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Lewis‑Clark State College asks Legislature for targeted operational support as enrollment shifts
Summary
Lewis‑Clark State College officials told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee that the college’s budget is sensitive to enrollment and formula changes; leaders highlighted LAUNCH funding impacts, prison‑education expansion and a continuing faculty pay gap tied to the EWA formula.
Kevin Campbell, a budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented Lewis‑Clark State College’s budget to the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 27, outlining the college’s revenue mix and a number of requested enhancements for FY 2026.
Lewis‑Clark State College President Cynthia Pemberton told the committee the college serves about 3,881 students and that tuition and fees are a material source of revenue that must be reappropriated across fiscal years. "The EWA is a weighted credit hour formula ... it is a net 0," Pemberton said, adding that the formula has produced mostly neutral or negative impacts for LC State because of the college’s mix of course types and relatively low graduate credit production.
The college’s base general‑fund appropriation for FY 2025 was presented as roughly $41.7 million; Campbell said the FY 2024 appropriation was about $40,517,100 and that tuition and fee receipts in FY 2024 were about $23.7 million and were reappropriated…
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