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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 20, 2022 2:34 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Louisiana Council of Graduate Schools <la-cgs@lists.latech.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [La-cgs] State Bill 76</font>
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<p class="x_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="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">Will you expand this to other categories of graduate assistants not mentioned in the legislation (i.e. professional assistants)?</li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">Will you include course/lab/differential fees?</li><li class="x_MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.25in">Will these be processed as a payment (aka part of the financial aid package) or a waiver?</li></ul>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Nancy </p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:#003056">Nancy C. Biggio, Ph.D.</span></b></p>
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