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University Of Iowa President Says She Supports Tuition Freeze

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ The president of the University of Iowa says she'll push for a tuition freeze for undergraduate students as long as the Legislature approves inflationary increases in the school's budget.

Iowa President Sally Mason told The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/WfSuij ) on Monday that she'll back a tuition freeze for undergraduates as long as she's president.

In order for the University of Iowa to hold the line on increases, however, she says lawmakers must approve ``modest inflationary increases in appropriations.''

Mason is scheduled to appear Tuesday at a legislative subcommittee.

The Board of Regents has voted to keep tuition at current levels next school year for in-state undergrad's at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and University of Northern Iowa, but the freeze is contingent on a 2.5 percent funding increase.

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