Bill Text: OR HB3472 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to higher education tuition; and declaring an emergency.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-29 - Chapter 700, (2013 Laws): Effective date July 29, 2013. [HB3472 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3472-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

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LC 3854

                         House Bill 3472

Sponsored by Representatives WHISNANT, HARKER, GILLIAM

                             SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.

  Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission to conduct
study on freezing tuition increases for incoming undergraduate
students at public universities.
  Requires commission to submit report to interim legislative
committees no later than September 30, 2013.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to higher education tuition; and declaring an emergency
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) The Higher Education Coordinating
Commission shall conduct a study on whether public universities
listed in ORS 352.002 can successfully implement a tuition freeze
that will guarantee that incoming undergraduate students have the
same tuition rate for four years. The study must include an
analysis of:
  (a) The 'Western Tuition Promise' offered by Western Oregon
University;
  (b) The 'Finish in Four' program proposed in Florida; and
  (c) Ways of mitigating the financial strain that the adoption
of a tuition freeze would place on a university's finances.
  (2) The commission shall submit a report on the study described
in subsection (1) of this section to the interim legislative
committees on higher education no later than September 30,
2013. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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