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Panel outlines six‑step enrollment funding redesign as committee debates mission and incentives

Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee · October 14, 2025
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Legislative analysts presented a six‑step enrollment funding model that weights instructional levels and applies cost‑sharing by institution type; lawmakers debated mission differentiation, marginal vs. average costs and how to avoid perverse incentives.

Legislative analysts presented a proposed redesign of Utah’s enrollment funding that aims to align state appropriations with instructional cost differences across institution types and levels.

Joseph described a six‑step approach intended to: calculate average per‑FTE instructional cost by level; use five‑year rolling average FTEs to smooth volatility; compute percentage change by level; apply a 1% threshold before triggering adjustments; multiply FTE change by a…

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