting on their Web sites.
H.B. 2504: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02504F.pdf
S.B. 1764: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01764F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2504 - Section 3 and S.B. 1764
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Section 35: Directs the commissioner to establish rules regarding procedures for verifying that teachers of electronic courses through the state virtual school network successfully completed the required professional development before teaching the course. Requires the commissioner to establish by rule qualifications
and professional development requirements applicable to college instructors providing dual credit courses for high school and college credit through
the state virtual school network.
Section 36: Authorizes districts or open-enrollment charter schools to offer professional development courses to teachers seeking authorization to teach electronic courses through the state virtual school network. Requires the state education agency to review each district or charter school's professional development course to ensure it meets state-set quality standards before the course may be offered.
Section 37: Specifies that for a full-time grade 3-8 course offered through the state virtual school network, the district or charter school is eligibile for federal, state and local funding for that student at a level equal to the funding the district or school would otherwise receive for the student. Provides the student's average daily attendance may be calculated based on hours of contact with the student, student's completion of a course, or a method approved by the commissioner.
Section 38: Authorizes a district or charter school to charge a fee to a student who enrolls in a state virtual school network course during the summer. Authorizes a district or charter school that is not providing the course to charge a nominal fee to a student who enrolls in a state virtual school network course that exceeds the course load normally taken by students in the equivalent grade level.
NOTE: This bill also repeals Section 29.909, "Electronic Courses."
Pages 24-28 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3646 - Sections 35-38
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Vetoed 06/2009 | Postsec. | From Bill Analysis (http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/analysis/pdf/SB01343F.pdf):
Students in a four-year institution are required to have 120 credit hours in order to receive their degree. Currently, there is a "30-hour rule" that allows students to take up to 30 extra hours before graduating without being penalized with out-of-state tuition rates. This rule exempts students who have previously earned a baccalaureate degree, allowing them to complete a second degree with possibly more than 150 hours on their transcript. The rule does not, however, exempt students who have previously earned an associate degree, about 66 hours of transferrable coursework.
In Texas, there are 29 Early College high schools and many programs around the state that allow high school students to graduate with an associate degree along with their high school diploma. When these students transfer to a four-year institution, their 66 associate degree hours transfer either toward their baccalaureate degree or as elective hours, depending on the university. Normally, about half of the hours are counted as elective hours, putting students over the 30-extra hours they are allowed to take before being penalized with higher tuition rates by the time they reach junior or senior status.
The purpose of this bill is to add students with associate degrees to the list of exemptions in order for them to be able to continue to four-year institutions without worrying about higher tuition rates toward the end of their college careers.
S.B. 1343 relates to the formula funding for public institutions of higher education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a degree.
Bill text: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01343F.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/vetoes/81/sb1343.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 1343
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows in-state tuition to any veteran who files with the institution at which he/she intends to register a letter of intent to establish residence in this state and is either (1) eligible for benefits under the federal
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 or any other federal law authorizing educational benefits for veterans or (2) a spouse or child age 25 or younger of such a veteran. Also requires institutions of higher education to exempt from in-state tuition to any dependent child of a member of the U.S. Armed Forces who is a Texas resident or is otherwise entitled to pay resident tuition, for any semester or other academic term during which the member of the armed forces is deployed on active duty for the purpose of engaging in a combative military operation outside the U.S. Directs the legislature, in its appropriations to institutions of higher education, to provide sufficient funds to cover the full costs of these exemptions. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00297F.pdf
Title: S.B. 297
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to insurance premium tax credits; allows a credit against the premium tax liability incurred by insurers for contributions to school tuition organization; provides for foster and disabled students; provides that excess amounts may be carried forward; disallows a credit if the insurer designates a specific student; provides for individual and business taxpayer credits for contributions to school tuition organizations; requires prior notification; requires preapproval from the Department of Revenue. Chapter 1
Title: H.B. 2001B
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Requires the Education Estimating Conference to develop information relating to the national average of state university tuition and fees; revises provisions relating to the use of the student financial aid fee and the establishment of a tuition differential (to be used to promote improvements in the quality of undergraduate education and shall provide financial aid to undergraduate students who exhibit financial need); provides requirements for a university board of trustees to submit a proposal to the Board of Governors to implement a tuition differential; requires the Board of Governors' review and approval of a proposal.
http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2009-098.pdf
Title: S.B. 762
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Provides that in order to qualify as a resident for community college and state university tuition purposes, a person/parent or guardian must have maintained legal residence in the state for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to his or her initial enrollment in an institution of higher education.
To encourage each undergraduate student who enrolls in a state university to complete the student's respective baccalaureate degree program in the most efficient way possible while providing for access to additional college coursework, state universities shall require a student to pay an excess hour surcharge equal to 50 % of the tuition rate for each credit hour in excess.
Permits the Legislature to provide an annual appropriation to support Florida private colleges and universities. Such appropriations may be used to provide access to Florida residents
seeking a postsecondary education, to fulfill the state's need for graduates in specific disciplines, and to support medical research.
http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2009-060.pdf
Title: S.B. 1696
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| ID | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Amends existing law relating to residency requirements for public institutions of higher education; revises the definition of resident student; relate to time spent away from the state while enrolled in a postsecondary education program. Chapter 329
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0211.pdf
Title: H.B. 211
Source:
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov
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| KY | Adopted 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Repeals and re-establishes a refund policy for tuition charges for career and technology programs/classes in Kentucky TECH schools, and for continuing education classes for adults. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/780/002/140.htm
Title: 780 KAR 2:140
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to waive certain fees and tuition for a child, widow or widower of a person who was killed while serving in the Nevada National Guard. Chapter 28
http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB188_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 188
Source: http://leg.state.nv.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Provides that tuition at all campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education must be free for certain veterans. Chapter 420
http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/SB/SB318_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 318
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| OR | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs State Board of Higher Education and community college district boards to permit Oregon residents 65 years of age or older to audit courses without paying instructional fees at any state institution of higher education or community college. Chapter 344
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2011.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2011
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| AK | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to eligibility for the state supplemental education loan program and to the interest rate for a loan made under the state family education loan program.
Chapter 7 SLA 9
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: H.B. 109
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires that costs associated with a college-level academic program for an inmate shall be borne by the inmate unless he or she receives financial aid or scholarships for the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/884C0DCA60E427B487257546000B8384?open&file=1264_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1264
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Exempts the children of a public safety officer who is killed in the line of duty from the payment of educational costs for up to specified semester credit hours at a state educational institution or technical school. Public Law 51
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/pdf/he/he1165.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1165
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| OR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Changes the definition of lower income household for purposes of statutes relating to individual development accounts which allow individuals in a lower income household to accumulate assets tax-free by making deposits, which are matched by private donations, into their own account and to withdraw those funds tax-free for the purpose of paying higher education expenses, purchasing a primary residence, or starting their own business. Chapter 63
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2200.dir/hb2258.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2258
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to eligibility for state financial aid programs; provides that persons who have completed a qualified program of home school instruction and qualified persons who have been excused from school attendance shall be deemed to have met the high school graduation requirements for purposes of eligibility for any state-supported financial aid or other higher education programs; promotes racial and ethnic diversity.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+SB1547ER
Title: S.B. 1547
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Changes border county opportunity program provisions; expands the border county higher education opportunity project to allow resident tuition for certain persons who relocated from Oregon border counties to Washington border counties within the previous twelve months. Chapter 158
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202009/1474.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1474
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Regards resident student classification; expands the definition of "resident student" relevant to chapter 28B.15 RCW, college and university fees.
Chapter 220
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1487-S.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1487
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Regards student fees, charges, and assessments; provides that fee increases voted on by college and university students are not subject to the legislative approval provisions and use of the fees is not subject to the restriction on legislative activities; allows student fees to be used for lobbying purposes. Chapter 179
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5776-S.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5776
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Partial Veto 04/2009 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Revises the elements of the individual responsibility plan developed for WorkFirst recipients to include education, training, and other opportunities available to the recipient to support employment goals and advance in the workplace.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202009/2071-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2071
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Eliminates the matching fund requirement for the American Indian endowed scholarship program; eliminates the scholarship trust fund; provides that funds appropriated by the Legislature may be deposited into the scholarship endowment fund. Chapter 259
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5001-S.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5001
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Regards resident undergraduate tuition. Allows the tuition rate to increase by greater than 7% for the 2009-10 and the 2010-2011 academic years only.
Chapter 540
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2344-S.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2344
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/
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| WA | Signed into law with partial veto 04/2009 | Postsec. | Extends the authority of the governing boards of the public colleges and universities to set full-time tuition fees for all students other than resident undergraduates; requires, prior to reducing or increasing tuition for each academic year, the governing boards shall consult with existing student associations or organizations regarding the impacts of potential tuition increases; provides that any tuition increases above a specified percentage shall fund specified costs; relates to a required audit. Chapter 574
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5734-S.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5734
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| KS | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Concerns state educational institutions; relates to waiver fees and tuition at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Chapter 2009-25
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/2007.pdf
Title: H.B. 2007
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| NY | Adopted 03/2009 | Postsec. | Amends rules to increase tuition for students in all programs in the State University of New York. Adopted as proposed in February 4 rulemaking (pages 26-28 of 32: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2009/feb4/pdfs/rules.pdf
Title: Title 8 NYCRR 302.1(b)-(i)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Amends the definition of a resident student for tuition purposes within the state system of higher education. Authorizes Dixie State College to offer a good neighbor waiver of the nonresident differential in tuition rates charged to undergraduate students. Establishes purposes of and student qualifications for alumni legacy nonresident scholarships. Authorizes the president of an institution to waive an amount up to the full nonresident portion of tuition for alumni legacy nonresident scholarships. Provides that a student who attends an institution within the state system of higher education on an alumni legacy nonresident scholarship may not count the time during which the scholarship is received towards establishing resident student status in the state. Increases from 400 to 600 the number of nonresident partial tuition scholarships that may be in effect at any time. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0364.pdf
Title: H.B. 364
Source: le.utah.gov
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends the State National Guard Tuition Incentive Program; provides that in-service recruits are not eligible for benefits under the program; modifies the maximum value and total annual number of tuition incentive awards issued under the program.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/SB268.pdf
Title: S.B. 268
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to grant program for certain foster care and special needs adoption students; modifies the eligibility of the current program to allow a student enrolled in a minimum of six credit hours per semester at a two-year institution of higher education to receive a grant for tuition and fees and to ensure that a student who has a prior bachelor's degree is excluded from participation.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1599ER
Title: H.B. 1599
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides that scholarships awarded through the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program may be used to cover the costs of required academic fees, in addition to tuition and textbooks already provided by state law, and graduate study at the masters and doctoral levels, as determined by the Awards Committee; clarifies the Awards Committee's authority to establish policies, standards, and rules to govern the program; includes an accredited career and technical education postsecondary school.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1893ER
Title: H.B. 1893
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides that notwithstanding the eligibility requirement that a member of the National Guard have a minimum of two years remaining on his service requirement in order to receive a grant, if a member is activated or deployed for federal military service or state active duty, an additional day must be added to the member's eligibility for the grant for each day of federal service or state active duty.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2342ER
Title: H.B. 2342
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| NY | Adopted 01/2009 | Postsec. | Limits time period for tuition refunds based on hardship to one year following the term for which the tuition is due. Adopted as published on page 14 of 16: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2008/nov5/pdfs/rules.pdf
Title: Title 8 NYCRR Section 302.2(b)
Source: www.dos.state.ny.us
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| NY | Emergency Rule Adoption 11/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends rules to increase tuition for students in all degree programs in the State University of New York, including two- and four-year undergraduate programs and graduate programs leading to a master's, doctor's, and other professional-level degree programs.
Title: Title 8 NYCRR 302.1
Source: www.lexis.com
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | Postsec. | Requires the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and requests the Regents of the University of California to establish procedures and forms that enable persons who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition under existing law, or who meet equivalent requirements adopt by the regents, to be eligible to receive institutional financial aid awards. Defines such awards. Provides such awards to not include a fee waiver.
