University Daily Kansan, April 17, 1981
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Tuition
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If the 15 percent tuition increase is approved, KU students would pay an additional $42 on top of the base fee.
THE $280 DOES not include other incidental fees that bring the total m-State tuition now to
Glee Smith, Larned Regent, chairman of the Regents Budget and Finance Committee, said the increase in tuition was not solely the result of the tuition increase, but was called for the tuition increase earlier this session.
"We don't want anyone to think that the Legislature has forced this increase on us," Smith said. "The Regents would have considered increasing this year without the recommendation."
He said this year's increase was needed because last year's 9.5 percent tuition increase did not give the Regents much headway in keeping pace with inflation.
On the other hand, KU student body president Bert Coleman said he thought the Legislature had backed the Regents into a wall, forcing the 15 percent increase upon them.
"It's disgusting the law of legislature has manipulated the Regents," he said. "It is the result of rising people in the state who were done it for their own political zain."
He said inflation was being blown out of proportion as a justification for the fee increase.
"The Legislature is practicing 'Reaganomics,' he said. "But Kansas doesn't have a deficit budget, so we don't have to be as concerned about inflation."
NEVERTHELESS, the Regents are left with almost no choice but to approve at least the 15 percent increase. According to Cobb, in developing next year's budget appropriations, legislators assumed the 15 percent increase. According to Cobb, in developing next year's
If the Regents approved an increase less than that figure, the scant funds budgeted to the Regents would be increased.
budget appropriations, Legislators assumed the 15 percent increase.
"The Legislature's recommendation is less than we requested and $5.8 million of its recommendation is from student fee increases." Smith said. "If we don't increase them we will have less than an already inadequate appropriation."
"We said the same things to the Legislature and others that you are saying to us now." Smith
Smith said that the Regents weren't working against the students in developing the increase, but that they had the same interests as the students.
SMITH POINTED OUT that Kansas had one of the strongest economies in the Midwest, while its economy was growing at a rate.
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Retirement
contributions from employers, employees or both were not reduced, he said.
Collins said he further opposed funding the prior service bill that way because it would use the KPERS money as benefits money rather than retirement money.
But James Bibb, KU associate director of business affairs, disagreed. Bibb, who was state budget director for 27 years, is supporting the president in his campaign, a representative, but as an independent state employee.
"I am working for this bill as a matter of equity," he said. "What will be the justice of me contributing 4 percent for years to reduce amount that new KPERS members will nav"
APPROVAL OF CARLIN'S bill would also change the inertion system, Bibb said.
While this is a good retirement system, it is
not a great system," he said. "It has its problems and there are changes to be made. If the employees opt for the governor's plan, it will not be as good as the current system that will be made for a long period of time.
"I'm a member of KPERS and I'd much prefer to continue to pay a percent and update prior quarterly."
But Suzanne Cupp, Senate president, said Bibb felt that way because he would retire soon and would be favorably affected by the updating of prior service benefits.
"I support the prior service bill, but I would rather see the money used in another way to help people," she said.
ASSUMING, HOWEVER, that Carlin's bill passes and retirement contributions are reduced, classified and other state employees earn $36,000 for 2 percent raise in take-home salary. Collins said.
"Sen, Paul Hess, R-Wichita, has declared that
if Carlin's bill passes, he will reduce the cost-increase increase for state employees in the appropriations bill," Collins said. "He wants to reduce it from 5 percent to 3 percent because it will free up $2 million elsewhere and they can address the prior service bill that way."
What Hess does not understand, Collins said, is that there is a difference between retirement contributions money and cost-of-living increases.
"We see the additional 2 percent as a way to extend mineral richness cost-of-living increase we got to our hands in."
CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES requested a 10 percent cost-of-living increase this year, but
they are not required to.
"Statewide, state employees are going to need that extra 2 percent to live," he said. "It means $30 more a month to me. I don't know what it means for other employers, but that's what it means to me."
The tuition increase is a step toward a legislative request that students pay for 25 percent of their education. The 25 percent figure was first used between the Legislature and the Regents in 1983.
Regents schools have yet to reach that level. KU students pay for 19.3 percent of their education, the highest of any of the Regents schools.
*All other tutions in the Big Eight are 30 to 54 percent high than KU's and KSU's.* Smith
According the Regents staff, it would take a 40 percent tuition increase at each Regents school next year to push student funding up to the 25 percent mark.
EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY President
John Visser said he was worried about aiming for the figure, calling it a "moving target."
"If enrollments keep decreasing, the level each student must pay to keep it at 25 percent will keep increasing." Visser said. "I would hate to say that we have a commitment to it."
John Conard, Regents executive officer, said the 25 percent student expense figure was an underestimate of what the budget calls.
"That is the figure we should be working toward here," he said.
"We can't have the finest educational quality possible if we are paying less for it," he said.
Jordan Haines, Wichita Regent, said everyone wanted the highest quality of education possible, but he asked whether the students were willing to pay for it.
OSHA begins its investigation into possible Marvin Hall site hazards
Two officials from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration yesterday began inspecting the Marvin Hail renovation site for workplace hazards. Steve Pye, an OSHA official, said,
He said the agency was checking out a complaint alleging that workers at the site were exposed to asbestos and that a mobile crane there was unsafe.
For R.D. Andersen Construction Co., the general contractor of the renovation, the safety complaints came on the heels of concerns concerning the wages it paid its workers.
Frye said that he did not know when the investigation would be completed and that inspection officers still had to compile a file for review by the area OSHA director.
released information about the asbestos danger, and fired by the firefighter for doing so this week.
OSHA became involved with the case when Rent, Jen, was an employee at the site,
The asbestos was inside the building, he said, and came out when crews were working in it.
"I helped sweep it (asbestos) up and carry it out." Jent said.
The Andersen company has not disputed the fact that there is asbestos in the building, but OSHA will decide whether it is a health hazard.
Frye said if any penalties were leaved against Andersen, there would be a potential $1,000 fine for each violation, depending on the problem's severity.
However, he said, the agency has no power to close the site unless the danger is considered urgent. In that case, a court-ordered injunction would be sought to stop work on Marvin Hall.
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