HomeMy WebLinkAbout1672 RESOLUTION NO. 1672
A Resolution concerning the proposed
tuition increase for students attending
Olympic Community College.
WHEREAS, the proposed tuition increase is not in the spirit of the
open door policy advanced by the Conmaunity College Act of 1967, and
WHEREAS, state benefits and wages will not increase enough to cover
increased tuition and federal benefits and wages will not increase at all, and
WHEREAS, students already pay for schools though sales and property
taxes and increased tuition would amount to double taxation, and
WHEREAS, most students are on fixed incomes and increased tuition
would not allow them to continue their schooling, prematurely forcing them into
the already limited and recessed job market in Bremerton and Kitsap County, and
WHEREAS, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard workers working full-time would
be harder put to make ends meet while attending Olympic College as part-time
or even full-time students, and
WHEREAS, Bremerton's veteran population, being on fixed incomes, would
suffer greatly to get the education they're entitled to under the G.I. Bill, and
WHEREAS, the inflation being experienced by the state is also affecting
students;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF
BREMERTON that the Bremerton City Council is opposed to any increased tuition
for the state's conmunity colleges for those students who cannot afford such
increases.
PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Brem~rton, signed
by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage
this 14th day of January, 1976.
GLENN K. JARSTAD, MAYOR
ATTEST:
G. C. YEADON, SR., CITY CLERK