<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Do anyone know if these exemptions are specific to GAs with teaching and/or research roles? Our majority are simply GAs, but we do have a small number that have teaching and/or research designations as well. The fact that they are specific to the roles has me thinking the GA must be a GTA or at GRA. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Let me know if anyone has any idea. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Thanks. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Tony</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 12:31 PM Mary J Farmer-Kaiser <<a href="mailto:mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu">mary.farmer-kaiser@louisiana.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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FYI. SB 76, which provides that grad students appointed as in GTA or GRA roles shall be exempt from mandatory student fees,
<span style="font-size:small;font-weight:bold"></span>was reported favorably, with no opposition, out of the House Ways and Means Committee this morning. It'll now move to the House floor, potentially as soon as tomorrow. if the full House approves, it'll go
to the Governor's desk. If you're interested, you can watch the testimony <a href="https://house.louisiana.gov/h_video/VideoArchivePlayer?v=house/2022/may/0523_22_WM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">
HERE</a>; it begins at around 18:05 minutes. Full text and history of the bill is located here: <a href="https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241772" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=241772</a>.
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