The Minnesota state college and university board is expected to give the go-ahead to ask the 2019 legislature for a 246-million-dollar funding increase. Chancellor Devinder Malhotra says it’s the largest request in recent memory
The state college and university system’s expected request comes as Governor-elect Tim Walz is preparing to assemble his proposed state budget for 2020 and ’21. Walz during his campaign stressed investments in Minnesota, but the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate will try to rein-in spending.
