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Bonds increase costs for students at PASSHE universities
By Ken Mash, APSCUF Vice President
For many years we have gone through similar processes. We receive reduced or flat funding from the Commonwealth, and then we all begin to ponder how we will make it through yet another year with fewer resources while still providing the quality education that is the mission and hallmark of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).
APSCUF president comments on new State System chancellor
Today the Board of Governors for the State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) selected Frank Brogan to be the next chancellor of the system that oversees the 14 state-owned universities. The vote was unanimous. read more…
Voter ID trial scheduled to begin July 15th
by Laura Saccente, Director of Governmental Relations
A trial to determine the future of PA’s Voter ID law is set to begin on Monday, July 15. The law, passed in March of 2012, requires voters to show photo identification before casting a ballot. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson, who presided over the original case, has now handed it over to a colleague, Judge Bernard McGinley. Simpson initially upheld the law, but challengers appealed his decision to the state Supreme Court. In October he granted a preliminary injunction ordering state officials to refrain from enforcing the law in last November’s general election and May’s primary.
APSCUF releases statement on PASSHE tuition increase
APSCUF released the following statement on July 9th:
Today the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s (PASSHE) Board of Governors approved a 3 percent – $194 – tuition increase for the 2013-14 academic year. Resident undergraduate tuition will rise from $6,428 to $6,622. The board also voted to increase the student technology fee by $10 to $368 per year. read more…
Governor Corbett signs budget; PASSHE receives level funding
Late Sunday evening Governor Tom Corbett signed House Bill 1437, the $28.37 billion General Fund appropriations bill for FY2013-14.
This year’s budget gives the State System exactly the same money as last year — $413 million. After a tuition increase next week (there’ll be SOME kind of increase — PASSHE indicated they needed a 2.8 percent appropriation increase to maintain a “carry” budget for ’13-’14, making a zero increase damaging), the state portion of the PASSHE budget will run perilously close to only 25 percent. read more…