Pittsburgh mayor wants tuition tax

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl will propose a 1 percent tax on tuition at colleges and universities in the city as part of the city’s operating budget.
Ravenstahl was scheduled to introduce his $452 million proposed budget to City Council on Monday.
The proposed college education privilege tax would be paid by students who attend post-secondary schools in the city, including colleges, universities, art, business and culinary schools. Ravenstahl says those students use city services.
Ravenstahl says the tax would raise about $16 million a year. He wants to use the money to plug a $15 million hole in the city’s annual budget, with the rest going to help the struggling Carnegie Library system which the city helps fund.
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