Post by pavel on Jan 25, 2016 1:09:42 GMT -6
Lawmakers to consider bill to limit tuition and fee increases at Tennessee public universities
NASHVILLE — A pair of state legislators have filed a bill that would freeze tuition and mandatory fees at Tennessee's public universities until the 2018-19 school year, and after that require full governing-board approval for increases greater than 2 percent above the consumer price index.
The bill would also institute a tuition-freeze program, starting with freshmen entering college in 2018, in which the student's tuition and mandatory fees would remain fixed at their freshman-year rates through their undergraduate degree as long as they remain enrolled in school and graduate on time.
The "Tuition Stability Act" (Senate Bill 2306/House Bill 2069) was filed by state Sen. Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville), chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and Rep. Martin Daniel (R-Knoxville) to slow tuition rates at the state's public colleges and universities, Gresham said in a statement.
"College tuition is out of control in Tennessee and everyone knows it," Gresham said. "Any college student or their family who attended a Tennessee college or university during the last decade understands all too well the problem this bill addresses."
www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/state/lawmakers-to-consider-bill-to-limit-tuition-and-fee-increases-at-tennessee-public-universities-29f26-366273301.html
NASHVILLE — A pair of state legislators have filed a bill that would freeze tuition and mandatory fees at Tennessee's public universities until the 2018-19 school year, and after that require full governing-board approval for increases greater than 2 percent above the consumer price index.
The bill would also institute a tuition-freeze program, starting with freshmen entering college in 2018, in which the student's tuition and mandatory fees would remain fixed at their freshman-year rates through their undergraduate degree as long as they remain enrolled in school and graduate on time.
The "Tuition Stability Act" (Senate Bill 2306/House Bill 2069) was filed by state Sen. Dolores Gresham (R-Somerville), chairman of the Senate Education Committee, and Rep. Martin Daniel (R-Knoxville) to slow tuition rates at the state's public colleges and universities, Gresham said in a statement.
"College tuition is out of control in Tennessee and everyone knows it," Gresham said. "Any college student or their family who attended a Tennessee college or university during the last decade understands all too well the problem this bill addresses."
www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/state/lawmakers-to-consider-bill-to-limit-tuition-and-fee-increases-at-tennessee-public-universities-29f26-366273301.html