The Michigan House Appropriations Committee passed a bill Thursday morning that will prevent universities that require students to carry health insurance from receiving additional funding.
In order to receive more than $6.7 million in performance funding, MSU will have to decide whether it wishes to keep its policy, which requires students to carry health insurance to enroll in the university.
“We would like that we get as much funding from the state as we possibly can, because that helps us keep the tuition lower,” said Mark Burnham, MSU’s vice president of government affairs. “The big reason for requiring health insurance is to ensure students are able to finish their academic career.”
Also in the bill, set to go to the House floor, is a tuition restraint that will limit schools to increase tuition by only $1,300 during the course of two years.
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