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Jenny Sparksffhe MITTROPOLITAN The setting sun shines on St. Cajetan's Center. With the return of winter weather the sun will be in short supply.
Legislation targets student fees Christopher Anderson The METROPOLITAN If college administrators want to increase student fees, they will have to get student approval, according to a bill making its way through the Colorado legislature. The bill, SB 28, states that colleges and universities are relying more heavily on student fee increases as revenue. The bill requires "institutions of higher education to consider students' opinions
concerning the amount assessed in fees and the purposes for which the institution uses the revenues." The bill is being battled out between lobbyists for higher education institutions and the Colorado Student Association, an organization that lobbies on behalf of college students. Metro and University of Colorado officials say the bill would affect schools' ability to get low interest rates on bond loans and would ultimately cost students more money.
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"The bond people have never spoken to any of us on exactly what they think it will do," said Robin Nolan, executive director for the student association. Without student control, "fees are continued indefinitely," she said. Final amendments to the bill are being worked out between the House and Senate. Gov. Roy Romer has vetoed similar legislation during the past two years. The bill ensures that any time a student fee is levied to pay against a bond debt, it goes to a vote of the students.
The bill also prevents administrators from continuing a student fee once a debt has been paid off. That means if officials establish a student fee for a bond that would finance the construction of a new building, they could not use that same fee to finance a second building without student. approval. . Another provision assures administrators that they would not have to get a student vote for increases in course fees.
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