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(IsraelNN.com) Students will vote Wednesday on a government proposal made Tuesday in hopes of ending the weeks-long Student Union strike. In a meeting with Student Union leaders, Prime Minister’s Office officials proposed that students be given greater control over decisions regarding tuition. If student leaders do not agree to the Shohat Committee’s conclusions regarding tuition, according to the proposal, the conclusions will not be implemented until student leaders, representatives from the Finance Ministry, and representatives from the Prime Minister’s Office come to a compromise.

The proposal would also give students at least one year before a tuition raise would go into effect. While the proposal does not include all of the funding requested by student leaders, it would grant 20 million shekels to teachers colleges and 45 million shekels to institutions not funded by the government.