May 16, 2024
Kansas Board of Regents May meeting university updates
Submitted by Division of Communications and Marketing
The Kansas Board of Regents meeting on May 15 included several items related to K-State. For more information about these items, see the May meeting agenda PDF or view the recorded meeting on YouTube.
Consent agenda
K-State received approval to amend the fiscal year 2024 capital improvement plan and to approve the program statement to add the Kansas Advanced Immersive Research for Emerging Systems, or K-AIRES, building at the K-State Salina campus.
K-State received approval to amend the fiscal year 2024 capital improvement plan and to approve the program statement for the Aerospace Education Hub at the K-State Salina campus.
K-State received approval for the revised program statement for renovations to Bluemont Hall.
The Regents approved the fiscal year 2025 Johnson County Education Research Triangle, or JCERT, budgets.
The Regents approved the distribution of the fiscal year 2025 appropriation for public university student success playbooks.
The Regents approved the fiscal year 2025 appropriation distribution for Senate Bill 28, which will enable the university, in partnership with the state, to do the planning needed for a critical new facility to address the current and future needs of the animal industry.
The Regents approved the distribution of fiscal year 2025 and 2026 Kansas Comprehensive Grant Program funding, which provides monies to address the needs of Kansas students.
The Regents approved the distribution of need-based aid for the public universities for fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
Discussion agenda
The Regents received the first read presentations and discussed university tuition and fee proposals for fiscal year 2025 from the six state universities. View the university tuition and fee proposals.
The Regents approved fiscal year 2026 capital improvement requests and five-year capital plans.
The Regents elected Carl R. Ice to serve as board chair and Jon Rolph as vice-chair for fiscal year 2025.