Title: S.B. 1301
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | Postsec. | Expands the number of employment training programs of the Employment Training Panel that qualify for priority funding to include projects that support veterans and members of the State National Guard, especially individuals who have become disabled as a result of their military service. Requires the panel to include in its 3-year plan, goals, objectives, and strategies to support target populations, including veterans.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 3066
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Expands educational loan assumption program eligibility to include an applicant who agrees to teach on a part- time basis for a specified number of academic years in a public school and a credentialed teacher who is teaching at a public schooled ranked among the lowest deciles on the Academic Performance Index. Limits the number of loan assumption agreements that can be provided to specified credentialed teachers. Deletes the authority to provide agreements to out-of-state teachers. Chapter 516
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: S.B. 1158
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2008 | Postsec. | Relates to student financial aid programs. Requires a public or private postsecondary educational institution to make specified disclosures related to private student loans in financial aid material, to distinguish private loans from federal loans in individual financial aid awards, and for any private loan lender list, to provide general information on the terms of the loan available through the lender, and to disclose the reason for each lender's inclusion on the list. Provides exceptions.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: S.B. 1355
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2008 | Postsec. | Creates the State Scholarshare Advancement Vehicle for Education program to fund scholarships for beneficiaries to be determined by the Scholarshare Investment Board and the CalSAVE account, a continuously appropriated fund, within the program fund. Authorizes contributions from any person, firm partnership, or corporation, to be deposited into the CalSAVE account even if not designated for a specified beneficiary. Creates subaccounts within the CalSAVE account for each category of beneficiary. Chapter 474
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: S.B. 1457
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2008 | Postsec. | Revises the minimum requirements for the competitive Cal Grant B award to additionally authorize a student, in lieu of meeting the high school grade point average, to demonstrate attainment of a specified community college or college grade point average. Repeals the statute authorizing a governing board of a community college district to contract out the operation of bookstores. Chapter 235
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 2260
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov
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| ID | Adopted 08/2008 | Postsec. | Amends rules relating to residency classification. Clarifies additional factors a student may use to establish residency for tuition purposes at a state public postsecondary institution.
http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa08/08index.htm
Title: IDAPA 08.02.02
Source: http://www2.state.id.us
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| OH | Adopted 08/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends rules regarding student residency for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes. "Resident" shall mean any person who maintains a twelve-month place or places of residence in Ohio, who is qualified as a resident to vote in Ohio and receive state public assistance and who may be subjected to tax liability, provided such person has not, within the time prescribed by this rule, declared himself or herself to be or allowed himself or herself to remain a resident of any other state or nation for any of these or other purposes.
http://codes.ohio.gov/oac/3333-1-10
Title: OAC 3333-1-10
Source: http://codes.ohio.gov/
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes the public postsecondary education management boards to establish tuition and mandatory fee amounts for resident students; provides for adjustments to such amounts; relates to certain guidelines established by the Board of Regents; provides for waivers.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=505292
Title: H.B. 734
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Waives fees as well as tuition for residents over the age of 65 attending classes at a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina or at a community college.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/PDF/H1076v0.pdf
Title: H.B. 1076
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2008 | Postsec. | Relates to state university student fees; revises requirements for the Board of Governors in establishing tuition and out-of-state fees for graduate and professional programs; revises requirements for the Board of Governors in establishing a uniform maximum undergraduate tuition differential for universities that have research and development expenditures.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0745er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0745&Session=2008
Title: H.B. 745
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Allows members of the Colorado National Guard who are eligible for in-state tuition status to receive college opportunity fund moneys.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/C30A40B345FA9950872573E6005E0D8E?open&file=166_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 166
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows the State to enter into the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children which applies to school age children of active duty uniformed members of the military forces of the United States including the National Guard and Reserve members, children of members or veterans who are medically discharged or retired and members who have died on active duty or as a result of injuries sustained while on active duty.
Title: H.B. 1678
Source: http://www.house.state.mo.us
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Allows a member of the Colorado National Guard to receive tuition assistance when enrolled at a private institution of higher education in a certificate or degree program in homeland security.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/676553E59D3DACB9872573680054EED8?open&file=1252_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1252
Source:
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Includes in the list of schools in which a student can enroll and receive a tuition grant an approved out-of-state postsecondary education institution licensed by the Council on Postsecondary Education to operate in the state and that is accredited by a recognized regional accrediting association and whose institutional programs are not composed solely of sectarian instruction.
Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, requires all independent colleges and universities, as well as all out-of-state postsecondary education institutions licensed by the Council on Postsecondary Education to operate in the state, and whose institutional programs are not composed solely of sectarian instruction, to be accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to remain an eligible institution in which a student may enroll and receive a Kentucky tuition grant. Requires programs or campuses of any out-of-state postsecondary education institution licensed by the Council on Postsecondary Education to operate in the state and whose institutional programs are not composed solely of sectarian instruction, but in which accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is not an option, to be reviewed and approved by the Council on Postsecondary Education based on accreditation criteria that mirrors Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accreditation criteria in order to qualify as an eligible institution in which a student may enroll and receive a Kentucky tuition grant.
Authorizes each two- and four-year public postsecondary institution that provides in-state tuition for nonresident children of graduates to provide the same in-state tuition for nonresident siblings of graduates. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/HB694/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 694
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2008 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides that if a member of the State National Guard enrolled in any state-supported university, college, or community college or any independent, not-for-profit, regionally accredited college or university is unable to complete his or her course of study within a specified time period due to deployment, the Adjutant General may extend the entitlement period for such member; requires the member to maintain satisfactory performance with the guard and pursue his or her course of study in such institution.
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB746.pdf
Title: L.B. 746
Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec. | Amends existing law relating to scholarships to provide for additional scholarship eligibility for dependents of a member of the armed forces who has become disabled by injuries or wounds sustained in action. Chapter 185
http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/S1407.html
Title: S.B. 1407
Source: http://www3.idaho.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2008 | Community College
Postsec. | Amends existing law to revise the maximum tuition community colleges may charge full-time students; removes a provision regarding the tuition to be paid by all other students taking such courses.
http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/H0385.html
Title: H.B. 399
Source: http://www3.idaho.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2008 | Postsec. | Amends existing law relating to public institutions of higher education to revise definitions; to provide a presumption for being in Idaho primarily for educational purposes; and to provide that a certain period of enrollment does not count toward the establishment of a bona fide domicile in Idaho unless the student proves certain specified factors. Chapter 226
http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/H0401.html
Title: H.B. 401
Source: http://www3.idaho.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 02/2008 | Postsec. | Amends existing law relating to higher education to revise the definition of resident student to include an officer or an enlisted member of the Idaho National Guard.
Chapter No. 66
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov
Title: H.B. 385
Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2008 | Postsec. | Provides for the funding of reduced tuition programs for veterans and teachers.
http://legis.state.sd.us
Title: H.B. 1224
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2008 | Postsec. | An act to revise certain eligibility requirements for the state Opportunity Scholarship.
http://legis.state.sd.us
Title: S.B. 201
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| ID | Adopted 11/2007 | Postsec. | Establishes the actual process and an application for, and related eligibility criteria. Establishes the selection process, selection criteria, and timing of the scholarship application, notification and awards.
adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0113.pdf
Title: IDAPA 08.01.13
Source: adm.idaho.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to postsecondary education grants and their implementation; relates to early graduation scholarships, school districts and charter schools; requires development of application forms; relates to costs of books and fees. Chapter No. 280.
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/h.sb1069_06-12-07_astranmittedtogovernor.doc.htm
Title: S.B. 1069
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Implement provisions of federal law that allow a trust to be an account owner of a § 529 Plan, an education savings plan for future college costs with special tax benefits.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+184/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 184
Source: http://www.legis.state.de.us/
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Relates to establishment of new campuses of the State University System; implements the FY 2007-08 higher education budget; relates to capital projects of, and contracting by, entities of the State Board of Higher Education; expands the tribal community college tax transfer, establishes the Mathematics, Science, and Special Education Teacher Student Loan Program. Chapter No. 265
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/h.hb2791_06-18-07_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm
Title: H.B. 2791
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Concerns out-of-state student admissions; provides for admission of children of nonresidents upon payment of a reasonable tuition; provides exemption to payment for members of a Federally recognized Indian tribe, residence on Indian lands and reservation boundaries in this state and another state. Chapter 274
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/h.hb2332_06-20-07_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm
Title: H.B. 2332
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns in-state tuition for persons who move to Colorado as the result of an economic development incentive.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/98ABFF8BFE1278B587257251007B296B?open&file=1256_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1256
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to state university academic student fees; authorizes Board of Governors to delegate the authority to establish certain fees for academic enhancement to board of trustees of university; relates to tuition differentials among universities.
http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2007/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s1710er.pdf
Title: S.B. 1710
Source: Florida Legislature
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides an exception from the 2-year residency requirement for students who have a parent or legal guardian on active duty serving in the Armed Forces of the United States. Further requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to establish a procedure by which an applicant for a millennium scholarship would be required to execute an affidavit declaring his
eligibility for a millennium scholarship and his citizenship or immigration status.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/23rdSpecial/Bills/SB/SB5_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 5A
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Specifying application of tuition limits; directing the State Regents for Higher Education to anticipate certain revenue needs for certain period; directing institution to provide a guaranteed tuition rate to certain students for certain period; making guaranteed tuition rate optional for students; requiring institutions to provide certain information prior to enrollment; limiting tuition charged for certain period to participating students to amount charged upon initial enrollment; specifying limit for guaranteed rate; providing for extension of guaranteed time period for certain undergraduate program; providing for extension of guaranteed time period for students who withdraw for certain reasons; providing for an increase in tuition upon transfer to another institution; providing for tuition rate upon a change in majors or certain transfers; requiring participating students to be enrolled full-time; providing for determination of full-time enrollment; stating legislative findings; stating legislative intent; providing definitions; directing boards of regents to adopt certain instructional material policies; specifying contents of instructional material policies; directing boards of regents to seek input from certain persons; requiring certain publishers to make certain information available to higher education institution faculty and staff; prohibiting higher education institution employees and departments from demanding or receiving certain payments; allowing higher education employees and departments to receive certain materials and compensation; prohibiting material vendors and bookstores from making certain solicitations; prohibiting bookstores from buying back certain instructional materials; prohibiting bookstores from engaging in the trade of certain instructionalal materials.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/HB2103_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 2103
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Provides flexibility in installment plans used by students to pay tuition and fees to an institution of higher education. The bill authorizes electronic agreements for emergency loans, and allows an origination fee, rather than interest, to be charged for an emergency loan.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB01232F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1232
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Relates to refunding tuition and mandatory fees at institutions of higher education for dropped courses and student withdrawals.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB01231F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1231
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Vetoed 06/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Allows public junior colleges and community colleges to reduce tuition for all out-of-district students who live in the service area and can demonstrate financial need, provided they meet certain other criteria.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB00544F.pdf
Title: H.B. 544
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Requires career schools and colleges to refund tuition and fees to a student who withdraws from the institution as a result of being called to active military service. This bill also authorizes the student to choose to take an incomplete and re-enroll at no additional cost within 12 months of finishing military service. This bill authorizes a student to receive an appropriate final grade or credit if an instructor determines that the student has completed a substantial portion of the course.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB00309F.pdf
Title: S.B. 309
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Became law without governor's signature 06/2007 | Postsec. | From bill analysis: Authorizes student fees for various A&M system component institutions. This bill creates a new student fee advisory committee at each institution of the A&M System that will review all increases and uses of student service-related system- wide fees. The bill authorizes new intercollegiate fees at Texas A&M International University, West Texas A&M University, and Texas A&M University--Commerce a student vote referendum to enact those fees. This bill requires the amount of the fees to not be increased to an amount that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fees as last approved by a majority vote of the student bodies at those respective institutions.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB03114F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3114
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AZ | Vetoed 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Early Graduation Scholarship Program under which eligible students who graduate from a public high school or charter school earlier than the student's class is scheduled to graduate may receive a scholarship of a specified amount to be applied to their first two years of postsecondary instruction at a community college, State University, private post secondary educational institution, or private vocational program, as defined.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/h.sb1183_05-02-07_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm
Title: S.B. 1183
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Clarifies the definition of a foster care recipient; provides that specified foster youth placed by the Department of Human Resources in out-of-home placements other than foster care homes may be eligible for waiver of tuition and fees at specified institutions of higher education.
