H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 262.9, Code 2026, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 43. Direct each institution of higher 3 education governed by the board to establish a policy whereby 4 the tuition amount charged to students classified as residents 5 that is charged to an undergraduate student in the student’s 6 first academic year of enrollment, commencing with a first 7 academic year of enrollment beginning in or after 2027, will 8 not increase in the student’s subsequent academic years of 9 undergraduate enrollment. For a student who begins their first 10 academic year of undergraduate enrollment with sufficient 11 academic transfer credits that the student can complete a 12 baccalaureate degree program in less than four academic years, 13 this requirement only applies for the number of academic years 14 necessary for the student to complete a degree program with 15 their academic transfer credits, rounded up. This subsection 16 does not apply to any academic years beyond three consecutive 17 academic years of undergraduate enrollment after a student’s 18 first academic year of enrollment. 19 EXPLANATION 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 21 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 22 This bill requires the state board of regents to direct each 23 regents institution to establish a policy whereby the tuition 24 amount charged to students classified as residents that is 25 charged to an undergraduate student in the student’s first 26 academic year of enrollment will not increase in the student’s 27 subsequent academic years of undergraduate enrollment. This 28 requirement applies to a student’s first academic year of 29 enrollment that begins in or after 2027. The bill provides 30 limitations on this requirement. 31 -1- LSB 5835YC (2) 91 je/ns 1/ 1