BILL · 2023–24 SESSION

HB 1256: Higher ed. matching grants

Providing capital budget matching grants to independent higher education institutions.

Summary

Creates a competitive capital budget matching grant program for private, nonprofit higher education institutions.
Projects must have estimated costs of not less than $2 million and must construct or improve facilities that are primarily for instructional purposes or student housing.
Requires institutions receiving a grant to provide matching nonstate funding equal to at least 100 percent of the grant award.
Establishes various project compliance criteria, grant prioritization, and administrative processes.

From the House Bill Analysis 2023 (HB 1256), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to capital budget matching grants to independent higher education institutions;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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