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CARLY OWENS
Cal States becoming out of reach?
VALEEN GONZALES
Students may find it more difficult to afford a California State University education in 2013. Proposition 30, an initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot, would fund public K-12 schools and higher education by raising sales tax by .25 percent and increasing taxes on income over $250,00 per year. Proponents say it will have a severe impact on budgets state-wide if it fails to pass. For CSU students and prospective students, this would translate to a tuition increase and fewer admissions. “It sucks for people who are trying to transfer,” English major Tesia Foster said. “If they were to raise the prices it would affect a lot of people that are hurting right now.” The CSU Board of Trustees met Sept.19 to vote on a contingency plan that the CSU press release stated would trigger a $250 million budget cut if Prop. 30 fails. The boards’ final vote was 11 to 3 on Prop. 30. The contingency plan would raise tuition five percent, $125 per semester, effective January 2013 to $2,135 per semester for a full-time student. “Sure, it’s cheaper than a lot of places,” Faculty Senate President Ardon Alger said. “But it’s still expensive.”
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Students and faculty echoed the concern over the rising cost to attend a CSU. “If I was to transfer right now, it would be hard for me because it’s expensive,” nursing major Jessica Gutierrez said. “Nothing is cheaper than a Cal State,” English professor Sean Stratton said. “If students are priced out of attending, there is really no other option.” Another factor contingent on the result of the Proposition 30 vote, according to the press release, is whether or not there will be resources to admit another 20,000 new students to CSU campuses next fall. “It crimps your chances of getting into a Cal Sate,” Alger said. If proposition 30 passes, not only will 20,000 more students have the opportunity to attend a CSU, all CSU students can look forward to avoiding the proposed five percent tuition hike and seeing the reversal of the nine percent tuition increase that was implemented this fall. This would bring tuition down to $2,736 per semester for a full-time student retroactively in effect for the current fall semester. “It’s an incentive for students to vote,” political science major Jorge Garavito said. The CSU Board of Trustees has left it up to the voters, many of whom are also students, to decide what a CSU education is worth.
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The proposed tuition increase that would take effect if Proposition 30 fails could put the cost of a CSU education just out of reach for many students.
GARY BYRD
Jenissa Guneo, fashion major, helped direct students to Transfer Fair event in the quad. See page 7 for full story.
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