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LSO presents FY2026 higher education budget overview; OSB proposes $15M matching grant, health programs request more residency and dental seats
Summary
Kevin Campbell of the Legislative Services Office briefed the House Committee on Education on FY2026 higher‑education budgets, highlighting CTE instructor requests, health‑program residency increases, and a proposed $15 million OSB matching grant program to expand workforce‑related capacity.
Kevin Campbell, senior budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, presented an overview of FY2026 budgets for higher education programs and institutions to the House Committee on Education.
Campbell summarized seven budget groupings: Ag Research and Extension; Career Technical Education (CTE); colleges and universities (including endowment distributions and enrollment/workload adjustments); community colleges; health education programs (including WAMI and residencies); special programs (scholarships, tech help, Small Business Development Center, Idaho Geologic Survey); and the Office of the State Board of Education (OSB).
Notable base budgets and requests Campbell identified include: - Ag Research and Extension: base $37,966,900; 341.33 FTE; requests for a viticulture/small‑fruits professor and $250,100 for maintenance at a research dairy. - CTE: base $94,426,500; 569.14 FTE; requests include $664,000 for additional instructors in high‑demand programs, $2,273,700 in spending…
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