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Unsure Of State Funds, Colleges Set Tuitions 07-06-2009
Some Ohio public colleges have announced continued tuition freezes without waiting to see what develops in last-minute state budget talks.

A story from the AP says, trustees at the University of Cincinnati said they owed students some guidance for the next school year and voted to keep tuition the same, but may come back and raise it if state funding is cut.

Likewise, Miami University trustees voted on Friday to freeze in-state tuition at a maximum of $11,443 for the 2009-10 school year, predicated on Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed state budget that included increased funding for education.

A statewide freeze on tuition at public four-year colleges has been in place since Strickland's first budget was passed in 2007. This year's initial proposal called for a freeze in 2009-10 but said that would be impossible for 2010-11, when any increase would be capped at 3.5 percent.

The Ohio State University trustees agreed in early June that tuition for in-state undergraduates will remain frozen at the 2006-07 level of $8,406. However, some fees will be implemented for use of facilities.

Kimberley Sirk, marketing coordinator at Kent State University, said trustees met in June and approved a budget based on projections available then.

"We're going with the freeze as it was," she said. "We can't speculate on what is going on in Columbus."

Click here to read more of this story from the AP.

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