LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
W. Clinton Rasberry, Jr., Chair
Joseph Wiley, Vice Chair
Maurice Durbin
Uma Subramanian
Chris Gorman
Donna Klein
Roy Martin III
Representatives from Management Boards
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AGENDA ITEM III.
Legislation and Legislative Issues for 2013
2013 REGULAR SESSION
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2013 Session is a Fiscal Session
Convenes at Noon on Monday, April 8, 2013
Adjourns no later than 6:00 p.m. on Thursday,
June 6, 2013
Pre-filing deadlines: March 29 (exact times
differ, depending on House v. Senate, and
Constitutional amendments v. other bills)
Non-fiscal bills limited to 5 bills per legislator
All non-fiscal bills must be pre-filed
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BoR Action Plan for 2013
 Enhance performance and outcome through: (a) increased
efficiencies and (b) legislation to address funding challenges
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Efficiencies to be achieved through BoR leadership, Systems collaboration:
 Expand the BOR academic program review process for the purposes of
identifying duplicative academic offerings for which consolidation,
institutional transfer or multi-campus collaboration would be beneficial
from both a pedagogical and fiscal basis.
 Expand the use of technology in instruction and organizational
management as a means of producing greater institutional efficiencies.
 Expand Experiential Learning experiences for students that allow for a
greater connection between higher education and business and industry.
 Utilize BOR resources to provide professional development opportunities
for campus personnel on new approaches to instruction, learning, and
institutional management.
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BoR Action Plan for 2013 (Contd.)
BoR Legislative Agenda
Funding measures (need legislation):
 allow tuition increases for campuses in accordance with
BoR Tuition Policy, but not at a level to exceed the SREB
average, adjusted for state poverty index.
 BOR Tuition Policy to identify SREB average tuition by institutional
type; Management Boards to determine institutional tuition in
accordance with the Tuition Policy.
 allow for differential tuition for high-demand, high-cost
programs within criteria established by the BOR.
 allow institutions to charge on a per-credit basis rather
than a static full-time rate capped at 12 credit hours.
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Explanation of Tuition Proposal
 BoR Policy will establish parameters
 All authority to increase tuition, charge per-credit or
differential tuition is permissive only
 Management Boards can decide to
 not increase tuition at all
 not raise tuition to the level allowed in BoR policy
 not charge per-credit tuition
 not charge differential tuition
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RECOMMENDATION
Approval of Legislative Agenda
Authorization for Legislative Session
 Senior Staff recommends that the Committee:
(a) Authorize the Commissioner and staff to pursue
the BoR Legislative Agenda during the upcoming
2013 Regular Session as necessary, with regular
reports or necessary modifications to the Board; and
(b) Authorize the Commissioner of Higher Education
and the Chairman of the Board to act on its behalf on
legislative issues that may arise during the 2013
Regular Session.
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