Changes the cap on tuition and fees charged at public higher education institutions
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SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 912
173.1003. 1. Beginning with the 2008-09 academic year, each approved public institution, as such term is defined in section 173.1102, shall submit its percentage change in the amount of tuition from the current academic year compared to the upcoming academic year to the coordinating board for higher education by July first preceding such academic year. 2. [For institutions whose] In any state fiscal year following a fiscal year where an institution's state operating support increased from the previous fiscal year's state operating support, and such institution's tuition is greater than the average tuition, the percentage change in tuition shall not exceed the percentage change of the consumer price index or zero, whichever is greater. In any state fiscal year following a fiscal year where an institution's state operating support did not increase from the previous fiscal year's state operating support, and such institution's tuition is greater than the average tuition, the percentage change in tuition shall not exceed ten percent plus the percentage change of the consumer price index or zero, whichever is greater. 3. [For institutions whose] In any state fiscal year following a fiscal year where an institution's state operating support increased from the previous fiscal year's state operating support, and such institution's tuition is less than the average tuition, the dollar increase in tuition shall not
intended to be omitted in the law. EXPLANATION--Matter enclosed in bold-faced brackets [thus] in this bill is not enacted and is intended to be omitted in the law.
99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Reported from the Committee on Appropriations, February 12, 2018, with recommendation that the Senate Committee Substitute do pass.
5852S.03C
ADRIANE D. CROUSE, Secretary.
AN ACT
To repeal section 173.1003, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section
relating to tuition at public higher education institutions.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 173.1003, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 173.1003, to read as follows:
In any state fiscal year following a fiscal year where an 5. If a tuition or fee increase exceeds the limits set forth in subsections SCS SB 912 exceed the product of zero or the percentage change of the consumer price index, whichever is greater, times the average tuition. In any state fiscal year following a fiscal year where an institution's state operating support did not increase from the previous fiscal year's state operating support, and such institution's tuition is less than the average tuition, the dollar increase in tuition shall not exceed the product of zero or the percentage change of the consumer price index plus ten percent, whichever is greater, times the average tuition. institution's state operating support increased from the previous fiscal year's state operating support, the percentage change in fees charged by the institution to students shall not exceed the percentage change of the consumer price index or zero, whichever is greater. In any state fiscal year following a fiscal year where an institution's state operating support did not increase from the previous fiscal year's state operating support, the percentage change in fees charged by the institution to students shall not exceed ten percent plus the percentage change of the consumer price index or zero, whichever is greater. The provisions of this subsection shall apply to any fee charged to a Missouri resident undergraduate enrolled in fifteen credit hours at the institution. 2 [or], 3, or 4 of this section, then the institution shall be subject to the provisions of subsection [5] 6 of this section. [5.] 6. Any institution that exceeds the limits set forth in subsections 2 [or], 3, or 4 of this section shall remit [to the board] back to the state an amount equal to five percent of its current year state operating appropriation amount which shall be deposited into the general revenue fund unless the institution appeals, within thirty days of such notice, to the commissioner of higher education for a waiver of this provision. The commissioner, after meeting with appropriate representatives of the institution, shall determine whether the institution's waiver request is sufficiently warranted, in which case no fund remission shall occur. In making this determination, the factors considered by the commissioner shall include but not be limited to the relationship between state appropriations and the consumer price index and any extraordinary circumstances. If the commissioner determines that an institution's tuition percent increase is not sufficiently warranted and declines the waiver request, the
In any state fiscal year following a fiscal year where an
[6.] 7. The provisions of subsections 2 to [5] 6 of this section shall not SCS SB 912 commissioner shall recommend to the full coordinating board that the institution shall remit an amount up to five percent of its current year state operating appropriation to the board, which shall deposit the amount into the general revenue fund. The coordinating board shall have the authority to make a binding and final decision, by means of a majority vote, regarding the matter. apply to any community college unless any such community college's tuition for any Missouri resident is greater than or equal to the average tuition. If the provisions of subsections 2 to [5] 6 of this section apply to a community college, subsections 2 to [5] 6 of this section shall only apply to out-of-district Missouri resident tuition. [7.] 8. For purposes of this section, the term "average tuition" shall be the sum of the tuition amounts for the previous academic year for each approved public institution that is not excluded under subsection [6] 7 of this section, divided by the number of such institutions. The term "consumer price index" shall mean the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), 1982-1984 = 100, not seasonally adjusted, as defined and officially recorded by the United States Department of Labor, or its successor agency, from January first of the current year compared to January first of the preceding year. The term "state appropriation" shall mean the state operating appropriation for the prior year per full-time equivalent student for the prior year compared to state operating appropriation for the current year per full-time equivalent student for the prior year. The term "tuition" shall mean the amount of tuition [and required fees, excluding any fee established by the student body of the institution,] charged to a Missouri resident undergraduate enrolled in fifteen credit hours at the institution. The term "state operating support" shall mean the funding actually disbursed from state operating appropriations to approved public institutions and shall not include appropriations or disbursements for special initiatives or specific program additions or expansions. [8.] 9. Nothing in this section shall be construed to usurp or preclude the ability of the governing board of an institution of higher education to establish tuition or required fee rates. 10. The provisions of this section shall expire on August 28, 2023.
[6.] 7. The provisions of subsections 2 to [5] 6 of this section shall not
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