JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas State University has backed away from its plan to buy a former U.S. Army Reserve Center for use as a math and sciences facility.

Chancellor Tim Hudson says financial factors caused the university to withdraw its application. The school estimated that it would cost $1 million to $2 million to renovate the building for use as Arkansas State’s Math and Science Academy.

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