Title: H.B. 1309
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the Texas Veterans Commission (commission) to establish a program to issue vouchers to be exchanged for an exemption from the payment of tuition and required fees at an institution of higher education to students in grades 6 through 12 or at postsecondary educational institutions who sound "Taps" on a bugle, trumpet, or cornet during military honors funerals held in this state for deceased veterans. Requires a voucher to be issued in the amount of $25 for each time a student sounds "Taps" as described by this subsection. Requires the commission to encourage a private or independent institution of higher education to grant a tuition and fee exemption in exchange for a voucher. Authorizes a district to excuse a student in grades 6 through 12 for the purpose of sounding "Taps" at a military honors funeral held in this state for a deceased veteran. Prohibits a student whose absence is excused under this subsection from being penalized.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB01187F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1187
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides exemption from tuition and fees at a public institution of higher education for adopted students.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB02702F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2702
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec. | Exempts mandatory fees, in addition to tuition, for members of the Texas Military Forces attending institutions of higher education for up to 12 credit hours per semester through the Tuition Assistance Program.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB00685F.pdf
Title: S.B. 685
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec. | Teachers and certificated instructional staff at public common schools and vocational schools are included within the definition of "state employees" for purposes of college tuition waivers for state employees. In order to be eligible for a tuition waiver, the teacher or staff must hold, or be seeking, a valid endorsement and assignment in a state-identified shortage area.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202007/5101-S.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5101
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to the income tax review schedule; deletes certain sections for review; provides for 2012 review of sections regarding charitable organizations, school tuition organizations, public school fees and contributions and donation of school sites. (Chapter No. 7)
Title: H.B. 2079
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Concerns higher education; adds new combat activity under which dependent children or spouses of POWs or deceased veterans may qualify for higher education tuition and fee waiver; revises the maximum number of hours for which a waiver may be granted; requires notice of the waiver program to be published in institutional catalogs and class schedules.
Title: H.B. 15
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec. | Resident undergraduate tuition increases at each institution are limited to no more than 7 percent per year.
It is the goal of the state to increase funding at state colleges and universities, using state funds plus tuition combined, to at least the 60th percentile of comparable institutions in the Global Challenge States within ten years. The Office of Financial Management (OFM) reports on the progress made toward the state goal. In defining the 60th percentile goal, OFM controls for differences among the comparison institutions in cost-of-living, program and enrollment mix, and reporting and accounting practices. Decreasing student enrollment below 2007 budgeted levels is not allowed as a method of increasing per-student funding. On billing statements to students, each institution must report the full cost of instruction, the amount collected from student tuition and fees, and the difference between the amounts for the full cost of instruction and student tuition and fees.
Final bill report: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bill%20Reports/Senate%20Final/5806-S2.FBR.pdf
Bill language: http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5806-S2.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5806
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| AK | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Amends the functions and powers of the Commission on Postsecondary Education; revises the repayment provisions for medical education and postsecondary degree program participants. (Chapter No. 5)
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: H.B. 18
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Provides free tuition at state-supported institutions of higher education for children of disabled veterans; includes children legally adopted or under the guardianship of a disabled veteran. (Act No. 717)
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/SB838.pdf
Title: S.B. 838
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Repeals the requirements for a nonresident student to complete 60 semester hours or have three years of residency prior to registration as a resident student; requires a nonresident student to maintain continuous state residency status for one full year prior to registration as a resident student; modifies the provisions that require objective evidence to be submitted that the student has taken overt steps to establish permanent residency in the state; allows specified exceptions to the residency rules. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0118.htm
Title: H.B. 118
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Clarifies that active duty military personnel, or activated or temporarily mobilized (activated for service for 6 months or more) reservists or National Guard members, assigned to a permanent duty station or workplace geographically located in Virginia who reside in Virginia shall be eligible for in-state tuition, along with their dependents, so long as the dependents are continuously enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program of an institution of higher education in Virginia or are transferring between Virginia institutions of higher education or from an undergraduate degree program to a graduate degree program. http://198.246.135.1/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB1996ER
Title: H.B. 1996
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/lis.htm
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Revises the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program to clarify that qualified survivors and dependents shall be admitted to any public institution of higher education or other public accredited postsecondary institution of higher education or other public accredited postsecondary institution granting a degree, diploma, or certificate in the Commonwealth of Virginia, free of tuition and all required fees. Establishes the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Fund to provide financial assistance for board and room charges, books and supplies, and other expenses. The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia is responsible for disbursing funds appropriated or otherwise made available to support the Fund.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+CHAP0116
Title: H.B. 2179
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Requires the governing board of the Community College System to grant in-state tuition to any person enrolled in one of the System's institutions who lives out of State, but within a 30 mile radius of a community college, provided his state of residence has a reciprocal arrangement.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+CHAP0112
Impact statement: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+oth+HB2114FER122+PDF
Title: H.B. 2114
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Eliminates the requirement that a student must have been attending a public school in Virginia while residing with a custodial parent prior to the parent's deployment as a member of the Virginia National Guard or as a member of the United States Armed Forces outside the U.S. in order to attend public school without paying tuition. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2092ER
Title: H.B. 2092
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2007 | Community College
Postsec. | Requires the governing board of the Virginia Community College System to grant in-state tuition to any person enrolled in one of the System's institutions who lives out of state, but within a 30-mile radius of a Virginia community college, provided that person's state of residence has a reciprocal arrangement for Virginia residents. This bill is identical to HB 2114, which also passed and was sent to the governor. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB755ER; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2114ER
Title: S.B. 755, H.B. 2114
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Adopted 10/2006 | Postsec. | Chapter 13, Subchapter F, Section 13.108. Financial Planning - Formula Funding and Tuition Charged for Excess Credit Hours of Undergraduate Students
Amends rules relating to the exemption of some students from higher tuition charges for repeated courses needed for graduation. Clarifies that theexemption from higher tuition applies only to students in the semester or term before graduation and is applicable to only one semester. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/GeneralPubs/Agenda/Ag2006_10/IXF/IXFA1.pdf
Title: Chapter 13, Subchapter F, Section 13.108
Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us
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| WA | Rule Adoption 10/2006 | Postsec. | Makes changes for "resident" status eligibility for tuition and fees for tribal members by striking a specific listing of eligible tribes and replacing it with a definition of eligible federally-recognized tribes whose traditional and customary tribal boundaries include portions of the state of Washington, or whose tribe was granted reserved lands within the state. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/documents/wsr/2006/20/06-20-118.htm
Title: WAC 250-18-020
Source: http://www1.leg.wa.gov/documents/wsr/2006/20/06-20-118.htm
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2006 | Community College
Postsec. | Deletes the exemption of students who enroll for 6 or fewer units from the requirement to pay a nonresident tuition fee at a community college. Extends the exemption of the eligible students displaced by Hurricane Katrina to the 2006-07 fiscal year. Provides that the exemption could be applied retroactively to academic terms commencing on or after a specified date and applies only to students displaced due to Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0451-0500/ab_473_bill_20060914_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 473
Source: California Legislature
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| KS | Adopted 08/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends the resident fee privilege to the spouse and dependents of a person in military service who is reassigned from a duty station in Kansas to a duty station elsewhere as long as the spouse or dependent continues to live in Kansas. Also extends the resident fee privilege to persons in the military service, their spouses and dependents as long as the person in the military service is living in Kansas regardless of the person's duty station assignment.
Title: K.A.R. 88-3-8
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Rule Adoption 08/2006 | Community College
Postsec. | Considers changes to the state need grant award amount to recognize the tuition charged to students engaged in the community college applied baccalaureate degree program. http://www1.leg.wa.gov/documents/wsr/2006/15/06-15-093.htm
Title: WAC 250-20
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WY | Rule Adoption 08/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends residency for purposes of in-state tuition eligibility at community colleges for immigrants and certain nonimmigrants and their dependents who possess a valid visa from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services with a classification of Temporary Workers or Intracompany Transferee and are eligible for education. Eligibility for consideration will be based on the privileges and limitations of the visa held by the applicant. Also, extends residency for in-state tuition eligibility to active Wyoming National Guard members and U.S. Armed Forces members stationed in Wyoming, and their dependents, as well as members of the U.S. Armed Forces who move to Wyoming within 12 months from the date of honorable discharge from the service. Persons temporarily absent from the state due to military service, attendance at educational institutions, or other types of documented temporary absences will not have their resident status voided by such absence. http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6329.pdf
Title: Chapter 3, 5
Source: http://soswy.state.wy.us/Rule_Search_Main.asp
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| NY | Signed into law 07/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends provisions of the regents awards to children of deceased and disabled veterans of U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Title: S.B. 8422
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes the board of regents to waive the nonresident tuition and fee differential for members in good standing of the following military units, regardless of their actual state of residence:
(A) The Hawaii national guard; and
(B) The federal reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard who attend drills with units located within the state. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1648_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 1648
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2006 | Postsec. | Identifies responsibilities and requirements for setting tuition and fees.
Except as otherwise provided by law, undergraduate tuition will be established annually in the General Appropriations Act. The Board of Governors, or the board's designee, may establish tuition for graduate and professional programs, and out-of-state fees for all programs. The sum of tuition and out-of-state fees assessed to nonresident students must be sufficient to offset the full instructional cost of serving such students. However, adjustments to out-of-state fees or tuition for graduate and professional programs this section may not exceed 10 percent in any year.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7087er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7087&Session=2006
Title: H.B. 7087 (Section 49)
Source: Florida Legislature
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec. | Concerns higher education; relates to military personnel and their dependents; provides for reciprocity agreements on acceptance of educational credits. Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) and the Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) to pursue reciprocity agreements with other states regarding transfer credits of military personnel and their dependents. Additionally, qualified dependents of military personnel are given permanent in-state tuition status. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/hb2764h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2764
Source: Arizona State Legislature
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Prohibits units of local government from imposing certain fees related to students at postsecondary institutions or upon an institution based on the number of students attending the institution. A statutory or home rule charter city, county, or town may not impose a fee, assessment, or similar charge: (1) on a person, based on the person's status as a student enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution; or (2) on a postsecondary educational institution, based on the number of students attending the postsecondary institution.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H3169.1.html&session=ls84
Title: H.B. 3169
Source: http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Clarifies that in order to qualify for in-state tuition, certain minor students who attended and graduated from secondary schools in the state must reside within the state upon registering at a state university or college.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0890SG.htm
Title: H.B. 890
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | From fiscal impact statement: This bill does not contain an appropriation; however, enactment of this legislation is likely to have a significant impact on the expenditure of the Lottery Tuition Fund. The lack of clear statutory definitions of "tuition" and "general fees" has contributed to a trend by some institutions of higher education to reclassify an increasing portion of their combined "tuition and fee" charges as "tuition." The impact of this reclassification is to increase the value of Lottery Success Scholarships for eligible recipients, thereby increasing the expenditure rate from the Lottery Tuition Fund. Enactment of this legislation will constrain this practice which should help reduce the
rate of growth in future expenditures for the program, all other things held equal. Fiscal impact statement: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/firs/SB0155.pdf
Link to final version of bill: http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/06%20Regular/FinalVersions/senate/SB0155.pdf
Title: S.B. 155
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | Provides that students entitled to in-state tuition will be assessed a surcharge upon satisfactorily completing 125% of credit hours needed to obtain a degree in the student's chosen program. The surcharge will be an amount calculated to equal 100% of the average cost of the student's education at the relevant institution less tuition and mandatory educational and general fee charges assessed to a student meeting Virginia domiciliary status who has not exceeded 125 % of such credit hours. Certain courses and credit hours are excluded from the calculation of the 125% of the credit hours needed to satisfy the degree requirements for the "credit hour threshold," e.g., remedial courses and credits obtained through advanced placement or international baccalaureate programs or dual enrollment while in high school. A waiver of the surcharge may be granted by the relevant institution, in accordance with the guidelines and criteria established by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). Waiver criteria may include, but need not be limited to, illness or disability or active service in the armed forces of the United States. A second enactment clause requires SCHEV to revise its guidelines for determining in-state tuition charges, which are not subject to the Administrative Process Act, to include these requirements by July 1, 2006, including, but not limited to, notice to students who may be or may become subject to the surcharge and determinations of extenuating circumstances.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0806
Title: S.B. 542
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2006 | Postsec. | Relates to state funded student financial aid.Establishes the Higher Education Student Financial Aid Advisory Board. The purpose of the board is to provide financial aid expertise and policy guidance to the commission, the council, the PROMISE Scholarship Board, the Vice Chancellor for Administration and the Executive Director of the PROMISE Scholarship Program on all matters related to federal, state and private student financial aid resources and programs.It is the intent of the Legislature that the advisory board have the following responsibilities:
(1) Recommend methods to balance the needs of state students from all levels of financial need and academic ability by focusing attention on multiple financial aid programs which meet a variety of state objectives; (2) Recommend methods for achieving a comprehensive system of student financial aid.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb4049%20ENR.htm
Title: H.B. 4049
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| OR | Adopted 02/2006 | Postsec. | Amends rules regarding the definition of resident. Extends thedefinition of resident to include students who are enrolled members of federallyrecognized tribes of Oregon or who are enrolled members of a Native Americantribe which had traditional and customary tribal boundaries that included partsof the state or which had ceded or reserved lands within the state. OREGON 27104
Title: OAR 575-060-0005
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Adopted 02/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Amends rules regarding the definition of resident. Extends the definition of resident to include students who are enrolled members of federally recognized tribes of Oregon or who are enrolled members of a Native American tribe which had traditional and customary tribal boundaries that included parts of the state or which had ceded or reserved lands within the state. OREGON 27104
Title: OAR 575-060-0005
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2006 | Postsec.
