Senate Education Committee January 21, 2021 Blake Flanders, Ph.D. President & CEO, Board of Regents

Good afternoon Chair Baumgardner and Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear today to provide background on the and our state’s system of higher education. I hope to return to your Committee in coming weeks to share our new strategic plan as well as the recommendations from the Future of Higher Education Council.

Today, I will cover the highlights of our System and then plan to take your questions.

Board of Regents By state law, the Kansas Board of Regents is balanced with residents of each congressional district and no more than one member from any one county. No more than five of the nine members may be from one political party.

Shane Bangerter – Dodge City, 2013 Shelly Kiblinger – Cherryvale, 2019 Ann Brandau-Murguia – Kansas City, 2013 Jon Rolph – Wichita, 2019 Bill Feuerborn (Chair) – Garnett, 2014 Allen Schmidt – Hays, 2018 Cheryl Henderson-Lee – Gardner, 2019 Helen Van Etten – Topeka, 2013 Mark Hutton – Andover, 2018

Goals for Fiscal Year 2021 Helping Kansas Families 1. Improve academic program transfer by creating a systemwide general education (GE) package to align programs under a common framework that guarantees seamless transfer and evaluate the pilot program that increased the number of credit hours eligible for transfer. 2. Review the 60 low-enrollment programs at the six state universities to assess program viability and strengthen the efficiency of degree program inventories. 3. Review university, community college and technical college plans and best practices to improve college-going rates, retention rates, and graduation rates of students from underrepresented populations. 4. Promote simplicity, transparency, and degree completion by exploring tuition rate strategies for resident and non-resident students attending the state universities. 5. Develop a comprehensive plan to finance deferred maintenance of public institutions of higher education facilities to be presented to the 2021 Legislature.

Advancing Economic Prosperity 6. Establish five- and ten-year systemwide objectives within Building a Future by leveraging individual university strengths into the creation of direct jobs and direct investments from beyond the state borders into Kansas. Governance 7. Develop Board guidance on free speech and civil debate at state universities.

Structure The public higher education system in Kansas consists of 32 institutions, grouped in four sectors, each with its own governance structure, and all coordinated by the Kansas Board of Regents:

State universities – six four-year institutions governed by the Kansas Board of Regents Pittsburg State University Fort Hays State University – a four-year institution governed by the Washburn Board of Regents with an affiliated Institute of Technology

Community colleges – nineteen two-year general education/technical education/transfer institutions each governed by its own locally-elected board of trustees representing the taxpayers of the college district Highland Community College Hutchinson Community College Independence Community College Cloud County Community College Johnson County Community College Coffeyville Community College Kansas City Kansas Community College Labette Community College Neosho County Community College Dodge City Community College Fort Scott Community College Seward County Community College Garden City Community College

1/21/2021 Kansas Board of Regents Page 2 Technical colleges – six two-year technical education institutions each governed by its own independent governing board. Flint Hills Technical College Salina Area Technical College Manhattan Area Technical College WSU Campus of Applied Sciences & North Central Kansas Technical College Technology Northwest Kansas Technical College

For the private institutions, as noted in the graphic, our agency regulates the private for-profit and out-of-state institutions that offer instruction in Kansas, in accordance with state law. We are proposing some statutory updates to strengthen our oversight of these institutions in the bill introduced by your Committee on our behalf last week. Then there are the 20 independent private colleges Matt Lindsey talked to you about last week. We are pleased to work with Matt on a variety of programs, such as administration of the state’s Comprehensive Grant program.

