A quartet of state House Republicans wants to strip millions in state aid from Michigan State and Wayne State universities. Last week, four Republican members of the state House's appropriation's higher education subcommittee introduced a bill that would take back incentive money universities were awarded for keeping tuition increases below 7.1 percent. If the bill is successful, it could cost MSU $18.3 million and WSU $12.8 million. Wayne State spokesman Matt Lockwood said the university has tried to hold down the cost of tuition and needed the increase to balance its budget already hurting from big cuts to state aid. "Further cuts in state support, as proposed in this bill, would increase the difficulty of maintaining the quality of our teaching and research," Lockwood said. "Wayne State cooperated in earlier inquiries into our tuition increase, including attending a hearing before the House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee in August. The Governor's state budget director affirmed that the University's tuition adjustment was in compliance with state law."

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