The board has sought a $15 million funding increase for next fiscal year. “I suspect that’s going to be part of the negotiations with the House to bring that number up because I would like to make sure that they are adequately funded,” Cournoyer told Senate committee members, who voted 11-8 to send the bill to the full Senate. Overall, she said Senate Study Bill 1263 proposes a $30.8 million funding increase that fulfills the $6.5 million increase requested by Iowa’s 15 community colleges, boosts funding for scholarships, tuition grants, workforce development, special schools, early childhood
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