The Iowa Board of Regents passed a 3.75 percent tuition increase as an indication to Iowa families that tuition will increase by at least that much.

After Thursday’s meeting, President Pro Tem Bruce Rastetter, who was filling in for President Craig Lang because he was at an annual meeting with Farm Bureau, said the regents want to make it clear to the Iowa Legislature that a 4 percent increase in state funding will be vital this year.

Rastetter said this number is an indication to Iowa families, but the number may change if state funding doesn’t increase from last year.

Regent Ruth Harkin was the only dissenting vote.

“I appreciate the effort to keep tuition down, but I’m going to have to vote no because … I believe Iowan’s incomes aren’t high enough to keep up,” Harkin said.

The increase is expected to bring a net revenue of $24 million.

The regents approved a request to create a new school of education at Iowa State.

The approval was passed as a part of the consent agenda, with no discussion on the topic.

The request is for Iowa State to combine the department of curriculum and instruction, department of educational leadership and policy, studies, associated centers and the ISU Teacher Education Program to create the school of education.

The regents passed revisions to the Board of Regents Policy Manual, which stated, “A center or institute cannot be named for an elected official until that individual is no longer in office.”

This revision does not affect the Harkin Institute because it has already been instated.

Approval was granted to proceed with project planning for Auditorium 117 in MacKay Hall as well.