Iowa’s three public universities would receive a 2.5 percent increase in state money under Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ budget proposal, though the increase comes short of what the state Board of Regents requested. In their fiscal 2023 request for money from the state, the Regents requested a $22 million increase from fiscal 2022 in total for the three universities. Reynolds’ budget proposal provides around $14.8 million more than last year. In 2021, the regents requested a restoration of the $8 million cut in 2020 in addition to an $18 million increase, and Reynolds proposed a lower $15 million increase.
