MADISON, Wis. (AP) – The state of Minnesota has signed off on a deal previously approved by Wisconsin that keeps alive the two-state tuition reciprocity agreement but with some changes affecting students from Wisconsin.
The program allows Wisconsin and Minnesota college-bound students to pay instate tuition even if they attend public universities in the other state.
Wisconsin used to make up the difference between the resident tuition rate for a Wisconsin student to attend a comparable institution in Minnesota.
Under the change approved by Minnesota on Monday, that difference would have to be paid by the student.
Currently enrolled students and those who start in the fall would not be affected. Students starting in 2012 would have to pay the difference and no students could be eligible for the supplement starting in 2015.
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