Oregon daily emerald., January 05, 1978, Page 6, Image 6

Tuition tax credit
bill unfair claims lobby
by CAROLYN BEAVER
of the Emerald
College tax credit legislation
recently experienced a slowdown
in Congress, but the issue is far
from dead.
Sen. William Roth, R-Del.,
tried in December to deadlock a
social security bill by attaching a
tuition tax credit amendment, say
ing, “It was the administration’s
decision to deadlock this confer
ence report by denying a college
tax credit to the millions of parents
struggling to send their children to
college.”
In mid-December, the social
security bill and tax credit
amendment were separated, but
Roth promised to revive the bill.
Presently there are about 50 other
tuition credit bills in Congress.
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The Oregon Student Lobby
(OSL) sent a mailgram to Roth in
opposition to his amendment stat
ing “a tax credit for higher educa
tion tuition would not direct suffi
cient relief to the middle Income
background students who need it
mOStRoberi Liberty, OSL legisla
tive coordinator, believes the Roth
amendment is a “regressive form
of relief" and "extremely inequita
ble." He said the “inequity is evi
dent when looking at the destina
tion of the funds.”
In a similar bill introduced by
Roth last year, 78 percent of the
credits would go to students from
families with higher than $20,000
annual income. Only six percent
of the funds would go to students
from families with less than
$9,000 yearly income.
Also, as the Roth bill stands
now, it entails the loss of about
$1.25 billion in tax revenue by al
lowing more than 2 million stu
dents a $250 income tax tuition
credit.
Liberty said the OSL “is very
concerned about the plight of
middle income families trying to
pay rising tuition charges, but the
Roth amendment is no solution. It
would return money to students
from hgh income families who
need no assistance but cover only
a fraction of the $3,000 per year
cost of higher education which
burdens middle income families."
The OSL is in favor of “sup
plementing existing student aid
programs as a more efficient and
equitable alternative.'' Liberty said
the income levels of students and
their families could be extended in
current student aid programs to
make more middle class students
eligible. He also said the OSL
might support a more progressive
tax credit bill, but it has yet to find
and support one in the more than
500 tuition tax relief bills intro
duced over the past two decades.
A staff member for one of
Oregon’s congressmen has indi
cated to the OSL that he might
consider submitting a progressive
tax credit bill.
Students to find IFC info cards
in spring registration packets
The Incidental Fee CommK.ee (IFC) voted unanimoucly Wednesday nigm tojggopriate <“"•* »
include an Informative card about the IFC and its functions in spnng registration pa««s
Committee members feel not enough IFC infomtation is available and said the cards would rndude
several items. , _ .
IFC member Scott Bassett said there is not “enough information aboutj^at the FC .s. TT.ere.sn
anything in the catalogue or time schedule. Elections and Emerald coverage are our only sources of
information.” ^. . ._. . „
Students aren’t necessarily apathetic about the IFC, they may not be informed, he said.
The Committee also voted unanimously to transfer $70 from the emergency fund to the special projects
fund to cover a deficit incurred last term.
One item covered in the card is the amount of incidental fees, (both per student and total). The card will
note that students control the money and will also give office and phone numbers.
Interest on incidental fee money is usually pooled and returned to the State Board of Higher Education.
This year, however, the money was allocated to various University programs; the majority went to cover the
EMU deficit. The IFC received $5,000. Bassett said in the future the IFC should have some control in the
manner in which the money is spent and suggested the money go to lower student incidental fees.
In other business, the committee voted to advertise and hold its next meeting in the EMU Forum to attract
more students. IFC member Jeff Warren suggested informal meetings be held in various living organizations
to answer questions and create interest in the IFC.
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