Fall 2010 Fee Increase

Dear CI Student:

I am writing to you today to inform you that the CSU Board of Trustees met on June 18, 2010 to consider an increase in student fees and to explain the results of their actions.

While the Governor and the California Legislature have resolved to protect funding for higher education in this state, the state budget has not yet been enacted.  The Governor’s current proposal assumes a 10% increase in CSU student fees.  At the time of the Board meeting, the Assembly budget committee had advanced a proposal for the state to provide additional funding to CSU to replace 5% of fee revenue, which would allow the Board to increase fees 5%, rather than the 10% contemplated in the Governor’s budget. 

Regrettably, the Board was pressed to make its decision before the final budget is known. Thus, under this circumstance, the Board approved a 5% increase in student fees which will take effect in the Fall 2010 term. The Board’s actions, as they pertain to CI, are as follows:

• Increased the State University fee by 5% or $4,230 per academic year for 6.1 or more units, and $2,454 per academic year for 6 or less units
• Increased the fee for credential program participants by 5% or $4,908 per academic year for 6.1 or more units, and $2,850 per academic year for 6 or less units
• Increased the fee for graduate and other post-baccalaureate students by 5% or $5,214 per academic year for 6.1 or more units, and $3,024 per academic year for 6 units or less
• Increased the Graduate Business Professional fee by 5% or $220 per semester unit and $147 per quarter unit
• Raised the cap on the non-resident tuition schedule, to eliminate current inadvertent subsidies of those taking more than 30 semester units or 45 quarter units per academic year, to $372 per semester unit and $248 per quarter unit

For more information, please visit http://www.csuci.edu/financialaid/Cost_of_Attendance.htm.

The CSU makes every effort to keep student costs to a minimum.  However, fees listed in published schedules or student accounts may need to be increased when public funding is inadequate.  CSU has reserved the right, even after initial fee payments are made, to increase or modify listed fees, without notice, until the date when instruction for a particular semester has begun.

With an increase in State University Grants, Cal Grants, Pell Grant awards, funding for work/study and newly expanded federal tax credits, many CSU students will be helped with these additional costs.  You should consult with campus financial aid officers to determine your own eligibility.

While it is good news that the Board was able to keep the State University fee increase to 5%, the Board also resolved because of the precarious budget situation to review at its meeting in November 2010 whether adequate funds have indeed been provided by the Legislature and the Governor in the 2010-11 Budget Act, and to determine whether any additional fee increases are required.

Sincerely yours,

Richard R. Rush
President