ASI Summer Fee Prohibited

The CSU Chancellor has prohibited ASI from charging a summer fee leading to funding cuts for student programs at CSULB, including the USU.

ASI is not allowed to charge a summer fee for students registered in a self-supported program, but all CSU summer instruction is now a self supported program because California can no longer afford to fund the summer semester.

Along with the money lost from the elimination of the summer fee, ASI President Chris Chavez told the Daily 49er that CSULB would lose about 2,000 students for the 2010-11 academic year, which will drop ASI's revenue by about $200,000.

"Its disappointing that ASI will lose money," said Stephanie Arita, 20, a junior a CSULB. "I mean, I use the USU all the time to eat, study and just hang-out, I hope nothing in there is compromised."

But with such an extreme loss of money, many student programs are expected to take a hit.

“Student programs we would normally choose to fund, we just don’t have the resources,” said Dave Edwards, ASI associate executive director told the Daily 49er.

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49er Broadcast on ASI Summer Fee Ban

49er Story on ASI Summer Fee Ban