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- ESU, PSU and FHSU make bold pitch for special $ 3 million bailout
- ‘Some extent hypocritical’
- ESU Bubble
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ESU, PSU and FHSU make bold pitch for special $ 3 million bailout
Topopeka – Budget Committee of Canasus House on Monday condemned the unusual $ 3 million payment to Emporia State University, Fort Hess State University and Pittsburg State University, in which the campus operating budget stabilized during the decline of enrollment and rising costs. Was intended to do.
The funding request, which was previously rejected by the village Laura Kelly, was presented by three small size universities of the Kansas Board of Regents. Those campus leaders were added to the 2023 Legislature’s decision to write an extraordinary $ 9 million check to the ESU amid the decline of about 20% in five years. The ESU was in the spotlight to use a Covid-19-emergency emergency policy, which was to slash the tennisson faculty, slash core academic programs and to apply a new business “model” of higher education.
Rape Branda Landehar, a Wichita Republican, proposed a budget amendment during the House Appropriation Committee meeting to remove a $ 3 million gratuity to ESU, FHSU and PSU. The speed of Landvehar failed with a modest “parachute” amendment. Henry Helgarson, a Wichita Democrat. He underlined a plan to complete the payment of $ 1.5 million to a demand for a demand in three universities.
“We made a hole with the state of Emporia last year,” Landveer said, referring to $ 9 million to ESU. “Now, we are back because all others like, ‘Hey, if the Emporia state can achieve it, we should get anything to help us shape or stabilize.” This is a slippery slope. ,
Helgarson’s blunt check: “How long do we give them subsidy?”
Rape. Steven Howe, Salina Republican who headed the House’s Higher Education Budget Committee said that six public universities of the state were working to find a balance between educational offerings, student enrollment and demands of workplace. He said that the state invested heavy on generations to create quality public universities, but those institutions needed time to hit the restructuring targets.
Have said, “I just hate the rug out, and does not give them a chance to fight.” “We have good leadership between our institutions and I think they are ready to make a tough decision.”
The House Appropriation Committee decided to leave the place – for now – ESU another $ 9 million installment of subsidy. The committee is also – for now – ESU, FHSU and PSU to derail the supplementary payment of $ 3 million.
Rape Branda Landehar, R-Vichita, proposed the House Appropriation Committee, in which three public universities struggling with a decline in enrollment fell $ 3 million. He argued that bailout sets a bad example and would create an avalanche of university demands for more tax dollars. (Tim carpenter/Kansas reflector)
‘Some extent hypocritical’
The Budget Committee postponed by the end of the 2024 legislative session, recommending dedication of $ 15 million for renewal of FHSU building to accommodate more nursing students. Questions were raised about whether the student’s demand for the Canasus nursing degree warned the project.
The budget for higher education, which will continue to take shape in the appropriation committee on Tuesday, included $ 75 million in the state support for the scheme of Kansas Medical Center for Cancer Research and Treatment Building. Half a billion-dollar project at the KUMC campus at Cansus City, Kansas, first federal funding received a private donation of $ 100 million and $ 43 million.
In addition, the committee voted for the removal of ESU’s request for $ 4.6 million to pay the “internal” university loan made in 2015 for the construction of residence hall. In 2018, ESU released bonds for more housing projects. Reduction of standing decline in student enrollment and decreasing campus housing means that the loan obligation cannot be repaid until the housing rate rises to an inappropriate level.
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The Chairman of a Bunker Hill Republican and the House Approach Committee, Rape Troy Vemaster said that it was not understood that the ESU had expected that the state taxpayers paid the price for the university’s mistakes in the student housing market at the same time. Approve $ 10.2 million in new bonds for energy efficiency projects in campus buildings.
His IRE was directed to give bad loans to taxpayers to the Legislature University on the perception of ESU.
“I found it somewhat hypocritical,” said the Wmaster. “If it is an internal debt, why are we paying it with the State General Fund? This is a valid question. Why are we paying it with State General Fund Dollar? ,
ESU Bubble
In September 2022, the Kansas Board of Regents approved the “model” of the ESU to reorganize the university’s restructuring and the university budget. The authority was trusted by President Kane Hush while rejecting 30 tenure or tenure-track faculty. The university impressed the programs of English, journalism, history and debate, but expanded seven schools from four academic schools and invested in programs in nursing, computer science, art, music and cyber security.
The policy used by the ESU to introduce the change did not speak for the Republican-controlled Legislature and the Democratic Governor of the state for the requirement of multimilian-dollar bailout. At the conclusion of the 2023 season, however, House Speaker Dan Hawkins, R-Vichitta, appreciated the $ 9 million legislature’s decision for ESU. He said that management change in ESU was “There was a way forward for all higher education institutions in our state.”
Rape. Stephen Owens, a Heston Republican, challenged the ESU, PSU and FHSU to $ 3 million handouts.
“I don’t know now it is our responsibility to stabil these universities,” he said. “We like to interact here, but sometimes we do not like to really have a tough conversation. Nobody wants to take a difficult decision to say this, ‘Okay, we have X zodiac and perhaps we need less due to decline.’ ,
He said that there was no inspiration for the institutions funded by the government to find sweet space in terms of budget, as the system had allowed each to demand more than only taxpayers.
Landvehar, who unsuccessfully demanded the removal of $ 3 million tips, said he was surprised that the $ 9 million earmark was not a difference for ESU last year. Originally, ESU said it would require $ 9 million cash in three consecutive years.
Landveers said, “You cannot choose Cherry separate universities what we are going to do and special things.” “What they are not adjusting in the market.”
Rape. Barbara Ballad, D-Laurence stated that three small public universities of the state may require supplementary funds as those complexes had a low vigi room to accommodate the expenses when the money was tight. He said that FHSU, ESU and PSU were important pieces of local economies. (Sharman Smith/Kansas Reflectors)
Crayons, and AMUSED
Earmarks of $ 3 million, or at least half of the amount, were defenders on both sides of the corridor during the House Committee debate on higher education expenses.
A Republican rape of Agra, Ken Rahs, said that regional universities had a plan to work through budget challenges, even though the entire scope of those strategies was not submitted to the House Higher Education Budget Committee under the chairmanship of Have.
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“Did he write it in crayon?” Did they print it for us? There was a plan. The myster said. “I trust the system. I trust this process. I trust my president. ,
Democratic rape. Lawrence’s Barbara Ballad said that large universities, such as Canasus State University or Kansas University, had sufficient budget and more vigl room, to resume themselves when the money was tired. Bold, currently the longest serving house member said that he remembered a time when the legislature provided about half of the state university budget, but the remedy was almost one-fourth.
“I don’t know what is the answer, but whenever we don’t like anything or we can’t understand it, we just draw funding,” Ballad said.
Rape. Bill Sutton, R-Guardner, said that they found that they were somewhat house MLAs who were cast universities to not prepare for difficulties in accordance with an anticipated decline in the college-age population.
He asked the colleagues at the House Committee whether the Legislature prepared for the disintegration of Kovid -19, which he separated as a flu by separating the significant cash reserves.
“We did not and we happily accepted … $ 34 billion from the federal government to give us bail because we did not have a rainy day,” Sutton said.
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