§3351.20. Mandatory fees
A.
(1)In addition to the authority granted by any other provision of law, including
but not limited to R.S. 17:3139.5, 3351.7, and 3351.8, and in accordance with Article VII,
Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Legislature of Louisiana hereby authorizes
the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College, the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College, the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, and the Board of
Supervisors of Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges to establish at each institution
under their respective management and supervision mandatory fees to be charged to students
enrolled at such institutions and to adjust the amounts of
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§3351.20. Mandatory fees
A.(1) In addition to the authority granted by any other provision of law, including
but not limited to R.S. 17:3139.5, 3351.7, and 3351.8, and in accordance with Article VII,
Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Legislature of Louisiana hereby authorizes
the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College, the Board of Supervisors of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical
College, the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System, and the Board of
Supervisors of Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges to establish at each institution
under their respective management and supervision mandatory fees to be charged to students
enrolled at such institutions and to adjust the amounts of such fees as they deem necessary.
Such authority shall apply for the 2015-2016 through the 2019-2020 academic years only,
and the authority to increase fees pursuant thereto shall terminate on June 30, 2020.
(2) The revenue per full-time equivalent student from all tuition and fee amounts
charged to a student plus the revenue per full-time equivalent student from state and local
appropriations shall not exceed the national average of total per full-time equivalent student
revenue from state appropriations, local appropriations, tuition, and fees as reported by the
National Center for Education Statistics by Carnegie classification, which maximum amount
may be annually adjusted based on the most recent full-time equivalent funding statistics as
reported by the National Center for Education Statistics and adjusted to the current fiscal year
using the Higher Education Price Index. This Paragraph shall not apply to the Louisiana
State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans, the Louisiana State University
Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, the pharmacy program at the University of Louisiana
at Monroe, or the Southern University Law Center.
(3) The total of all tuition and fee amounts charged to a student enrolled in the
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans, the Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center - Shreveport, the pharmacy program at the University of
Louisiana at Monroe, or the Southern University Law Center shall not exceed the tuition and
fees charged, as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics, of national peers
selected by the institution, which maximum amount may be annually adjusted based on the
most recent tuition and fee amounts per full-time equivalent student as reported by the
National Center for Education Statistics and adjusted to the current fiscal year using the
Higher Education Price Index.
B.(1) The authority granted by Subsection A of this Section includes the authority
to impose per-credit fees, to impose differential fees for certain programs exclusive of others,
and to charge proportional amounts for part-time students and for summer sessions.
(2) The authority granted by Subsection A of this Section is not subject to any
limitation on the authority to establish fees and set fee amounts provided for in R.S. 17:3139
et seq.
C. Each management board shall establish a need-based financial assistance fund at
each of its member institutions. Each institution shall allocate to its fund funds from its
operating budget in an amount not less than five percent of revenues realized by the
institution from fees assessed pursuant to this Section. Such funds shall be used to provide
need-based financial assistance to students at that institution who are eligible to receive a Pell
Grant.
D. No revenues generated by fees imposed pursuant to this Section shall be used for
any other purpose except for support of the university at which the fees were collected.
E. The authority granted in Subsection A of this Section includes the authority to
impose a fee for the administration of any student surveys required or authorized by law.
F. Each postsecondary education management board shall submit a written report to
the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on Education not later than
February fifteenth of 2018, 2019, and 2020 regarding how the fees authorized by this Section
are being implemented at each institution under its supervision and management, including
an overview of the distribution of the monies in the need-based financial assistance fund as
provided in Subsection C of this Section.