PRINTER'S NO. 1698
No. 1251 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY RHOADES, JANUARY 22, 2008
REFERRED TO EDUCATION, JANUARY 22, 2008
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of March 10, 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), entitled "An
2 act relating to the public school system, including certain
3 provisions applicable as well to private and parochial
4 schools; amending, revising, consolidating and changing the
5 laws relating thereto," further providing for powers and
6 duties of the Board of Governors.
7 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
8 hereby enacts as follows:
9 Section 1. Section 2006-A(a)(11) of the act of March 10,
10 1949 (P.L.30, No.14), known as the Public School Code of 1949,
11 added November 12, 1982 (P.L.660, No.188), is amended to read:
12 Section 2006-A. Powers and Duties of the Board of
13 Governors.--(a) The Board of Governors shall have overall
14 responsibility for planning and coordinating the development and
15 operation of the system. The powers and duties of the Board of
16 Governors shall be:
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18 (11) To fix the levels of tuition fees, except student
19 activity fees. Tuition fees shall include a differential for
1 such charges between students who are residents of the
2 Commonwealth and students who are nonresidents. The level of
3 tuition fixed pursuant to this paragraph shall not increase over
4 the level of tuition fixed for the immediately preceding school
5 year by more than the percentage increase in the Consumer Price
6 Index as published by the United States Department of Labor,
7 Bureau of Labor Statistics. Where the tuition fixed under this
8 paragraph increases by more than the percentage increase in the
9 Consumer Price Index, the State System of Higher Education shall
10 be ineligible for any and all State appropriations otherwise
11 authorized in the General Appropriation Act.
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13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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