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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Nancy,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The current procedure at LSUS is to grant a waiver of the tuition when the GA form is processed. No separate payments are made – the account balance is simply reduced by the amount of the tuition. . I am guessing the same procedure will
be followed when the fee waiver goes into effect in 2024. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have four categories of GAs - Teaching Asst, Research Asst, Service Asst, & GA – No tuition Waiver. The first three will get the waiver.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sanjay<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Sanjay T. Menon, Ph. D.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Dean of Graduate Studies</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#7030A0">Director of India Studies</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> La-cgs <la-cgs-bounces@lists.latech.edu> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Nancy Biggio<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 20, 2022 2:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] State Bill 76<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have begun conversations about the impact and procedure for implementing the attached legislation and would appreciate comments from other graduate programs. Some specific questions which have come up:
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Will you expand this to other categories of graduate assistants not mentioned in the legislation (i.e. professional assistants)?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Will you include course/lab/differential fees?<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">Will these be processed as a payment (aka part of the financial aid package) or a waiver?<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nancy <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#003056">Nancy C. Biggio, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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