Harrisburg — In an effort to increase the funding of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), the tuition rate for state universities may not increase, reported Pennlive.com.
The PASSHE Board of Governors voted nine to eight in favor of a resolution that freezes any increase in university tuition rates for the next year.
In exchange, Gov. Tom Wolf will strive for state legislators to pass Wolf’s proposed $45.3 million increase for PASSHE — a decision that could take months to resolve, a PASSHE spokesman said.
The vote was taken on April 9, weeks after the Shippensburg University Council of Trustees passed the per-credit tuition pilot model, formally named the Pricing Flexibility Pilot Program.
Under the per-credit model undergraduate, in-state students would be charged based on the number of credits they take a semester, replacing the flat fee.
The Board of Governors was initially expected to vote on the model sometime in March or April — a move that now may not come to pass.
Wolf plans to increase PASSHE’s funding by another $45 million next year.
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