Guaranteed Tuition Initiative
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Guaranteed Tuition Initiative. Background. Tuition has nearly doubled over the last 6 years. Students are unable to plan for tuition costs when they are so volatile. It is not fair to put the burden on University student and parents. Recent News.
Guaranteed Tuition Initiative
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Background • Tuition has nearly doubled over the last 6 years. • Students are unable to plan for tuition costs when they are so volatile. • It is not fair to put the burden on University student and parents.
Recent News • Governor Brewer has called on Arizona’s Universities to be more predictable • Increasingly across the nation, schools are responding to student pleas for a stable, predictable tuition. • HB 2244: States that any eligible undergraduate student who enters full-time the University of Arizona beginning in Fall 2014, will be given tuition that will not increase at all during their four-year program. • NAU’s Current Pledge Tuition Program
Our Plan • Engage the Student Body • Reach out to Organizations • Signatures • Reach Out to the Legislature and Regents • Letter/Phone Calls • Lobbying • Reach Out to Community Members • PTA’s • Precinct Committees • Professors
Timeline • 2/17/13: Official Start to the Campaign • Week of 2/17/13: Reaching Out to Organizations on Campus, Tabling at the Rec Center • Week of 2/24/13: Tabling on the Mall, Reaching Out to Community Members • 3/6/13: Community Kickoff Event • Week of 3/10/13: Final Push to Collect Support • Week of 3/24/13: Organizing Support and Lobbying to Regents/Legislatures