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CSU trustees scheduled to vote on fee hike June 18 - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

CSU trustees scheduled to vote on fee hike June 18 - Sacramento News - Local and Breaking Sacramento News | Sacramento Bee

CSU trustees scheduled to vote on fee hike June 18

California State University trustees are scheduled to vote next week on a proposal to raise student fees in the fall.
The university is recommending that trustees raise fees by 5 percent, or $204, for a full-time undergraduate student. But officials in the chancellor's office suggest that trustees consider raising fees again in November depending on the outcome of state budget negotiations.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal for the 2010-11 budget increases CSU funding, but assumes that student fees will go up 10 percent. An alternative proposal by the Assembly suggests CSU fees should go up 5 percent.
If trustees approve the 5 percent increase, the cost for an undergraduate education at most CSU campuses this