TOPEKA, Kan. -- The state budget could be an even bigger problem for Kansas families struggling to pay for college.
With a $260 million budget shortfall the Board of Regents is considering raising tuition.
The board feels it has no options since last year the legislature said higher education cuts would be seven percent, but they ended up being 12 percent.
Governor Mark Parkinson says, "The only solution that the Board of Regents has is to increase tuition. At some point the legislature is going to have to decide to make a commitment to our universities. I'm hoping that the legislature makes that commitment in 2010 when they come back in January, and we won't have to raise tuition."
Board of Regents member Dan Lykins would rather see the state raise sales tax one cent to bring in an additional $350 million a year.
