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[email protected]. Thursday Jacksonville State University’s Student-Published Newspaper since 1934 April 10, 2014 The Chanticleer WEATHER: High 73, Low 48, Clear FORECAST PG. 3 President Meehan: ‘We will do our best to keep our promise not to increase tuition this fall’ Zach Tyler two options on the table: either The compromise meant that the employee” at JSU. He said in Associate Editor give teachers a pay raise of two state would fund the increased an interview Tuesday that the percent, or cover the increased cost of healthcare for education university “really only has two Last Thursday, Alabama’s healthcare costs of the Public employees, but only in grades steady sources of income,” the House of Representatives Education Employee Health K-12. Two universities in Alabama state appropriations provided approved a $5.93 billion Education Insurance Program (PEEHIP). participate in PEEHIP, JSU and through the ETF and tuition Trust Fund (ETF) budget for the The Republican supermajority Athens State. They will receive no collected from students. fiscal year of 2015 that will leave in the House of Representatives additional funding to cover the If state appropriations won’t JSU scrambling to cover increased chose to forego the raise in favor increase in costs.