The board tasked with broad oversight of Oregon’s public universities and community colleges signed off on its $4.75 billion budget proposal Thursday. But the Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission was not happy with it.
“[W]e are seriously concerned that at the funding levels described within our [Agency Recommended Budget], Oregon will hinder progress towards state goals for postsecondary education and training,” read a letter approved by commissioners and signed by chair Sandy Rowe.
The HECC budget proposal was informed by the agency’s strategic plan as well as public comment and input from individual commissioners. But the biggest constraint on spending plans came from limits set by Kotek and the state’s finance office.
