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Students back fee‑disclosure bill; UConn warns meal‑plan refund language would hurt dining services
Summary
HB 5,170 would require disclosure of all non‑tuition fees before enrollment and require return of unexpected meal‑plan funds; students said transparency matters, while UConn administrators warned mandatory refunds could reduce dining services and staff because dining is self‑funded.
Students, researchers and lawmakers debated HB 5,170, a bill that would require higher‑education institutions to disclose non‑tuition fees at the time of enrollment and to return unused meal‑plan funds.
"Requiring a disclosure helps students better understand their costs and holds universities accountable," Adin Baladan, a Yale undergraduate, told the committee as he urged passage of the bill to curb so‑called "junk fees." A student researcher from Middlesex Community College catalogued common extra charges — technology fees, matriculation fees…
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