ARIZONA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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SB1340: ABOR; university scholarships; report |
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PRIME SPONSOR: Senator Carter, LD 15 BILL STATUS: Caucus & COW |
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Requires the Arizona Board of
Regents (ABOR) to submit a report on the history of student scholarships.
History
The Arizona Constitution establishes ABOR as the governing body for Arizona's university system which consists of Arizona State University (ASU), Northern Arizona University (NAU) and the University of Arizona (UA) (Ariz. Const. art. 11 § 5). Statute provides and defines ABOR’s general authority related to the universities, including fixing tuition rates and fees, establishing curricula, designating courses and prescribing student admissions qualifications to the universities (A.R.S. § 15-1626).
ABOR policy governs how the state's universities award all financial aid, which includes tuition waivers and scholarships (ABOR Policy 4-323).
Additionally, pursuant to A.R.S. § 15-1650, ABOR is required to publish an annual report that provides financial aid information on each State university, a comparison to peer institutions, and summary information for the entire university system. Specifically, this report includes the following information for full-time resident undergraduate and graduate students:
· Cost of attendance, delineated by tuition rates, mandatory fees, room and board charges, book purchases and travel and related personal expenses;
· Expected family contributed;
· Federal, state, institutional, and private gift aid; and
· Loans, delineated by subsidized amounts, unsubsidized amounts, and amounts loaned to the parents of students.
Provisions
1. Requires ABOR to submit a report by December 15, 2019, on the history of the scholarships awarded at each university from calendar year 1980 through this bill's effective date to the Governor, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
2. Specifies that the report must include:
a. a summary of the number and the dollar amount of scholarships that have been awarded in Arizona;
b. a summary of the past and current scholarship eligibility requirements; and
c. data on the number of past and current students that have qualified and received the scholarships.
3. Excludes private scholarships and grants from the report.
4. Instructs ABOR to make a presentation to the Senate Higher Education and Workforce Development Committee, or its successor committee, during the 54th Legislature, 2nd Regular Session, on the information contained in the report.
5. Repeals the report requirements on July 1, 2020.
Amendment
Committee on Education
· Makes technical corrections to the requirements for the report on the history of student scholarships.
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Fifty-fourth Legislature SB 1340
First Regular Session Version 1: Caucus & COW
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