Friday, March 13, 2009
The Kansas Board of Regents voted Thursday to approve a proposal that, if approved by the state legislature, would put a freeze on tuition costs for in-state students for the next academic school year. The move could jeopardize the University’s four-year tuition compact. The compact guarantees incoming freshman a fixed tuition cost for four years.
Regent Donna Shank, chairwoman for the Kansas Board of Regents said in a press release that this was a way for the board and legislature to provide “meaningful financial relief to Kansans.”
Lynn Bretz, director of communications, said the University would not be able to financially sustain the four-year compact if a tuition increase was frozen at zero percent. She said a one-year tuition freeze essentially amounted to a four-year tuition freeze because of the compact.
However, she said that the University had seen overwhelming support for the compact from students and families and that the University had every intention of finding a way to continue it.
“They asked us to be working on some creative proposals to sustain the compact and maintain the affordability and predictability of college tuition even during these challenging budget times,” Bretz said.
The Regents plan would also allocate $9.6 million in federal stimulus funds to the state’s public higher education institutions in fiscal year 2009. The funds would be used for deferred maintenance projects if the state was able to receive funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
In fiscal year 2010, this same proposal would allocate $40 million toward higher education for deferred maintenance and tuition assistance if funds are available from the ARRA and if budget cuts do not exceed 7 percent.
— —Edited by Liz Schubauer
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