Gov. Spencer Cox holds his month-to-month information convention broadcast on PBS Utah from the Eccles Broadcast Heart in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Through the press convention, Cox instructed a tuition freeze for Utah greater schooling establishments. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
It is no secret that Utah Gov. Spencer Cox isn’t a fan of President Joe Biden’s pupil mortgage forgiveness plan.
Cox, in September, joined practically half of governors throughout the nation in signing a letter denouncing the president's pupil mortgage forgiveness plan and asking for it to be withdrawn.
Throughout his month-to-month information convention on Thursday at PBS Utah on the College of Utah campus in Salt Lake Metropolis, Cox once more spoke out in opposition to the plan.
"Nothing's modified about my ideas on pupil mortgage forgiveness," Cox mentioned.
As a substitute, he mentioned, his focus is on make schooling inexpensive.
To that tune, he instructed a tuition freeze for Utah greater schooling establishments.
"We should always not improve tuition subsequent yr," Cox mentioned. "Should you're in search of a headline ... that is one thing that I can be proposing, is a tuition freeze, throughout the board, this yr."
That assertion by Cox was shortly adopted by a query asking if the Utah System of Larger Schooling can be on board with such a plan.
"They are going to be," Cox mentioned, with a smile.
After the information convention, the Utah System of Larger Schooling responded.
"The Utah Board of Larger Schooling evaluates tuition and charges at Utah's 16 public schools and universities yearly, and its topmost concern is maintaining school inexpensive and accessible for our college students," mentioned Utah Board of Larger Schooling chairwoman Lisa Michele Church in an announcement.
"Because the governor famous, inflation is impacting the funds of people and their households nationwide, and we're dedicated to doing all we will to make sure a better schooling stays inside attain for Utah college students. We look ahead to working with Gov. Cox and the Utah Legislature within the subsequent yr on this proposal," Church mentioned.