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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980
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506 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [January 17 The Medical Center's student service fee plus health service fee is $348. T h e increase we expect to recommend is approximately $11 per quarter o r $33 per academic year—- about 9.5 percent. However, the anticipated increase in room and board rates is about 13 to 15 percent. O n the average, this would add $280 a year to an average base of $1,983. With respect to room and board charges, it is important 'to look at the Consumers Price Index by components. T h e latest releases showed clearly that four sub-components of the C P I are "driving" the index: food, energy, housing and medical care are increasing at an annual rate of 17 to 18 percent. T h e other components are increasing at 6 to 7 percent. T h e housing divisions at the Medical Center and Urbana-Champaign are victims of rising food and energy costs as are all components of our society. At Urbana-Champaign, the health service fee plus the service fee is $244 per year. T h e increase in this fee is anticipated to be in the $24-per-year range, or 9.8 percent. T h e room and board increase is being discussed currently at about 10 percent, or approximately $190 on a base of $1,898 (average). All of these prospective increases are still subject to many reviews by appropriate campus advisory councils, but all items referred to herein have been subjected to C O W P S formulae and, if the University is permitted to use the "Operating Margin" formula, all (as mentioned) are within the standards. Within the rates we have suggested above, we anticipate that the repair and replacement progress would continue to be increasingly sound. Such a modified rate structure would provide a contribution of approximately $2.0 million to repair and replacement and a projected expenditure budget of $1.5 million. As an example of the effect of the anticipated rate changes, consider the possible case of a full-time undergraduate at Urbana-Champaign who is a resident in a housing unit. These charges could apply: Now $ 634 244 1 898 $2 776 Dollar Increase $ 58 24 190 $272 Percent Increase 9.1% 9.8 10.0 Hypothetical Maximum $ 692 268 2 088 $3 048 Tuition Fees Room and Board Total It should be re-emphasized that the increased tuition rates presented here are not yet recommendations, and that in the case of fees and room and board, the items are not yet through the campus review processes. Nonetheless, we believe that a preliminary review at this time will be useful as you consider the complete FY81 budget plans. T h e report was received by the trustees. M r . Forsyth announced that at the February meetings an opportunity would be provided, through the Committee on Student Welfare a n d Activities, to receive comments with regard to a tuition increase prior to the board taking action. (Mr. Grady, the student trustee from U r b a n a - C h a m p a i g n , announced that he was scheduling a campus-wide meeting to receive comments from students on a variety of matters, including tuition, and would bring a summary of comments on tuition to the February meetings.) Special Assistant to the President and University Director of Public Affairs (7) T h e General Rules concerning University Organization and Procedure charge the general administration of the University with "the development of public information programs to accomplish understanding of and support for the
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