Classes at Austin Community College will be a little more expensive next year.
The ACC Board of Trustees cite declining state funding as the reason for the increase of $5 per credit hour for Fall 2011. That means that students in the ACC taxation district would pay $52 per credit hour. Out-of-district students tuition will rise to $194 per hour. The board already voted to raise tuition for Summer semester by another $5 per hour. They also expect they'll have to raise tuition again for Spring 2012.In a news release from the college, Board President Dr. Barbara Mink said the tuition hike was "an unfortunate necessity." Budget packages under consideration in the legislature would dramatically reduce state support to community colleges. ACC is also continuing with plans that would increase class limits, create schedule and institutional efficiencies and reduce administrative budgets by 10 percent.
Austin Community College had a record enrollment of 45,056 students for Spring semester, with enrollment growing by about 4,000 students each year.
