The University of South Florida Block Tuition Decision Still Pending....

A new bill just passed in Florida legislation that will impact a vast majority of college students. The Block tuition is a bill that has been receiving much debate in the college world. Block tuition would require that all students pay a set tuition no matter the amount of credit hours they are taking. Meaning students taking nine to twelve credit hours would be required to pay tuition of a sixteen credit hour student. While the state has decided to enact this law, the University of South Florida has yet to implement the law into action. Student Government has been performing a number of actions to see where the student body stands on this situation. There have been a number of surveys and elections held to get feedback from students to see how students feel about the Block tuition rule, and the results show that students oppose the bill in large numbers.

                The University of South Florida is the only University in the state of Florida that has yet to decide on the ruling of the Block tuition bill. The results from the students show that they widely oppose the bill, in fact when the vice president of student government  Spencer Montgomery described how diligently the executive branch is working with the Board of Trustees he was given an overwhelming applause from senate.  The decision of whether the university will incorporate the bill is unclear, but it is a decision that is left up to the Board of Trustees, and I only hope that they make a decision that is in the best interest of the students and not the University of South Florida; because if the decision is for the university then it is a matter of money and students will suffer.