By Terence Chea, Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- University of California students will likely face a steep midyear tuition increase if voters reject Gov. Jerry Brown's tax initiative.
The 10-campus system will need to consider raising tuition by as much as 20 percent in January if the November ballot measure fails, according to documents posted online ahead of next week's UC Board of Regents meeting. Under that scenario, in-state undergraduate tuition would rise by $2,472 to $14,664.
At their meeting in San Francisco, the regents are expected to vote on a measure to freeze tuition at 2011-2012 levels and endorse the governor's initiative, which temporarily raises the sales tax and boosts the income tax on people who make more than $250,000 a year.
Under the recently adopted state budget for 2012-2013, state funding for the UC system would remain stable this fiscal year and increase by $125 million next year -- if the university does not raise tuition and voters approve Brown's tax measure.