Community College | Adds a new section: Any student who is a graduate of an accredited high school operated by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs in the state is entitled to resident classification for the purposes of postsecondary education at a state supported institution.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2006/bills/SB88enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 88
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2005 | Postsec. | An act to amend Section 68120 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. - Public postsecondary education: fees and tuition: waiver: survivors of deceased law enforcement and firefighting personnel.
Title: H.B. 1655
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 10/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes community colleges to accept payment by credit card, make electronictransfers, and accept internet payments.
Title: S.B. 4652
Source: StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 09/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | AN ACT to modify the tuition assistance program for members of the north carolina national guard. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/Senate/HTML/S725v4.html
Title: S.B. 725
Source: StateNet
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2005 | Postsec. | Provides in-state tuition for members of the armed who are domiciled in Colorado for 12 continuous months
Title: S.B. 158
Source:
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2005 | Postsec. | Provides tuition assistance for members of the Colorado National Guard who serve at least one year while they are receiving tuition and fee assistance.
Title: S.B. 53
Source:
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| FL | Vetoed 06/2005 | Postsec. | Establishes that the Legislature has the responsibility to establish tuition and fees. Each board of trustees is to set university tuition and fees for graduate, graduate professional, and nonresident students. Defines term "initial undergraduate enrollment" for purposes of determining postsecondary student's residential status for tuition purposes; sets 12 consecutive months as the period immediately prior to his or her initial enrollment at an institution of higher education as the condition under which nonresident undergraduate may be reclassified as resident; requires each institution of higher education to determine whether an applicant who has been granted admission to that institution is a dependent child. Requires each institution of higher education to affirmatively determine that an applicant who has been granted admission to that institution as a Florida resident meets the residency requirements at the time of initial enrollment. An individual who is classified as a nonresident for tuition purposes may become eligible for reclassification as a resident for tuition purposes only if that individual, or his or her parent if that individual is a dependent child, supports permanent residency by presenting documentation of permanent, full-time employment in the state and domicile in this state for 12 consecutive months while not enrolled full-time at an institution of higher education. However, if an individual and his or her parent moves to the state while the individual is a high school student and the individual graduates from a high school in this state, the individual may become eligible for reclassification as a resident for tuition purposes when the parent qualifies for permanent residency, if the individual is a dependent child. http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2005/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s2264er.pdf
Title: S.B. 2264
Source: http://www.flsenate.gov
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| FL | Vetoed 06/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes provisions effective with the postsecondary freshmen of the fall of 2005.
States that undergraduate tuition and fees for state university resident students are established within proviso in the General Appropriations Act or law. Requires each board of trustees to set university tuition and fees for graduate, graduate professional and nonresident students, although these may not exceed the average full-time tuition and fees for corresponding programs at member schools of the Association of American Universities. Bars the annual percentage increase in tuition and fees set by each board of trustees for students enrolled prior to the fall of 2005 from exceeding the legislature's annual percentage increase for resident undergraduate students. Requires at least 20 percent of the amount raised by tuition increases to be allocated by each university to need-based financial aid for students. Allows tuition and fees for for graduate, graduate professional, or nonresident students to exceed a cap set for undergraduate resident students.
Requires an undergraduate student to pay 75% over the in-state tuition rate for any credit hours exceeding 120 percent of the number of credit hours required to complete the student's degree program. Provides that a community college student who has earned the associate degree need not pay the full cost for a maximum of 24 hours taken while enrolled at a community college which apply to the student's baccalaureate degree. Provides that an undergraduate student at a state university or in a baccalaurate program at a community college must pay the higher rate for exceeding the aforementioned credit hour limit, regardless of whether those hours were taken while enrolled at a community college, a state university or any private postsecondary institution if the student received state funds while enrolled at the private postsecondary institution.
States that credit hours earned under the following circumstances are not calculated as hours required to earn a degree:
(a) College credits earned through an accelerated mechanism identified in s. 1007.27;
(b) Credit hours earned through internship programs;
(c) Credit hours required for certification, recertification, or certificate degrees;
(d) Credit hours in courses from which a student must withdraw due to reasons of medical or personal hardship;
(e) Credit hours taken by active-duty military personnel;
(f) Credit hours required to achieve a dual major undertaken while pursuing a degree;
(g) Remedial and English as a Second Language credit hours; and
(h) Credit hours earned in military science courses (R.O.T.C).
Requires postsecondary institutions to implement a process for notifying students regarding these requirements, which notice must be provided upon the student's initial enrollment in the institution and again upon the student's having earned the credit hours required to complete the degree program in which he or she is enrolled. Requires the notice to include a recommendation that each student who intends to earn credit hours at the institution beyond those required for his or her enrolled degree program meet with his or her academic advisor.
Last bill text: http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2005/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s2236er.pdf
Staff analysis: http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2005/Senate/bills/analysis/pdf/2005s2236.ea.pdf
Title: S.B. 2236
Source: www.flsenate.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | An act to provide for the reciprocal exchange of educational services between this state and other states; to provide for reduced or waived tuition, and to designate the state agency for negotiating agreements. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2005-PA-0034.pdf
Title: H.B. 4008
Source: StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | This bill provides that children of veterans who die while on active duty or later die from a service-connected disability are entitled to free tuition when enrolled at a New Hampshire public institution of higher education. The bill also increases the maximum scholarship amount a student may receive for board, books and supplies from $1,000 to $2,500.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2005/HB0687.html
Title: H.B. 687
Source: StateNet
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| NV | (S) ENROLLED AND DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR. 06/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | AN ACT relating to the University and Community College System of Nevada; providing for the applicability of certain policies established by the Board of Regents in determining residency for purposes of eligibility for free tuition and certain student loans; lengthening certain minimum periods of residency required for students at institutions of the System to qualify for free tuition from to 12 months; and expanding the categories of persons who are entitled to receive free tuition to include employees of the System who take classes other than
during their regular working hours; and members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/SB/SB32_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 32
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Every child in Tennessee under twenty-four (24) years of age whose parent is employed as a full-time certified teacher in any public school in Tennessee or as a fulltime technology coordinator in any LEA in Tennessee, is to receive a 25% discount on tuition to any state operated institution of higher learning (Section 49-7-119). http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/104/pub/pc0447.pdf
Title: S.B. 1629
Source: http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2005 | Postsec. | From bill analysis: Requires the president of each general academic teaching institution to annually provide, no later than November 1 of each year, to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a report describing the institution's efforts regarding timely graduation of undergraduate students. Reduces the undergraduate funding cap and allows universities to charge non-resident tuition to students who exceed the funding cap. The current funding cap is 45 semester credit hours (SCH) above the degree requirement; the new funding cap would be 30 hours. The bill also directs the degree length to include minors, double majors, certificates, special programs, and study-abroad programs. The bill only applies to those students who initially enroll as an undergraduate student in the Fall 2006. Creates a work-study student mentorship program at certain institutions of higher education. Changes the requirements regarding satisfactory academic progress after the initial academic year, requires a student to complete at least 24 semester credit hours in the student's most recent academic year and earn an overall grade point average of at least 2.5 on a four-point scale in all previously attempted coursework at the institution for continued TEXAS grant eligibility. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01172&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 1172
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2005 | Postsec. | From bill analysis: S.B. 1528 clarifies the in-state tuition residency requirements by tying them to the census residency regulations and eligibility for classification as a dependent based on federal income tax reports. This keeps in place the system for allowing students to classify their eligibility on long-term residency and high school graduation. Streamlines the process for determining resident and non-resident tuition and make it consistent throughout the state. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01528&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: S.B. 1528
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2005 | Community College
Postsec. | Allows the governing board of a public junior college district to charge a student a higher rate of tuition than the tuition that would otherwise be charged for a course in which the student enrolls if: (1) the student has previously enrolled in the same course or a course of substantially the same content and level two or more times; and (2) the student's enrollment in the course is not included in the contact hours used to determine the junior college's proportionate share of state appropriations. From the Fiscal Note: The Higher Education Coordinating Board estimates community and technical colleges will generate an additional $4,191,059 in tuition revenue. The Coordinating Board calculated the tuition increase by multiplying 1,074,049 (the base period contact hours) X $5.32 (the average funding rates for the various disciplines during the 2004-05 biennium) X 73.35% (aggregate percent for community colleges paid by the state). http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00994&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 994
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Specifies that a person whose domicile is in Arizona is entitled to classification as an in-state student if the person's spouse has established domicile in the state for at least a year and has demonstrated intent and financial independence and is entitled to claim the student as an exemption on state and federal taxes or the person's spouse was temporarily out of state for educational purposes, but maintained a domicile in Arizona. If the person is a noncitizen, the person must be in an eligible federal visa status to classify as an in-state student for tuition purposes. States that no member of the person's family is eligible for classification as an in-state student if the person is eligible for classification as an in-state student unless the family member is otherwise eligible for classification as an in-state student. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1196
Title: S.B. 1196
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires the board of regents, by December 31, 2005, to submit a report to the joint legislative budget committee and the governor's office of strategic planning and budgeting, on the advisability and options for implementing a tuition structure that limits tuition increases for continuing students to no more than inflation. Requires the board of regents, by December 31, 2005, to submit a report to the same entities on the full-time equivalent student enrollment as of the 21st day and 45th day of the fall 2005 semester at each university. Requires this report to additionally include the advantages and disadvantages of using either enrollment count, or enrollment count for any other day of the semester, for funding purposes. Requires the board of regents to submit a similar report for the spring 2006 semester by April 15, 2006.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1517
Title: S.B. 1517 (Section 12)
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | Postsec. | Requires the commission for higher education to establish standards for the transfer of courses between state educational institutions. Requires state educational institutions to set tuition and fee rates for a 2-year period. Adds that the state educational institutions may adjust the tuition and fee rates only if appropriations to the state educational institution in the state budget act are reduced or withheld, and that if a state educational institution adjusts its tuition and fee rates, the total revenue generated by the tuition and fee rate adjustment cannot exceed the amount by which appropriations to the state educational institution in the state budget act were reduced or withheld.
Requires the commission for higher education to complete the establishment of the initial core transfer library and for at least 70 courses and the initial articulation agreements for at least 12 degree programs before July 1, 2007.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/HE/HE1001.1.html
Title: H.B. 1001 (Section 122-123, 242)
Source: www.in.gov
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns an act to provide free tuition at state supported institutions of higher education and technical institutes for children of disabled veterans. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb466.pdf
Title: S.B. 466
Source: StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends tuition and fee waiver to spouse and dependents of any prisoner of war or any Kansas resident who, as United States military personnel was killed in action on or after September 11, 2001 while performing military service. Reduces maximum number of semesters of waived tuition from 12 to 10 for persons starting such instruction on or after July 1, 2005.
Authorizes resident fees to be charged any dependent or spouse of a person in military service who is reassigned from Kansas to another duty station so long as such dependent or spouse continues to reside in Kansas.
Bill text: http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/2072.pdf
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=34917
Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=38400
Title: H.B. 2072
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Institutions for Higher Learning; clarifies residence status of spouses and children of military personnel on active duty for purposes of attending.
Title: H.B. 1119
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates a Commission on Restructuring the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) to revise certain components and creates a commission to study the effectiveness and efficiency of the administration of college tuition assistance programs administered by the institutions of higher learning.
Title: S.B. 2731
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to Native American Resident Student definition at state post-secondary educational institutions for purposes of tuition payment.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0482.pdf
Title: S.B. 482
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to in-state tuition for national guard families.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0921.pdf
Title: S.B. 921
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to the College Affordability Act; provides for scholarships; creates funds.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/final/SB0669.pdf
Title: S.B. 669
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to funding for nonbeneficiary students attending tribally controlled community colleges.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0016.htm
Title: H.B. 16
Source: StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to tuition waivers for dependents of veterans who were killed in action or died from wounds or other service-connected causes, was totally disabled as a result of service-connected causes, died from service-connected disabilities, was a prisoner of ward, or was declared missing in action.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FBEC0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1271
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | Expands definition of resident for purposes of State tuition aid grant eligibility to include a dependent child whose parent or guardian has been transferred to a military base in this State.
