By: Benjamin Farniok
A higher education funding bill may increase tuition next year for University of Minnesota undergraduate students if Gov. Mark Dayton signs off on it.
This legislative session, the University requested a $65.2 million increase in state funding to freeze tuition over the next two years, but the state will only provide about a third of the request, disappointing some legislators.
The final bill passed in the state Senate and House of Representatives Sunday after consideration in a conference committee on higher education.