STATE COLLEGE — The state budget lawmakers have tentatively agreed upon would raise Penn State University's state funding about 2 percent, enough to avoid cooperative extension service job cuts, a lawmaker said.

The increase was less than the 6.8 percent the university sought earlier in the year or the 3 percent sought in recent weeks, but was more than the 1.6 percent increase Gov. Ed Rendell had proposed.

The 2 percent increase would result in total funds to Penn State of $331 million to $332 million. State Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Centre, said Tuesday that should be enough to prevent job reductions in Penn State's cooperative extension and agricultural research units.

Jill Shockey, a university spokeswoman, said it was not known yet how the state funding would affect tuition rates. University trustees are scheduled to vote on tuition rates at a meeting Friday in York, she said.