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HB 1084

STUDENT/TUITION: Provides relative to tuition and mandatory fees for public postsecondary education institutions

2026 Regular Session Introduced by Chris Turner

HB 1084 lets each public college set and adjust its own tuition and mandatory fees, within a tighter one-year cap and with required waivers and annual reports.

Effective date: 06/24/2026.
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Bill Summary · HB 1084

Summary of HB 1084 (2026 Louisiana Regular Session)

Purpose

HB 1084 seeks to shift the authority to set and adjust tuition and mandatory fees from public postsecondary education system management boards to the individual institutions themselves. The bill also adjusts certain limits and reporting requirements related to tuition and fees.

Key Provisions and Changes

  • Authority to set/adjust tuition and mandatory fees

    • Replaces the current framework where management boards establish and adjust tuition for graduate, professional, specialized programs, and identified high-cost undergraduate programs, as well as mandatory fees for all programs.
    • HB 1084 authorizes each public postsecondary institution to determine and modify these tuition and mandatory fee amounts directly.

  • Differential tuition and mandatory fees

    • Institutions would retain the ability to establish differential tuition for:
    • Graduate, professional, or specialized programs.
    • Undergraduate programs identified as high-cost by the Board of Regents.

  • Limits on increases

    • Present law generally caps increases in tuition and mandatory fees at 10% over any two-year period.
    • Proposed law reduces the cap timeframe to one year (i.e., increases could be limited to 10% in a one-year period instead of two).

  • Proportional amounts for special populations and terms

    • Present law already requires proportional tuition/fees for part-time students, summer sessions, and intersession terms, along with hardship waiver criteria.
    • HB 1084 adds that proportional amounts would also apply to dual enrollment (early college/high school partners taking college courses).

  • Waivers and hardship criteria

    • Institutions must establish criteria for waivers in cases of financial hardship and make waiver information available to prospective students affected by any increase, prior to enrollment decisions.

  • Reporting requirements

    • Present law requires management boards to report annually by February 15 to several committees (House/Senate Education; House Appropriations; Senate Finance) on how tuition and mandatory fees authorized under the subparagraph are being implemented.
    • HB 1084 transfers this reporting requirement from the management boards to the individual institutions themselves.

  • Enforcement/oversight

    • The reporting requirement’s noncompliance could trigger a potential suspension by the Board of Regents of any pending tuition/fee increase at the institution.

Who Is Affected

  • Public postsecondary education institutions in Louisiana (universities, colleges, and similar entities) would gain direct authority to set and adjust tuition and mandatory fees.
  • Students, including:
    • Graduate, professional, specialized program enrollees (potentially affected by differential tuition).
    • Undergraduate students in high-cost programs (potentially affected by differential tuition).
    • Part-time, summer, intersession, and dual enrollment students (proportional tuition adjustments would apply).

Timeline and Procedural Aspects

  • The bill provides for ongoing authority at the institutional level, subject to:
    • Annual reporting by February 15 of each year to the specified legislative and oversight bodies.
    • Potential consequences for failure to timely report (possible suspension of pending increases by the Board of Regents).
  • The bill reframes existing authority effective upon enactment, with the same constitutional and statutory oversight structure otherwise applying.

Overall Impact

HB 1084 would decentralize tuition/fee-setting power, increasing institutional autonomy while maintaining accountability through required reporting and waivers. It tightens the monitoring window for increases (one-year cap vs. two-year) and broadens proportionality considerations to include dual enrollment, potentially affecting pricing for a broader set of students.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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