Increase For UNI in Budget Compromise - Here's How Much

A compromise on a bill funding higher education has been reached in a conference committee of the Iowa legislature.

The bill would increase funding to the by $6.3 million, with an additional $3 million in STEM funding for science, technology, engineering and math funding.

The bill will now go back to the House and Senate for a vote.

The bill as it now stands is less than the Senate originally asked for, which would have increased UNI's funding by $8.2 million, but significantly more than the House's original plan, which would have decreased funding by $3 million.

The University of Iowa and Iowa State University would receive more modest increases under the bill. They would each get a 3.2 percent increase in funding, compared to UNI's 8.5 percent increase.