GUAM
The Guam Daily Post
Neil Pang | The Guam Daily Post
In order for the Archdiocese of Agana to fully meet its financial obligations through the next year, the Archdiocesan Finance Council says Catholic schools and parishes under the purview of the archdiocese will have to increase their revenue collections, by whatever means they deem appropriate.
Members of the council yesterday clarified long-circulating rumors about an alleged tuition hike for Catholic schools when AFC President Richard Untalan and member Rick Duenas explained the latest financial assessment of Guam’s largest faith-based organization.
According to Duenas, the Chancery Office has determined that two additional assessments totaling $169 per student per year for Guam’s Catholic schools are necessary to keep the church afloat through the next fiscal year.
Those assessments are explained as a $25 per student per year Catholic Schools Operation Student Assessment, that is projected to amount to $110,600 and is budgeted for the office of the Catholic Schools superintendent. Duenas added that of the total $110,600, about $43,000 is the annual salary for the newly appointed superintendent of Catholic education, Richard Zapanta Alvia.
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