As stimulus money runs out, the Tennessee Board of Regents is considering the system’s largest tuition increase in at least six years.

The TBR Finance Committee met Monday to consider a nearly nine percent hike at Austin Peay and Tennessee State. MTSU and Tennessee Tech tuition would rise more – by nearly 10 percent – in order to convert temporary faculty into permanent employees and to help recruit professors in the sciences.

Generally, students taking 12 hours will be paying about $200 more per semester.

Community college tuition is set to go up by 9.5 percent.

The full TBR board will meet to approve the tuition increases later this month.