| Highlights of the 2004/05 Support
Budget
Highlights of the 2004/05 Support Budget
Mandatory costs are the most critical obligations the CSU
faces in 2004/05. The university must fund these costs regardless
of its' ability to secure additional revenue augmentations.
In addition to these mandatory cost obligations that total
$57.5 million, the CSU Budget Plan requests increases in the
following priority areas:
- $75,312,000 for 3 percent enrollment growth and student
financial aid
- $102,148,000 for a 4 percent compensation pool for all
employees
effective July 1, 2004
- $10,000,000 to finance purchase and refresh of technology
related network equipment and operations
- $9,000,000 to address long-term shortfalls in funding
for library acquisitions
- $6,814,000 to continue reductions in the backlog of deferred
maintenance
- $12,596,000 to expand outreach to students for improving
access to early assessment and academic preparation programs
- $35,615,000 to fund first year costs associated with
CSU’s plan to increase the percentage of tenure and
tenure track faculty
- $3,000,000 to finance fixed cost needs associated with
the enrollment growth at CSU off-campus centers
- $234,604,000 to restore funding from previous budget
reductions to maintain the quality of instruction
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