The increase includes a split between grades. Although freshman and sophomores have paid a different amount in tuition from juniors and seniors for decades, the rise is uneven, with freshman and sophomores paying $8 more per credit hour and juniors and seniors paying $16.50 more per credit hour in 2013-14.

The board also brought a resolution for ASMSU, MSU’s undergraduate student government. After undergoing an audit in 2011, administration decided in April the student government has until July 1 to move funds to an on-campus account or will risk losing all of its funding.

Despite not being on the agenda, the board listed several motions directed at ASMSU officials, dating back to what it called “weaknesses” in financial planning.

Michael Mozina, ASMSU’s Vice President for Student Funding, addressed the board after other members were denied the right to address the issue publicly.

“We are shocked the situation has escalated to this level,” Mozina said. “We take our relationship with the university very seriously. We fear the days of an independent student voice are over.”

Trustee Brian Mosallam addressed the resolutions, stating he had tried to meet with ASMSU President Evan Martinak, who did not attend the meeting, several times before.

“In life, you’re always gonna have people who disagree with you … but there has to be a communication,” Mosallam said. “I have reached out to Evan to come sit down and speak with me on several occasions, and he has yet to take me up on that offer.”

ASMSU members lined the walls at the meeting, all wearing T-shirts supporting their cause.

Several on-campus renovation projects were approved, as well. Chittenden Hall, a building which has remained unoccupied since the ‘90s, was approved for renovation, estimated to cost around $6 million. Adding turf grass for the Spartan Marching Band to practice on also was approved for planning. The board expressed intentions to move the current practice field outside of Demonstration Hall to another location on campus.

The board also approved a makeover to Spartan Stadium. The work includes renovations for home and visiting team locker rooms, as well as a multimedia center to be used by all sports. In a previous interview, MSU Deputy Athletic Director Greg Ianni estimated the cost of the project to be $24.5 million. Renovations to the ice plant and heating ventilation and air conditioning system at Munn Ice arena were approved as well .

MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said Spartan Stadium’s facelift was needed, calling the current locker rooms “awful.”

“They should have been changed a long time ago,” Simon said.