MA: Mideast College Athletic Act (Statute)

[Oldiesfreak1854]

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[HappyWarrior]

I'm amenable to the amendment.

[tmthforu94]

This amended bill will bring relief to thousands of Mideastern families. I urge the Assembly to pass this act.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

I agree but the rate should be 25% and all of it should go for reduce tuition costs.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Seeing no further debate, voting on the amendment is now open.  This will be a 24-hour vote.  Members will vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.

[tmthforu94]

Seeing no further debate, voting on the amendment is now open.  This will be a 24-hour vote.  Members will vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.

Is an amendment needed, considering HappyWarrior's response to the amendment? Not sure if the word "amenable" is definitive enough of his intentions, as I only vaguely know of the word.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Seeing no further debate, voting on the amendment is now open.  This will be a 24-hour vote.  Members will vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.

Is an amendment needed, considering HappyWarrior's response to the amendment? Not sure if the word "amenable" is definitive enough of his intentions, as I only vaguely know of the word.

I interpreted "amenable" to mean he is open to persuasion to support the amendment.

[Lambsbread]

Aye

[Gass3268]

This is a good bill!

[HappyWarrior]

Seeing no further debate, voting on the amendment is now open.  This will be a 24-hour vote.  Members will vote AYE, NAY, or ABSTAIN.

Is an amendment needed, considering HappyWarrior's response to the amendment? Not sure if the word "amenable" is definitive enough of his intentions, as I only vaguely know of the word.

I interpreted "amenable" to mean he is open to persuasion to support the amendment.

Oh pardon me, I meant that I would find it acceptable as an amendment.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Nay

[HappyWarrior]

AYE

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Aye

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

NAY

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Voting is now closed.  The AYEs are 3, and the NAYs are 2.  The AYEs have it, and the amendment is agreed to.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Is this a four-year tuition freeze that applies to the individual classes or for next four years (as in, is it "Your tuition will remain the same for all 4 years of your career"), or in 2016, colleges can raise tuition?

[tmthforu94]

Is this a four-year tuition freeze that applies to the individual classes or for next four years (as in, is it "Your tuition will remain the same for all 4 years of your career"), or in 2016, colleges can raise tuition?

My intention was "Your tuition will remain the same for all 4 years of your career." So, let's say this year, my tuition is 9,000 a year. It'll be that for the next four years. But for an incoming freshman next year, tuition could be 9,500, and it'll stay like that for four years.

This mainly gives families a more concrete number on how much college will cost without having to worry about tuition skyrocketing during your time.

[Napoleon]

As long as it doesn't affect performance conditional scholarships...which I don't believe would be the case.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

OK.  Well that's not a tuition freeze, so we'll have to amend that as well.

[tmthforu94]

OK.  Well that's not a tuition freeze, so we'll have to amend that as well.

Hmm, well then you'll have to help with proper wording. Last year during my college "recruitment", Kansas advertised it as a "four year tuition freeze". That's where I got it from.

[Oldiesfreak1854]

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[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

What exactly is the change you want to make?  Most of that was in the last amendment.

[tmthforu94]

What exactly is the change you want to make?  Most of that was in the last amendment.

Being more specific on the tuition freeze.

I will disagree with Oldiesfreak's amendment and suggest that it only be set for four years, not their entire career. A loophole - someone could go back to college 30 years from now when tuition like, 30,000, and still be able to get it for what it is now.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

I also don't like limiting it to freshman.  If someone transfers in as a sophomore from community college, they're out of luck.  It should be any incoming student for no more than 4 years (that's what CMU did, and they called it the "CMU Promise".)

[tmthforu94]

I also don't like limiting it to freshman.  If someone transfers in as a sophomore from community college, they're out of luck.  It should be any incoming student for no more than 4 years (that's what CMU did, and they called it the "CMU Promise".)

I like that proposal as well. I had never really given it much though. If they transfer going into their Sophomore year, it's that rate for four years, not the rate when they were a Freshman, correct? I sure with Indiana schools had something like this.

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How's this amendment?