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Committee hears broad testimony supporting phased restoration of state funding for compensation and central services
Summary
HB 2617 would begin reverting increases for employee compensation and central services to 2023‑25 funding levels starting in the 2029‑31 biennium, with biennial 10% state increases thereafter until fully state‑funded; testimony from university presidents, faculty and unions described widespread cuts to student services, program reductions and staffing impacts caused by the 'fund split'.
House Bill 2617 — described in testimony as a remedy to the so‑called 'fund split' — drew the committee’s most extensive testimony on Feb. 25.
Committee staff explained that the fund split is a budgeting practice (not statutory) that attributes a portion of compensation and central‑services increases to tuition rather than state funds. HB 2617 would require that, beginning in the 2029‑31 biennium, the state fund the level of compensation and central services paid in 2023‑25 and then increase the state share by 10% of the remaining gap every biennium until fully…
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