Coordination

One of the most important aspects of the Kansas Higher Education Coordination Act, enacted in 19991 was the coordination of public higher education in the state. This legislation specifically maintains governance of each sector by the separate governing boards, but empowers the state Board of Regents:

“to provide leadership, supervision and coordination for postsecondary educational institutions so that enhanced accessibility, quality, excellence, accountability, research and service may be achieved in the postsecondary educational system for Kansas residents through the efficient and effective utilization and concentration of all available resources and the elimination of costly and undesirable duplication in program and course offerings, faculties and physical facilities at postsecondary educational institutions.”2

Functions for which the Kansas Higher Education Coordination Act specifically gives the Kansas Board of Regents authority over the coordinated institutions include:

1. Determining institutional roles, reviewing institutional missions, and approving performance agreements for each institution; 2. Developing a comprehensive plan for coordinating all program and course offerings and locations, including transfer and articulation procedures; 3. Developing a unified budget for state funding of the system institutions, distributing state and federal funds, and requiring accountability for use of those funds; 4. Representing the system before the Governor and the Legislature; and 5. Collecting, aggregating, analyzing and reporting common and institution specific information documenting effectiveness of each community college, technical college, Washburn University, Washburn Institute of Technology and state university in meeting its mission and goals.3

1 1999 Session Laws of Kansas, Chapter 147. 2 K.S.A. 74-3201a. 3 K.S.A. 71-801, 72-4480, 72-6525, 76-771.

1/21/2021 Kansas Board of Regents Page 3 From the information we collect from the public institutions of higher education, we can offer a great deal of information about our System. The attached PowerPoint is my presentation on “Higher Education by the Numbers.”

Before I go through the data, I was asked to talk about the effect the pandemic has had on our System.

COVID-19 Pandemic

As with so many aspects of our society, our institutions of higher education have been heavily impacted by the pandemic. Our state universities were the first to recognize the threat in early March. With the coronavirus pandemic and the associated shelter at home orders, all 32 public Kansas institutions of higher education quickly moved their instruction and many administrative and student support services to a virtual format. Institutions took steps to limit students from on- campus housing and dining facilities to protect the health of students, staff and local communities, requiring partial refunds to students for fees paid for services no longer provided. For those students unable to leave campus, institutions found ways to continue serving them on campus.

We managed to deliver courses to conclude the spring semester and reopened in August with the assistance of federal CARES Act financial support. Our institutions were pleased to support their communities with donations of ventilators, personal protective equipment and lab supplies, and production of 3-D printed face shields. Our institutions housed first responders to protect families and a testing lab has been established at Wichita State University for south central Kansas. Graduating classes of health-related degree programs were credentialed early in some cases to get students to work in their field as soon as possible.

All institutions have felt the financial impact of the pandemic. Fall enrollments dropped 6.8 percent across the system on an FTE basis. That decline in students carries the obvious reduction in tuition and fee revenues as well as the associated economic impact for the local communities that would normally see activity from students attending in person. Summer on-campus activities were cancelled, also reducing revenues and eliminating recruiting opportunities for high school students to get acquainted with the campuses.

To get students back on campus in the fall, institutions took extensive precautions, delivering a mix of in-person, online and hybrid instruction. Facilities were re-organized to “de-densify” classrooms and labs. Residence hall capacity was capped. Extensive cleaning and sanitation procedures were instituted, mask wearing was required on campus, and many utilized COVID testing of campus communities to limit spread – both upon entry at the start of semester, prevalence testing, and for symptomatic persons. They also offered quarantine options for students testing positive.

January 21, 2021 Kansas Board of Regents Page 4 Federal Pandemic Funds

The institutions of higher education benefitted from financial stabilization dollars in the CARES Act enacted in March 2020 as well as the new Consolidated Appropriations Act enacted in late December 2020. The grants have been awarded from different mechanisms with different deadlines for expenditure, and different limitations on how the money may be used. We are still awaiting official word from the U.S. Department of Education on some details for the new funding but have attached information on the federal funds, as we know them now.

Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund • Allocated directly to the institutions, with a mandate that a portion be used for emergency student grants • First allocations were sent in Spring 2020 from the CARES Act • Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 includes a second allocation

Governor’s Education Emergency Relief Fund • Allocated to the Board of Regents by the Governor to the state universities, via a budget allotment that subtracted an equivalent amount from the State General Fund (CARES Act) • Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 includes a second allocation

Coronavirus Relief Fund • Public institutions of higher education benefitted from a portion of the state’s CRF allocation (CARES Act) for the extraordinary costs of reopening campuses in Fall 2020

