LOS ANGELES, July 3 (Xinhua) -- The University of California (UC) system is seeking to raise tuition again for the fall, on top of an eight-percent increase that had already been approved, it was reported on Sunday.

Should UC regents approve the proposal, undergraduate tuition for California residents would rise to more than 12,200 U.S. dollars, not including room, board and other campus-based fees, amounting to an increase of about 1,920 over this year's tuition, The Los Angeles Times said.

The requested 9.6-percent tuition increase is intended to make up for the 150-million-dollar funding reduction outlined in a state budget passed last week, the report said.

The previous eight-percent tuition increase, along with a package of other spending cuts and austerity measures, was aimed at addressing a previously announced 500-million-dollar cut in state support for the UC system, the report quoted Patrick Lenz, UC's vice president for budget and capital resources, as saying.

The UC regents are to consider the tuition hike proposal and other possible budget-related actions when they meet July 12-14 in San Francisco.

"We reported to the regents in May that if we were to receive additional cuts beyond 500 million dollars, we would have to offset those cuts with a dollar-for-dollar tuition increase," Lenz said in a prepared statement. "Our campuses and the UC Office of the President already have cut to the bone -- implementing administrative efficiencies, furloughing and laying off employees, consolidating and eliminating programs, increasing class sizes, delaying faculty hires, reducing services and delaying purchases, among other actions."

He promised that additional financial aid would be made available to needy students across the 10-campus UC system.

UC has raised tuition in nine of the last 10 years, more than tripling the charge to undergraduates. Graduate and professional school fees have grown even more in some cases. Student leaders plan to protest the tuition increase, saying that many students can barely afford the 822-dollar rise set for the fall, let alone the additional 1,100.

The total reduction in state funding could rise to 750 million dollars for UC system and the California State University system if projected state revenues do not materialize.

The latter was also likely to approve a tuition increase of between 10 and 15 percent, The Times said.