Title: A.B. 3705
Source: StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | Provides an alternate means for a student to become a resident student for tuition purposes within the state system of higher education by maintaining continuous Utah residency status for three years. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/hbillenr/hb0138.pdf
Title: H.B. 138
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2005 | Postsec. | This bill provides that a Job Corps student is entitled to resident student status if the student: is admitted as a full-time, part-time, or summer school student in a program of study leading to a degree or certificate; and submits verification that the student is a current Job Corps student. From the fiscal note: This bill increases the number of non-resident tuition waivers by 50 for Job Corp
Students at an estimated loss of $300,000 in dedicated credits (tuition revenue). If this loss is not funded with State resources, the institutions would have to absorb the loss in existing budgets. For individuals and business, will save up to 50 non-resident Job Corps students going to college, about $6,000 per year in tuition. Substitute: http://se11.utahsenate.org/perl/bb/bb_docdisplay.pl?mnu?sb0122s01_text
Title: S.B. 122
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 02/2005 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student in public institutions of higher education who is called to active duty for certain military operations.
Title: S.B. 532
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law, with line items vetoed 08/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to revenue limit calculation factors for school districts and county superintendents of schools for specified fiscal years. Relates to apportionments and minimum funding to school districts and community college districts, funding for the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program, special education funding for non-public non-sectarian institutions. Requires dual admissions programs in State institutions of higher education. Relates to student loans and fees. (Line Item veto of small competitive grants program, Arts Work.) http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1101-1150/sb_1108_bill_20040811_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 1108
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Authorizes a deduction of up to $10,000 per taxable year for amounts contributed in the taxable year to a College Savings Pool Account or the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund, excluding amounts rolled over into the account. Provides that the deduction of certain amounts contributed to a account or trust fund shall be for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2005. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0812
Title: H.B. 4914
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2004 | Postsec. | Amends various Acts relating to the governance of public universities in Illinois. Provides that if a person is on active military duty and stationed in Illinois, then a university's governing board shall deem that person and any of his or her dependents Illinois residents for tuition purposes. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0738
Title: H.B. 3877
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides that persons in military service with the State or in federal active duty service pursuant to the orders of the President of the United States or the Governor are entitled to a monetary credit or refund for moneys paid to an institution of higher learning. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0822
Title: H.B. 4372
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates the FY2005 Budget Implementation (Education) Act. Creates several education related funds for receipt of federal moneys for education and other areas; addresses subjects students must be tested on; provides transitional assistance payments; increases the foundation level of support of supplemental state aid in relation to districts with a Low Income Concentration Level over a specified amount; provides for the National Guard Grant Program for tuition assistance. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0838
Title: S.B. 2205
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| LA | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 | Postsec. | Relates to the alternative means for determining residency for the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students for dependent students who graduate from eligible state high schools and have a parent or court-ordered custodian who resides in an adjoining state.
Title: S.B. 209
Source: StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2004 | Postsec. | Relates to the Tuition Opportunity Program; provides for use of a program award by a student for any cost of attendance for such student at an eligible public college or university as determined in accordance with specified guidelines.
Title: S.B. 224
Source: StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2004 | Postsec. | Provides that a member of the military or a dependent relative of a member of the military who attends a constituent university or a community college shall be charged only the in-State tuition rate; authorizes in-state tuition for nonresident members of the the North Carolina National Guard; clarifies laws prohibiting discrimination against persons who serve in the National Guard.
Title: S.B. 1058
Source: StateNet
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| RI | Passed 07/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Bill as written would have prohibited the Board of Governors for Higher Education from denying admission to any state secondary institution of higher learning based solely upon the applicant's undocumented immigration status or failure to provide proof of the issuance of a valid Social Security number; prohibits the public institution of higher learning from considering the immigration and naturalization status of the parents of the applicant to the institution. Was amended to resolution status recommending that the Board of Governors for Higher Education review its admission and residency policies with regard to international students.
Title: H.B. 7936
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Makes changes to the Family College Savings by establishing the Family College Savings Program Trust; provides for appointment of a financial institution program manager. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0327.htm
Title: H.B. 2593
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec. | Relates to the state university athletic fees; authorizes a fee increase to defray costs of changing competitive divisions; provides that increase may exceed limit on fee increases; limits such increase to not more than $2 per credit hour; requires that such increase be approved by athletic fee committee. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb2810er.html&Directory=session/2004/Senate/bills/billtext/html/
Title: S.B. 2810
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| KS | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec. | Relates to postsecondary education tuition fees; relates to applicants with the greatest financial need who were in foster care on a specified date; provides for five new applicants in any academic year; provides that expenditures for the tuition waiver program by the department of social and rehabilitation services shall not exceed a certain percentage of the federal award; relates to a family postsecondary education savings account; provides a tax exemption and tax levies.
Title: H.B. 2937
Source: StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec. | Authorizes and sets limit on increases in tuition and mandatory attendance fee amounts for students enrolled in technical community colleges under the Board of Supervisors for Community and Technical Colleges.
Title: H.B. 1474
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Added the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute to the list of institutions which full-time employees of the state of Tennessee are eligible for enrollment in one course per term. (Others include any state-supported college or university, technology center.) State employees are not required to pay tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees or registration fees. Current members of the general assembly are to be considered as full-time employees of the state of Tennessee. Enrollment privileges may be limited or denied on an individual basis according to space availability. Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0883.pdf
Title: H.B. 2867
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0883.pdf
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns the classification of a dependent of a member of the armed forces for purposes of determining tuition at public institutions of higher education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/2B214A80B7EA9C5887256DC50057712A?Open&file=1006_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1006
Source: Colorado Legislative web site
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Concerns tuition assistance to members of the Colorado National Guard; allocates funds for tuition assistance. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/12F1E5BCFB26B76187256E1D0062F653?open&file=1347_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1347
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2004 | Postsec. | Establishes the fixed tuition and fee rate program. Beginning with the 2005-06 school year, state institutions designated as an enterprise institution may offer a fixed tuition and free rate to students willing to enter into a contract. Guarantees availability of classes so student can complete degree program within contract period. Includes provisions for flexibility to allow for additional fees and major/degree changes. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/080A0C1EB54B464187256DB0004D0212?Open&file=1207_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1207
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| FL | Became law without governor's signature 05/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to education funding; requires school districts to establish certain policies and procedures regarding lottery fund enhancements; provides tax credit cap for contributions to nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations; prohibits use of funds for lab schools for certain overhead or indirect costs; redesignates specified community colleges as colleges; specifies maximum fee waiver percentage for school districts and community colleges; authorizes use of the Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program funds; requires reports regarding inmate education provided by community colleges; authorizes Florida State University to construct classroom building. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=hb1867er.html&Directory=session/2004/House/bills/billtext/html/
Title: H.B. 1867
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2004 | Postsec. | Concerns certain nonresidents deemed to be residents for purposes of tuition and other fees at postsecondary educational institutions; makes provisions for persons without lawful immigration status under certain circumstances. Would provide that individuals who have attended a Kansas high school or who have lived in Kansas for three years and are a student at a postsecondary education institution are considered residents of the state for the purpose of tuition and fees. Would allow undocumented immigrants, who are currently required to pay non-resident tuition, to pay resident tuition.
Title: H.B. 2145
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes that specified military personnel, spouses and dependents of military personnel, and veterans are exempt from paying nonresident tuition at public institutions of higher education under specified circumstances; requires the State Higher Education Commission to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the Act.
Title: H.B. 172
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Vetoed 05/2004 | Postsec. | Limits the annual increase in tuition that may be charged to a resident undergraduate student at specified public senior higher education institutions to 5% for academic years beginning in the fall of 2004 through the fall of 2007; requires the Governor to include in the annual budget submission for fiscal years 2006 through 2008 a specified increase in the amount of State support for the University System of Maryland and Morgan State University.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2004rs/bills/hb/hb1188e.rtf
Title: H.B. 1188
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec. | Amends provisions which excuse mandatory public postsecondary tuition and fees of a surviving spouse or child of a deceased person who was employed by a public agency who performed law enforcement or fire suppression duties, and who was killed while on duty. Extends the application provisions to the surviving spouse and child of a contractor, or an employee of a contractor, performing services for a public agency under certain conditions. Applies to the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, and California State University. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sb_279&sess=CUR&house=B&author=chesbro
Title: S.B. 279
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec. | Allows a tuition waiver to any student under the age of 23 who is a dependent of a veteran and is enrolled in a state-supported university, junior college, or vocational school; allows a tuition waiver to any student under the age of 23 who is a dependent of a disabled veteran and is enrolled in a state- supported university, junior college, or vocational school.
Title: H.B. 460
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Alters the requirements for exemption from payment of tuition at community colleges for specified individuals; relates to disabled persons or persons receiving retirement benefits under Social Security or the Railroad Retirement Act.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2004rs/bills/hb/hb0322e.rtf
Title: H.B. 322
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/2004rs/bills/hb/hb0322e.rtf
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec. | Modifies the State System of Higher Education by requiring disclosure to students of certain dollar amounts relating to the full cost of instruction; requires each institution within the state system of higher education to plainly disclose to its students the full cost of instruction, the portion of that amount collected from student tuition and fees, and the difference that is paid by state tax dollars and other monies.
Title: H.B. 248
Source: StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec. | Relates to allowing a student who is a military dependent to maintain residency status if the person on active military duty is reassigned out of state.
Title: S.B. 6164
Source: StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 02/2004 | Postsec. | Removes judicial discretion to order a divorced parent to contribute to an adult child's college expenses.
Title: H.B. 299
Source: StateNet
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| FL | Rule Adoption 12/2003 | Postsec. | Revises the persons that can be substitute qualified beneficiaries uner the Florida Prepaid College Plan. http://fac.dos.state.fl.us/faconline/chapter19.pdf
Title: FAC 19B-8.001
Source: Florida State Web site
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| FL | Rule Adoption 12/2003 | Postsec. | Incerases the maximum account balance limit applicable to advance payment contracts under the Florida Prepaid College Plan and accounts in the Florida College investment Plan, for individual beneficiaries. http://fac.dos.state.fl.us/faconline/chapter19.pdf
Title: FAC 19B-4.005
Source: Florida State Web site
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| FL | Rule Adoption 12/2003 | Postsec. | Increases the maximum account balance limit applicable to advance payment contracts under the Florida Prepaid College Plan and accounts in the Florida College Investment Plan, for individual beneficiaries. http://fac.dos.state.fl.us/faconline/chapter19.pdf
Title: FAC 19B-16.005
Source: Florida State Web site
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| FL | Rule Adoption 12/2003 | Postsec. | Revises the forms of payment that may be used to make payments for advance payment contracts for the Florida Prepaid College Plan.l http://fac.dos.state.fl.us/faconline/chapter19.pdf
Title: FAC 19B-4.003
Source: Florida State Web site
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| FL | Rule Adoption 12/2003 | Postsec. | Revises the forms of payment that may be used to make payments on accounts in the Florida College Investment Plan. http://fac.dos.state.fl.us/faconline/chapter19.pdf
Title: FAC 19B-16.004
Source: Florida State Web site
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| FL | Rule Adoption 12/2003 | Postsec. | Amends rules to revise the actuarial assumptions for pricing of contracts for the Florida Prepaid College Plan. http://fac.dos.state.fl.us/faconline/chapter19.pdf
Title: FAC 19B-4.002
Source: Florida State Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | Postsec. | Extends indefinitely a provision of the Donahoe Act permitting students of community colleges or state universities enrollment, at the discretion and availability of the respective campus, in either of the one course segments. Authorizes a host campus to charge participating students an administration fee that may not exceed an amount sufficient for the campus to recover the full amount of the administrative costs it incurs under the program. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1783_bill_20030922_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1783
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to reimburse rates under the Child Care and Development Services Act, revenue limits for school districts and county superintendents of schools for 2003-04 and 2004-05 fiscal years, school district's school building maintenance account, school district and charter school funding for supplemental instruction, community college fee increase, teacher's incentive programs, community college funding, mental health services for special education pupils. Revenue limitations impacts including eliminating of the one time $10,000 merit award and fee assistance for teachers attaining National Certification, delays the Kindergarten Readiness Pilot Program until 2006-07 and prohibits loan assumptions warrants for the 2003-04 fiscal year for the Graduate Assumption Program of Loans for Education.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1754_bill_20030811_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1754
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2003 | Postsec. | Allows University of Hawaii to use the tuition and fees special fund to promote alumni activities; subjects auditor to restrictions on disclosure of records; requires UH to submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2004 regular session regarding money expended or transferred from the special fund for the use of the UH Foundation. (CD1) http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=sb576&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs
Title: S.B. 576
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | Postsec. | Makes provisions regarding students and tuition, including tuition increase limitations; amends various acts relating to governance of public universities. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1118&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1600&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1118
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2003 | Postsec. | Authorizes the Board of Regents to study and formulate a state tuition and fee policy for public postsecondary education institutions.
