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2026 Funding Request

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FY 2026 Base Appropriations: $1,027,665,616

FY 2027 Budget Need

Strategic Operational Funding: $57,000,000

    1. Critical Workforce Needs: $13,500,000
      1. STEM and Other Critical Workforce Degrees and Credentials: $11,500,000
      2. Adult Degree Completion Outreach and Financial Aid: $2,000,000
    2. Institutional Excellence and Student Success: $43,500,000
      1. Performance-Based Formula Allocations: $25,000,000
      2. Student Support/Career Navigators/FAFSA Completion/Scholarships: $10,000,000
      3. Innovation, Shared Services and Efficiency Initiatives: $2,000,000
      4. Campus Safety, Security and Cybersecurity: $6,500,000

FY 2027 Total Budget Need: $1,084,665,616

    • $ Difference from FY 2026 State Appropriation: $57,000,000
    • % Difference from FY 2026 State Appropriation: 5.5%

Legislative Initiatives and Programming: $21,500,000

    1. Strong Readers Act (SB 362, 2024): $5,500,000
    2. National Guard Educational Assistance Program: $2,000,000
    3. Oklahoma Rising Scholars Award: $8,000,000
    4. Concurrent Enrollment Participation Expansion: $6,000,000

Institution-Specific Allocations: $347,750,000

    1. FY 2027 Deferred Maintenance Projects From OCAMP Apportionment: $56,250,000
    2. State Regents Agency 605 Modernization and Upgrades: $2,000,000
    3. Establishment of Collaboration and Consolidation Assistance Fund: $3,500,000
    4. Research Universities – Research and Capital Projects
      1. University of Oklahoma: $68,000,000
      2. Oklahoma State University: $68,000,000
    5. Regional/Four-Year Universities – Workforce Investment for Allocation: $60,000,000
    6. Two-Year Colleges – Workforce Investment for Allocation: $20,000,000
    7. Constituent Agencies – Operating, Capital: $70,000,000