[Vision2020] SJR 101 passes Idaho House

[Donovan Arnold]

I wish somebody would oppose this bill. The idea of raping Idaho students from what little money they have left to get a college education is wrong. 
 
Out of state and out of country students are already charged tuition. This bill only allows the UI to charge local and state resident students tuition. It will allow UI to rack up the debt even further on our own local students making UI only affordable to people outside of Idaho, not the taxpayers that support the UI. We will subsidizing the education of more out of state students at the expense of our local ones. 
 
It is going to take me over 20 years to pay off my student loans because I work and live in Idaho. If I had to pay an addition $2000 a year in tuition at UI, I would have in no way been able to afford to go. 
 
This is a worthless bill, unless you want to hurt the right of local students to get a quality education. 
 
I believe that the original poster is incorrect in their assumption that money will appear in the hands of Idahoans simply because UI has the ability to charge them more. 
 
Best Regards,
 
Donovan 

--- On Wed, 4/8/09, JLBrown <jlbrown at turbonet.com> wrote:


From: JLBrown <jlbrown at turbonet.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] SJR 101 passes Idaho House
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 11:15 AM








Visionaries,
 
Minutes ago the Idaho House overwhelmingly passed SJR 101, allowing the University of Idaho to formally charge tuition (instead of having to euphemistically call them fees).
 
Rep. Shirley Ringo spoke eloquently on behalf of the University of Idaho and the need to level the playing field between the U of I and the state’s other institutions of higher education.
 
Even Rep. Grant Burgoyne, a freshman Democrat from Boise and U of I alum who opposed the measure, spoke at length in support of the U of I and of the contribution of higher education to the state’s economic development.
 
Not a peep from Rep. Tom Trail in support of the institution that is the economic lifeblood of our community.
 
Judy Brown
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