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THEC committee transmits revised FY26 operating budgets amid questions on TSU and redistribution
Summary
The committee voted to transmit revised 2025–26 operating budgets after a staff presentation showing roughly $5.3 billion in planned revenues and $5.4 billion in expenditures, shifts in the share of state appropriations vs. tuition, and discussion of Tennessee State University monitoring and formula redistribution pressures.
THEC staff presented the transmission of the revised 2025–26 operating budgets to the Finance & Operations Committee on Feb. 19, 2026. Russell Van Zimerman, director of fiscal policy, said the public institutions’ revised operating plans show roughly $5.3 billion in revenues and $5.4 billion in expenditures, with the difference bridged by prior‑year reserves. Van Zimerman noted state appropriations now make up about 43% of institutional revenue, a roughly 7 percentage‑point increase versus a prior period,…
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