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Lewis‑Clark State College asks JFAC for operational funding, highlights LAUNCH gains and prison‑education expansion
Summary
Lewis‑Clark State College presented its FY2026 budget request to the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 27, stressing pay‑gap concerns, the formula‑driven enrollment workload adjustment and program gains from the LAUNCH scholarship program and prison‑education expansion.
Lewis‑Clark State College President Cynthia Pemberton told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 27 that the college needs additional operational funding to close staff and faculty pay gaps and to sustain recent enrollment and program gains.
Budget analyst Kevin Campbell opened the presentation, saying Lewis‑Clark has a base FY2025 appropriation of about $41.7 million and that tuition and fee revenue — roughly $23.7 million in FY2024 — is reappropriated into the next fiscal year. Campbell also described legacy endowment accounts used by the college and noted that distributions and uses of those funds are governed by Idaho code provisions on normal‑school/endowment funds, as mentioned in his remarks.
