7/25/03

Contra Costa Times

Students sue UC over fee increase

Eight students from UC schools in Berkeley, San Francisco, Davis and Los Angeles also said in the 15-page complaint filed in San Francisco that a 25 percent fee increase approved July 17 came down too quickly.

At issue for San Francisco attorney Jonathan Weissglass, who represents the students, is what he sees as a fairly obvious breach of contract. The regents had promised these eight professional students before they enrolled that fees would remain unchanged for the duration of their careers at their various universities, he said.

"Now, they've gone ahead and done just that -- increased the fees," Weissglass said Thursday afternoon. "The case law is clear that the promises they made constitute a contract. I don't think it's a stretch at all."

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