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December 14, 1995
North Idaho College'1 Student Newspaper • Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Initiative cuts funds Higher tuitions may result hy Mary Ark lander Nr,,•s Ediror new proposed One Percent lni1iu1ive could drns1icall )• affect students nnd s1aff m the Nonh Idaho College. "All systems ore go." soid Ronald Rrutkm. anti-propcny 1ax nc1ivis1. "NIC will be off of the property tax if the One Perccn1 lni1ia1ivc passc~ in November." The One PNccn1 ln111a11ve would limi1 property tilltes 10 I percent or the owner·, iaublc volue.
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NIC receives more lhan S5.7 million from locol 1oxcs, according to Sieve Schenk. NIC dean or college relations and deve lopment. S1uden1s could be looking 01 higher 1u1ions and 1hc staff could face some possible cut backs if the ini tio1ive passes. "11 's 1101 going to be a prcuy picture." su1d Prcsidc n1 Roben Bcnncu. "Nobody wan1s 10 pay taxes, but ,omc1imes a person will cut of their nose to ~pile 1hcir focc.'' "We give bock in a way of service 10 1he community ond 1his initiative if passed will
also affect the local communiry," Bcnncn soid. Many Kootenai Coun1y mx payers wonder why the NIC 1s not funded through the state ns Idaho State University nnd Boise S1a1e University are funded. "I can understand the property mx payer.. concerns," Schenk said. "If the initiative passes we 'II have to look for funding somewhere else." 111e One Percent In itiative now has 26,000 valid signatures and R:mkin s~1id that they have begun printing li1em1urc :ibour the in11ia1ivc. In 1he 1995 foll semester. NIC had more than 2.900 students enrol led. or these student s 2. 100 were Kootenai County residcnis, according 10 Karen S1reeter or the registrars office. "Many other serv ices cou ld be affected by 1hc ini tiative. librarie, being open on
Sundays and snow removal," Streeter said. Several s1uden1s aucnd NI C because or the quali1y classes found here and also 1he low 1uition ra1es in compari~on 10 01her northwcs1 colleges. Rankin said 1h01 lhe s1a1e general fund had S8.9 million more 1his year 1han las1 year. The s1a1e general fund is who fund, 1hc 01her colleges. This general fund gets ii• tax dollars from cvery1hing except property 1ox and gasoline tax. Bennctl said 1ha1 11 wa• imponan1 for s1uden1• 10 unders1nnd whal the One Pcrccni lni1ia1ive mean• and what II will mcan 10 NIC 1f 11passes. S1uden1• are also encouraged 10 conlJCI s1a1c kg1~ln1urc abou1 lh<' consequences or 1h1, 111111u1ivc. Federal aid nmy al\O ,c~ ~omc cu1s in 1hc future when ond ,r 1hc budge! cv(r gc" a balance ttl pa,, in congres,.
Al photo by Kibbee Walton most got him- Jason Moaney ol the No. 1 NJCAA ranked Cardinals nearly pins Doug Maddux of Western Montana. See related story on Page 9.