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County panel approves $1.3 million boost to SUNY Orange budget amid enrollment and fund‑balance concerns
Summary
A joint Ways & Means and Economic & Environmental committee meeting reviewed SUNY Orange's proposed 2025–26 budget, heard auditors' projections of operating shortfalls and voted to add $1.3 million to the county contribution while urging the college to pursue fee adjustments and enrollment growth.
A joint meeting of the Orange County Legislature’s Ways & Means and Economic & Environmental committees approved an additional $1.3 million in county support for SUNY Orange’s 2025–26 budget after hearing a county financial review that projected operating shortfalls and declining fund balance.
The committees heard a detailed budget presentation from Connor Davies, who reviewed the college’s proposed $69,240,000 budget and the county reviewer’s projections for fiscal years 2024–25 and 2025–26. “The total budget for you is 69,240,000.00,” Davies said as he walked through revenue and expense variances.
Why it matters: committee members said they wanted to avoid leaving the college with an unacceptably low fund balance while also pressing the institution to increase enrollment and adjust fees where appropriate. The college’s financial picture depends on tuition, state aid formula outcomes…
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