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CSCU student leaders briefed on Finish Line Scholars pilot, deferred maintenance funding and labor-cost ask
Summary
CSCU government relations staff told student representatives the Finish Line Scholars pilot (a 2026 initiative to ease transfer costs) faces a midterm cut from $7.7 million to about $3.85 million in the governor’s proposal; the system is prioritizing restoring that funding, pressing for $136 million in deferred-maintenance bonding to be placed on the State Bond Commission agenda, and asking the state to cover collective-bargaining increases.
CSCU government relations staff updated the Student Advisory Council on the system’s legislative priorities, emphasizing efforts to restore funding for a Finish Line Scholars pilot, press the State Bond Commission to release deferred-maintenance dollars, and ask the state to cover labor-cost increases from collective bargaining.
The presenter said the governor’s initial allocation for the Finish Line Scholars pilot last year was $7,700,000 but that the governor’s midterm adjustment proposal reduces that line to about $3,850,000. "We're estimating based on the criteria in the legislation that that would serve about maybe 1,100 eligible students out of a pool of, technically, 5,500 eligible students," the presenter said, adding that fully funding the program for all eligible students would cost an estimated $30–$35 million. The staffer described the pilot as…
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