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Regional universities press lawmakers for sustained operations and capital support amid enrollment gains
Summary
Fort Hays, Pittsburg State and Emporia State presented budget updates emphasizing workforce programs, capital projects and the impact of regional stabilization transfers. Committee staff flagged a global SBC motion deleting enhancement requests and reallocations; universities asked for restoration or defense of specific items.
Three regional universities appeared before the Committee on Higher Education Budget to explain revised FY26 estimates, reappropriations and FY27 requests, and to describe how state funding supports workforce and capital projects across Kansas.
Fort Hays State President Tisa Mason highlighted rural workforce development, nursing and tele‑mental‑health training, and an enterprise approach to affiliated technical colleges. Mason said Fort Hays now supplies a significant share of the rural nurse pipeline and reported campus energy savings from wind power ("our investment in wind power now supplies 56% of our campus electricity"). The…
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