The vice president for student affairs has not met with university fee boards to discuss further fee proposals for the 2009-2010 school year.

“Right now, there isn’t really anything to discuss,” said Dan Nadler.

Nadler meets with the fee boards in the spring, usually to discuss fees that need “drastic increases.” However, none of the boards have yet expressed a dire need for an increase.

Only one new fee increase has been discussed with Nadler. The graduate student fee has been set to increase by 50 cents each year for two years to a total of $3.00 in 2011.

The fee applies to graduate students to support graduate programs and promote interconnectedness among the graduate school departments.

Although only one new fee increase has been proposed, administrators speculate both tuition and fees will increase because of still unresolved budget issues.

However, several other fee increases for the 2009-2010 school year were previously approved, according to a guide presented by Student Government and the Tuition and Fee Review Committee.

The athletic fee, legal service fee and the union bond revenue fee have increased in recent years.

This year the fees were $103.65, $5.22 and $204.18, respectively.

The athletic fee increased to support the costs of inflation.

It helps fund injury insurance and sports medicine, sports operation including game officials, full-time positions, marketing and equipment, along with bands, cheer teams and the Pink Panthers.

The legal service fee helps support financing legal counsel for students and student organizations. The service can only provide counsel for civil litigations excluding bankruptcy, judicial code issues, divorce proceedings and a few others.

The union bond revenue fee is separated between the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union, the Student Recreation Center, Lantz Gymnasium and O’Brien Stadium. The money applied to all students is collected to fund all four student centers’ operations.

The grant-in-aid fee automatically adjusts to an increase based on the cost of attendance and does not go before committee review. Textbook rental fees only increase on an individual basis subject to credit hour.

The campus improvement fee increases from $68 by $12 every credit hour above 12 credit hours per student. This change applies to new students since 2007 and is set throughout their tenure at Eastern.

All other fees have to go before committee review before being accepted for the new school year.

Krystal Moya can be reached at 581-7942 or at ksmoya@eiu.edu.