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Higher Education Budget Committee holds orientation, outlines timeline and process
Summary
The Kansas House Committee on Higher Education Budget held an orientation session where members and staff introduced themselves, KLRD and Board of Regents staff reviewed budget basics, and the committee set an accelerated schedule to consider fee-funded boards and regent budgets.
Representative Stephen Howe, chairman of the Committee on Higher Education Budget, opened the committee’s orientation session Tuesday and said members would focus this session on reviewing the budget process and scheduling initial hearings.
The meeting included member introductions, staff presentations from the Kansas Legislative Research Department (KLRD) and committee staff, and a Budget 101 briefing that explained fund types, common budget line items, and the committee’s role in making budget recommendations to the House Appropriations Committee.
"The budget process really begins in Sept.," said Megan Leopold, managing fiscal analyst with KLRD, explaining the sequence of agency submissions, the legislative budget committee’s…
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