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Appropriations committee approves higher‑education budgets, adds research and project funding
Summary
The Committee on Appropriations approved FY2026–27 budgets for the University of Kansas, KU Medical Center, Kansas State University (including K‑State’s veterinary and extension programs), and added targeted funding for Alzheimer’s research, a K‑State nuclear research accelerator and planning for a Dairy Innovation and Education Center.
The Committee on Appropriations approved revised fiscal‑year 2026 and 2027 budgets for the state’s major public higher‑education institutions and added discrete funding for several research and infrastructure projects.
Chairman Turk led the presentations and said the University of Kansas asked for a revised FY2026 estimate of $1.2 billion — including $199.9 million in state general funds (SGF) — and flagged that many higher‑education FTEs are research‑focused and temporary. He said the increase reflected a $49 million football stadium renovation and transfers from the educational building fund and campus restoration act.
The committee voted to move the University of Kansas budget for FY2026–27 after brief questions about deleted reappropriations and FTE accounting. "Their endowment funds exceed the state's rainy day fund," Turk said in explaining why the committee concluded the university…
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