A petition put together by the Association of Student Governments and forwarded around campuses by their respective student leaders was handed over to ASG last week as the next level of discussions over a $200 tuition increase approved by the Board of Governors in their last meeting.Sen. Matt Gromlich, senior in plant bioloty, said the bill would increase tuition by 200 dollars in the fall of 2010 for every student at a North Carolina public institution. ”None of that 200 dollars, as the bill is currently written, will go back to the universities themselves,” Gromlich said. He said the petition is asking for re-evaluation of the bill.”So our petition was asking them to relook their $200 flat fee for every single student and to either decrease it or to make some or all of the money go back to the universities themselves,” Gromlich said. Sen. Sarah Center, sophomore in science education, said the petition was turned in last week. ”We turned in our petition along with all the other ASG schools to the ASG president who is taking it to the Board of Governors,” Center said. According to Gromlich it was up to the leaders of student governments of each school to get their constituents to sign the petition. ”The Association of Student Governments put together this petition and the leaders of student got their constituents to sign it telling the state that we are unified and that this is a decision that affects everybody at a university level,” Gromlich said. He said the petition did not necessarily argue against a tuition increase, but asked for the universities to have more control on what was done with the money.  ”Another option is they could cut some of the time they are giving to the university and the university can increase their tuition and fees themselves,” Gromlich said. ”We want to get the universities more involved in the decision-making process.”Gromlich said he believed the universities would know how to best allocate the funds versus the General Assembly.Center said not giving control to the universities could place their financial aid systems in debt. ”Basically financial aid would be in debt since the $200 does not come back here because financial aid has to cover the $200, but none of it comes back here to be re-added to the pot,” Center said. The ASG collected more than 21,000 signatures and N.C. State alone collected more than 1,800, according to Center. ”Basically what we are advocating is a CITA,” Center said. ”That is a campus initiated increase so that money will come back so that the money will come back to financial aid.” Gromlich said he hopes that the petition will improve decision the board makes in the future. ”I hope that in the future this will tell them that we do have a voice and to take our opinions into consideration before they pass something that pertains to us,” Gromlich said. Center said there is little left to do on a campus level. ”Basically it’s over on campus,” Center said. ”I am not sure there is much we can do now since it is already been passed. We still have to tell them that it is not okay with students and hopefully we will be able to get some taken back or get some back for students.”