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funding the OUS in general.
“It works when it’s funded fully,
but this takes a step back,” Tanner
said.
He added that the smaller tuition
hike could damage the University
because the committee refused to
put a cap on the record enrollment
coming this fall.
With so many students coming
in, the University may be forced to
go to the Emergency Board to in
crease tuition above the 4 and 3
percent marks.
“You have an influx of students
and less money to play with,” Tan
ner said. “The only way to [solve
the problem] is with tuition.”
University Provost John Moseley
said he is optimistic that despite
projected fall enrollment above
18,000 students, the University will
increase tuition no more than 5 per
cent and no less than 4 percent. He
said with that increase the school
will not be in danger of losing pro
grams or services.
“We probably won’t make a final
decision until the July OUS meet
ing,” Moseley said.
But he added that if the Legisla
ture does not improve funding for
the next two-year period, the
school could be looking at 10 per
cent hikes and lost programs.
Tanner said the current burden
will be eased if rumors circulating
through Salem come true and the
Legislature adds money to pro
grams such as need-based grants
and grants for student parents.
Tanner said despite the small
remaining problems, he agrees
that the Legislature did the best it
could in a year where programs
r
Budget proposal
highlights:
Tuition will increase 4 percent this fall
and 3 percent the year after that.
Any increase above those levels will
require approval from the
Legislature.
The budget is $65 million
more than originally
proposed:
$31.1 million coming from the
general fund
$25.2 million coming from tuition
increase revenue
$8.5 million coming from
enrollment increases
Money from the tuition increase
must be spent on higher education.
The budget will go to a vote in the
Joint Ways and Means Committee
this week.
Source: Oregon Student Association
simply couldn’t escape cuts, and
the lobbying efforts affirmed his
belief that students truly can affect
their tuition.
“We don’t have to sit there and
just take it,” he said.
Suchanek-Ritchie said the sub
committee is the last place for ma
jor debate on the budget. She ex
pects the budget to face few
changes in the joint committee, as
well as the House and Senate, be
fore it reaches Kitzhaber’s desk for
final approval.
ASUO Vice President Joy Nair
said student government is current
ly taking a “wait and see” ap
proach, but students are organized
to lobby legislators if the budget
proposal changes during the final
parts of the process.
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