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House adopts appropriations conference report that includes tuition-surcharge authority for Regents
Summary
The Utah House adopted the conference committee report on HB 1, adding language that would allow the State Board of Regents to impose tuition surcharges—up to 4% generally and up to 7% at Utah Valley State College—to address critical institutional needs; the change drew concern about community college equity.
The Utah House on Feb. 27 adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 1, the appropriations act, after a brief debate over new language that would allow the State Board of Regents to add a tuition surcharge for the 2002 academic year.
Representative Jeff Alexander moved to adopt the report, explaining the conference language permits the Board of Regents to add a tuition surcharge “not greater than 4% of the current year…
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