(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco), a member of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Education Finance, issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement from Janet Napolitano, President of the University of California, that new California student enrollment would be capped. Napolitano also proposed a cap on out of state students at two campuses, while increasing out of state enrollment.
“I am greatly concerned about the path the University of California continues to pursue. It will be admitting 2,000 more out of state students in the coming months at the expense of California students, who will not see any increase in enrollment opportunities. UC needs more resources and the Speaker’s proposal does just that, but not at the expense of California students who have paid for the bulk of increased UC expenses in recent years. California’s higher education system is the envy of the rest of the world. It is one of the main reasons why our economy is the eighth largest in the world. We need to reinvest in higher education but not on the backs of California students and their families. I look forward to identifying solutions that increase access to a UC education for California students while containing costs.”
At its November 2014 hearing, the UC Board of Regents approved a tuition plan that would increase tuition on undergraduate California students by 5% per year for five years, beginning in the 2015-16 school year. This would increase tuition and system wide fees from the current $12,192 annually to $15,564 annually by 2019- 20, or a 28% increase.
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