La. lawmakers OK tuition hike.

La. lawmakers OK tuition hike. BATON ROUGE Baton Rouge(băt`ən rzh)[Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. , La. (AP) -- Lawmakers have agreed to raise tuitionrates for students at most community and technical colleges acrossLouisiana, one of the only college tuition The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject.Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page.College tuition increases to win passage thissession. The measure, given final passage with a 30-5 Senate vote, willstandardize the tuition rates charged to students at the communitycolleges. The two-year schools will be able to charge about $2,400 ayear for full-time students, not counting student-approved fees.Technical schools will be able to phas e in tuition increases as well. The tuition hike, backed by Gov. Bobby Jindal Piyush "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971, in Baton Rouge) is the Republican Governor-elect of the U.S. state of Louisiana. He defeated eleven opponents in the jungle primary held on October 20, 2007, including two prominent Democrats, State Senator Walter Boasso of Chalmette and , will generate $5.3million in the 2011-12 school year and $10.4 million two years later. Other tuition and fee increases supported by Jindal failed to gaintraction this session.