September 2025 Archive
The Great Reallocation: Rethinking Higher Education Funding
During the 2025 General Session, the Legislature passed H.B. 265, “Higher Education Strategic Reinvestment” which, in connection with House Bill 1, “Higher Education Base Budget” created the framework for reallocating existing resources within the state’s higher education budget. Broadly, Strategic Reinvestment requires each of the eight public, degree-granting colleges or universities to create a plan […]
A Scoreboard for Success: The 2025 New Funding Follow-up Report
To understand how our favorite sports team is doing, we look for a scoreboard that provides a snapshot of our team’s performance. Displaying key performance indicators (KPIs) such as the score, time remaining, turnovers committed, and penalties gives us important information. Empowered by this data, we can decide how much emotional capital to invest in […]
The Price is Right: A Legislative Deep Dive into State Fees
During the legislative interim period, appropriations subcommittees engage in thorough analyses of budgetary matters that cannot be fully addressed during the General Session. These in-depth reviews are conducted as part of the Accountable Budget Process, a statutory mandate established by H.J.R. 18, “Joint Rules Resolution on Base Budgeting Provisions” (2019 General Session). Under this process, […]