The College of DuPage board approved a $4 tuition decrease effective for the spring 2015 term. The measure passed at the August 21 meeting in an unanimous vote.

College administration originally proposed a $2 tuition decrease per credit hour. In the first minute of discussion, Trustee Kim Savage proposed an amendment to further reduce the tuition by $2.

The additional reduction will essentially doubles the revenue loss incurred by the college, as outlined by Vice President Thomas Glaser. The loss will total $2.2 million in perpetuity going forward.

Chairman Erin Birt initially opposed the amendment, stating that a more thorough analysis was necessary.

Hamilton felt the revenue loss was negligible in the scope of the college’s financial standing.

“I think $2.2 million in perpetuity, when you have $150 million in cash in the bank, isn’t really significant, frankly” Hamilton said.

Savage’s proposed amendment passed with a majority vote. The decrease effectively reverses the $4 tuition increase approved earlier this year.