Title: H.B. 1536
Source: StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2003 | Postsec. | Authorizes the LSU Board of Supervisors to impose specific tuition and attendance fee amounts for students attending LSA-Alexandria.
Title: H.B. 401
Source: StateNet
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| NY | Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2003 | Postsec. | Amends the State University of New York tuition fees. NEW YORK REG 16051 (SN)
Title: Title 8 NYCRR 302.1(b)-(i)
Source: StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | Relates to postsecondary and higher education' authorizes the State to pay the tuition of any qualified student pursuing a degree at any public state college, university, or junior college; provides for the administration of the tuition assistance plan by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp?SESSION=1027
Title: H.B. 40
Source: Alabama Legislative Web site
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | Creates the "Improvement of HOPE Scholarship Joint Study Commission". http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/sum/sr220.htm
Title: S.R. 220
Source: Georgia Legislative Web site
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | Postsec. | The current system used to set tuition in Texas mandates the same basic rate across the state. With tuition flexibility, universities could use
flexible rates to achieve strategic goals such as improving graduation rates, more efficient use of facilities, and improving academic programs.
C.S.H.B. 3015 establishes the structure to implement a flexible pricing plan, to measure the performance of each institution of higher education. This bill also establishes a committee of the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on Higher Education to jointly conduct a study of alternative methods by which rates for tuition and fees at public institutions of higher education may be set up by the legislature and by the governing boards of those institutions and the impact of those alternatives on certain areas related to higher education.
(Bill Analysis, Senate Reserach Center) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=03015&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 3015
Source: StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Concerns student members of the armed forces called to active duty during a semester and college course fees; ensures that members of the armed services that are called to active duty during the school year get to take the classes they paid for, without additional charge. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=6199&which_year=2003&SUBMIT.x=15&SUBMIT.y=11
Title: H.B. 6199
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Requires an individual who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States to be classified as an Illinois resident if they graduated from a high school in this state, among other conditions. Provides that certain aliens must be given the same privilege of qualifying for resident status for tuition and fee purposes as a citizen of the United States. Provides for reimbursement to the university for lost revenue. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=60&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=195&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 60
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| MD | Vetoed 05/2003 | Postsec. | Establishes that certain students, other than nonresident aliens, shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at specified public institutions of higher education; prohibits institutions of higher education from awarding degrees to specified individuals; requires the Higher Education Commission to adopt regulations; relates to tuition charges for individuals attending public institutions of higher education.
Title: H.B. 253
Source: StateNet
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| MN | Signed by Governor 05/2003 | Postsec. | Relates to the military; extends certain tuition reimbursement; provides tuition and textbook reimbursement grants to eligible members of the national guard.
Title: H.F. 1080
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | New section sets new standards for resident tuition. Requires the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to adopt a policy which allows a student to enroll in an institution within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education and allows a student to be eligible for resident tuition if the student: 1. Graduated from a public or private high school in this state or successfully completed the General Educational Development test in this state; and 2. Resided in the state with a parent or guardian for at least two (2) years prior to: a. graduation from high school, or b. successful completion of the General Educational Development test.Relates to higher education. If the student is without lawful immigration status:, (s)he must a. file an affidavit with the institution stating that the student has filed an application or has a petition pending with the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services to legalize the student's immigration status, or b. file an affidavit with the institution stating that the student will file an application to legalize his or her immigration status at the earliest opportunity the student is eligible to do so. High school counselors shall inform immigrant students that they should apply for legal status as soon as possible to enhance their opportunity for higher education in Oklahoma. C. Any student who meets the criteria prescribed in subsections A and B of this section shall not be disqualified on the basis of the student's immigration status from any scholarships or financial aid provided by this state. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/sb596_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 596
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Under current law, the tuition rebate program permits a college student to apply for a $1,000 rebate of his or her college tuition upon graduation if undergraduate course requirements have been completed "efficiently," which in some cases means the student has taken as few classes as possible. Furthermore, the number of rebates awarded appears to be low compared to graduation rates at Texas' public colleges and universities. HB 1890 exempts up to nine hours of advanced placement classes from the total of "hours attempted." This bill makes the rebate available to more students while furthering the program's goal of efficiency by easing these requirements in the area of advanced placement credit. (Bill Analysis, Senate Research Center) http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01890&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.B. 1890
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| VA | Vetoed 05/2003 | Postsec. | An alien who is unlawfully present in the United States, and therefore ineligible to establish domicile pursuant to § 23-7.4, shall not be eligible on the basis of residency within Virginia for any postsecondary educational benefit, including in-state tuition, unless citizens or nationals of the United States are eligible for such benefits in no less an amount, duration, and scope, without regard to whether such citizens or nationals are Virginia residents. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?031+ful+HB2339ER Veto statement: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?031+amd+HB2339AG
Title: H.B. 2339
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2003 | Postsec. | Changes border county higher education opportunities; allows Washington institutions of higher education that are located in counties on the Oregon border to implement tuition policies that correspond to Oregon tuition policies.
Title: S.B. 5134
Source: StateNet
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Adds the children and surviving spouses of paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs), and advanced emergency medical technicians to the list of persons who are eligible for tuition exemptions at state supported colleges, universities, and technical schools if their parent or spouse was killed in the line of duty.
Title: H.B. 1278
Source: StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Requiring policies regarding the efficient use of instructional resources. Adds provisions relating to increased tuition fees for excess credits taken at institutions of higher education. Requires each four-year institution of higher education and the state board for community and technical colleges to develop policies that ensure undergraduate students enrolled in degree or certificate programs complete their programs in a timely manner in order to make the most efficient use of instructional resources and provide capacity within the institution for additional students. Declares that policies adopted under this act shall address, but not be limited to, undergraduate students in the following circumstances: (1) Students who accumulate more than one hundred twenty-five percent of the number of credits required to complete their respective baccalaureate or associate degree or certificate programs; (2) Students who drop more than twenty-five percent of their course load before the grading period for the quarter or semester, which prevents efficient use of instructional resources; and (3) Students who remain on academic probation for more than one quarter or semester. Provides that policies adopted under this act may include assessment by the institution of a surcharge in addition to regular tuition and fees to be paid by a student for continued enrollment. Requires each public four-year institution of higher education and the state board for community and technical colleges to report to the higher education coordinating board by January 30, 2004, on the policies developed under this act. Directs the higher education coordinating board to summarize the reports from the institutions and the state board and make a report to the higher education committees of the legislature by March 1, 2004. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/Senate/5125-5149/5135-s2_pl.pdf
Title: S.B. 5135
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2003 | Postsec. | Finds that, as a partner in financing public higher education with students and parents who pay tuition and fees, periodic increases in state funding, state financial aid, and tuition must be authorized to provide high quality higher education for the citizens of Washington. It is the intent of the legislature to address higher education through a cooperative bipartisan effort that includes the legislative and executive branches of government, parents, students, educators, as well as business, labor, and community leaders. Recognizes the importance of keeping the public commitment to public higher education and will continue searching for policies that halt the trend for the growth in tuition revenue to outpace the revenue provided by the state. Finds that the six-year time limitation authorizing the governing boards to establish tuition rates for all students other than undergraduate resident students will give the legislature, the governor, and the higher education institutions an opportunity to determine whether this policy achieves the goal of maintaining quality and access for all who are eligible for and can benefit
from a higher education. Using data from six years of this tuition policy, the state will be able to identify options for long-term funding of higher education including not only tuition but general fund and financial aid sources. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/Senate/5425-5449/5448-s_pl.pdf
Title: S.B. 5448
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Vetoed 04/2003 | Postsec. | Expands the definition of resident student for higher education purposes. Adds (e) Any person who has completed the full senior year of high school and obtained a high school diploma, both at a Washington public high school or private high school approved under chapter 28A.195 RCW, or a person who has received the equivalent of a diploma; who has lived in Washington for at least three years immediately prior to receiving the diploma or its equivalent; who has continuously lived in the state of Washington after receiving the diploma or its equivalent and until such time as the individual is admitted to an institution of higher education under subsection (1) of this section; and who provides to the institution an affidavit indicating that the individual will file an application to become a permanent resident at the earliest opportunity the individual is eligible to do so and a willingness to engage in any other activities necessary to acquire citizenship, including but not limited to citizenship or civics review courses. New sections: It is the intent of the legislature to ensure that students who receive a diploma from a Washington state high school or receive the equivalent of a diploma in Washington state and who have lived in Washington for at least three years prior to receiving their diploma or its equivalent are eligible for in-state tuition rates when they enroll in a public institution of higher education in Washington state. The provisions of apply only to families of those who hold or entered the United States with work visas, temporary protected status visas, or green cards, or who have received amnesty from the federal government. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/House/1075-1099/1079_pl.pdf
Title: H.B. 1079
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | Postsec. | Requires state institutions of higher learning and community and junior colleges to waive out-of-state tuition for nonresidents who were born in the state, are veterans of the United States Armed Forces, and relocated in Mississippi no later than six months after the student's separation from service in order to enroll in a postsecondary institution in the state. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0046SG.htm
Title: H.B. 46
Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| OK | Signed into law 03/2003 | Postsec. | Grants state colleges and universities considerably greater latitude in setting students' tuition and fees than had been previously allowed. The
expanded authority is paired with rigorous requirements for reporting the effects and for increased attentiveness to student financial needs.
Undergraduate Tuition and Mandatory Fees The revised limits for tuition and fees are set as the combined average of resident tuition and fees for residents and 105 percent of the combined average on nonresident tuition and fees for state-supported institutions in the following groups: OU and OSU - the institutions in the Big Twelve Conference; four-year and two-year institutions - liketype institutions in states determined by the State Regents, to include the states adjacent OneNet. The limit for resident and nonresident is set as the combined average of such tuition and fees for like-type graduate and professional courses and programs of comparable quality and standing at state-supported institutions of higher education as determined by the State Regents. Mandatory fees are defined as those fees incurred as a condition of enrollment. The limit for academic service fees, which are specific course or service fees, is set as actual cost.
http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04HB/hb1748_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 1748
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2003 | Postsec. | Allows the board to grant scholarships for a waiver of the nonresident portion of total tuition charged by public institutions of higher education to nonresident students, subject to the limitations provided in this section, if the board determines that the scholarships will: (a) assist in maintaining an adequate level of service and related cost-effectiveness of auxiliary operations in Utah institutions of higher education; (b) promote enrollment of nonresident students with high academic aptitudes; and (c) provide for an effective transition to meet the requirements of Section 53B-8-102. Requires the board to develop policy guidelines for evaluating applicants for those scholarships, and for reporting the results of the scholarship program. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2003/bills/hbillenr/hb0075.pdf
Title: H.B. 75
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2003 | Postsec. | Removes from the definition of senior citizens in the reference to the income restriction and restores senior's right to audit courses and take noncredit courses without change regardless of income.
Title: H.B. 1868
Source: StateNet
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| IA | Adopted 11/2002 | Postsec. | Clarifies the definitions used to administer the Iowa Tuition Grant Program. Requires that students receiving Iowa Tuition Grants attend an accredited private educational institution located in Iowa.
Title: 283 IAC 12.2
Source: StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 08/2002 | Postsec. | An act to authorize the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to increase tuition and nonresident attendance fee amounts for students in future entering classes at the Paul M. Herbert Law Center.
Title: HB 141A
Source: Lexis
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| LA | Signed into law 08/2002 | Postsec. | Act authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College to establish certain program fee amounts and increase certain tuition and attendance fee amounts, including amounts for the School of Allied Health Professions at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Centers in Shreveport and in New Orleans, the dentistry and medicine programs at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans, and the Master of Nursing, Nurse Anesthetist Program of the School of Nursing at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans.
Title: HB 136A
Source: Lexis
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| MD | Signed into law 08/2002 | Postsec. | Providing that a student who resides in Howard County or Prince George's County and attends the Laurel College Center is deemed an in-county student; prohibiting specified students from being subject to specified out-of-county fees; and providing that the Act applies to specified students who attend the Laurel College Center on or after a specified date.
Title: HB 522
Source: State website
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2002 | Postsec. | Provides that payment of state university of New York or City University of New York tuition by non-resident students who have attended two years of high school or graduated high school in New York (or received GED in New York) shall be paid at a rate no greater than that imposed on resident students; illegal immigrant students must prove they have filed application for legal status. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07784&sh=t
Title: S.B. 7784
Source: http://assembly.state.ny.us
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| RI | To governor 06/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | This act would provide that each member of the Rhode Island National Guard be eligible to enroll in three (3) courses a semester at any state college or university and that tuition by their courses would be waived. This act would take effect upon passage.
