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College of Southern Idaho requests $475,700 enrollment adjustment as freshman class jumps 20%
Summary
At a Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee hearing, the College of Southern Idaho told legislators it needs $475,700 for an enrollment workload adjustment after a 20% freshman enrollment increase and other capacity pressures tied to Idaho Launch and workforce programs.
Kevin Campbell, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that the College of Southern Idaho is seeking $475,700 as its FY 2026 enrollment workload adjustment.
The request comes as President Dr. L. Dean Fisher told the panel CSI experienced a 20% growth in its freshman class in fall 2024, excluding dual-credit enrollments, and has added roughly 3,800 students since fall 2021.
Campbell framed the budget request in statutory and budgetary context, noting that Idaho community colleges trace to the Junior College Act in Title 33, Chapter 21 of the Idaho Code and that appropriations to community colleges are made to a single trustee line rather than by object category. He said CSI typically spends its full state appropriation and that the college’s single appropriation in 2024 was reported as $18,600,000.
Fisher told the committee the…
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