Lawmakers agree to continue colleges’ ability to raise fees
Published 11:24 pm Monday, June 5, 2017
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana’s colleges and universities would get continued authority to raise fees on students if Gov. John Bel Edwards supports a bill backed by state lawmakers.
The schools’ governing boards currently have that fee-hiking ability, but it’s set to expire on June 30. A bill by Rep. Chris Broadwater, a Hammond Republican, would continue the authority to set and modify fees until mid-2020.
The Senate gave final passage to the bill Monday with a 30-8 vote, sending it to the governor’s desk. The four college management boards would have to report their fee changes each year to state lawmakers.
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House Bill 113: www.legis.la.gov
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