SB 5770-S - DIGEST

(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 2ND SUB)

     Revises provisions relating to tuition setting authority and the use of tuition in higher education.

     Provides that the senate higher education committee and the house of representatives higher education committee shall convene a task force that includes but is not limited to representatives from the public four-year institutions of higher education, the state board for community and technical colleges, the office of financial management, and the higher education coordinating board to identify options for long-term funding of public higher education, including options to address increases in the state need grant program related to operating fee increases, and to make agreed upon recommendations by November 1, 2001, to the 2002 legislature.