Lawmakers asked to give up power to set state tuition

BATON ROUGE — Colleges and universities will again ask lawmakers to relinquish their tuition-setting authority, as budget cuts have repeatedly stripped financial resources from the schools, Louisiana Commissioner of Higher Education Jim Purcell said Tuesday.

Purcell told the joint House and Senate education committee that he will ask the Legislature to let the higher education management boards set their own tuition, so the schools can move closer to the rates charged by their peers in the South.

Lawmakers gave a cool reception to the proposal, which they will consider in the session that begins in April.

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