Cedar Falls, Iowa (RI) — The Board of Regents has approved a proposal from the University of Northern Iowa to charge in-state tuition rates for incoming freshmen or transfer students from the nearby states of Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. UNI President Mark Nook says the plan will help the Cedar Falls school and the state.
Nook says there are some start up costs when the program begins this fall.
He says the school will absorb the cost of the higher out-of-state tuition for those students until they graduate.
UNI will use funds from its foundation to finance the difference in cost for the current out-of-state students. Governor Kim Reynolds had recommended in January giving UNI three million dollars in state funds to support the initiative, but lawmakers only included half that amount in their budget plan, and Reynolds vetoed the money.
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