The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education’s Board of Governors has voted to adopt tuition reform that will give the 14 state-owned universities more of a say in what their students pay, according to reports from The Associated Press and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

This is the largest price and financial aid overhaul in the history of the system and will allow universities to develop their own pricing plans starting in the fall of 2020.

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Over the last five years, an increasing number of individual experiments have been approved by the board that allows some campuses to modify set prices. Now, the State System’s board will just set rates for campuses that do not want to develop their own policies.

Supporters of the change believe these schools need flexibility to determine regional prices that can sustain university operations while not driving students away with higher costs.

The switch to campus-based pricing will likely happen over time, said Sharon Minnich, vice chancellor for administration and finance.

“There will be early adapters, and there will be some that are phased in over time,” she said.

Read more about the tuition reform from The Associated Press here and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette here.

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