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Subcommittee flags multiple university reappropriations, restores select items and notes FTE deletions
Summary
Members reviewed reappropriations for KU Medical Center, Emporia State, Fort Hays and Kansas State, agreed to reinsert cybersecurity and professional workforce development lines, referred several items to the full committee, and noted the global motion removed 69.5 FTE positions while funding remained in appropriations.
The Higher Education Subcommittee examined reappropriation lines and agency requests for several state universities and recorded a mix of restorations and referrals to the full committee.
At the outset the Chair reviewed reappropriations on the packet pages and identified an IT infrastructure/cybersecurity reappropriation of $472,226 that had been removed by the special committee; after brief discussion the subcommittee reached consensus to reinsert that $472,226 in the reappropriations package. The Chair noted a second reappropriation for a law enforcement training center ($208,414) and a capital renewal account of about $5.1 million for projects such as the Strong Hall chiller and reroofing.
On University of Kansas Medical Center lines, the Chair called out roughly $3.1 million (transcript shows $3.1–$3.8 million) in lapsed student loan funds; Dayton said he had requested information on which reappropriations had already been spent and the subcommittee agreed to take the item to the full committee for verification before acting.
Fort Hays State had one deleted item — $339,295 for professional workforce development — which members agreed to reinstate because the program is ongoing. For Kansas State University the transcript shows a deletion of about 69.5 FTE positions (the global motion removed the positions but not the funding), and members discussed whether granting the FTE positions back would simplify internal reallocation; staff (Dayton) noted the funding remains and agencies can convert other vacant positions.
Senator Penny raised that Pittsburg State used ESSER (COVID) funds to support the KSE letters program and flagged a connection to the legislature’s Blueprint for Literacy (Senate Bill 438); she asked Dayton to note that the Regents budget will need funding to continue that training if the legislature intends to meet statutory literacy goals.
The subcommittee agreed to address many of the campus-level agency requests in the full committee and to circulate a packet of which reappropriations remain unspent and which have been expended. The Chair recessed to allow members to attend other business and planned to reconvene to complete independent colleges and any remaining items.
Next steps: Dayton will confirm which reappropriations have already been spent and provide a list for the full committee; the subcommittee will present the reinsertions and outstanding items to the full committee for action.
