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And just like students scrambling to prepare for finals, state legislators are also working hard to finish their final — the state budget. While the release of a final ver sion of a budget by lawmakers is still a few weeks away, other bills with implications for higher edu cation have already made their way through the Capitol building. Issues such as scholarships, cam pus construction and even morali ty also garnered attention this ses sion. But while those who have been working in Salem this session do not discount the importance of these bills, they always return to the budget when discussing the ac tion in the legislature. John Wykoff, legislative director for the Oregon Student Associa tion, said this session could have had some serious negative impacts for higher education, but fortunate ly, he said, those did not material ize. “This might be one of those ses sions where you gauge your suc cess on what didn’t happen,” he said. Wykoff said while funding cuts to the Oregon University System and a tuition increase may still oc cur, some bills that he said would have affected higher education negatively were, in the end, killed. Two examples he gave were House Bills 2480 and 2476, which never made it out of committee, that would have allowed students to not take required classes they found morally objectionable. Crit ics of the bill, such as Wykoff, said those bills would have seriously limited the range of a student’s ed ucational experience at an Oregon university. Rep. Betsy Close, R-Albany, said in a previous interview that the bills would have protected stu dents from any offensive “propa ganda” and protected their aca demic freedom. Wykoff also said there were a handful of other bills that may have imperiled need grants, but those also never went far in the legislative system. Grattan Kerans, director of gov ernment relations for the Oregon University System, said several bills made it through the session that will have a significant effect for the state’s universities. He said Senate Bill 329, which was signed into law by Governor John Kitzhaber, will make univer sity parking structures exempt from municipal taxes. This was just one of other bills that should help fund construction projects on campuses. Kerans said Senate Bill 327 will enable schools to build “quite a host of things across the state.” The bill will increase the stu dent building fee by $10 over the next two funding periods, and the funds generated by the increase will go towards the construction of buildings for student services, such as student unions and gyms. State risk insurance will also be extended to include students, and Kerans said this will provide more incentives for companies to hire an intern for the summer. Both bills have been heard and passed through committees, so Kerans was confident they would pass. But Kerans said no one in Salem close to higher education could ig nore the budget, which at times seemed to loom menacingly over the horizon. He said at this point there was “a lot of intense negotiating back and forth,” between the House and the Senate, and he expected the budget to be released soon. “We probably wont know for an other week or two, or possibly three, what the bottom line is for our budget,” he said. OUS funding was slashed by nearly $100 million in Gov. Kitzhaber's first budget proposal, but Kitzhaber restored $45 million to higher education in his second proposal. Those in Salem say they have heard the co-chairpersons of the Ways and Means Committee also plan to add more funds back into the budget in their second proposal, but admit that restored funding is not certain. Michael Redding, the Universi ty’s director of governmental af fairs, said “obviously the budget has been the biggest issue.” Regarding University affairs, he said there is the Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, which congratulates the University on its 125th an niversary and another resolution that honors former University President Paul Olum, but few oth er bills had a direct implication for the University. “Most of the discussion sur rounding higher education in this session has all been budgetary,” he said. 009532 The University of Oregon** Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender | 1 Educational and Support Services Program is hosting the m— Fifth Annual Lavender Graduation Reception! If you would like to participate in this T;;{M year’s celebration, please send ns yonr name, B phone number and e-mail address. If you will ■P* not be able to attend, but would like a Jr rainbow tassel and/or ribbon to wear during the main graduation ceremony, please let us know. 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