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SUNY Orange asks Orange County for 6% funding boost in $69.24 million 2025–26 operating budget
Summary
SUNY Orange President Christine Young and Vice President Paul Martland presented a $69,242,062 2025–26 operating budget to the Orange County Legislature, requesting a 6% increase in county support and outlining enrollment gains, workforce programs and planned use of fund balance.
SUNY Orange President Christine Young and Paul Martland, vice president for administration and finance, presented the college's proposed $69,242,062 2025–26 operating budget to the Orange County Legislature on Aug. 1, 2025, and asked the county for a 6% increase in support.
The budget request matters because county support covers roughly one-third of the college's operating costs; Martland told legislators that the requested 6% increase translates to $1,300,000 and would represent 33.44% of the proposed budget.
"SUNY Orange is thriving," President Christine Young told the legislature, saying the college has seen sustained enrollment growth and expansion of noncredit workforce programs. Young said the college has recorded ten straight academic sessions of enrollment growth, including a 6.5% spring increase and more than a 15% rise in credit enrollment for the summer semester.
Martland said the $69,242,062 budget assumes a 5%…
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