House passes UI tuition amendment
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KLEW: A law from Idaho's territorial days when the school was founded in 1889 forbids most UI students from paying tuition. Since Idaho prevents student fees from paying professors, however, UI, unlike other Idaho schools, can't shift this money to shore up instruction costs crimped by this year's austerity measures. Rep. Ken Roberts, a McCall Republican, says, "This puts every one of the higher education universities in Idaho on a level playing field." Lawmakers including Boise Democrat Grant Burgoyne opposed the bill to protest higher tuition fees, but backers called such debate "beside the point." Idaho voters will likely weigh in on the constitutional change in November 2010.
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