Daniel Harper, lead for the committee’s work group 4, updated members on the group’s activity and next steps related to HEAF and deferred maintenance reporting.

"We met twice virtually with about 100 attendees," Harper said, summarizing outreach. He said the group discussed whether to standardize statewide deferred‑maintenance reporting and concluded it was best to retain that reporting with the Board of Regents. "So we left that piece alone, and now we're focusing more on what would be a way that we could add factor in the future towards the HEAF model," Harper said.

Harper said the group met with Gordian SightLines to explore options for enhancing data inputs to HEAF. He described one item Gordian presented as a proprietary "technical complexity factor" that could be used to better account for differences in facility complexity; the group plans a subsequent, broader meeting with Gordian to explore feasibility and cost.

Committee members agreed the group should continue outreach and return to the full committee with recommended language and any proposed data templates. Harper and staff said the group will schedule another meeting before the Dec. 4 full committee meeting to review vendor findings and proposed HEAF adjustments.

No formal committee action was taken on HEAF model changes at this meeting.