Texas Governor Rick Perry says he'll call for a four-year college tuition freeze. The comment was made at a Q&A session with Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith at the this weekend.
In , Perry proposed that students who enter college as freshmen could lock in a four-year tuition rate, says Texas Tribune Reporter Jay Root, who live-blogged the event. However, if a student takes longer than four years to graduate, he or she could face tuition increases.
Perry also said he is open to an 鈥渙pen and vigorous debate鈥� about in-state tuition costs and supported providing in-state tuition for some children of undocumented immigrants.
Perry's announcement came just a day before announced that Texas students are paying 55 percent more for tuition and fees at state universities than they were a decade ago. According to , tuition has increased three percent this year alone.
In May, the worked with Perry , but not at other campuses in the UT system. Currently, tuition and fees for in-state undergraduates at UT Austin is $4,896 a semester.
