nday vember' Page 5 Monday • November 11,1996 , a recLpmjHI ,on ' p r > fo,; Forum iongs to a((h e was gr j,.. Continued from Page 1 ■ ,, () /\ ^stly One of the four issues chosen was the Texas ' ' hgswffuition Assistance Grant (TTAG) which ^ u m '’Vh bet^assed in the Legislature in 1991. The grant 11 ' in ''and vill provide tuition at state-supported schools ctii or qualified students. I- n U, hfiJStudents from lower middle-class income s ami lies who graduate in the top 20 percent ngrjtflheir high school class are eligible to ap- •-ci aly for the money. Recipients are required to id,maintain a minimum 3.0 grade-point ratio. 1 L Thirteen A&M students will receive the tu- h tion assistance in 1997. Obenhaus said the af egislative relations committee will push for P- additional funding and greater support from cfi the Legislature for TTAG. go I Obenhaus said the grant is modeled after the Hope Scholarship in Georgia, which may pr, pej used at public, private, technical and shi|$rade schools. duoMWe hope to get that one day in Texas also,” she said. i Flexible tuition, another of the forum’s top es, could also face Texas legislators this year, Obenhaus said. :Mg Fhey’re (Legislature) proposing to let the Board of Regents decide what our tuition vould be and to let it be market-driven,” she >aid “We don’t want our Board of Regents set ting our tuition. It would send the prices up tremendously.” A proposed fee simplification bill was also selected as one of the four issues to be dis cussed at the forum. Under the proposed bill, student fees would be broken down into three cate gories for every state college and university. The tuition would continue to be set by the “We don't want our Board of Regents setting our tuition. It would send the prices up tremendously.” Nickie Obenhaus Student Government legislative relations chair state, the General Use Fee would continue to be set by the Board of Regents, but the Student Services Fees would be voted on as a referendum by the entire student body of each institution. Reed said the difficulty of educating the en tire student body with the proper information makes the referendum infeasible. The final issue chosen by the forum was having a student on the Board of Regents. Obenhaus said this issue has been brought before the Legislature every year without success. “This next year we want to see if there’s an other way,” she said. “We do not want to pur sue the Legislature again.” Josh Golden, student body president atTar- leton, said seeking help from the governor would be the best option. “I would say we have a better chance of go ing through him (Gov. Bush) than we’ve ever had before,” he said. Golden said several states in the southeast already have a student regent or an ex officio student member of the Board. “Most of the members of the Board haven’t been in school for a long time,” he said. “They need to treat us as customers and we need to choose the product we want.” Golden said a student voice on the Board would be more important than-having a vote on the Board. “The power of voice extends beyond vote,” he said. 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