January 21, 2021 Kansas Board of Regents Page 5 CARES Act Allocations to Kansas Institutions Second Stimulus Bill: CRRSA, 2021 (H.R. 133) HEER HEER GEER CRF CRF 2 HEER 2 @ HEER 2 @ GEER 2 Minimum Allocation for Minimum Allocation for E Emergency First Round Governor's Coronavirus Relief Fund 2nd Coronavirus Relief Fund HEERF Coronavirus Response & mergency Second Round Governor's Financial Aid Grants to CARES Act Allocation - Emergency Education Relief Allocations from Kansas Allocations from Kansas Relief Supplemental Financial Aid Grants to Emergency Education Relief Students All Sections Fund Recovery Office Recovery Office Appropriations Act, 2021 Students Fund Emporia State University $1,758,810 $3,689,957 $1,505,594 $3,251,141 -- $5,594,046 $1,758,810 Fort Hays State University 1,262,038 2,648,600 1,596,822 2,353,549 -- 6,157,168 1,262,038 Kansas State University 6,343,277 12,686,554 7,443,502 17,814,311 -- 19,845,018 6,343,277 Pittsburg State University 2,659,385 5,318,769 1,684,463 2,719,658 -- 8,353,746 2,659,385 State of Kansas University Of Kansas * 7,594,823 15,189,645 11,046,033 21,816,746 -- 23,072,146 7,594,823 is to receive Wichita State University 4,393,233 9,218,817 2,997,749 5,222,375 -- 14,991,432 4,393,233 $11,676,834 State Universities Total $24,011,566 $48,752,342 $26,274,163 $53,177,780 $ -- $78,013,556 $24,011,566 from GEER 2. Washburn University - Topeka ** 2,250,087 4,687,515 -- 2,828,199 -- 8,024,016 2,250,087 Haskell Indian Nations University ^ 555,739 5,065,736 ------Other Public Universities Total ^ $2,805,826 $9,753,251 $ -- $2,828,199 $ -- $8,024,016 $2,250,087 Allen County Community College 208,250 500,000 -- 312,743 95,300 1,076,217 208,250 Barton County Community College 448,091 942,096 -- 449,635 50,000 -- -- Butler County Community College 1,815,966 3,631,932 -- 581,379 100,000 7,901,125 1,815,966 Cloud County Community College 381,649 801,181 -- 256,778 50,000 1,667,878 381,649 Coffeyville Community College 609,936 1,219,871 -- 302,866 50,000 2,519,186 609,936 Colby Community College 234,724 500,000 -- 249,605 106,100 1,052,247 234,724 Cowley County Community College & AVTS 603,357 1,266,119 -- 336,019 140,000 2,692,584 603,357 Dodge City Community College 474,632 1,010,586 -- 258,339 50,000 1,820,945 474,632 Fort Scott Community College 510,763 1,071,763 -- 295,182 50,000 2,205,875 510,763 Garden City Community College 641,003 1,364,359 -- 276,309 100,000 2,506,940 641,003 Highland Community College 483,635 967,270 -- 373,988 50,000 2,315,079 483,635 Hutchinson Community College# 1,152,268 2,418,861 -- 545,832 300,000 5,003,358 1,152,268 Independence Community College 373,404 783,199 -- 215,787 50,000 1,432,021 373,404 Johnson County Community College# 2,540,143 5,080,285 -- 1,012,491 663,300 -- -- Kansas City Kansas Community College# 1,482,546 2,965,092 -- 557,355 -- 6,705,791 1,482,546 Labette Community College# 406,120 812,240 -- 254,753 120,000 1,961,626 406,120 Neosho County Community College 403,169 846,419 -- 297,855 250,000 1,742,066 403,169 Pratt Community College 259,182 543,996 -- 238,033 25,300 1,065,589 259,182 Seward County Community College 367,280 734,560 -- 287,094 250,000 -- -- Community Colleges Total $13,396,118 $27,459,829 $ -- $7,102,043 $2,500,000 $43,668,527 $10,040,604 Flint Hills Technical College 153,252 500,000 -- 268,523 ------Manhattan Area Technical College 184,921 500,000 -- 208,419 ------North Central Kansas Technical College 245,273 