The Goldwater Institute may file suit over this.
The ASA is a non-profit group that advocates for higher education and whose spending came into the spotlight this year when it gave $122,000 to support the Yes on Proposition 204 campaign. The ballot measure, which failed in the Nov. 6 election, would have permanently extended the temporary 1-cent-per-dollar educational sales-tax increase that expires May 31. Some student-government leaders objected to the ASA spending money on the campaign and resigned from the group’s board of directors in protest.
The ASA is funded through a $2 per-semester fee applied to each student’s bill at all three state universities. The fee is refundable, although some students contend that isn’t widely known.
