Sac State may raise Activities Fees - goes to athletics
Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:50 pm
Students will find out soon if Associated Students, Inc. decides to increase the Student Activities Fee by nearly $90 for fall 2009.
Most of the fee increase would go toward the Athletics department.
The fee would also pay for students' Regional Transit use, Recreational Sports, and ASI programs, services and grants. The athletics department, which has a $500,000 deficit, is asking for the majority of the money from the increase because it needs the funding for making overall department improvements.
ASI President Miguel Cervantes put forward a motion at ASI's March 11 board meeting to move the discussion to a special meeting today, when directors could appropriately distinguish what the specific increases are for.
ASI Vice President Roberto Torres said they postponed the vote until today since the student government wants to be certain it is making a fully informed and well-educated decision on behalf of the students.
If ASI does vote for an increase, the proposal will go to the Student Fee Advisory Committee. The committee reviews the request and decides if a fee increase is necessary. If the committee decide it is, it then determines whether the fee proposal goes through the alternative consultation or referendum process.
Alternative consultation is the process where the fee committee puts together focus groups and surveys students to get input. Referendum is simply a popular vote by the student body.
If ASI sends a proposal to the Student Fee Advisory Committee that is accepted for referendum, it will be voted on during student elections on April 28 and 29.
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Most of the fee increase would go toward the Athletics department.
The fee would also pay for students' Regional Transit use, Recreational Sports, and ASI programs, services and grants. The athletics department, which has a $500,000 deficit, is asking for the majority of the money from the increase because it needs the funding for making overall department improvements.
ASI President Miguel Cervantes put forward a motion at ASI's March 11 board meeting to move the discussion to a special meeting today, when directors could appropriately distinguish what the specific increases are for.
ASI Vice President Roberto Torres said they postponed the vote until today since the student government wants to be certain it is making a fully informed and well-educated decision on behalf of the students.
If ASI does vote for an increase, the proposal will go to the Student Fee Advisory Committee. The committee reviews the request and decides if a fee increase is necessary. If the committee decide it is, it then determines whether the fee proposal goes through the alternative consultation or referendum process.
Alternative consultation is the process where the fee committee puts together focus groups and surveys students to get input. Referendum is simply a popular vote by the student body.
If ASI sends a proposal to the Student Fee Advisory Committee that is accepted for referendum, it will be voted on during student elections on April 28 and 29.
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