Despite efforts from Governor Rick Scott and much debate across the university system, UCF students will face a 1.7% state-wide tuition increase for the 2013-2014 school year, raising UCF’s credit hour cost to $105.08.
This is due to the inflation provision, which became state law in 2007 in hopes that universities would not fall behind if lawmakers or administrators freeze tuition rates from year to year.
This provision has never been an issue prior, because universities generally raised tuition themselves from year to year because of legislative budget cuts.
Gov. Scott vetoed a 3 percent tuition increase passed earlier this year and sent letters to all public Universities urging them to not raise tuition.
“The governor has consistently opposed tuition increases,” a spokeswoman for Scott said in a statement.
UCF Spokesman Chad Binette said that this will result in about $1.4 million for UCF and some of the money will go towards financial aid for students.
“We have committed that at least 30 percent of that will go to need-based financial aid for students,” Binette said.
