TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Board of Regents says it won’t recommend a proposed funding mechanism that would tie college budgets to specific performance-based benchmarks.

Instead, the board said it would recommend the Legislature delay considering any kind of performance-based budgeting model until the state’s financial condition turns around. It wants the model to be used as an incentive to qualify for additional funding, above what schools receive in their base budgets.

The Lawrence Journal-World reports state lawmakers had urged the board in August to develop a metrics model that could be considered by the Legislature in its next session.

A task force appointed to create a proposal offered its plan to the regents Thursday. It called for setting goals for each university and offering payments based on targets like the number of awarded certificates and degree