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Appropriators debate weights, inflation index and reversions in community college funding formula
Summary
Lawmakers discussed the executive's proposal to raise the general-education weight to 1.35, whether to instead adjust the 2021 funding factor ($6,250) for inflation, alternative inflation indices (CPI vs. HEPI), and the treatment of reversions and negative funding adjustments.
The Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Education spent the bulk of its work session reviewing technical and policy choices in the community college funding formula, including a proposed increase to the general-education weight, options for applying inflation to the funding factor established in 2021, and how to treat reversions when enrollment projections differ from actual FTE.
The executive branch recommended raising the general-education weight from 1.0 to 1.35. Budget-office analyst Ben presented charts showing FTE category trends and said the proposed change drew on campus-level FTE data. "This data comes from OCHE, directly... This first chart... shows you a percentage breakdown of the FTE categories," Ben said. Committee Chair Beattie said he was not persuaded the record justified a 35% increase: "I just don't believe 35%, under any circumstances. So I... will be bringing a DP to set the…
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