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Administration holds higher-education block grants steady with modest growth but trims one-time federal support
Summary
The proposed budget increases the state's higher-education block grant by 3% in each year but scales back one-time federal and ARPA-funded items that previously supported colleges and universities, prompting questions about campus services and student supports.
Jeff, secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, told committee members the governor's proposal annualizes prior salary adjustments for higher education and adds 3% in each year of the biennium to the state's block grant for both the Connecticut State Colleges & Universities (CSCU) system and the University of Connecticut (UConn) system. "The state's block grant is being…
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