BOULDER — Public outcry over tuition-funded raises for top University of Colorado officials derailed plans for a 15.7 percent tuition increase, a regent testified Monday before state lawmakers considering a bill designed to make state colleges more fiscally transparent.
Regent Sue Sharkey, R-Windsor, appeared before the state House Education Committee, which gave initial approval Monday to House Bill 1252, a measure that would require Colorado’s colleges to create a publicly accessible database with professors’ salaries, benefits, teaching loads, grants and travel reimbursements.
In late January, the Camera reported that last year’s 9.3 percent in-state tuition increase funded raises for top CU administrators, including a $49,000 salary bump for Boulder campus Chancellor Phil DiStefano, who now earns $389,000.
At a budget retreat earlier that month, Boulder campus officials shared a proposal with the regents that would alter CU’s tuition structure, resulting in a 15.7 percent tuition increase for in-state students.
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