Perhaps the following passage will adequately summarize and
clarify our intent.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate demands that the State of New
York MAINTAIN adequate funding for CUNY to charge its students $1764.40
or less in tuition and fees (maybe we should list the fees i.e. Student
Technology Fee, Student Activity Fee, etc.).



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On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Jillian Murray wrote:

>
> To all,
> At today's Senate meeting, there were some problems with the wording of the
> resolution that senators didn't like. The rationale being that we don't
> want to forward this thing to Raab, the BOT, and Albany if it has factual
> errors in it. It was tabled until the next meeting (April 2), with the
> instructions that the Student Caucus, in conjunction with the Senate
> Administrative Committee, revise for wording. It appears below, with some
> notes in asterisked brackets.
>
> BE IT RESOLVED, That the Hunter College Senate opposes the governor's 2003
> budget proposal to raise tuition at CUNY by $1,200, [*** accuracy problem.
> As of the latest news, Pataki's budget "anticipates" a tuition increase,
> but doesn't (and can't) simply propose one. The proposal will come from the
> BOT. A better statement will "oppose any cut to funding" and "oppose any
> tuition or fee increase." ***]
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate opposes the governor's cuts to and
> restructuring of financial aid programs such as SEEK and TAP,
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate demands that the State of New York
> restore adequate funding for CUNY, [*** problem with "adequate," and we
> still need to resolve this. We might want to completely scrap and rewrite
> this one. ***]
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate supports and encourages the efforts
> of members of the Hunter community to prevent the budget cuts, and urges
> President Raab to take a strong stance against the tuition hikes. [ ***
> made a wording change this morning with the Admin. Comm. -- "stronger" is
> now "strong," since Raab hasn't really opposed the tuition increases at
> all. ***]
>
>
>
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> Jillian Murray
> Vice Chairperson
> Hunter College Senate
> www.hunter.cuny.edu/senate