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Boise State president defends academic‑freedom programming and student‑success model; university reports $1.5 million in legal defense costs
Summary
Boise State University President Marlene Tromp told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 29 that BSU has spent about $1.5 million from non‑taxpayer funds defending a lawsuit and defended the university's academic‑freedom and student‑success programming.
Boise State University President Marlene Tromp told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 29 that the university has spent about $1.5 million from non‑taxpayer funds to defend a lawsuit (referred to in the hearing as the Big City Coffee matter) and does not anticipate a materially larger appeal cost at this time.
"We used only non taxpayer funds to support the defense of that lawsuit," Tromp told lawmakers, adding that the defense obligation arises from state law to represent employees for actions taken in the course and scope of their employment. "We've spent about 1,500,000.0. We do not anticipate that…
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