Despite ever-tighter state budgets, UM faculty delivered more seats in classes for students during spring semester 2001 than during the previous spring semester. In 2001, the Montana Legislature increased Montana University System funding, but not enough to keep campuses functioning at current levels. A tuition increase approved by the state Board of Regents helped MUS maintain its level of services. Students agreed to a 13 percent increase on the condition that 1 percent of that amount be dedicated to improving academic quality. The University started the 2001 fall semester in better shape financially than it had in several years because of the increase, combined with a record enrollment and better budgeting. This summer, however, UM experienced more than $3.6 million in additional cuts, which resulted in unversity system students paying a surcharge to recoup some of the losses.