The University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees wants to make a deal with lawmakers. If legislators and the next governor will restore the $50 million a year in state aid to the university system cut in the current biennial budget, the trustees will freeze tuition for in-state students. The cuts made in the state operating budget in June 2011 essentially halved the amount of state aid. At the time, lawmakers said the cuts were needed to balance the two-year budget and to force the university system to trim its bloated budget. The reduction in state aid resulted in hundreds of layoffs across the four colleges and substantial tuition increases.
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