IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Key members of the governing board of Iowa’s three public universities say they want to table a proposed 1.75 percent tuition increase and freeze rates for the third year. In a surprise, three members of the Iowa Board of Regents said they supported the freeze for in-state students Thursday. The nine-member board will vote on the plan in December.

Their statements came as the regents considered a plan to raise the cost of tuition and mandatory fees for undergraduates at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa. The board froze tuition rates for the previous two school years, for the first time since the 1970s.

The proposed increase would have covered the expected cost of inflation and generated $14.5 million in new revenue.