Committee reviews draft FTE‑based funding formula for UND, NDSU and a separate proposal for nine other campuses
Legislative Council staff presented a draft funding formula that uses recent fall census FTE as the base (sample placeholder rate $7,000 per undergraduate FTE, graduate rate 1.5×) and separate incentive buckets for in‑demand completions and research; the draft would raise NDSU funding and reduce UND funding under the illustrative rates, prompting calls for hold‑harmless protections and further analytic detail.
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Alex, a Legislative Council staffer, presented a draft higher‑education funding formula that separates the two research universities (UND and NDSU) from the nine other public campuses and ties a large portion of base funding to fall census full‑time‑equivalent (FTE) enrollment.
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