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Universities decide to keep tuition frozen. Adjustments possible if school funding cut
By Terry Kinney
Associated Press
Published on Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009
CINCINNATI: Some Ohio public colleges have announced continued tuition freezes without waiting to see what develops in last-minute state budget talks.
Trustees at the University of Cincinnati said they owed students some guidance for the next school year and voted to keep tuition the same, but they may come back and raise it if state funding is cut.
''We modify budgets all the time,'' University of Cincinnati spokesman Greg Hand said Monday.
Cincinnati's existing budget is based on assurances trustees thought they had on funding, Hand said.
Likewise, Miami University trustees voted on Friday to freeze in-state tuition at a maximum of $11,443 for the 2009-10 school year, predicated on Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed state budget that included increased funding for education.
On Monday, lawmakers put off adoption of a budget for a week even though the Ohio constitution demands that a balanced budget for the next two years be approved by the start of the business year, which is Wednesday.
The Senate agreed on an interim budget while it works through an impasse over Strickland's proposal to legalize video slot machines at seven racetracks. The House was expected to concur on the extension Tuesday.
A statewide freeze on tuition at public four-year colleges has been in place since Strickland's first budget was passed in 2007. This year's initial proposal called for a freeze in 2009-10 but said that would be impossible for 2010-11, when any increase would be capped at 3.5 percent.
The Ohio State University trustees agreed in early June that tuition for in-state undergraduates will remain frozen at the 2006-07 level of $8,406. However, some fees will be implemented for use of facilities.
Kimberley Sirk, marketing coordinator at Kent State University, said trustees met in June and approved a budget based on projections available then.
''We're going with the freeze as it was,'' she said. ''We can't speculate on what is going on in Columbus.''
Katie Quaranta, a spokeswoman at Ohio University, said trustees voted Friday to maintain the freeze.
''But there's a provision in the resolution that would allow the president, in conjunction with the chair of the Board of Trustees, to make adjustments if there is reduced funding from the state,'' she said.
The university said that Bill Decatur, the senior vice president for finance and administration, told the resources committee last week that if the state does cut funding to higher education, Ohio University would be able to fill at least part of the gap through anticipated enrollment and retention increases that have not been factored into the budget.
CINCINNATI: Some Ohio public colleges have announced continued tuition freezes without waiting to see what develops in last-minute state budget talks.
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