Board of Regents reviews facilities report, approves $58.5 million EBF allocation and Campus Restoration Act funding
December 18, 2023 | Board of Regents, Departments, Boards, and Commissions, Organizations, Executive, Kansas
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The Board of Regents reviewed the 2024 University Facilities Report and approved funding actions to support campus facility renewal.
Chad, who delivered the facilities presentation, summarized state and system resources and the board’s maintenance-assessment framework. "Educational Building Fund was created during the 1941 legislative session," he said, describing the EBF as a longstanding source of capital support. He told the board the maintenance assessment for year two totals $41,570,000 and that the system’s current estimated renewal need to achieve an 80% facility renewal standard is about $1.57 billion.
The report highlighted a strategy that combines the Educational Building Fund, additional state appropriations and a new Kansas Campus Restoration Act to reduce deferred maintenance and support targeted demolition of underused facilities. Chad said removing 27 buildings and planning for additional demolitions could reduce deferred maintenance liability by an estimated $95 million and remove roughly 626,000 square feet from the mission-critical portfolio.
On the board floor, members asked about energy-efficiency investments and whether new technologies and digital controls would change long-term operating costs. Regent Winter asked for estimates of operating savings from the work; Chad said those figures require additional development but committed to further analysis.
The board approved the recommended EBF allocation of $58,500,000 for FY2026, calculated by the board’s standard formula (square footage, age and complexity), and later approved allocation rules for the Kansas Campus Restoration Act, a six-year program providing $30,000,000 annually that requires a dollar-for-dollar match for renewal projects but does not require a match for demolition. Both allocations were adopted by voice vote.
The board will receive follow-up materials and continued reporting on implementation and prioritized projects as campuses align plans to available funding.
Chad, who delivered the facilities presentation, summarized state and system resources and the board’s maintenance-assessment framework. "Educational Building Fund was created during the 1941 legislative session," he said, describing the EBF as a longstanding source of capital support. He told the board the maintenance assessment for year two totals $41,570,000 and that the system’s current estimated renewal need to achieve an 80% facility renewal standard is about $1.57 billion.
The report highlighted a strategy that combines the Educational Building Fund, additional state appropriations and a new Kansas Campus Restoration Act to reduce deferred maintenance and support targeted demolition of underused facilities. Chad said removing 27 buildings and planning for additional demolitions could reduce deferred maintenance liability by an estimated $95 million and remove roughly 626,000 square feet from the mission-critical portfolio.
On the board floor, members asked about energy-efficiency investments and whether new technologies and digital controls would change long-term operating costs. Regent Winter asked for estimates of operating savings from the work; Chad said those figures require additional development but committed to further analysis.
The board approved the recommended EBF allocation of $58,500,000 for FY2026, calculated by the board’s standard formula (square footage, age and complexity), and later approved allocation rules for the Kansas Campus Restoration Act, a six-year program providing $30,000,000 annually that requires a dollar-for-dollar match for renewal projects but does not require a match for demolition. Both allocations were adopted by voice vote.
The board will receive follow-up materials and continued reporting on implementation and prioritized projects as campuses align plans to available funding.
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