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| For Release: IMMEDIATE | Contact: Public Affairs |
| Date: July 30, 2002 |
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TUITION INCREASED
RALEIGH -- North Carolina’s community colleges now have the go-ahead to charge students a higher tuition rate. The North Carolina Community College System Office gave the authority for the increase to colleges this afternoon (Tuesday, July 30).
The Finance and Capital Needs Committee of the State Board of Community Colleges voted during a conference call at 4:00 PM today to give the colleges the authority to charge the new rate already approved by the North Carolina Senate and agreed to by House Appropriations leaders.
A resolution endorsed by the State Board of Community Colleges at its July 19 meeting gave the Board’s Finance and Capital Needs Committee the authority to make a tuition increase decision at the appropriate time. That time has come. "We have no choice. Our colleges need to bill students and they need to know how much to charge," says System President H. Martin Lancaster.
Last year community colleges had to send a second tuition bill to students after the passage of budget legislation that included a tuition increase. That retroactive increase created a financial hardship for some students and an administrative nightmare for the colleges. The Board felt students would be better off knowing about the increase at registration.
The new tuition rate rises ten percent, from $31.00 to $34.25 per Credit Hour for in-state students and from $173.25 to $190.75 per Credit Hour for out-of-state students.
If for some reason the General Assembly does not mandate a tuition increase this year, the NCCCS will return the extra payment to students.
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