As Georgia’s public universities mull whether to raise tuition, Chancellor Sonny Perdue says he hopes state lawmakers will restore the $66 million they cut from the system’s teaching budget when they return next year.
Perdue says he remains encouraged that the funds will be restored as part of the amended budget.
Two leading republicans in both houses told the AJC that they are definitely open to considering a restoration of the lost funding.
Last week, the Board of Regents finished their April meeting without setting tuition rates for the next school year, as usual practice.
Because of what has been called a surprise budget cut and compounded with falling enrollment, officials are scrambling to come up with a plan to handle the shortfall. A tuition hike is one solution. Another is tapping into a half billion dollars in cash on hand held by the university system.