Title: H.B. 6823
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2002 | Postsec. | Amends law to state that the per hour tuition rate for postsecondary students shall be fixed by each board subject to approval of the state Board of Regents. Additionally, removes calculations to determine tuition rate.
Title: H.B. 2821
Source: Kansas legislature website
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2002 | Postsec. | Amends existing law to specify that tuition waiver for foster and adopted children applies to undergraduate programs and may include part-time students; clarify eligibility requirements and add that out-of-state adopted student may be eligible for waiver of in-state tuition costs; set requirements for participation by Department for Juvenile Justice foster children to include recommendation from department official, commitment of a period of two years, termination of parental rights, or prior commitment to Cabinet for Families and Children; require confirmation of eligibility status by state agencies; permit student participation in federal work study program; require state agencies to report on the number of students participating in tuition waiver program; require Council on Postsecondary Education to report nonidentifying data on graduation rates; and clarify that postsecondary institutions shall not be required to forfeit funds from other sources of financial assistance for foster or adopted student. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/recarch/02rs/HB202/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 202
Source: Kentucky Legislature website
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2002 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Amends existing law to provide that tuition at community colleges may be increased by increments of not more than ten percent per annum to a maximum of $ 1,250 per annum.
Title: S.B. 1384
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2002 | Postsec. | Modifies the State System of Higher Education Code; allows a student who meets certain requirements to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition at institutions of higher education.
Title: H.B. 144
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2002 | Postsec. | The bill changes the period of continuous residence in Utah for a non-resident student prior to registering as a resident student. The impact could vary by institution, however, the net impact, once fully implemented, is an estimated increase of $5,000,000 in dedicated credits revenue. A person who has come to Utah and established residency for the purpose of attending an institution of higher education shall, prior to registration as a resident student : maintain continuous Utah residency status while completing 60 semester credit hours at a regionally accredited Utah higher education institution or an equivalent number of applicable contact hours at the Utah College of Applied Technology; and (b) demonstrate by additional objective evidence, including Utah voter registration, Utah drivers license, Utah vehicle registration, employment in Utah, payment of Utah resident income taxes, and Utah banking connections, the establishment of a domicile in Utah and that the student does not maintain a residence elsewhere. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2002/bills/hbillenr/hb0331.htm
Title: H.B. 331
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/house/index.htm
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2002 | Postsec. | Increases the income threshold for eligible senior citizens to enroll tuition free in classes conducted in state institutions of higher education.
Title: H.B. 218
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | Repeals sections of the code which deals with tuition and fees charged in-State undergraduate students.
Title: H.B. 11
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2001 | Postsec. | Authorizes each public postsecondary education management board to establish tuition and mandatory attendance fee amounts applicable to students who are Louisiana residents and to adjust such amounts, within certain limitations.
Title: H.B. 2007
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2001 | Postsec. | (Sub. for HB 1915) Permits public postsecondary education management boards to establish proportional tuition and mandatory attendance fee amounts.
Title: H.B. 2059
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Requires a public higher education institution to waive tuition for specified persons who attend the institution; repeals a provision authorizing a governing board of an institution of higher education to develop a policy for the waiver of tuition for specified persons.
Title: H.B. 336
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Vetoed 05/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows an individual a State income tax credit for expenses paid for qualified tuition and related expenses for the individual or the individual's spouse or dependents; allows an individual who becomes a resident of the State and commences employment in designated occupations to claim a credit against the State income tax.
Title: S.B. 455
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Resolve No. 21., (LD 550)Grants a tuition grant to a National Guard member who attends a private college or university of up to 100% of the private college or university tuition or the tuition at a State postsecondary education institution, whichever is less.
Title: H.B. 429
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Revises the laws governing family education savings accounts; excludes from income those earnings on accounts that are withdrawn for qualified expenses; imposes a tax on certain withdrawals from accounts instead of recapturing the withdrawals as income; clarifies access to certain records concerning accounts; clarifies the income tax deduction for contributions to an account.
Title: S.B. 258
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, beginning with 2001-2001 and each academic year thereafter through the 2005-2006 academic year, to increase resident tuition per semester credit hour by an amount not to exceed 7% of resident tuition per semester credit hour for the preceding academic year and not to exceed 9% of nonresident tuition per semester credit hour for the preceding academic year.
Title: S.B. 596
Source: Oklahoma Legislative Web Site
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | Postsec. | Amends residency requirements. Act requires foreign citizens to pay the same tuition as out-of-state students unless they can establish residency by living with a parent/guardian while attending and graduating from a Texas public or private high school or receiving the equivalent of a diploma; residing in Texas for at least three years after high school; registering as an entering student in higher education fall 2001 or later; and providing the institution an affidavit stating they will file an application for permanent residency status as soon as they are eligible to do so. Individuals 18 years old or younger may pay in-state tuition rates if the parent who is joint-conservator is a resident or if the co-conservator with whom the child does not reside is a resident and is not delinquent on child support payments. An alien who has applied to attain lawful status with the Immigration and Naturalization Service can qualify for in-state residency status under the same criteria as an U.S. citizen.
Title: H.B. 1403
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Amends the definition of resident student for the purposes of assessing in-state tuition at a NM public college or university (Section 21-1-3 NMSA 1978). The definition is expanded to include foreign nationals assigned to armed forces active duty in New Mexico.
Title: H.B. 375
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 04/2001 | Postsec. | Bill authorizes legislative rules for higher education board of trustees board of directors and policy commission, reduced tuition and fee program for state residents who are at least sixty-five and higher education finance policy.
Title: S.B. 724
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2001 | Postsec. | Requires public postsecondary institutions to waive tuition and mandatory fees for a foster or adopted child who is a full-time student to the extent not covered by other student aid programs; requires that and eligible student meet all entrance requirements and maintain academic eligibility while enrolled; defines eligible student.
Title: H.B. 62
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2001 | Postsec. | The bill removes the requirement that a person seeking resident tuition by virtue of his/her guardian or parent's residency be less than eighteen years of age. The parent or guardian must be a legal resident of the state and have resided in North Dakota for twelve months. Previously, any student who graduated from a North Dakota high school would satisfy the requirements for resident tuition. The bill limits that scope to students who have graduated from a North Dakota high school within six years of beginning of the academic term. The bill grants resident tuition status to spouses and dependents of employees who work for any institution of higher education of the state. Prior to the bill, only spouses and dependents of an instructor who lives and teaches in North Dakota institution of higher education would qualify for resident tuition.
Title: S.B. 2136
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 02/2001 | Postsec. | Modifies provisions related to the State System of Higher Education by increasing the number of tuition waivers of the resident portion of tuition granted to meritorious nonresident students.
Title: H.B. 197
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2000 | Postsec. | Chapter No. 383, Prohibits summer session fees at all campuses of the University of California and California State University from exceeding the fees charged per credit unit for any other academic term, if the state provides funding to offset any revenue losses that may occur for prescribed purposes.
Title: A.B. 2409
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires that a person, including an alien precluded from establishing California residency because of federal law, who has attended high school in California for 3 or more years, who has graduated from a California high school, who continues his or her education at a California institution of higher education or other specified circumstances, be exempted from paying nonresident tuition.
Title: A.B. 1197
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2000 | Postsec. | This bill would establish the International Higher Education Scholarship Program, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, for the purpose of making it possible for up to 50 students of the California State University to attend universities in nations defined by the bill as California's global strategic trading partners, and including Mexico, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom, each year, and for up to 50 students from these nations to attend the California State University each year. This bill would appropriate $ 126,500 from the General Fund to the trustees for the purpose of this scholarship program.
Title: A.B. 172
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Public Act No. 91-747., Relates to the Higher Education Student Assistance Act; increases the maximum Monetary Award Program grant for full-time undergraduate students to $ 4,740 and for part-time undergraduate students to $ 2,370; effective July 1, 2000.
Title: S.B. 1538
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Amends the Prepaid Tuition Act and the Probate Act of 1975; provides that the Section exempting the assets and income of the Prepaid Tuition Trust Fund from taxation under the Income Tax Act are exempt from the sunset provisions of that Act; provides that a prepaid tuition contract shall be considered an investment for the purpose of investing a ward's money under the Probate Act of 1975; effective immediately.
Title: S.B. 1537
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2000 | Postsec. | Grants in-state tuition rates and subsidies at certain public institutions of higher education to residents of contiguous states who are employed in Ohio and whose employers contract to pay their tuition and fees.
Title: S.B. 53
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2000 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Alters the formula that determines the out-of-state fee and the out-of-county or out-of-region fee charges to nonresident students who attend specified community colleges; provides for a specified waiver of specified fees.
Title: H.B. 192
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WI | Signed into law 05/2000 | Postsec. | , Relates to auditing the University of Wisconsin System and technical college system courses by persons who are 60 years of age or older; provides an exemption to fees if space is available and the instructor approves.
Title: A.B. 432
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides for higher education tuition waivers for high school graduates in foster care.
Title: H.B. 4784
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Revises the provision authorizing school boards to admit nonresident students and charge such students tuition, to provide that persons of school age who reside beyond the boundaries of the Commonwealth but near thereto in a state or the District of Columbia which grants the same privileges to residents of the Commonwealth may be admitted and so charged.
Title: S.B. 499
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 07/1999 | Postsec. | Revises 24 month residency requirements for 1997 and 1998 grads from 24 months prior to high school graduation to 24 months prior to college enrollment.
Title: S.B. 198
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/1999 | P-12
Postsec. | Clarifies that no person may be charged tuition for admission to enrollment in public schools, whether on a full- or part-time basis, who meets the various residency criteria; includes the enrollment of public and nonpublic school students in Governor's Schools, as well as the part-time enrollment of nonpublic school students in other public schools.
Title: S.B. 1284
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 01/1999 | P-12
Postsec. | Adds to the list of persons for whom tuition may be charged for public school attendance, those individuals who, as residents who were enrolled in public school within the school division, are required as a result of military or Federal orders issued to their parents to move to on Federal property in another state or in the District of Columbia, if the school division subsequently enrolling the student is contiguous to such state or District of Columbia.
Title: H.B. 2673
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IA | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides a means where by participants may invest money in public trust for future application to the payment of the higher education costs of the participants' designated beneficiary or beneficiaries; provides no guarantee that higher eduation costs will be equal to projections made nor are guarantees made relating to admission to or graduation from an institution of higher education; provides for contracting and investments of the trust; provides tax exemptions.
Title: H.B. 2119
Source: Information for Public Affairs, Inc.
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| TN | Signed into law 05/1998 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows LEA's to charge tuition for all programs outside the minimum 180 instructional days, unless state funds cost of such instruction.
Title: H.B. 2626
Source: Information for Public Affairs, Inc.
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| VA | Signed into law 03/1998 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Reduces tuition for certain students; repeals 7/1/98 sunset to allow the governing board of the Community College System to continue to charge reduced tuition to any person enrolled on one of the System's institutions who lives within a 30-mile radius of an institution, is domiciled in, and is entitled to in-state tuition charges in the institutions of higher learning in any State contiguous to Virginia that has similar reciprocal provisions for persons domiciled in Virginia.
Title: S.B. 288 Tuition
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 09/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides gross income tax incentives for certain college savings.
Title: S.B. 2012 Income Tax Incentives for College
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Vetoed 08/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act and amends the Freedom of Information Act. Establishes the Illinois prepaid tuition program. Provides for administration of the program by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission. Provides that the advisory panel shall consist of 7 members appointed by the Commission. Revises the definition of a MAP eligible institution. Provides that each appropriation constitutes a loan that is to be repaid to the General Revenue Fund within 5 years.
Title: H.B. 190
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| RI | Signed into law 07/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows parents and others responsible for paying the cost of education to save for a child's college education through the use of a tuition savings program administered by the Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority and the Execuitive Director of the Student Loan Authority; makes earnings tax-exempt; requires various agencies involved to develop and present to the Legislature a prepaid tuition plan by a certain date; repeals the "Rhode Island Savings Bond Program".
Title: H.B. 6971 Tuition Savings Program
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CT | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the Treasurer to establish a college savings account program in accordance with a 1996 federal act; exempts contributions to a college savings account, interest earned on such contributions and withdrawals for qualified higher education expenses from the state income tax.
Title: H.B. 6771
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| CT | Died 06/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Encourages Connecticut residents to save money to pay for college education by authorizing the creation of individual tution savings accounts and by exempting interest and dividends earned on such accounts from the state income tax.
Title: H.B. 5003 Creation of Individual Savings Accounts for Tuition
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CT | Died 06/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows employees of the General Assembly or members of their immediate families to attend a public institution of higher education tuition free or at a reduced rate.
