Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 595]

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BOARD OF T R U S T E E S

[April 17

Proposed 1980-81 . $104 . 22 21 $147 $10 7.30 (per quarter)

Medical Center

Student Service Fee Health Service Fee. Health Insurance Fee. Proposed dollar increase Proposed percentage increase 1979-80 $ 94 22 21 $137

Chicago Circle

Student Service Fee. . Pharmacy Fee Health Insurance Fee. Proposed dollar increase Proposed percentage increase 1979-80 . . $ 63 2 19 $ 84 $ 7 8.33

(per quarter)

N O T E : (1) T h e fee levels displayed above apply to full-time students. (2) T h e rates shown for health insurance represent the student's portion only. However, rates for spouse and child will also remain unchanged for the next academic year. Reduction in Number of Service Fee Ranges In addition to the recommendations presented above, the chancellors, with the concurrence of their respective service fee advisory committees, have recommended that the Board of Trustees authorize a reduction in the number of service fee ranges (from four to two). In the past, several service fee ranges have been established, primarily on the assumption that the use of student supported auxiliary operations had a direct relationship to the number of credit hours for which each student was enrolled. At present, service fee levels at each campus are established by the following ranges: Range I = 12 or more semester/quarter hours; Range II = above 5, less than 12 semester/quarter hours; Range I I I = above 0 through 5 semester/quarter hours; and Range I V = credit only (0). The two-tier fee structure now being proposed (see below) attempts to recognize some variance in use by credit hour enrollment, but incorporates for the first time the principle that all students should share in the cost of making basic services available, irrespective of use. For example, the costs associated with debt service and support for the repair and replacement reserve would be shared equally by all students. Therefore, the proposed fee ranges for the next academic year would recognize both a fixed and a variable component within the two fee levels. If the proposed two-tier fee structure is approved, fee levels would be established so that all students enrolled for more than five semester/quarter hours (presently Ranges I and I I ) would be assessed the same amount; and all students enrolled for five or less semester/quarter hours (presently Ranges I I I and IV) would be assessed the same amount. In summary, the following actions are recommended: (1) approval of the student service fee, health service fee/pharmacy fee, and health insurance fee, by campus, as described above for 1980-81; and (2) approval of the reduction in the number and modification of the current student service fee ranges as described above.