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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota University System is finalizing its legislative budget request that will ask the state for a 12.5 percent increase in funding over the next two years.
A large part of the $85 million budget request expected to be approved next week comes from the implementation of a new higher education funding model. The funding system was approved in last year's legislative session.
The state's higher education system has also included in its request more than $17 million that will allow it to keep up with basic operating costs and inflation.
The Legislature in 2013 authorized a 12 percent increase.
The university system says its portion of the state budget has decreased since 2001, when its share was about 21 percent. It went down to 13 percent in 2013.
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