Public notice of proposed tuition and mandatory fee increase

(a) At least fifteen (15) days prior to holding a meeting to adopt an increase in tuition and mandatory fees, a board shall give public notice of the proposed tuition and mandatory fee increase as an action item on the board’s meeting agenda. Individuals shall be permitted to provide comments during the fifteen-day period. The public notice of the proposed tuition and mandatory fee increase shall, at a minimum, include: Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!(1) An explanation for the proposed tuition and mandatory fee increase; (2) A statement specifying the purposes for which revenue derived from the tuition and mandatory fee increase will be used; and (3) A description of the efforts to mitigate the effect of the tuition and mandatory fee increase on students. (b) (1) By January 1, 2019, each board shall develop a list of factors that shall be considered when developing recommendations to increase tuition and mandatory fees. The factors shall include, at a minimum, the level of state support; total cost of attendance; and efforts to mitigate the financial effect on students. (2) Each state university and each campus in the University of Tennessee system shall post on its website a summary of the recommendations pursuant to subdivision (b)(1).