The proposal, which won backing in the House, schools would only be allowed to raise tuition if they meet performance improvement benchmarks, like increasing admission standards, improving graduation rates and boosting efforts to get students into jobs.
But the Senate Education Committee reworked the bill Thursday to allow the schools to get two years of tuition increase authority before they have to meet the performance benchmarks required under the measure.
House Speaker Jim Tucker says he’s not sure if he’ll support those changes to his bill.
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