Cape career courses to get tuition hike next school year

The Cape Girardeau school board has approved tuition increases for seven programs at the Career and Technology Center for the next school year.

The increases are as follows:

Secondary tuition, $1,881, up $32 from this year; license practical nursing full-time, $4,730, up $138; respiratory therapy, $4,730, up $138; adult business and office technology, $1,983 up $58; air conditioning and refrigeration, $1,416, up $41; emergency medical technician-paramedic, $2,621, up $76; and adult and traditional day classes $1,881 up $32.

Tuition for the new part-time, two-year LPN program will be $2,600.