CHAPTER 15-10.3 STUDENT FEES 15-10.3-01. Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1

"Fee" means any monetary charge, other than tuition, that a student is assessed for a specific purpose or supplemental service

"Tuition" means the monetary charge that a student is assessed in order to be enrolled in a class or program for which a student generally earns academic credit

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15-10.3-02. Mandatory fees - Fees for optional purposes or services - Publication for comparison purposes

The state board of higher education shall publish on its website in a clear and comprehensible form that allows for ease of comparison among all institutions under its control: 1

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The amount of mandatory fees that each institution has determined it shall assess each full-time and part-time student during the ensuing academic year, together with a breakdown of the fees by purpose or service; The amount of any program-specific fees that each institution has determined it shall assess each student in a particular program during the ensuing academic year; and The amount of fees for optional purposes or services that each institution has determined it may assess a full-time or a part-time student during the ensuing academic year, together with a breakdown of the fees by purpose or service

15-10.3-03. Mandatory fees - Limitation on increases - Exemption

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The total amount of mandatory fees, other than program-specific fees, which an institution under the control of the state board of higher education assesses each full-time and part-time student, may not increase from one academic year to the ensuing academic year by more than one percent of the latest available average full-time, resident, on-campus, undergraduate tuition rate at that institution, unless the state board determines that an exemption from the requirements of this section is necessitated as a result of student demand, as evidenced by a campuswide student election or formal action by an institution's student governing board or committee

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Before mandatory fees on students may be increased to support the construction or renovation of a campus building valued at more than one million dollars, the use must be approved by a majority of the students voting on the question at a campuswide election

This subsection does not apply to any construction or renovation for which the use of mandatory fees was authorized before July 1, 2013

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15-10.3-04. Mandatory fee increases - Criteria - Explanation

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Before the state board of higher education may approve an institution's request to increase a mandatory fee, other than a program-specific fee, the institution shall provide to the board the following information: a

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c. Other anticipated tuition and fee increases; d

The estimated revenue collection to be generated by the proposed fee increase; The specific purpose to which the generated revenue will be allocated; A delineation of fee increases during the preceding five-year period and the revenues collected as a result of each increase; The extent to which students were allowed to participate in the decisionmaking process that preceded and resulted in the request for a fee increase; and The approximate number of students that would be assessed the fee each year

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The board shall examine the information provided by the requesting institution and shall support its decision to grant or deny a request for a mandatory fee increase with specific reference to each piece of information required by this section

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