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Emporia State tells budget committee it has cut deferred maintenance and is shrinking campus footprint
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Emporia State officials told the Committee on Higher Education Budget they have used centralized budgeting and program reviews to reduce deferred maintenance and campus square footage, aiming for further reductions over the next 20 years while reinvesting savings into priority programs.
Emporia State University officials told the Committee on Higher Education Budget that the university has used data-driven budgeting, program reviews and targeted capital investments to reduce long-term facility liabilities and improve operational efficiency.
An Emporia State representative said the university carried about $90,000,000 in deferred maintenance in 2022 and has reduced that backlog by roughly 20% over the past four years while trimming campus square footage by about 140,000 square feet and realizing more than $20,000,000 in savings. The presenter said the university plans to cut another…
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