Fate of Price Lab School To Be Announced Tonight

University of Northern Iowa President Ben Allen will meet with parents of Price Laboratory School students tonight and may unveil plans for the future of the school.

Last week, Allen said major budget cuts are on the way for the university, and the closure of Price Lab is a possibility.

Now, in an email to faculty and staff, Allen said his recommendations for the school will be shared at a meeting at 4:15 p.m. Parents were invited to meetings at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

University of Northern Iowa Relations officials said the meetings would not be open to the media, and it was unclear when the recommendations would be released.

Price Lab, which has 366 students enrolled this year, is a clinical teacher education and research school on the UNI campus.

The school has a budget of $5,503,168. Of that $5.5 million, $3.2 million comes from UNI. The rest comes from state education dollars, special education funding and instructional fees.