Board approves FY 2028 operating appropriations request, a $10 million incremental ask

Kent Farber, the board's chief business officer, summarized the fiscal‑year 2028 operating and other appropriations request and said the incremental new funding totals $10,000,000 (roughly a 1.6% increase over FY27). He said the packet includes $2,000,000 increases in each university's general education appropriation (totaling $6,000,000) and separate requests such as $2,000,000 for the University of Iowa's rural physician pipeline and $2,000,000 for Iowa State's AI workforce initiative.