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'U' Regents Reject New $100 Student Fee

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May 8, 2008 9:46 pm US/Central

'U' Regents Reject New $100 Student Fee

ST. PAUL (AP) ― A University of Minnesota Board of Regents panel has said "no" to a new $100 student fee to pay for campus construction projects.

The regents' Finance and Operations Committee sent the proposal back to university administration.

Panel members say university officials should reconsider whether it's the right time to impose a new student fee.

Regent John Frobenius says it sends the wrong message to make students pay for construction after the university secured hundreds of millions of dollars in state money for building projects.

The student fee proposal surfaced during a discussion of the coming university budget.

Students already pay a $1,000 student fee, plus a $50 a year fee, to cover construction of the Gopher stadium.

 

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