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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Sixth Legislature, Second Regular Session
AMENDED
universities; student fees; clubs; organizations
Purpose
Requires an Arizona public university that allocates student fee monies to support the activities of individual university-recognized organizations or clubs to provide each student with a reasonable opportunity to select student clubs or organizations that may not receive the student's pro rata share of the monies.
Background
The Arizona Board of Regents (ABOR) fixes Arizona public university tuition and fees, differentiating between institutions and between residents, nonresidents, undergraduate students, graduate students and students from foreign countries. An Arizona public university may not transfer any portion of the tuition and fees collected from students or use any university student billing process to collect monies on behalf of an organization that is not under ABOR's jurisdiction or recognized as a university student organization. An Arizona public university may establish a student government and university-recognized student organizations and clubs and provide support for such student groups from tuition and fees (A.R.S. §§ 15-1626 and 15-1626.01).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires an Arizona public university that allocates student fee monies to support the activities of individual university-recognized student organizations or clubs to:
a) provide each student who is charged fees with a reasonable opportunity to select one or more student organizations or clubs to which the university may not allocate the student's pro rata share of the fee monies; and
b) for each student who makes a selection, use the student's pro rata share of the fee monies that the university allocates only for programs that are open to all students.
2. Specifies that, if a student does not select one or more student organizations or clubs to withhold fee monies from, the Arizona public university may allocate the student's pro rata share of the fee monies to:
a) support the activities of any individual university-recognized student organization or clubs; or
b) programs that are open to all students.
3. Makes technical changes.
4. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Amendments Adopted by Committee
1. Narrows the monies to only allocations of student fee monies, rather than monies from any source, to support the activities of individual organizations or clubs.
2. Replaces the requirement to transfer reduced pro rata shares of the monies consistent with student selections with a requirement to use the student's pro rata share of the monies the university allocates only for programs that are open to all students.
3. Authorizes a university, for students who do not select organizations or clubs, to use the student's pro rata share of the monies for outlined purposes, rather than as otherwise provided by law.
4. Makes technical changes.
House Action Senate Action
ED 1/23/24 DPA 5-4-0-1 ED 2/28/24 DPA 4-3-0
3rd Read 2/6/24 35-20-2-0-3
Prepared by Senate Research
February 29, 2024
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