Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 523, after line 19, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/ (GP: Differential Tuition Fee Transparency) Of the funds appropriated to institutions of higher learning in the current fiscal year, institutions shall conspicuously itemize or otherwise clearly display on their tuition and fee or related invoices that are presented to students and/or their legal guardians any charges that could be reasonably considered "differential tuition" and/or "differential fees" as those terms are commonly understood within higher education lexicon. In addition, institutions shall, at minimum, include on such invoices a prominent note referring students and/or their legal guardians to an internet link on the institution's website which explains the purpose of and/or need for the differential charges being assessed. This explanation shall include, but not necessarily be limited to:
1) What differential tuition or fees are, generally;
2) Why the institution (or college, department, and/or program within the institution) charges differential tuition or fees;
3) Who is required to pay the differential charges;
4) How revenue from differential charges is allocated and;
5) Whether or not differential charges produce revenue that meets or exceeds the actual costs incurred by the institution (or college, department, and/or program within the institution) to offer the program of study, courses, labs, and/or related goods and services being provided to the student as a result of the differential charge or charges being assessed. If revenues exceed costs, the institution shall explain why revenues exceed costs and shall additionally explain how such excess revenue is allocated and expended by the institution (or college, department, and/or program within the institution). /
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