POLITICS
Students respond to Measure 5
By Catherine Hawley
Emerald Associate Editor
As University administra
tors consider tuition hikes
and program cuts in the wake
of Measure 5's passage, stu
dents appear to be waiting for
tangible effects of the tax limi
tation measure Indore taking
action.
"I've had people come up
and tell me they won’t be able
to go to school" if tuition
costs are significantly in
creased. said ASUO Affairs
(Coordinator Traci Manning.
“Hut there's also a lack of
awareness ... People have
heard about it. but they don't
know what it means."
In an address to the Univer
sity Assembly on Nov. 7, Uni
versity President Myles Brand
said "significantly increased
tuition" is among the ideas
being discussed as possible
short-term remedies to make
up for the funds lost to the
property tax-limiting mens
Traci Manning
ure.
University officials say they
exprx.t the University to lose
as much as $:)() million in the
next two years unless another
source of funding is provided.
The prospect of hefty tui
tion hikes as early as next
year is unsultling. said Chris
sy Ho. an English japanese
double major in her second
year at the University.
"It's kind of got me upset."
she said. "I pay out-of-slate
tuition, and it’s going to go
up "
Ho. who said she wants to
teach elementary school after
she graduates and completes a
teacher certification program,
also cited concerns about
Measure 5's effect on her in
tended career field if alternate
funding is not found or is in
adequate
If school districts are still fi
nancially strapped from Meas
ure !> by the time Ho gradu
ates. teaching jobs are likely
to fa- scarce, she said And
even if she manages to get a
jol). tight budgets will proba
bly mean large class sizes and
little money for teaching ma
terials
For many students, howev
er. the impact of Measure 5
has vet to sink in. and others
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The future funding of Eugene School District elementary class
es like this one is under speculation now that Measure 5 has
passed.
School district officials
fear funding decrease
By Don Peters
E meiaid Associate Editor
The elections may be over, but the furor remains — and the con
sequences loom.
Ballot Measure 5. the property tax-reducing initiative, has sent
legislators, school officials and local lawmakers scrambling for
new sources of revenue. And as far as schools and local govern
ments go. there haven't been many ideas.
“We haven't done anything yet." said Gary Long, director of fi
nances ami support services for the Kugene School District. “We're
trying to figure out what should be done."
Measure 5 will dramatically alter the current school finance sys
tem Proponents say it will "force the hand" of next year’s Legisla
ture to come up with new revenue sources. Opponents claim it
will seriously damage the state's economic future, especially in the
face of an impending recession.
"We're pursuing whatever revenue sources we can." said Tom
Guardino. financial analyst for the City of Eugene. "But right now.
we have no specific alternatives."
Both the Kugene School District and city officials are in the plan
ning stages for replacing lost property tax revenue. No firm deci
sions have been made, but with Measure 5 not scheduled to come
into effect until July 1991 (not long before the date property tax
statements are sent out), there is a little breathing space.
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