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Committee reviews administrative regulation changes to KCTCS funding model, including a community needs index
Summary
Committee members heard explanation of proposed administrative regulation amendments to the KCTCS funding model that add a community needs index reallocating an existing equity adjustment for community and technical colleges.
Committee members reviewed administrative regulation 13 KAR 1:2:130 (Community and Technical College System funding model) and related performance funding regulations for the four‑year institutions. Travis Powell, senior vice president and general counsel for the Council on Postsecondary Education, briefed the committee on the regulation changes that implement modifications adopted in 2024 by Senate Bill 191.
Powell said the KCTCS model reallocated a prior 10% equity adjustment among institutions into an allocation tied to a Community Needs Index. "In the KCTCS model, they, reallocated an equity adjustment . . . to an allocation, based on, a community needs index, which takes into account regional poverty, unemployment and labor participation for all the different 16 colleges just to sort of reallocate to account for the needs of the particular communities they serve," Powell said. He explained the index is meant to target additional funding toward colleges serving higher‑need communities.
The committee discussed that administrative regulations are reviewed by the administrative regulation subcommittee and then by the committee of record; committee members may find them deficient, request amendments or ask questions. Powell noted that both the two‑year and four‑year performance funding pools have been updated repeatedly following work group recommendations and legislative changes.
Ending: Committee members asked no substantive follow‑up in the excerpt provided and the item closed. The transcript indicates the administrative regulation items came from CPE, capture statutory changes from SB191 and include the community needs index allocation for KCTCS.
