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Committee reviews Wichita State University budget summary; staff cite reappropriations and revised estimates
Summary
Legislative fiscal staff told the Committee on Higher Education Budget that Wichita State University had roughly $9.8 million in FY2026 reappropriations and significant revised research-award estimates; members asked about the governor's recommendations, one-time aviation funding and how enrollment maps to expenditures.
Members of the Committee on Higher Education Budget on the committee's first hearing reviewed Wichita State University's budget summary and asked staff to clarify reappropriations, revised estimates and how enrollment figures relate to spending.
Dayton Lemunyan, principal fiscal analyst for legislative research, told the committee that "for fiscal year 2026, the agency had $9,800,000 in reappropriations," citing line items such as $600,000 for cybersecurity and IT and $2 million for aviation research. He said the revised estimate…
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