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| SPONSOR: | Ingle | DATE TYPED: | 02/02/00 | HB | |||
| SHORT TITLE: | Limit Lottery Scholarship Tuition Increases | SB | 253 | ||||
| ANALYST: | Pacheco-Perez | ||||||
| Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||||
| FY00 | FY01 | FY00 | FY01 | ||
| NA | |||||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
| Subsequent
Years Impact |
Recurring
or Non-Rec |
Fund
Affected | ||
| FY00 | FY01 | |||
| NA | ||||
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Revenue Decreases)
Duplicates/Conflicts with/Companion to/Relates to
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Commission on Higher Education (CHE)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
This bill amends the lottery tuition scholarship program to limit the tuition increases imposed by each institution on each student attending that institution.
Significant Issues
According to the CHE, governing boards of each institution have the constitutional basis from which to set annual tuition rates.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
According to the CHE, this bill would achieve the long term objective of attempting to curtail the costs of lottery scholarships.
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