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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION [SEE | |
TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Potter, Casimiro, Baginski, Giraldo, S Lima, | |
Date Introduced: January 12, 2022 | |
Referred To: House Education | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 16-59 of the General Laws entitled "Council on Postsecondary |
2 | Education" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 16-59-29. Student access to academic transcripts. |
4 | (a) Institutions of higher education shall not withhold a student’s academic transcripts |
5 | solely due to that student’s failure to pay any loan payments, fines, fees, tuition, or other expenses |
6 | owed to the institution, except that a student’s academic credits and grades may be withheld for |
7 | any course for which that student’s tuition and mandatory course fees are not paid in full. For |
8 | students paying on a per semester basis, such an institution may withhold a student’s academic |
9 | credits or grades for any course taken in a semester for which that student’s tuition and mandatory |
10 | course fees have not been paid. |
11 | (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent an institution of higher education |
12 | from withholding a student’s diploma or degree due to that student’s failure to pay any loan |
13 | payments, fines, fees, tuition, or other expenses owed to the institution. |
14 | (c) The council shall promulgate rules and regulations consistent with this section. |
15 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO EDUCATION -- COUNCIL ON POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION [SEE | |
TITLE 16 CHAPTER 97 -- THE RHODE ISLAND BOARD OF EDUCATION ACT] | |
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1 | This act would prohibit a college or university from withholding a student’s academic |
2 | transcript due to outstanding tuition fees. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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