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Guaranteed Tuition Initiative. Background. Tuition has nearly doubled over the last 6 years. Students are unable to plan for tuition costs when they are so volatile. It is not fair to put the burden on University student and parents. Recent News.
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Background • Tuition has nearly doubled over the last 6 years. • Students are unable to plan for tuition costs when they are so volatile. • It is not fair to put the burden on University student and parents.
Recent News • Governor Brewer has called on Arizona’s Universities to be more predictable • Increasingly across the nation, schools are responding to student pleas for a stable, predictable tuition. • HB 2244: States that any eligible undergraduate student who enters full-time the University of Arizona beginning in Fall 2014, will be given tuition that will not increase at all during their four-year program. • NAU’s Current Pledge Tuition Program
Our Plan • Engage the Student Body • Reach out to Organizations • Signatures • Reach Out to the Legislature and Regents • Letter/Phone Calls • Lobbying • Reach Out to Community Members • PTA’s • Precinct Committees • Professors
Timeline • 2/17/13: Official Start to the Campaign • Week of 2/17/13: Reaching Out to Organizations on Campus, Tabling at the Rec Center • Week of 2/24/13: Tabling on the Mall, Reaching Out to Community Members • 3/6/13: Community Kickoff Event • Week of 3/10/13: Final Push to Collect Support • Week of 3/24/13: Organizing Support and Lobbying to Regents/Legislatures