(Radio Iowa) – The board that governors the three state universities will hold the first reading of a proposed three-and-a-half percent tuition increase in a meeting Thursday. The Board of Regents’ staff is proposing that increase of in-state tuition for Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa for the 2023-2024 academic year after the Iowa Legislature provided no increase in overall funding to the schools. U-I students would see a 305 dollars tuition increase, I-S-U students 304 and U-N-I students would pay 285. The proposal would also increase mandatory fees at the U-I by 306 dollars, 60 dollars at I-S-U, and 32 dollars at U-N-I.

The Board will consider the final reading of the increase at its meeting in June.