UCLA Student Fees Misused: $23 Million In Question

A state audit released last week says UCLA wrongfully designated $23 million in student fees to pay for two projects oakley sunglasses outlet that were not included in the original fee referendum approved by student voters in 2000.

The finding was part of a 15-month audit [PDF] that concluded the University of California system needed to improve transparency in the way it oakley active sunglasses handles its finances. The report also questioned the unequal distribution of funds to the system's 10 campuses.

The fee started at $84 per year, and was scheduled to begin in the 2004-05 oakley sunglasses academic year. It was slated to increase over time to adjust for inflation.

The UCLA fee at issue is a mandatory student fee called the "student programs, activities and resource complex fee," or "SPARC." The original ballot language [DOC] indicated the fee would pay for the renovation, expansion The whole sale of NFL jerseys and maintenance of the Men's Gymnasium and the John Wooden Recreation Center, as well as facility repairs and equipment replacement at the Sunset Canyon Recreation Center and Tennis Courts, the Los Angeles Tennis Center and Drake Stadium.

The ballot information said that students would continue paying the SPARC fee as long as either the Wooden Center or the Men's Gymnasium still cheap kids shoes stood. These payments would cover maintenance and repairs over time. Today, the fee costs $100 per year.

UCLA could not provide a financial report on SPARC fees on Friday, but based on California Watch's estimate, last year's $93 fee would have generated $3.6 million from UCLA's roughly 38,000 undergraduate and graduate students.