Title: H.B. 5484 Employees/Families benefits
Source:
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| DE | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates the Delaware Tuition Savings Program to increase the ability for families and individuals to save for higher education; intends to vitalize the ability of the private sector to administer and invest the contributions to the program under the guidance of the State.
Title: H.B. 245
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| KY | Signed into law 06/1997 | Postsec.
Community College | In a special session called to address higher education issues, the general assembly passed legislation restructuring the governance of higher education and amended the second year of the 1997-1998 biennial budget for colleges and universities. Legislation sets goals for postsecondary education and creates the Council on Postsecondary Education to replace the existing Council on Higher Education. The new council is to provide direction and oversight to all higher education institutions. Duties include: developing a strategic plan with advice from the new Strategic Committee on Postsecondary Education(SCOPE); revising and approving college and university missions; preparing budget requests; developing and accountability system; ensuring coordination among institutions; and changing or eliminating academic programs. The members, appointed by the governor, are to include one faculty member, a student, the commissioner of education and 13 citizens that must be confirmed by the legislature. The legislation also creates the Kentucky Community and Technical College Systems (KCTCS) headed by a board of regents. The new systemn will be composed of two branches: the current University of Kentucky Community College System (with the exception of Lexington Community College, which will remain a part of UK) and the postsecondary technical schools that have been part of the Cabinet for Workforce Development. The 14 members of the new board of regents will include a faculty member; a non-teahcing personnel representative; two student members (one form the community colleges and one from the technical instititutions); and eight additional members appointed by the governor, four from a list of nominations from the UK turstees and four from recommendations submitted by the governor's postsecondary education nominating committee. The nominating committee is composed of seven members (one from each Supreme Court district) appointed by the governor with the consent of the legislature. The legislature amended the second year of the biennium by adding $40 million to the $797.5 million in the original 1997-98 budget for higher education, an increase of 5 percent. The newly-adopted budget is 8.6 percent higher than funding for 1996-97. College and university budgets will reach $791.4 million, 7.8 percent above prior year funding levels, including $99.2 million for community colleges (up 20.1 percent) and $692.2 million for four-year institutions, an increase of 6.3 percent. Faculty pay raises will be determined by institutional boards. Tuition increases will remain as originally adopted: In-state undergraduates will pay 2.6 percent more at doctoral institutions, 3.4 percent more at master's colleges and 2 percent more at community colleges.
Included in the higher education budget is initial funding for 4 of 7 new investments and incentive trust funds to advance the goals of postsecondary education: adult education and literacy ($2 million), regional university excellence ($6 million), research challenge ($6 million) and postsecondary workforce development ($3 million). The new Council on Postsecondary Education will establish the criteria for the allocation of these funds. The remaining three funds created are the technology initiative trust, physical facilities trust and the student financial aid trust.
The 1997-98 budget for elementary and secondary schools remains as originally adopted and total general funds will reach $2.5 billion, an increase of 3.1 percent. Funding for the SEEK formula will increase 2.7 percent to more than $2 billion. No funds were earmarked for teacher pay increases but language in the budget bill encourages districts to give raises of about $900. Other programs receiving increases include family resource and youth services centers ($39.6 million total, up 2.9 percent) and preschool services ($39.3 million, up 3.1 percent). Funding will continue at current levels for school rewards ($10 million), student assessment ($8.1 million), extended school services (34 million), professional development ($14.5 million) and educational technology ($20 million).
Title: Higher Education
Source: SREB Legislative Report
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| RI | Passed 06/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | (Effective: 07/02/97) Allows parents and others responsible for paying the cost of education to save for a child's college education through the use of a tuition savings program administered by the Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance authority and the executive director of the Student Loan Authority; provides that earnings would be tax exempt; requires the various agencies involved to develop and present to the Legislature a prepaid tuition plan by a certain date; repeals the "Rhode Island Savings Bond Program'.
Title: H.B. 6971
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| RI | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | (Effective: 07/02/97) Allows parents and other responsible for paying the cost of education to save for a child's college education through the use of a tuition savings program administered by the Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority and the executive director of the Student Loan Authority; provides that that earnings would be tax exempt; requires the various agencies involved to develop and present to the Legislature a prepaid tuition plan by a certain date; repeals the "Rhode Island Savings Bond Program".
Title: H.B. 6971
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| TX | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Higher education legislation sets tuition increases through the year 2001 and, effective in the fall of 1999, bans institutions from counting in formula calculations undergraduate credit hours (with exceptions) that exceed 170 hours for any student. In addition, in-state students completing a baccalaureate degree with no more than 3 credit hours beyond program requirements will be eligible for a $1,000 tuition rebate.
Title: Budget
Source: SREB Legislative Report
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| IL | Vetoed 05/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act and amends the Freedom of Information Act. Establishes the Illinois prepaid tuition program under which a purchaser enters into and makes the payments required under a prepaid tuition contract in order to provide a higher education for the beneficiary of the contract. Provides for administration of the program by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission in conjunction with a 3-member board. [Amendatory Veto by Governor]
Title: S.B. 878 Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 05/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Family Education Savings Act; establishes a Family Education Savings Oversight Committee; allows a person to make contributions to accounts that are established to pay higher education expenses for a designated beneficiary of an account owner; requires the Board of Regents to implement the program and authorizes the Board to select financial institutions to act as depositories and program managers, using specified bidding criteria; provides deduction from state income taxes.
Title: H.B. 536
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| MT | Signed into law 04/1997 | P-12
Postsec. | Authorizes the Board of Regents to provide tuition waivers education benefit program.
Title: H.B. 17 Tuition Waivers Education Benefit Program
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Died 07/1996 | Postsec. | Authorizes the trustees of the State University to permit persons age sixty or over to take ccourses for credit without tuition, as well as to audit courses.
Title: A.B. 11268 Authorization to Persons Age 60 or Over to Take Courses Without Tuition Courses for Credit Without Tution
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | Died 05/1996 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that children who receive educational services within a school district and who reside in certain child care facilities or group homes as a result of placement by a court or state agency or certain private placements shall be deemed to reside in the district where they receive the educational services. Directs the department of education to withhold two and three tenths times a school district's per pupil operating revenues for the district of residence for each of these pupils.
Title: H.B. 1130 Funding for Pupils Who Attend in Another District
Source: CASB Legislative Status Report; CASB Bill Board
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| MD | Vetoed 05/1996 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes a Prepaid Higher Education Expense Program; establishes a Board to administer the Program; specifies membership and operating requirements affecting the Board; establishes a Trust Fund; requires the Board to establish specified advance payment contracts to fund future educational costs at State institutions; commits the State to specified obligations; requires the Governor to include specified appropriations in the State Budget.
Title: H.B. 368
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/1996 | P-12
Postsec. | Increases the maximum allowable tuition a school district can charge for pupils from other districts, as calculated under the "costs per student count" law, to a specific amount if district of resident pays tuition for 750 or fewer pupils to other districts and to a specific amount if the pupil number is 751-1,000. Makes special provision and caps for tuition for high school pupils who live in elementary districts that are not in high school districts.
Title: S.B. 1110 Tuition in a School District
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/1996 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes a method for the prepayment of tuition at the public institutions of higher education in the State; establishes the Maryland Higher Education Tuition Trust Fund; establishes a Maryland Higher Education Trust Fund Board; requires the Board to establish a program of prepaid tuition contracts for tuition at public institutions of higher education in the State; and specifies requirements for prepaid tuition contracts.
Title: S.B. 8
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| NY | Died 02/1996 | P-12
Postsec. | Enacts the New York State Higher Education Trust Fund Act; establishes the New York State higher education trust fund to be administered by a board empowered to enter into advance tuition payment contracts for a higher education; makes numerous related provisions.
Title: A.B. 8595 State Higher Education Trust Fund Act
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MN | Died 01/1996 | P-12
Postsec. | Authorizes college savings bond program through use of state zero coupon general obligation bonds.
Title: S.B. 2144/H.B. 2058 College Savings Program
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 01/1996 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates prepaid affordable college tuition program to provide college tuition assistance.
Title: S.B. 2237 Prepaid Tuition Program
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 07/1995 | Postsec. | Provides for the auditing of courses without tuition, examination grading or credit by persons over sixty years of age at the City University of New York.
Title: A 6138 Auditing of Courses
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 04/1995 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to uniform accounting and reporting, family transportation, definition of a high school student, meetings of County committees regarding tuition hearings, students placed for reasons other than education, and length of school term. If a school district does not provide educational services to an entire grade level, the students in that grade level may attend school at a public school of their choice, outside their district of residence without going through the procedures outlined in section 15-40.2-05. The school district of residence shall pay tuition to the admitting school district. The student may exercise the provisions whether the school district of residence ceased to provide required grade level before or after the effective date of this Act. The public schools must be equally free, open and accessible at all times to all children who have reached the age of six by midnight August thirty first for school districts that do not provide kindergarten or the age of five for schools districts that provide kindergarten and have not reached the age of twenty one. The school board of a pubic school district may, upon approval by a majority vote of the electors of the school district at any regular or special election, dedicate a tax levy for purposes of this section (long-distance learning and educational technology levy) not to exceed five mills on the dollar of taxable valuation of property within the district. All revenue accruing under this levy must be used only for purposes of establishing and maintaining long-distance learning and purchasing and maintaining educational technology. Educational technology includes computer software, computers and computer networks and other computerized equipment which must be for student instruction.
Title: S.B. 2159
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VT | Active 06/1994 | Postsec. | Vermont has an unusual system of higher education. It differs from those of most other states in the way it is financed, the way it is organized and coordinated, the sources of its students, its importance to the state's economy and in other ways. Vermont's financing of higher education represents a "high tuition/high student aid" approach as compared to most other states. That is, the state supports its public institutions at a level far below that provided by most states for similar colleges and universities. This results in very high tuition rates - the highest or near the highest in the country. However, the state provides high quality student financial aid programs for its students through the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation, supplementing national and other sources of assistance. These programs help Vermonters needing assistance to attend colleges, universities or other postsecondary schools, either in Vermont or elsewhere. This "high tuition/high student aid" approach to the financing of higher education may be the single most important characteristic of Vermont's higher education system that sets it apart from those of most other states. The system has other important characteristics, some resulting from Vermont's unusual financing approach and others that are not directly related: Vermont's state-assisted institutions and agencies are autonomous entities established as separate corporations and governed by independent boards; while they are not organized as integral parts of state government, they are responsive to its interests and concerns through the Governor's and General Assembly's selection of board memebers and through continuing open discussion, reports, audits and other communications. Vermont's higher education system includes a large and diverse group of both independent and state-assisted colleges and universities which serve thousands of Vermont students and offer a wide range of education programs. Vermont's colleges and universities, both state-assisted and independent, enroll large numbers of students from other states. Vermont is one of the leaders in the country in percentage of its total enrollment coming from out -of-state. A greater percentage of Vermont's young people leave the state to go to college or other postsecondary schools than is the case in most states. A greater percentage of Vermont high school students graduate from high school than in most other states, and the percentage of these graduates who continued their education on a full- or part-time basis within six months after graduation increased from 43.9% in 1978 to 62.3% in 1992. Higher education, considered as an industry, is a more important part of the economy in Vermont than in most states. Almost half of its students and/over half of its income are from sources outside the state. It can be considered one of Vermont's major industries. Only a few states appropriate smaller amounts of tax funds per capita of state population to support higher education - both institutional support and student assistance. Only one state uses a smaller percentage of total personal income than Vermont to support higher education. Vermont has a large proportion of out-of-state students paying high non-resident tuition nearly equal to the costs; thus educaiton appropriations primarily support the resident enrollment. Therefore, in Vermont, appropriations relative to total enrollment are substantially lower than in other states because of this dependency on non-resident tuition. In summary, Vermont has a unique system of higher education. This sourcebook presents benchmark information and statistics intended to assist the reader to understand the nature of the system, how it serves Vermonters and others, and how it has been financed. Its future depends in part on how well Vermonters understand these matters.
Title: Postsecondary Education Information Sourcebook 1993
Source: Department of Finance and Management
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| WA | Signed into law 06/1994 | Postsec. | Permits members of 32 specific tribes to be considered residents of Washington for tuition purposes if they live in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, or Montana. (Legislative Summary 1994)
Title: ESB 6044 (Ch. 188, Laws of 1994) Postsecondary Native American Policy
Source: Education Committee
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Privatization--Education Management Agencies (EMOs) |
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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Attitudes |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Purposes of Public Education |
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| Religion |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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| School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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| School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap |
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| Student Supports |
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| Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Research/Evaluation |
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| Urban |
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| Urban--Governance |
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| Whole Child |
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