On Jan. 20, SDSU President Adela de la Torre approved a three-year increase in the Instructionally Related Activities Fee, instead of the four-year plan recommended by the Campus Fee Advisory Committee.

This approval comes after months of discussion following SDSU’s proposal in early November to raise the mandatory fee by 45%. 

In December, the CFAC recommended a gradual four-year increase, lowering the total fee increase to 41.1%, and voted 15-2 to send the final recommendation to de la Torre. 

Students currently pay $580 a year for the IRA fee. Under the new plan, the fee will increase by $60 in the 2026-2027 academic year, and by $30 in both the 2027-2028 and 2028-2029 academic years, for a total fee increase of $120 by the third year. 

According to de la Torre, student feedback — particularly from SDSU Imperial Valley — emphasized the need for more equitable access to student life opportunities, club sports and student life facilities on the Imperial Valley campuses, which the amended fee will support.

With the IRA fee plan now approved, most of the revenue will go to intercollegiate athletics to maintain facilities and support student-athlete well-being. 

Of the remaining revenue, 3% will go to students who are unable to pay the fee, 6% to sports clubs, 1.7% to Adapted Athletics, 2% to Aztec Student Media (The Daily Aztec and KCR College Radio) and 2% to the main IRA fund in the final year of the fee increase. 

To support the accelerated implementation, de la Torre directed her vice presidents to coordinate with Associated Students to distribute additional resources to the Basic Needs Center and to the Economic Crisis Response Team.