budget

The Board adopted a budget to freeze tuition for the second year in a row and authorized campus renovations to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

President Richard Englert will request more funding at budget hearings in Harrisburg.

Other state-related universities also received a nearly two-percent increase in state funds.

The new base rate for in-state tuition is $16,080, while out-of-state tuition is $28,176.

University officials said they expect a third straight year of flat funding.

The proposal would raise income tax by 1 percent and would cost $1 billion per year.

Temple will review its decentralized budget, which gives each school and college control over its funds.

Temple and other state-related universities’ funding was at risk during the budget impasse.

In-state students could be charged $6,000 more for Spring 2018 and later refunded if the budget is passed.

TSG hosted phone banks on Main Campus for students to call their state representatives.