Testified at Senate Ways & Means yesterday on the supplemental budget bill that makes cuts to the current biennium. The bill cuts $5.6 million from financial aid, and uses tuition to backfill. This is in violation of the spirit of the "maintenance of effort" requirement stipulated by the federal government when the state accepted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds last year.
Another example of higher education being a piggy bank, balancing the state budget on the backs of students.
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UPDATE: Check out Quinn Majeski's op-ed: http://publicola.com/2011/02/03/legislature-fail/
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ANOTHER UPDATE: Washington Students Association analysis, "Stop the Tuition Raid": http://wastudents.org/Issues/stopthetuitionra.html
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THE DAILY'S COVERAGE: http://dailyuw.com/2011/2/7/senate-considering-using-tuition-money-fund-state-/
Another example of higher education being a piggy bank, balancing the state budget on the backs of students.
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UPDATE: Check out Quinn Majeski's op-ed: http://publicola.com/2011/02/03/legislature-fail/
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ANOTHER UPDATE: Washington Students Association analysis, "Stop the Tuition Raid": http://wastudents.org/Issues/stopthetuitionra.html
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THE DAILY'S COVERAGE: http://dailyuw.com/2011/2/7/senate-considering-using-tuition-money-fund-state-/
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