The Iowa Board of Regents approved the first reading of proposed tuition increases of nearly four percent for Iowa State University and the University of Iowa and nearly three-percent for U-N-I.

Iowa State University student body president Cody West says he supports the “differential” approach to tuition which charges different amounts for different programs.
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Regent Larry McKibbon of Marshalltown told the students there is one person who can have the final say on the issue. He encouraged the students to set up a meeting with the governor.
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McKibben says the continued cuts in state funding have hurt the universities and he says they should give back 12 million dollars cut from the budgets.
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The Board of Regents will have their second and final reading on the tuition proposal in June.