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Board Office FY25 budget presented; committee recommends approval
Summary
Board staff presented the Board Office FY25 budget showing system total spending of $1.37 billion, with 1.4% (about $6.2 million) budgeted for the Board Office; the committee voted to recommend approval.
Becky Ottobog, presenting the Board Office budget to the fiscal‑affairs committee, said the system‑wide total is $1,370,000,000 and that 67.8% of those funds go to state universities. Of the funds that come to the Board, she said 1.4% (about $6.2 million) is budgeted to the Board Office and that the FY25 request includes one‑time Blueprint for Literacy funding and a $500,000 professional‑services contingency related to literacy implementation.
Becky walked the committee through the Board Office funding mix—State General Fund, postsecondary fees, other fees and private grants, the Carl Perkins federal grants for career and technical education, and noted that some federal grant balances will not recur. She told the committee the office plans to reduce reliance on SGF and that FTE in the office is increasing in part to support the Blueprint Literacy effort.
After committee questions about line‑item changes and staffing, Regent Winter moved and Regent Dicus seconded a motion to recommend approval of the Board Office FY25 budget; the committee voice‑voted in favor with "aye" recorded.
Separately, Becky summarized the alumni account audit (an account held at the KU endowment funded by the six state universities and used for hospitality and board events), noting the endowment conducts the year‑end audit and found no deviations requiring action.
