Board adopts Campus Restoration Act plan and approves EBF allocations as facilities backlog tops $1.66 billion

Director Chad Verstow presented the board’s annual university facilities report, detailing inventory, funding and a mounting maintenance backlog. He said mission‑critical renewal and maintenance needs for FY25 are estimated at $1,660,000,000, up from $1,570,000,000 the prior year, and that the board’s maintenance assessment policy targets reinvesting 2% of replacement value annually.

"This year, the mission critical renewal and maintenance estimated costs are $1,660,000,000, and that is an increase since last year," Verstow said, noting that more than 60% of mission‑critical buildings are over 50 years old and that the average age is 54 years.

Verstow reviewed the Educational Building Fund (EBF), which the board allocates to universities; he said the board had allocated $62,000,000 for FY25 and the universities reported spending $55,700,000 that year. He also outlined demolition activity funded by recent state appropriations that has removed obsolete space and reduced backlog liability.

Following the presentation, the board adopted the systemwide plan implementing the Kansas Campus Restoration Act (a six‑year, multi‑project plan covering roughly 130 projects) and approved funding adjustments for coordinated institutions (a motion to approve $16,000,000 for coordinated institutions was clarified and accepted). The board also voted to allocate a $56,000,000 Educational Building Fund appropriation using the standard allocation formula.

Regents discussed how demolition funds are separate from EBF appropriations and whether unspent EBF amounts carry forward; staff confirmed the additional demolition appropriations are separate and that unspent EBF funds can carry forward into subsequent fiscal years.

The board voted by voice vote to adopt the plan and the FY27 EBF allocation.