Cal Poly students to vote on fee increase in February

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• Cal Poly’s proposed fee lets state off the hook

  Cal Poly’s proposed fee lets state off the hook

  It’s easy to see why Cal Poly officials are proposing a new “student success fee” that would eventually generate $14 million per year for the university. Just look at the numbers: In the late 1980s, state support accounted for 90 percent of the university’s revenue. That’s since dwindled to 41 percent.

  And it could get worse: If Gov. Brown’s tax increase proposal doesn’t pass in November, Cal Poly could lose an additional $11 million.

  Faced with those grim statistics, Cal Poly is looking at a new fee that would be phased in over three years: $160 per quarter starting this fall; $210 per quarter in fall 2013; and $260 per quarter beginning in fall, 2014. The fee will be put to an advisory vote of the student body on Feb. 29.

• Cal Poly students to vote on fee increase Wednesday

  Cal Poly students to vote on fee increase Wednesday

  Tuition costs at Cal Poly will nearly double in a span of six years if students vote today for a proposed fee increase and the decision is upheld by the California State University chancellor.

  Cal Poly students will cast ballots electronically on a mandatory fee for all students that would increase tuition by $160 per quarter, effective in the fall.

  If implemented, the phased-in plan would top out at $260 more per quarter in fall 2014.

• Cal Poly students vote for $780 fee increase

  Cal Poly students vote for $780 fee increase

  Cal Poly students voted Wednesday in favor of a proposal to increase their fees by $780 per year by 2014.

  The proposal by the university’s administration to help pay for more class and laboratory offerings as well as enrichment programs was put to an advisory vote.

  Fifty-seven percent of ballots cast were in favor of the proposal. In all, 7,622 votes were cast.

• Fee increase approved by Cal Poly students to take effect this fall

  Fee increase approved by Cal Poly students to take effect this fall

  Cal Poly President Jeffrey D. Armstrong has announced the university will implement a fee that students recently supported in an advisory vote and that the California State University chancellor has since approved.

• Photos: Cal Poly's rec center nears completion

  Photos: Cal Poly's rec center nears completion

  Cal Poly’s expanded recreation center is slated to open next week, offering students, faculty, staff and alumni significantly more space to exercise.

  The nearly $72 million facility was approved in a student vote in 2008. Students are paying for the new facility through increases of $65 per quarter in fees.

  The facility includes basketball courts, weight-lifting areas, cardio machines, sand volleyball courts and a pool area with barbecue pits.