This podcast contains comments from Blinn College vice chancellor Richard Cervantes during the March 9, 2021 board of trustees meeting.

Next year's students at Blinn College will be paying an additional two dollars a credit hour for tuition and general fees.

That's after Blinn trustees at this month's meeting unanimously approved recommendations that are expected to generate an additional $8.7 million in revenue.

The tuition and fee proposal presented by vice chancellor Richard Cervantes also included possible spending increases in Blinn's budget for the 2021-22 academic year.

One example is a two percent pay raise for full time employees and an additional $25 dollars for part time faculty. Just over $1 million would cover pay raises and additional health insurance costs.

Cervantes also brought up restoring more than $3.7 million dollars taken out of this year's budget for renovation and replacement and travel expenses, $900,000 dollars for new personnel, and $400,000 towards new operational expenses.

According to Blinn officials, under the new tuition rates in-district residents will pay $59, out-of-district Texas residents will pay $117, and out-of-state/foreign students will pay $276 per credit hour. The general fee will be $72 per credit hour.