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Utah State University tells committee it concurs with audit, asks for return of strategic reinvestment funds
Summary
USU President Mortensen told the Executive Appropriations Committee the university concurs with a recent legislative audit and requested return of the remaining strategic reinvestment funds; the committee approved the strategic reinvestment plan as compliant with UCA 53B-7-107.
President Mortensen of Utah State University appeared before the Executive Appropriations Committee to follow up on a legislative audit and the university’s strategic reinvestment plan. Mortensen said USU "concur[s] with the findings" of the audit, thanked the Legislative Auditor General’s office and said the board and staff have set a course to implement the recommendations.
Mortensen requested that the committee return the remainder of the strategic reinvestment funds. A motion was made to accept Utah State University's strategic reinvestment plan as compliant with the requirements outlined in UCA 53B-7-107 and the committee approved the report unanimously.
Committee members asked no substantive follow-up questions during Mortensen’s presentation. The transcript records the university’s concurrence with audit findings and the committee’s unanimous acceptance of the plan; it does not detail specific line-item funding changes within the plan in this hearing.
Next steps: committee approval records the plan as compliant; implementation of the audit recommendations was stated to be underway by university staff.
