WSU regents will ask legislature for $15 million to replace information system

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Story Published: Nov 21, 2009 at 9:44 AM PST

Story Updated: Nov 21, 2009 at 9:44 AM PST

By Matt Loveless

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PULLMAN - Washington State University is going to ask the state of Washington for $15 million to overhaul what university officials call a deteriorating system.

The decision was made Friday by the WSU Board of Regents to reduce an original request of $22 million for a new student information system.

WSU News Services Director James Tinney said the computerized system, which handles, among other things, student admissions records, broke down for a few days at the beginning of the school year.

Tinney said ideally the state could allocate the funds, but with a $2 billion deficit regents said the most likely situation will include WSU borrowing the money and paying it off over time.

Tinney said because of current economic conditions, they should be able to find potential vendors who will be interested in completing the project at a lower figure.

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