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College of Southern Idaho requests $475,700 enrollment adjustment, warns of capacity strain after 20% fall enrollment spike
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College of Southern Idaho officials told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that enrollment surged 20% in fall 2024 and the college is seeking a $475,700 enrollment workload adjustment and support for capacity-building to handle waiting lists and larger classes.
The College of Southern Idaho asked the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Monday for a $475,700 enrollment workload adjustment and for continued support to hire faculty and expand learning spaces after a 20% increase in new students in fall 2024.
The request came during a presentation by Kevin Campbell, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, and remarks from Dr. Aldine Fisher, president of the College of Southern Idaho. Campbell told the committee that CSI’s FY 2026 request and related budget materials appear in the legislative budget book and noted that Idaho community college appropriations are made to trustees as a single “trustee and benefits” line rather than by object category. He noted CSI’s 2024 single appropriation was $18,600,000 and that the college’s five-year average base-budget growth was about 6.4%.
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