TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Board of Regents is asking state lawmakers for more than $10 million in funding to build new science facilities at the University of Kansas.

The board approved its budget request for the next legislative session on Thursday. The Lawrence Journal-World  reports that the board plans to forward the request to Gov. Sam Brownback by the Oct. 1 deadline.

To construct the integrated science buildings, the university is requesting $3.5 million in fiscal year 2017 and $7 million in fiscal year 2018.

Tentative plans call for two facilities as part of a broader initiative to enhance and link science facilities across the campus.