The University System of Georgia is holding the line on tuition despite a $66 million budget cut the General Assembly imposed in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The system\u2019s Board of Regents voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of a $3.18 billion fiscal 2024 operating budget with no increase in tuition for the sixth time in the last eight years at 25 of the system\u2019s 26 institutions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tuition at Middle Georgia State University in Macon will increase by $19 per semester for in-state students and $66 for out-of-state students to fund the second year of a three-year plan to bring undergraduate tuition into alignment with other universities in the same academic sector. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Georgia\u2019s public colleges and universities rank seventh-lowest in the nation for tuition costs, Tracey Cook, the system\u2019s chief fiscal officer, told the regents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fiscal 2024 budget, which takes effect July 1, increases spending by 2.1% over the budget lawmakers approved last spring. It includes $87 million in cost-of-living raises for eligible employees and $7.5 million to cover enrollment growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The $66 million cut will be allocated across the system\u2019s 26 institutions, Cook said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
System Chancellor Sonny Perdue was unhappy with the reduction and said so the day after the legislature approved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re working hard to make our case for restoration of those funds,\u201d board Chairman Harold Reynolds said following Tuesday\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the $66 million cut, Gov, Brian Kemp ordered the university system to \u201cdisregard\u201d $6.2 million in spending approved by the General Assembly when he signed the state budget May 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cook said those funds will be retained in the system office rather than allocated to the schools while the system awaits further information on how to handle those reductions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The regents also adopted a $198.2 million fiscal 2024 capital budget that includes $137.8 million for large construction projects on five school campuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=17]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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