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Board of Regents explains funding history and formula differences; lawmakers press for clearer comparisons
Summary
Kansas Board of Regents President Blake Flanders and staff reviewed the history of higher‑education funding, the tuition‑ownership shift and the two‑year tiered cost model. Legislators asked for clearer, apples‑to‑apples comparisons among institutions and suggested a broader process to consider any new distribution formula.
Kansas Board of Regents President Blake Flanders and staff briefed the House Committee on Higher Education Budget on the state's higher‑education funding history, the evolution of university budgeting models and the technical and community college tiered cost model during a presentation that traced changes since Senate Bill 345 (1999).
The board's presentation summarized three major phases: an earlier general‑use model in which state funding and tuition were interchangeable, the 2002 shift to a tuition‑ownership model with separate operating grants for state universities, and a 2011‑era cost model for two‑year institutions that the legislature fully funded over a multi‑year recentering through 2022.
Why it matters: committee members raised concerns about perceived disparities in per‑FTE state support between regional universities and the larger research institutions. Lawmakers asked the Board of Regents for clearer, comparable measures that separate operating appropriations from special‑purpose line items and…
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