Published 2012-10-24T16:33:00Z”/>
Since the California State University board of trustees proposed five student fees in September, student groups have been coming up with ways to alter three of the possible fees.Laura Hass
Student representatives are trying to change three student fees that could be enacted by the California State University system in November.
The fees are recommended by the board of trustees even if Gov. Brown’s tax initiative passes, according to the minutes from the CSU’s board of trustees committee of finance meeting July 17.
<ul> <li>The graduation incentive fee would require seniors and upperclassmen who have completed 150 units to pay an extra tuition fee of about $372 per unit.</li> <li>The course repeat fee would require students who retake courses to pay $100 for every unit they are retaking.</li> <li>The third-tier tuition fee would charge students taking more than 16 units $200 for each additional unit.</li> </ul>
The fees will be decided on at the board meeting in November, said Stephanie Thara, a representative from the CSU.
The CSU system is trying to change student behavior by instituting these fees, said Nicole McAllister, Chico State’s A.S. director of legislative affairs.
“If you graduate too early you get a fee, and if you graduate late you get a fee,” McAllister said.
Student representatives are trying to change the course repeat fee so that a fee wouldn’t be necessary until a student retakes a class for the third time.
The CSU has, however, changed the graduation incentive fee by raising the amount of units seniors can take before they are charged for each additional unit, McAllister said.
“There are other ways to change behavior besides assigning fees,” McAllister said.
When California students become aware of the fees, they’re not going to be happy about them, McAllister said. She suggested that students contact the CSU board of trustees rather than protest angrily.
“The legislature will not take us seriously unless we take ourselves seriously,” she said.
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<strong>Laura Hass can be reached at</strong>
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