HB 1078 — STUDENT/TUITION: Provides relative to tuition and fees for certain distance education courses

HLSENROLLED 26RS-1756 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.

BLANC, AND TAYLOR STUDENT/TUITION:AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

Provides relative to tuition and fees for certain distance education courses AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S.

17:3139.5, and in accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana StateUniversityandAgriculturalandMechanicalCollege,theBoardofSupervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, and the Board of Supervisors of Communityand TechnicalCollegesmayimpose thefollowingatthe following at eachinstitution Pageunder 1its ofrespective 3management CODING:and supervision:

for the Fall 2013 semester and thereafter tuition Page 1 of 2 CODING:

HLS 26RS-1756 ENGROSSED HB NO.

1078 underENROLLED its(1) respectiveTuition management and supervision:attendance fees for students enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate,orprofessionalacademicdegreeprogramofferedentirelythroughdistance education.

for the Fall 2013 semester and thereafter tuition (1) Tuition and attendance fees for students enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate,orprofessionalacademicdegreeprogramofferedentirelythroughdistance education.

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[R.S.

1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 1078 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Freiberg Abstract:

Authorizespublicpostsecondaryeducationmanagementboardstoimposetuition and fees for distance education courses.

Presentlawauthorizespublicpostsecondaryeducationmanagementboardstoimposetuition and attendance fees for students enrolled in an academic degree program offered entirely through distance education.

Proposed law retains present law and specifies that this authority applies to undergraduate, graduate, or professional programs.

Additionally authorizes the boards to impose tuition and fees for students enrolled in an undergraduate, graduate, or professional course offered entirelythrough distance education.

Present law further provides that the authorityto impose tuition and fees for such academic degree programs includes the authority to impose proportional amounts for part-time students and for summer sessions and requires the boards to establish criteria for waiving thetuitionandfeesforsuchacademicprogramsincasesoffinancialhardship.

Proposedlaw applies these provisions to proposed law relative to tuition and fees for distance education coursesandspecifiesthatpresentlawandproposedlawrelativetoproportionalamountsalso applies to academic periods that are not semesters or quarters.

Present law provides that distance education is as defined by the Southern Association of CollegesandSchoolsandauthorizestheimpositionoftuitionandfeesfordistanceeducation academicdegree programs when such program is comparable to a program offeredthrough traditional in-person classroom instruction.

Proposed law removes present law.

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HLS 26RS-1756 ENGROSSED HB NO.

1078 (Amends R.S.

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