SB159:

Higher educational institutions, public; debt collection, transcripts and degrees.

Bill Summary:

Public institutions of higher education; debt collection; transcripts and degrees. Prohibits public institutions of higher education from (i) refusing to provide a transcript or degree for a current or former student on the grounds that the student owes a debt; (ii) conditioning the provision of a transcript or degree for a current or former student on the payment of a debt, other than a fee charged to provide the transcript or degree; (iii) charging a higher fee to a current or former student for obtaining a transcript or degree, or providing less favorable treatment of a transcript or degree request because a current or former student owes a debt; or (iv) using transcript or degree issuance as a tool for debt collection.