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BUDGET OFFICE,
John Richards, Director
Governor's
May Revise Budget
In January, the Governor issued his FY 2000/01 budget
proposal. Since that time, legislative committees and the Legislative
Analyst's Office (LAO) have been engaged in budget reviews. On
May 15, 2000, the governor submitted the May Revise of his January
Budget proposal to the legislature. The discussion below summarizes
the major budget developments over the last two months.
The Governor's original January Budget proposed a $244.2 million
budget increase for the CSU
in FY 2000/01. This amount included a $225.9 million increase
in state General Fund support
and $18.3 million in revenue from projected enrollment growth.
The May Revise provides an additional $42.4 million increase for
the CSU. Included in this additional funding is $10 million to
fund core needs for CSU Channel Islands requested by the trustees
in October, $18.9 million to increase the 5% compensation pool
proposed in January to a total of 6% for all employees and $11.3
million, on a one-time basis, and continuation of $1.7 million
on a permanent basis, to enable the CSU to develop CSU Stanislaus-Stockton,
formerly the Stockton Developmental Center. The Governor's May
Revise also includes $2.2 million to develop service-learning
courses and create service-learning offices at each CSU campus.
This funding will allow the CSU to increase participation in service-learning
courses from the current 8% to approximately 15% of the student
body over four years and coordinate community service placements
of CSU students. Both legislative subcommittees reviewing the
CSU budget have approved these additional budget elements.
In addition to the Support Budget increases noted above, the
Governor's May Revision also provides an additional $37.4 million
in one-time, General Fund support to accelerate the completion
of the Integrated Technology Strategy-Technology Infrastructure
Initiative on four campuses: Chico, Hayward, Humboldt and Sonoma.
The May Revise also proposes to increase funding for the Office
of the Secretary for Education by an additional $25 million to
contract with the California State University to train teachers
and administrators in the use of technology for instructional
programs and improved accountability. Combined with the $25 million
proposed in the January budget, the proposed increase would
bring the total for this activity to $50 million.
During hearings, both legislative subcommittees have proposed
$287,000 to increase stipends and expand the judicial fellows
program at the Center for California Studies. In addition, both
subcommittees have included funding to buy down summer session
fee rates for students matriculated at CSU during the regular
academic terms, but by different amounts; the Senate subcommittee
provides $12 million while the Assembly subcommittee provides
$19.9 million. The Senate subcommittee also provides $31.5 million
in one-time funds for science and technology program equipment,
teacher preparation equipment and a Stop-the-Hate legislative
program. The May Revise does not address these issues.
The Legislative Analyst recommended the Governor's Budget appropriation
for CSU be reduced by over $105 million. Thus far, the subcommittees
reviewing the CSU budget proposal have not approved any of the
Analyst's recommendations.
In a related matter, the CSU is continuing negotiations with
all bargaining units. Pending the results of these negotiations,
campuses should continue to plan their compensation increases
based on the Governor's Budget allocation letter dated March 27,
2000
CSU Student Fee Information
The CSU Budget Office's student fee information web page has
been reformatted and new documents have been posted. Information
is now listed by subject area rather than year of occurrence.
The new CSU Student Fee Policy, Executive Order 740, has been
posted with attachments, and an updated "Index of Fees." The Index
of Fees provides additional resource information regarding fees,
such as "deposit" and "appropriation" authority. Other subject
areas included on the student fee information page are: CSU Student
Fee Schedule, Campus
Mandatory Fees, Fee History, Comparative Institution Resident
Student Fees, and Fee Waiver Information. Included with the Fee
Waiver Information is a new table that may serve as a guide of
authorized fee waiver programs.
The student fee information web page may be accessed by selecting
"Student Fee Information" from the CSU Budget Office web page:
http://www.calstate.edu/tier3/budget/ or by selecting "Fees" from
the list of subjects under "Facts" from the main CSU Systemwide
web page: The CSU Budget Office's student fee information web
page has been reformatted and new documents have been posted.
Information is now listed by subject area rather than year of
occurrence. The new CSU Student Fee Policy, Executive Order 740,
has been posted with attachments, and an updated "Index of Fees."
The Index of Fees provides additional resource information regarding
fees, such as "deposit" and "appropriation" authority. Other subject
areas included on the student fee information page are: CSU Student
Fee Schedule, Campus Mandatory Fees, Fee History, Comparative
Institution Resident Student Fees, and Fee Waiver Information.
Included with the Fee Waiver Information is a new table that may
serve as a guide of authorized fee waiver programs.
The student fee information web page may be accessed by selecting
"Student Fee Information" from the CSU Budget Office web page:
http://www.calstate.edu/tier3/budget/
or by selecting "Fees" from the list of subjects under "Facts"
from the main CSU Systemwide web page: http://www.calstate.edu/tier2/System.shtml
lease contact the CSU Budget Office at
(562) 951-4560 if you have any questions.
. Please contact the CSU Budget Office at
(562) 951-4560 if you have any questions.
Future Mandatory
Fee Waiver Adjustments/Data Collection
In FY 2000/01, the CSU will have successfully closed the funding
gap relating to mandatory waivers identified for FY1992/93 through
FY1997/98.
A new budget policy to address incremental growth and reductions
in mandatory State University Fee waivers is currently under review.
The new budget design, proposed to become effective FY2001/02,
would make adjustments for mandatory fee waivers based on revenue
projections data reported by campuses in the prior year. Discretionary
fee waivers granted by the campus would not be used to make adjustments
in revenue projections. Details of the policy will be presented
to CABO for discussion.
As previously announced, to prepare the 2001/02 support budget,
the Budget Office will continue to collect actual 1999/2000 fee
waiver data from campuses manually (by Excel spreadsheet). In
future years, fee waiver data collected via the Analytic Studies
Enrollment Reporting Student System (ERSS) will be used. Data
collection via ERSS will begin in July 2000 and the final data
reported on ERSS for FY2000/01 will be used to develop the FY2002/03
support budget.
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