514,812 -- 216,014 ------Northwest Kansas Technical College 239,643 503,096 -- 230,102 ------Salina Area Technical College 101,980 500,000 -- 234,917 ------WSU Campus Of Applied Sci & Technology 1,191,899 2,501,274 -- 676,026 ------Technical Colleges Total $2,116,968 $5,019,182 $ -- $1,834,001 $ -- $ -- $ -- All Publics Total ^ $42,330,478 $90,984,604 $26,274,163 $64,942,023 $2,500,000 $129,706,099 $36,302,257 567,142 1,134,284 -- -- 2,045,379 567,142 -- 107,309 500,000 -- -- 368,996 107,309 -- 710,248 1,420,495 ------ 502,744 1,034,018 -- -- 1,511,010 502,744 -- -North Newton 265,686 557,328 -- -- 777,483 265,686 -- Central Christian College of Kansas 232,492 500,000 -- -- 861,626 232,492 -- Cleveland University-Kansas City 111,906 500,000 ------Crave Beauty Academy 113,969 227,937 -- -- 158,378 158,378 -- Donnelly College 147,416 500,000 -- -- 645,519 147,416 -- Eric Fisher Academy 128,338 256,675 -- -- 176,988 176,988 -- 509,039 1,018,077 -- -- 1,814,055 509,039 -- Grantham University ------202,705 202,705 Hays Academy of Hair Design 104,408 208,816 -- Private Independent -- 1,222,057 1,222,057 -- 222,233 500,000 -- Colleges received CRF -- 654,430 222,233 -- Kansas Christian College 58,629 500,000 -- support from Dep't of ------Kansas Wesleyan University 411,731 863,560 -- Commerce, based on FY -- 1,320,499 411,731 -- Manhattan Christian College 102,477 500,000 -- 2019 unrestricted revenue, -- 333,837 102,477 -- McPherson College 397,688 834,182 -- but amounts by college -- 1,229,981 397,688 -- MidAmerica Nazarene University 599,857 1,199,713 -- are unknown. ------Midwest Barber College -- -- 7,743 7,743 Mitsu Sato Hair Academy 48,137 96,274 -- -- 69,349 69,349 -- Newman University 496,923 993,846 -- -- 1,934,708 496,923 -- Old Town Barber College-Wichita 111,784 223,567 -- -- 99,329 99,329 -- 833,817 1,738,861 -- -- 3,455,105 833,817 -- Paul Mitchell the School-Overland Park 159,476 318,952 -- -- 174,531 174,531 -- Paul Mitchell the School-Wichita 95,903 191,805 -- -- 160,858 160,858 -- Saint Paul School of Theology 10,336 500,000 ------Southwestern College 245,206 514,481 -- -- 1,166,646 245,206 -- Sterling College 331,458 662,915 -- -- 1,151,312 331,458 -- 262,791 525,581 -- -- 874,230 262,791 -- 488,475 976,950 -- -- 1,603,725 488,475 -- Wichita Technical Institute 1,606,744 3,213,488 -- -- 1,516,426 1,516,426 -- Z Hair Academy 160,858 321,716 -- -- 175,498 175,498 -- Private Institutions Total $10,145,220 $22,533,521 $ -- $5,000,000 $ -- $25,712,403 $10,088,489 $ -- Total - All Kansas Institutions $52,475,698 $113,518,125 $26,274,163 $69,942,023 $2,500,000 $155,418,502 $46,390,746 $11,676,834 Source: U.S. Department of Education site on CARES ACT, https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/caresact.html * KU Medical Center was not identified in the USDE allocations; a portion of the funding allocated to th ** Washburn Institute of Technology was not identified in the USDE allocations; a portion of the funding allocated to Washburn University will be directed to WIT. ^ Includes Haskell Indian Nations University. # According to KACCT, these four community colleges received CARES Act institutional funding that exceeded the identified financial impact of the pandemic. @ As with the initial HEER grant, a portion of HEER 2 must be used for student financial aid grants.

Prpeared by Kansas Board of Regents 1/20/2021 Source: US Department of Education, Recovery Office, American Council on Education