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2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 1084
BY REPRESENTATIVE TURNER
STUDENT/TUITION: Provides relative to tuition and mandatory fees for public
postsecondary education institutions
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 17:3384, relative to tuition and mandatory fee amounts for public
3 postsecondary education institutions; to authorize each public postsecondary
4 education institution to impose and adjust certain tuition and fee amounts; to provide
5 for limitations; to provide for applicability; to provide for an effective date; to
6 provide for reporting; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:3384 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 §3384. Public postsecondary education institutions; tuition and fee authority
10 and autonomy
11 A.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each public
12 postsecondary education institution may establish and adjust tuition and fee amounts
13 for all programs offered by the institution, including programs granting certificates,
14 degrees, diplomas, or other credentials of value. This authority includes establishing
15 tuition and fee amounts for part-time students, dual enrollment students, and students
16 enrolled in summer and intersession terms.
17 (2) Each institution may increase tuition and mandatory fee amounts by no
18 more than fifteen percent over any one-year period. Each institution may lower
19 tuition and fee amounts with no limitation.
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1 (3) The authority to establish and adjust tuition and fee amounts as provided
2 in this Section shall be applicable beginning on January 1, 2027.
3 B. When establishing tuition and fee amounts, each public postsecondary
4 education institution shall, at a minimum, consider the following:
5 (1) Tuition and fee amounts of peer institutions.
6 (2) Median household income in Louisiana and in states where peer
7 institutions are located.
8 (3) Affordability.
9 (4) Total cost of attendance.
10 C. Each public postsecondary education institution shall establish a process
11 for providing adequate notice to students of tuition and fee amounts. Prior to
12 imposing any increase in tuition and fee amounts pursuant to this Section, each
13 institution shall establish criteria for waivers in cases of financial hardship. Such
14 information shall be made available to all current and prospective students affected
15 by the increase in a timely manner.
16 D. Each public postsecondary education institution shall submit a written
17 report to its management board, the Board of Regents, the House Committee on
18 Education, the Senate Committee on Education, the House Committee on
19 Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance not later than February fifteenth
20 annually regarding how the tuition and mandatory fees authorized by this Section are being
21 implemented.
22 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
23 signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
24 by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
25 vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
26 effective on the day following such approval.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 1084 Reengrossed 2026 Regular Session Turner
Abstract: Authorizes each public postsecondary education institution to establish and adjust
tuition and fee amounts for all programs offered by the institution.
Present law provides that each public postsecondary education management board may
exercise powers necessary to supervise and manage the day-to-day operations of institutions
under its control, including the authority to:
(1) Determine the tuition and mandatory fees which shall be paid by students and adjust
the amount of tuition and fees.
(2) Establish mandatory fee amounts for all programs at each institution under its
supervision and control and consolidate separate fees.
(3) Relative to differential tuition and mandatory fee amounts:
(a) Establish differential tuition for any graduate, professional, or specialized
program.
(b) Establish differential tuition for any undergraduate program, including but
not limited to programs granting certificates, degrees, diplomas, or other
credentials of value, that has been identified as a high-cost program by the
Bd. of Regents.
(c) Increase differential tuition amounts and mandatory fee amounts by no more
than 10% over any two-year period and lower tuition and fee amounts with
no limitation.
Proposed law retains present law and provides the following:
(1) Authorizes each public postsecondary education institution to establish and adjust
tuition and fee amounts for all programs offered by the institution, including
programs granting certificates, degrees, diplomas, or other credentials of value.
(2) Provides that each institution may increase tuition and mandatory fee amounts by
no more than 15% over any one-year period and allows each institution to lower
tuition and fee amounts with no limitation.
(3) Provide that the authority to establish and adjust tuition and fee amounts as provided
proposed law shall be applicable beginning on Jan. 1, 2027.
Present law requires each management board to establish a process for providing adequate
notice to students of tuition and fee amounts. Requires, prior to imposing any increase in
tuition or fee amounts, each management board to establish criteria for waivers in cases of
financial hardship. Requires that information about such waivers shall be made available
to all prospective students affected by the increase in a timely manner.
Proposed law retains present law and applies present law requirements to each institution.
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Present law requires each management board to submit a written report to the Bd. of
Regents, the House and Senate committees on education, the House Committee on
Appropriations, and the Senate Committee on Finance by Feb. 15th annually regarding how
the tuition and mandatory fees authorized by present law are being implemented at each
institution under its supervision and management.
Proposed law retains present law and requires each institution to submit a report regarding
how the tuition and fees authorized by proposed law are being implemented at each
institution to each of these entities, as well as to its management board, by Feb. 15th
annually.
Proposed law requires each institution, when establishing tuition and fee amounts, to
consider the following:
(1) Tuition and fee amounts of peer institutions.
(2) Median household income in La. and in states where peer institutions are located.
(3) Affordability.
(4) Total cost of attendance.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:3384)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Education to the
original bill:
1. Reinstate all present law powers and duties of management boards relative to
tuition and fees instead of granting specified powers and duties solely to
institutions.
2. Add a requirement that institutions consider tuition and fee amounts of peer
institutions, median household income in La. and states where peer institutions
are located, affordability, and total cost of attendance when establishing tuition
and fees.
3. Remove provision that failure to submit a written report may result in a
suspension by the Bd. of Regents of any pending increase of tuition or fees.
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Limit an increase in tuition and fees to 15% in any one-year period.
2. Provide that the proposed law authority to establish and adjust tuition and fees
applies beginning on Jan. 1, 2027.
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