DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The board that oversees Iowa’s three public universities has indicated it may need to increase tuition for students because the Legislature has proposed limited new dollars for the next budget year.
Bruce Rastetter, president of the Iowa Board of Regents, released a statement Thursday saying the board is disappointed in the proposed funding announced by a legislative budget group. Rastetter says the board will immediately start discussions regarding tuition increases for the upcoming school year.
The legislative group advanced a roughly $1 billion education budget that would give the regents nearly $600 million, including about $6 million in new dollars. Roughly $200 million for community colleges would include over $3 million in new money.
Lawmakers overseeing the bill emphasized they had limited dollars but had prioritized higher education funding.
