The bill aims to prohibit the Board of Regents and its controlled institutions from mandating that students reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans beyond their first year of attendance. This change is intended to provide students with more flexibility in their housing and meal plan choices as they progress through their college education.

Specifically, the new legal language inserted into current law states that "Neither the Board of Regents nor any institution under its control may require that a student live in on-campus housing, or purchase a meal plan or meal voucher, beyond the student's first year of attendance at an institution." This provision seeks to enhance student autonomy and accommodate diverse living arrangements and dietary preferences.