{"id":22274,"date":"2015-09-17T16:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=22274"},"modified":"2017-08-14T10:53:01","modified_gmt":"2017-08-14T15:53:01","slug":"kansas-board-of-regents-release-request-for-state-funding-to-enhance-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=22274","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Board of Regents release request for state funding to enhance higher education"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"bord-of-regents\"<\/a>Press Release, Kansas Board of Regents<\/p>\n

In Topeka, the Kansas Board of Regents requested the following budget priorites, totaling\u00a0$28.85 million, were approved for submission to the Governor\u2019s office for consideration as revisions to the FY 2017 Unified State Appropriations Request:<\/p>\n

TOP PRIORITY REQUESTS<\/em><\/p>\n

Amount of Increase Over
\nInitial FY 2017 Appropriation<\/p>\n

WSU \u2013 Establish Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering
\n$2,000,000<\/p>\n

KU \u2013 Integrated Science Buildings for Innovation Way
\n$3,500,000*<\/p>\n

KUMC \u2013 Merit-based salary increase
\n$3,406,215<\/p>\n

KSU \u2013 Geoscience Support in the College of Arts and Sciences
\n$5,000,000<\/p>\n

FHSU \u2013 Initiatives to increase Retention and Graduation Rates<\/strong>
\n $2,188,568<\/strong><\/p>\n

ESU \u2013 Establish state funding for the Department of Nursing
\n$500,000<\/p>\n

PSU \u2013 Create the PSU School of Transportation
\n$1,500,000<\/p>\n

Close the Gap in the Tiered Technical Education Formula
\n$8,310,534**<\/p>\n

Excel in CTE Initiative
\n$2,250,000<\/p>\n

Office space \u2013 32% SGF increase in state lease rate & reduced federal share
\n$178,000<\/p>\n

Midwestern Higher Education Compact annual state commitment increase
\n$20,000<\/p>\n

* recurring at $7m
\n** bringing the total annual appropriation to $23 million<\/p>\n

In addition to the above recurring appropriations, the Board approved seven additional FY 2017 requests for future consideration, including Support for Economic, Innovation, Diversification, and Technology Transfer at Wichita State University ($9.2 million, $3.2 million recurring thereafter, plus $12 million in capital improvement support over two years); Innovation Equipment at Wichita State University ($10 million, plus $2.5 million recurring thereafter); Planning for New Food Systems Research and Education Facility at Kansas State University ($5 million, recurring); An Initiative to Strengthen the College of Architecture, Planning, Design at Kansas State University (note: this $3.7 million was already appropriated for FY 2018, however the request is to change the source of the funding from EBF to SGF); STEM Programming for Kansas Economy at Emporia State University ($715,700, recurring); A Rural Health Care Professions Initiative at Pittsburg State University ($1 million, plus $2 million recurring thereafter); and Support to Strengthening Community-Based Medical Education in Wichita at the University of Kansas Medical Center ($3.5 million, plus $5.7 million recurring thereafter).<\/p>\n

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