Bill Text: MN HF856 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Tuition increase temporary freeze and permanent limitation at public higher education institutions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-07 - Author added Kiffmeyer [HF856 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2011-HF856-Introduced.html

1.1A bill for an act
1.2relating to higher education; temporary freezing and permanent limiting of
1.3tuition increases at public higher education institutions; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 136F; 137.1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6    Section 1. [136F.702] TUITION INCREASE LIMITATIONS.
1.7Tuition increases for a Minnesota resident undergraduate student from one academic
1.8year to the next academic year at an institution in the Minnesota State Colleges and
1.9Universities system may not exceed the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price
1.10Index for all urban consumers, published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics,
1.11for the immediately preceding calendar year.
1.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section applies to tuition increases for an academic year
1.13commencing after July 1, 2013.

1.14    Sec. 2. [137.0227] TUITION INCREASE LIMITATIONS.
1.15Tuition increases for a Minnesota resident undergraduate student from one academic
1.16year to the next academic year at the University of Minnesota may not exceed the annual
1.17percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, published by
1.18the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, for the immediately preceding calendar year.
1.19EFFECTIVE DATE.This section applies to tuition increases for an academic year
1.20commencing after July 1, 2013.

2.1    Sec. 3. TUITION FREEZE AT MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND
2.2UNIVERSITIES.
2.3Tuition at the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities for Minnesota resident
2.4undergraduate students may not be increased for academic terms commencing between
2.5July 1, 2011, and June 30, 2013.

2.6    Sec. 4. TUITION FREEZE AT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
2.7Tuition at the University of Minnesota for a Minnesota resident undergraduate
2.8student may not be increased for academic terms commencing between July 1, 2011,
2.9and June 30, 2013.
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