New Married/Family Housing | Breno Assis (Unsplash)
New Married/Family Housing | Breno Assis (Unsplash)
GCCC BOT Approves 2023-2024 Rates & New Married/Family Housing
The Garden City Community College Board of Trustees approved the 2023-2024 tuition, fees, room and board rates and a new married/family housing structure at the regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
Tuition and fee recommendations are based on data analysis such as rates of the other Kansas community colleges, industry trends, and historical costs. GCCC Administration recommended holding tuition flat for all tuition structures. For student fees, the recommendation was a $3 increase. This increase will utilize $2 for creating new student scholarship opportunities for dual credit, alumni scholarships, and program scholarships available to students. The additional $1 increase will offset the cost of a new mental health and physical health resource for students. GCCC Student Government Association fully supports a mobile e-health application that will provide 24/7/365 access to fully licensed practitioners for mental and physical healthcare for all students beginning next fall.
Additionally, GCCC administration recommended adding a new married/family housing structure. The intent is to provide housing and board to an adult enrolled at GCCC to help address housing barriers. Four double-room units will be priced at the equivalent of $1,050/per month as a pilot for this option as an attempt to engage and recruit adult students to GCCC.
The Board approved the following rates for 2023-2024:
• Finney county tuition and fees - $119 per credit hour
• In-state tuition and fees - $121 per credit hour
• Border States tuition and fee - $135 per credit hour
• Out-of-state tuition and fees - $140 per credit hour
• International tuition and fees - $158 per credit hour
• Online tuition and fees - $150 per credit hour
• Service Area SB155 tuition and fees - $58 per credit hour
• Online SB155 tuition and fees - $89 per credit hour
• West Hall and East Unit room rate - $3,100 per year
• Apartment room rate - $3,800 per year
• Broncbuster housing - $4,300 per year
• Broncbuster suites - $4,500 per year
• NEW Married/Family Housing option - $1,050/month
• 19 Meal Plan - $3,500 per year
Lewis, Hooper & Dick, LLC conducted the annual GCCC financial audit and presented an overview. The audit also included the Garden City Endowment Association and the Broncbuster Athletic Association. The 2021-2022 audit resulted in an unmodified opinion which is the highest opinion rating available for financial audits. The Board approved accepting the unmodified opinion.
An executive session was held where no action was taken.
The next meeting of the Board of Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 6 p.m. in the Logan Aviation Endowment Room inside the Beth Tedrow Student Center at GCCC.
Original source can be found here.
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