§3351.18.  Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College; digital media program fee; amount; waivers

A.  In addition to the authority granted by any other provision of law, including but not limited to R.S. 17:3139.5, and in accordance with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may impose at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College at Baton Rouge for the Fall 2013 semester and thereafter a digital media program fee for students enrolled in graduate and professional degree programs in digital media in an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars per semester.

B.  The authority granted in Subsection A of this Section shall include the authority to impose proportional amounts for part-time students and for summer sessions.

C.  The board shall establish criteria for waiving the fee authorized in Subsection A of this Section in cases of financial hardship as determined by the board.  Information relative to such waivers and the criteria and procedures for obtaining a waiver shall be made available to all prospective students in a timely manner such that each student is informed of the availability of a waiver prior to the student making a final decision concerning attendance.

Acts 2013, No. 426, §1, eff. June 21, 2013.