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Commission seeks flexibility to set degree-authorization fees by rule rather than statute

2252720 · February 6, 2025
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Summary

The Higher Education Coordinating Commission asked the committee to approve House Bill 3028, which would remove the statutory degree-authorization fee schedule and allow the agency to set fees by rule to respond more quickly to changes in workload; no vote was taken.

Kyle Thomas, director of legislative and policy affairs for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission, asked the House Committee on Higher Education Feb. 6 to support House Bill 3028. Thomas said the bill would allow the Office of Degree Authorization — which oversees private degree-granting institutions that are not exempt — to set its fee schedule by administrative…

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