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Idaho State seeks FY2026 operational enhancements and cites enrollment, technical reporting issues
Summary
At JFAC's Jan. 29 hearing, LSO analyst Kevin Campbell and ISU President Rob Wagner outlined FY2026 budget requests, enrollment and spending patterns, and campus changes including closure of two diversity centers and creation of a Bengal Success Center focused on student completion.
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho State University presented its FY2026 budget request to the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 29, showing rising enrollment and ongoing requests for operational capacity enhancements while analysts flagged a technical reporting error in tuition fund balances.
Kevin Campbell of the Legislative Services Office told the committee ISU has more than 12,000 students supported by roughly 1,244 full‑time‑equivalent staff and a base budget the analyst summarized from the legislative budget book. Campbell noted a technical error in the tuition and fees slide that misstates beginning fund balances; he said state treasury records show ISU did not overdraw its account and that LSO will update the…
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