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Committee approves amendment to increase state bond contribution for Klamath Community College childcare center
Summary
The Capital Construction Subcommittee adopted a dash-1 amendment to House Bill 5050 that increases state bond authorization for a Klamath Community College childcare and learning center, expanding the project and raising the state's total contribution to $4 million; the bill was moved to the full committee with a due-pass recommendation.
House Bill 5050, which increases previously approved bond authorizations for a Klamath Community College childcare and learning center, moved out of the Capital Construction Subcommittee on March 7, 2025, with a due-pass recommendation to the full Ways and Means Committee.
The measure, described to the subcommittee by staffer Walt, amends prior bond authority for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to add $2,500,000 in Article 11(G) bonds for the Klamath Community College Childcare Resource Learning Center. "House Bill 5050 amends previously approved bond authorizations...Article 11 G bond authority for the Higher Education Coordinating Commission is increased by $2,500,000 for Klamath Community College's Childcare Resource Learning Center," Walt told the committee.
The subcommittee record shows the project was originally authorized at $1,500,000 for a planned 7,500-square-foot facility with a total project cost of $3,100,000. The project scope has since expanded to nearly 29,000 square feet with an updated cost estimate of $17,800,000; the increased authorization raises the state's total contribution to $4,000,000.
Committee members recorded brief discussion in support of the college. After closing the public hearing, the subcommittee adopted the dash-1 amendment and then voted to move House Bill 5050, as amended, to the full committee with a due-pass recommendation.
The subcommittee did not record a roll-call vote in the transcript excerpt; actions recorded in the hearing transcript are motions to adopt the amendment and to move the bill to the full committee with a due-pass recommendation.
Next steps: the bill will be considered by the full Ways and Means Committee; the subcommittee record indicates a co-chair will carry the measure to the full committee.
