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Committee advances bill to establish Kansas Technical College Operating Grant Fund; colleges seek permanent statutory fund
Summary
The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted to work and pass House Bill 2195, which would establish the Kansas Technical College Operating Grant Fund administered by the State Board of Regents; proponents said the permanent fund would stabilize a $1.5 million per‑institution operating grant provided in recent years.
Reviser Jesse Pringle told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that House Bill 2195 would create a Kansas Technical College Operating Grant Fund in the state treasury to be administered by the State Board of Regents; expenditures would support instruction and operations that meet target objectives established for each technical college’s region and the state.
Jim Gennant, president of the Kansas Technical Colleges and president and CEO of Manhattan Area Technical College, told…
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