Missouri Law will allow higher education to recover cuts through tuition - Rudi Keller, Columbia Tribune

State colleges and universities in Missouri will be able to recover cuts in state funding from students in the form of tuition increases under a bill signed by Gov. Mike Parson. The change to the state tuition cap, which since 2007 has tied tuition for resident students to the general inflation rate, allows institutions to add up to 5 percent to the inflation rate to cover a state cut. The provision was included in a higher education bill that also protects the University of Missouri’s status as the state research institution and MU and Lincoln University’s status as land-grant universities. The willingness of governing boards to use the new power will be tested in the spring when rates are set for the 2019 academic year. Every community college, eight of the 10 four-year universities and the State Technical College of Missouri will receive less in state support in the current year than in the fiscal year that ended June 30. http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20180709/law-will-allow-higher-education-to-recover-cuts-through-tuition