Tuition reciprocity agreement expires between South Dakota & Minnesota

PIERRE, S.D.(KELO)- A long-standing tuition reciprocity agreement between South Dakota and Minnesota has come to an end.

The South Dakota Board of Regents decided to discontinue the arrangement, which allowed students to attend across state lines without having to pay out-of-state tuition rates.

Regents’ President Tim Rave says the agreement was outdated.

Rave says the tuition freeze approved the last five years by the Governor and Legislature have made South Dakota Higher Education the best bargain in the nation, with students graduating with lower average debt than anywhere else.

It could create some problems for South Dakota students attending colleges and universities in Minnesota, but a tuition reciprocity agreement between the two states is over.

South Dakota Regents made the decision when they saw they had to charge Minnesota students more than they charged students from other states.

Regents President Tim Rave says South Dakota is in an enviable position.

Minnesota is discussing plans to allow South Dakota students to continue to pay in-state tuition rates in Minnesota even though the agreement has come to an end.