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Academic Affairs Budget Information

1-23-2013 Budget Update

On January 10th, Governor Brown announced his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year. Here are highlights:

  • Expected $125m to backfill revenue lost by the CSU as a result of rolling back tuition this year;
  • Unexpected additional $125m, partly tied to reforms that will make available the courses students need and help them progress through college efficiently, using technology to deliver quality education to greater numbers of students in high-demand courses, improving course management and planning, using faculty more effectively, and increasing use of summer sessions;

Read the complete Budget Update.

 

Passage of Proposition 30

We are all relieved that Proposition 30 was approved by the voters of California. Approval means that the CSU is not subject to massive additional $250m “trigger” budget cuts. With passage of Proposition 30, CSULB faces a $13.5m reduction this year, instead of $20m.

What does this mean for Academic Affairs for Spring 2013 and the next academic year? Academic Affairs faces a reduction of about $5m instead of $10m. We have planned carefully. Unless there are surprises in the January 10th Governor’s budget message, we are planning

  1. About 30 tenure track hires for next year,
  2. Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity (RSCA) for 2013-14 (this year is already planned),
  3. Limited one-time funding in Spring 2013 to deans to address needs for faculty travel, equipment, operating expenses and limited assigned time.

Details follow.

 

2012-13 Budget and Beyond

The CSU and CSULB budgets for next year depend upon Governor Brown’s November ballot initiative that would increase sales and income taxes. Voter approval is very uncertain. Should initiatives fail, the CSU will face a $200 million reduction. The CSU Board of Trustees will include many new Governor-appointed members who may not be willing to approve a fee increase large enough to mitigate the reduction.

If this occurs, CSULB could face a $27m budget shortfall. CSULB does not have enough temporary resources to manage a cut of this magnitude.

Enrollment reduction would lead to even larger budget reductions because student fees now contribute more to our total revenue than state appropriations.

The magnitude of the possible budget reduction is so large that we cannot wait until November to take action. Pending the November vote, I see no option but to reduce General Fund expenditures in anticipation of a very large budget reduction in 2012-13. The following actions are effective beginning July 1 for the Fall semester, at least.

 

4-8-11 Revised Travel Guidelines

Support for travel to disseminate faculty and student scholarship, enhance the professional development of our faculty and staff, and expand the global reach of curricular offerings and student learning is important to the mission of CSULB.

Unfortunately, due to budget reductions from the state of California, CSULB must continue to limit support for travel. Academic Affairs travel guidelines apply to all faculty and staff in the academic division and to all travel in any way sponsored by the division.  Please see the revised guidelines.

 

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