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IOWA CITY — The tuition task force report delivered to the Iowa Board of Regents Thursday didn’t make any recommendations or offer any hints on what it plans to propose for tuition at its October meeting.

But it was clear throughout the presentation the regents and university heads are trying to do their part to keep costs low and be transparent, all in the hope that it will help them make a case for additional state support next year and for the long term.

“We’re going to keep working with them,” Regents President Mike Richards said after Thursday’s meeting. "We’re trying to make the case of what will continue to help our universities to be here for the next generation and also try to work through the details in public of how we arrive at a decision of tuition."

He continued, “I think we’re thoughtfully putting our ideas and plans out here, and I hope to be talking to the legislators individually about what we think the priorities are.”

The tuition task force was established this spring to look at a long-term vision for the universities’ tuition rates, particularly after the regents had to come back for a second increase in two consecutive school years.