State Universities Seek Additional FundingContinuing with today's theme of educational funding, the Board of Regents is requesting additional funds for next year.
DES MOINES — Hampered by cuts in state aid over the past three years,
Iowa's three public universities will ask lawmakers for an additional
$40 million next year to offer new programs, boost faculty salaries and
rebuild staff lost during budget cuts.
The request from the Iowa
Board of Regents asks for $40 million a year over the next four years.
In exchange, the universities together would have to find $20 million
in annual savings in their own budgets.
We're
going to have to make some hard choices here – we cannot continue to
raise tuition year after year and shut out lower income students – or
force them into vast amounts of debt.
Education
is one of the best investments in our future we can make. By
continuing to shortchange our schools, we're shortchanging our chance
at a decent future.
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