|
Post by Logan on Jun 5, 2016 17:45:07 GMT -6
Louisiana voters will be asked in a statewide vote to allow the higher education governing boards — instead of legislators — set tuition at the state’s colleges and universities. Senate Education Committee Chairman Dan “Blade” Morrish, R-Jennings, said all the House did in changing his Senate Bill 80 was to name the four boards that oversee the public institutions. Though Sen. Page Cortez, R-Lafayette, wondered if by naming the boards could lead to problems in the future should new boards be formed or the names changed, Morrish said he was okay with the wording changes. The Senate went along on a vote of 36-1 with Shreveport Democratic Sen. John Milkovich casting the sole “no” ballot. It was the final legislative hurdle for the bill, which will now be added to the Nov. 8 statewide ballot. It’s a shift from previous years when such tuition autonomy bills were routinely shot down. Louisiana is one of the last few states where legislators decide how much to charge students in public colleges and universities — and the only one that requires a two-thirds vote of the Legislature. It’s one of the reasons why Louisiana has some of the lowest tuition costs in the nation. Read more: theadvocate.com/news/16013725-171/voters-will-be-asked-to-allow-college-boards-to-set-tuition-rates
|
|