The Beach Legacy Referendum is to be voted on this week and with it's approval will increase tuition costs of all students by $95 each semester.
The proposed fee of $95 per semester ($70 in summer) will go to the Long Beach State Athletics program. In which, it will directly fund full NCAA scholarships for 18 intercollegiate teams, develop current CSULB athletic facilities, and increase available funding for 35 club sport teams and Intramurals.
The LB State Athletics program already gets it's main financial aid from the Beach Pride Fund and the existing "Instructionally Related Activities" fee of $25, which every student pays each semester.
The pro Beach Legacy Referendum website, run by Wayne Stickney the 49er Athletic Club development coordinator, says that the passage of the fee will free $1.6 million, originally given to the Athletics program by ASI, to be spent on other school programs. It isn't clear that this funding would actually be funneled away from the Athletic's Department.
"I would hate to spend an extra $95 per semester because I am not involved in sports, and I don't think I should have to." says Michelle McDonald a CSULB engineering student.
*The above video is taken from a pro BLR Youtube account.
With the passage of the Beach Legacy, CSULB's Athletic program will get $7 million a year, this is up from it's current funding of $1.6 million.
Even with the potential addition of the Beach Legacy to student's 2010 tuition costs, CSULB's tuition is still the lowest for any public, four-year university in the state of Calif.
The poll will take place online from Wednesday, March 11 through Thursday, March 12 2009. If passed the fee will begin Fall 2010.
Sources:
.doc of Beach Legacy Referendum Details
^ this is the .doc file of the Beach Legacy Proposal from the CSULB website.
BeachLegacyReferendum.com
^ A Pro Beach Legacy Referendum site ran by 49er Athletic Club development coordinator, Wayne Stickney
Soccer team one beneficiary of Beach Legacy
^previously published 49er article by sports editor, Tracy McDannald
Without a Legacy to stand on
^Student Union Weekly article by Joe Bryant
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