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Senators debate tuition-waiver proposal as colleges anticipate enrollment shock
Summary
Senators debated a substitute for SB 51 that would let institutions waive the resident/nonresident tuition differential for high-performing nonresident students as colleges prepare for enrollment impacts from changes in missionary-age; sponsors said institutions would have discretion and cited a $19 million short-term enrollment revenue gap for one university.
Senators spent extended floor time on a substituted version of SB 51 proposing a new tool for higher-education institutions to respond to an expected short-term enrollment shock. The first substitute would let institutions waive part or all of the differential between resident and nonresident tuition for meritorious students — effectively creating an admissions-linked tuition waiver that institutions could use at their discretion.
Senator Urquhart, who moved the substitution, framed the measure as a…
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