A proposed $1 increase per credit hour to the textbook rental fee that passed at the March 28 Student Senate meeting has been vetoed.

The proposed increase would raise the fee to $8.95 per credit hour from the current rate of $7.95 per credit hour.

Student Body President Sean Anderson vetoed the recommendation because he said didn’t believe there was enough information provided.

In the executive order containing the veto, Anderson said the fiscal year budgets for 2007 and the projected 2008 budget were never presented.

The increase would generate about $284,000, Anderson said.

About $200,000 of the money generated would go toward textbooks alone.

With minimum wage increasing this summer, staff money will be needed to pay for the student salaries. However, it was never presented how many students are employed or much is needed to cover the raise, Anderson said.

A part of the Textbook Rental budget rolls over every year and totals $700,000, Anderson said.

“(Student Government’s) job is to find if that $1 amount is needed,” Anderson said.

The senate may override the veto with a two-third vote.

“I hope the senate overrides me after the information is given,” Anderson said.

Student Senate Speaker Jeff Lange expects the veto to be challenged, but can’t really say if it will be overridden. The proposal originally passed 27-1, with two abstentions.

Carol Miller, deputy director of the Textbook Rental Service, could not be reached for comment.

The final decision when increasing student fees will be made by the Board of Trustees.

Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, presents increase proposals to the board for the final decision.

In other business, fee increases will be voted on for Health Service and Student Insurance, each for $8.

Both proposals were introduced at last week’s meeting.

The increase would raise the Health Service fee to $90.90 and would require students with at least nine credit hours to pay the whole fee.

Currently, students with less than 12 credit hours pay a per credit fee of $6.91 per hour.

Students with less than nine hours would be required to pay $10.10 per credit hour.

Lange expects the discussion to remain relevant to the topic.

The discussion needs to be about the proposed increases and not stories about the services provided, Lange said.

“This is something that they research,” Lange said.

Also, budgets for the Apportionment Board, the Student Government, the Student Recreation Center and University Board will be introduced.

Apportionment Board previously approved nearly $535,000 for their budgets.

Student Senate meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Arcola-Tuscola Room in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.