Students at Kaua‘i Community College know they face tuition increases every year for the duration of their Puhi college careers. Tuition is currently $47 per credit hour, and has been going up $3 or $4 a year for the last
Students at Kaua‘i Community College know they face tuition increases every year for the duration of their Puhi college careers.
Tuition is currently $47 per credit hour, and has been going up $3 or $4 a year for the last several years, said George Thronas, president of the Associated Students of Kaua‘i Community College (ASKCC).
That means a full-time student taking 12 credits (around three or four classes) pays $564 for tuition each semester, or just over $1,100 for a year.
Tuition rises to $49 per credit hour in the 2005-06 school year, said Peggy Cha, KCC chancellor.
The UH Board of Regents, meeting in the KCC Performing Arts Center last week, were discussing the UH budget for the two years beginning in 2006, but won’t vote on any new tuition hikes until after public hearings are scheduled and held, said Cha.
Regents will eventually settle on tuition rates for the entire UH system for the five years beyond 2006, Thronas said.
The longer-range tuition structure is necessary to be finalized in time to be presented to the 2005 state Legislature, which will formulate a two-year state budget.
The UH budget for the two-year period from mid-2005 to mid-2007 was approved by the regents at their meeting in Puhi. It is a $715- million document forwarded to Gov.
Linda Lingle and the state Legislature for their approval. Also approved was a $305-million capitalimprovement budget.
Thronas and other members of the ASKCC board met with David McClain, acting UH president. Matters of discussion included tuition, scholarships, financial aid, potential new programs at KCC, and other student issues, Thronas said.
Paul C. Curtis, associate editor, may be reached at 245-3681 (ext.
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