The Iowa State Board of Regents is scheduled to discuss topics ranging from a Year 2000 (Y2K) report to approval of fees and miscellaneous charges Wednesday during a telephonic meeting.

The Y2K report was put together by Peer Review Team (PRT) members and discusses the progress made by the regent universities in updating systems for the year 2000.

Iowa State President Martin Jischke said he is confident the university will experience few problems when the new millennium arrives.

“I think we are in very good shape when it comes to compliance with the Y2K situation,” Jischke said, adding that the regent universities have been taking specific measures to alleviate any possible problems Y2K may bring.

“We have been working on the major software systems first, such as the payroll and touch-tone registry, and I have been assured that those are all Y2K ready,” he said.

According to the Board of Regents docket, “the facilities management issues with regard to Y2K compliance are being handled well. However, equipment replacement issues need to be quickly addressed in order to conduct adequate ‘bench testing’ following installation.”

Jischke said the university currently is working on dealing with problems that may arise with individual computers.

“We are working on the individual computers now and seem to be on schedule,” he said.

Jischke said the only bit of uncertainty is with those systems outside of campus that are connected to the university.

The regents intend to continue preparing for Y2K up until 2000, said Frank Stork, executive director of the board.

“The Y2K plan will be continually updated every month until the end of the year,” he said.

The regents also will discuss the proposed increase in tuition-related fees. The board voted in October to raise tuition 4.5 percent next year.

Some of the activities proposed for increase are correspondence study, developmental courses, summer independent study and workshops/telecourses.

Jischke said, unlike the October increase, there should be relatively little debate on the miscellaneous fees.

“All of those increases are modest inflation adjustments,” he said.

Among other topics to be discussed is a $1.2 million budget for the Reiman Gardens project.