JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The state College Board voted Thursday to seek a more modest budget increase than it originally discussed for upcoming fiscal year.
The board will submit a budget increase of nearly $43 million to operate Mississippi's eight public universities for the year that begins next July 1.
Earlier, the board approved a plan to seek an increase of $260 million, around 33 percent above current funding levels.
The university system received $801 million in state money for the fiscal year that started just a few weeks ago.
The request for the coming fiscal year will be $844 million.
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