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Regents office testimony prompts committee questions on recurring funding and budget process
Summary
A Board of Regents representative clarified the regents' FY2026 request and explained differences in the legislative budgeting process, prompting lawmakers to ask the regents to reconcile which current-year appropriations were intended as recurring funding and to explain decisions about moving some requests to the Department of Commerce.
Elaine Frisbie, vice president for finance and administration for the Kansas Board of Regents (KBOR), appeared before the House Committee on Higher Education Budget to explain the regents' written testimony and to answer questions from lawmakers about recurring versus one-time funding.
Frisbie told the committee that the Board of Regents coordinated a budget submission that covers many lines: state financial aid, pass-throughs to coordinated institutions, and operational funding. She said Blake Flanders, KBOR president and CEO, would present to the…
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