University of Oregon President Michael H. Schill will ask the Board of Trustees to consider a proposal that would index resident undergraduate tuition rate to potential state funding. A message detailing the proposal was sent to the entire campus community on Monday. The trustees will review the proposal during its spring meetings on Wednesday and Thursday.

Resident tuition rates are based on the level of funding provided by the state of Oregon. It may be late June or July before any certainty of state support. The proposed tuition schedule ranges from 4.45 percent increase for at $120 million funding to 9.68 percent increase $90 million or below.

“Due to a perfect storm of uncertainty around state funding and other budget challenges, this has been an incredibly difficult year in terms of setting tuition,” wrote Schill. “I hate that we must consider tuition rate increases above 5 percent and I will continue to work until the end of the legislative session to make the case that lawmakers need to provide a level of support that would not unduly burden resident students.”