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Idaho State outlines FY2026 budget request, cites student growth and health‑sciences expansion
Summary
Idaho State University presented its FY2026 budget request to JFAC, highlighting enrollment increases, investments in health‑sciences programs, an internal data error in tuition fund reporting, and requests for operational capacity and enrollment workload adjustments.
Idaho State University told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Jan. 29 that the university’s enrollment growth and health‑sciences expansion are driving its FY2026 budget request and program priorities, and an analyst alerted members to a technical error in tuition‑and‑fee beginning balance data now under review.
Kevin Campbell, Budget and Policy Analyst with the Legislative Services Office, opened the presentation with an overview of ISU’s finances and said the budget book pages show tuition and fees revenue and expenditures but that a technical error “does not appear to reflect the actual beginning fund balance” for ISU’s tuition and fees. Campbell said he is tracking down the problem and that, importantly, account checks of State Treasury balances show ISU has not overdrawn its account.
Campbell’s slides showed Idaho State’s enrollment at more than 12,000 students, 1,244 full‑time equivalent staff, and a base budget figure reported in the presentation. He said,…
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