The UC regents are scheduled to meet in mid-July and had been expected to raise tuition by 6%, or $732 more a year, bringing in-state undergraduate tuition to $12,924, not including other campus fees and room and board. However, the state Legislature put both pressure and a financial sweetener in the budget to avoid tuition hikes if voters approve a tax increase measure in November. As a result, UC President Mark G. Yudof has decided not to ask the regents next month for a tuition hike, spokeswoman Dianne Klein said. “We will not recommend a tuition increase. We will recommend we take the deal,” Klein said. She noted that the UC regents will have final say on tuition levels no matter what Yudof suggests… If voters in November reject Gov. Jerry Brown’s ballot measure to raise some taxes, UC students could face “double digit” percentage tuition increases, Klein said. If the tax measure fails, UC would not only lose that $125 million but would also see a further $250-million cut in state revenues, according to the budget plans.

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by Larry Gordon, The Los Angeles Times.

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