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College of Eastern Idaho urges $2 million ongoing from community‑college CTE bucket to address wait lists and staffing
Summary
New CEI President Lori Barber told JFAC CEI has outgrown its original campus, is capacity constrained for CTE and workforce programs, and would use a share of a proposed $10 million community‑college CTE fund to expand programs and hire faculty.
College of Eastern Idaho President Lori Barber told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee that CEI's rapid growth has stretched facilities, faculty and workforce training capacity and that an ongoing allocation of at least $2 million from a designated community‑college CTE fund would be "absolutely transformational." Barber and Legislative Services Office analyst Kevin Campbell described enrollment growth, waiting lists for CTE programs and staffing shortfalls during the hearing.
Kevin Campbell said CEI grew from about 700 students when it was Eastern Idaho Technical College to roughly 3,600 degree‑seeking students and more than 14,000 workforce training students. He also summarized CEI's budget history, saying the FY2024 appropriation to CEI was $7,003,700 and that FY2025 appropriations were $7,700,000.
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