2008 Woodie Awards
ASISU 'struggles' with fee increase
Eryn Lowe
Issue date: 4/20/05 Section: News
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Within a few hours of returning from Washington D.C. and with his luggage still in Kansas, Terry Fredrickson, ASISU president, began the senate meeting with his president report.
Fredrickson said he and ASISU vice president, Trevor Jensen, spoke with various representatives in relation to the Upward Bound program while on their trip. Senator Crapo signed a co-legislation and letter in favor of funding for the program as well as the TRIO service at ISU. This service helps minority and disabled students get into college and higher education. Jensen said that the reason for cutting the funding is due to President Bush's effort to bring the No Child Left Behind ideals to the high school level. Senator Craig also upheld the Upward Bound program stating that it is a federal program that works. Fredrickson said he and Jensen were the only student representatives to approach the representatives in D.C., and he felt good about the progress they made.
"We were very successful in getting through to them," Fredrickson said.
Further debate was then made pertaining to the setting of student fees at ISU. Fredrickson assured the senators that he and Jensen were doing all they could in their proposals in distributing the fees, but the final decision of the distribution is up to the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee (JFAC). Fredrickson was also disturbed with the lack of feedback he received from student organizations who were requesting additional funding but did not report on why. Fredrickson and Jensen said this could lead to flat-lining those organizations' funds.
In the chair report, Jensen again remarked on fees in Idaho while other senators also voiced their views on the increase.
"I am struggling with being the highest-paying tuition school in the state," Senator Schroeder said.
With an attempt to "call out" the State Board on Thursday without jeopardizing student organizations by asking for a zero percent increase, the senate then passed a proposal made by Senator Schroeder to not accept fees that exceed an eight percent increase for full-time students and a nine percent increase for part-time students. This proposal was made in order to keep ISU below the $2,000 fee mark and to make ISU's tuition lower than other state institutions in coming years who could continue to increase at a 10 percent rate.
Bekky Ronk from the finance committee then approached the senate with the breakdown of funding for clubs calculated from the supplementary funding meeting on Saturday. Jensen and Senator Patterson reminded senators that if their clubs wanted to appeal any of the allocations, they could do so by filling out a form by Friday at 12 p.m.
Five senators were announced as resigning from their positions for the year. Among these were Senators Fernandez, Leavitt, Klinger, Goodwin and Dunn. These senators exceeded the limit of absences and were asked to either resign or be forced out of the senate.
Fredrickson said he and ASISU vice president, Trevor Jensen, spoke with various representatives in relation to the Upward Bound program while on their trip. Senator Crapo signed a co-legislation and letter in favor of funding for the program as well as the TRIO service at ISU. This service helps minority and disabled students get into college and higher education. Jensen said that the reason for cutting the funding is due to President Bush's effort to bring the No Child Left Behind ideals to the high school level. Senator Craig also upheld the Upward Bound program stating that it is a federal program that works. Fredrickson said he and Jensen were the only student representatives to approach the representatives in D.C., and he felt good about the progress they made.
"We were very successful in getting through to them," Fredrickson said.
Further debate was then made pertaining to the setting of student fees at ISU. Fredrickson assured the senators that he and Jensen were doing all they could in their proposals in distributing the fees, but the final decision of the distribution is up to the Joint Finance Appropriations Committee (JFAC). Fredrickson was also disturbed with the lack of feedback he received from student organizations who were requesting additional funding but did not report on why. Fredrickson and Jensen said this could lead to flat-lining those organizations' funds.
In the chair report, Jensen again remarked on fees in Idaho while other senators also voiced their views on the increase.
"I am struggling with being the highest-paying tuition school in the state," Senator Schroeder said.
With an attempt to "call out" the State Board on Thursday without jeopardizing student organizations by asking for a zero percent increase, the senate then passed a proposal made by Senator Schroeder to not accept fees that exceed an eight percent increase for full-time students and a nine percent increase for part-time students. This proposal was made in order to keep ISU below the $2,000 fee mark and to make ISU's tuition lower than other state institutions in coming years who could continue to increase at a 10 percent rate.
Bekky Ronk from the finance committee then approached the senate with the breakdown of funding for clubs calculated from the supplementary funding meeting on Saturday. Jensen and Senator Patterson reminded senators that if their clubs wanted to appeal any of the allocations, they could do so by filling out a form by Friday at 12 p.m.
Five senators were announced as resigning from their positions for the year. Among these were Senators Fernandez, Leavitt, Klinger, Goodwin and Dunn. These senators exceeded the limit of absences and were asked to either resign or be forced out of the senate.