The 2001-02 Resource Planning Process Task
Force recommends to the President budget priorities for funding
consideration in the coming fiscal year. These priorities respond
to a number of urgent needs, including several ongoing requirements
that were previously funded from non-base resources.
Based on the Governor's original budget proposed
to the Legislature in January, the campus General Fund budget would
increase by approximately $24 million in the coming year (pending
final budget action in July). A significant portion is earmarked
for specific system-defined costs and campus mandatory expenditure
requirements, leaving an estimated $8 million in discretionary funds
available for campus priorities.
After providing funding for faculty and support
costs to accommodate the new enrollment and related workload demands,
roughly $4 million will be available for the traditional budget
proposal process. Recently, the Governor's May Revise was issued
reflecting reductions in campus funding for specific earmarks, e.g.
compensation, high cost programs, deferred maintenance, and library.
Fortunately, there were no reductions in enrollment growth funding
which preserves the level of new discretionary funds for this campus.
CSULB will continue to experience enrollment
growth in 2001-02 with increased workload that impacts the entire
institution. The RPP Task Force recommendations include funding
for all divisions to develop responsible plans for accommodating
this demand.
The funding plan consists of two discrete
elements: (1) The Workload Model which identifies a base allocation
of faculty resources to meet the targeted enrollment, and a base
allocation to all divisions to accommodate non-faculty workload
pressures, and (2) The Traditional Proposal Process which prioritizes
budget recommendations based on division requests.
The recommended priorities slightly exceed
the current estimate of available funds in order to provide a contingency
plan in the event additional resources become available. The most
realistic estimate of funding based on the Governor's May Revise
would provide funding through Priority #28.
* Total recommended
allocations exceed the current estimate of available funds
by $690,000 in order to provide a contingency plan in
the event the final budget differs from the planning estimate.
The following allocations are recommended
to address new workload issues associated with providing classroom
instruction and support services. The base allocation of faculty
resources reflects the campus' commitment to provide students with
needed classes and the opportunity to graduate in a timely manner.
The base allocation for non-faculty workload allows divisions to
determine optimal strategies for meeting campus needs and implementing
multi-year funding plans within their existing base budget.
Faculty Resources for Targeted Enrollment
- $2,794,150 A base allocation of $2,794,150 in faculty
resources is recommended to accommodate the 2001-02 budgeted enrollment
increase of 1,175 FTES. This allocation is based on the formula
used by the CSU to fund faculty salaries, excluding benefits.
Funding to Accommodate Non-Faculty
Workload - $1,117,660 A base allocation of $1,117,660 is recommended
to address new workload using the 2000/01 original base budgets
(adjusted for application processing) as the basis for an equitable
pro rata distribution.
Academic Affairs (excluding faculty): $466,064
Administration and Finance: $402,358
Student Services: $140,825
Sports, Athletics and Recreation: $42,471
University Relations & Development: $46,942
President's Office: $19,000
BUDGET PROPOSAL
PROCESS: $4,690,000
The 2001-02 RPP Task Force recommends a ranked set of priority needs
for funding consideration in the coming fiscal year. All of the
priorities directly relate to at least one of the Mid-Range Goals,
reflecting issues/concerns that are particularly significant for
the coming two to three years. Recognizing that there are many more
ongoing needs than there is available base-budget (permanent) funding,
the Task Force has made specific recommendations for base and non-base
funds.
1. New Faculty
Assigned Time for Scholarly and Creative Activity - $300,000
The extremely heavy teaching loads in the CSU system have become
a major impediment to hiring the particular candidates we would
like to add to our faculty. For over a decade the Division of Academic
Affairs has provided a one-course reduction in teaching assignments
of all newly hired probationary faculty. In 2000-2001 President
Maxson requested and the RPP Task Force recommended $300,000 to
extend this commitment to a probationary faculty member's second
year of service. This second-year assigned time is earmarked specifically
to support new faculty members' scholarly and creative activities
and thereby enable them to compete more effectively for internally
and externally funded awards. With 68 new tenure-track faculty hired
in 2000-2001, the cost of this commitment to reduce their teaching
loads in their second year of appointment will be $600,000. The
RPP Task Force recommends the continuation of a non-base allocation
of $300,000 to help fund this commitment.
2. Library
Acquisitions - $300,000
The Task Force recommends the continuation of a non-base allocation
of $300,000 to help sustain the Library's efforts to serve the University's
increasing instructional and research information needs, especially
in the areas of journals and electronic databases.
3. CMS Human
Resources and Finance Operations Support - $196,000
The implementation of Phase I Human Resources and Finances will
require a significant amount of new workload, some of which has
been accommodated by internal reallocations. To ensure that the
campus community receives the expected level of support and benefits
from the new systems and to minimize the shift of workload to departmental
staff, the RPP Task Force recommends a base allocation of $196,000.
4. Career
Development Services, Students with Disabilities - $30,000
The RPP Task Force recommends a base allocation of $30,000 to provide
comprehensive services in the Career Development Center to students
with disabilities. This funding is to ensure that students with
disabilities are afforded the opportunity to participate in the
full range of internship and employment opportunities made available
to all students.
5. Telefundraising
Management System - $128,000
The Annual Fund Alumni program has reached its maximum capacity
under its current mode of operation. In order to ensure continuous
growth of the program in dollars as well as in donors, the RPP Task
Force recommends an allocation of $128,000 ($98,000 non-base and
$30,000 base) to support the conversion to a new telefundraising
management system. This investment in a new automated system will
enhance our efforts with current donors and allow us to strategically
approach our non-donors more effectively and efficiently, as well
as expand our direct mail efforts.
6. Faculty
Travel - $150,000
The RPP Task Force recommends the continuation of a non-base allocation
of $150,000 to support faculty professional travel.
7. New Faculty
Start Up Funds - $400,000
During the 2000-01 academic year, 106 tenure track faculty recruitments
were authorized. Our ability to recruit well-qualified faculty is
directly dependent on the ability to provide them with the resources
needed to teach their courses and conduct instructionally-related
research. Depending on the particular discipline, the first-year
costs of hiring new faculty can range from $3,000 to $70,000 per
new faculty member. With an expected 75% success rate for these
authorized recruitments, the total estimated cost is about $750,000.
Some of the funding that will be needed has already been accumulated
from savings in the college budgets, but additional funds are required.
Therefore, the RPP Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of
$400,000 to complete the funding of this essential component of
the faculty recruitment and retention process.
8. Financial
Aid / Cal Grant Regulatory Support - $80,000
Beginning next fiscal year, the State's Cal Grant Program will increase
financial aid awards to our students by 37%. In addition, the Department
of Education has implemented the last major component of the higher
education reauthorization act that requires new monitoring activities
and documentation for insuring the return of funds to the federal
accounts and/or lender when students withdraw from the institution.
The Task Force recommends a base allocation of $80,000 to assist
with full compliance with these mandated financial aid program requirements.
9. Mandated
Fire Alarm Certification - $98,000 Over the past few years, the campus has received funding
from the CSU Fire and Life Safety Capital Project to upgrade alarm
systems to meet the State of California regulations. State law requires
annual certification of these new systems at significant additional
cost. In FY 2001-02, the digital upgrades for fire alarm systems
will be completed in 39 campus buildings and require ongoing certification.
Failure to comply with these regulations involves substantial penalties.
The Task Force recommends a base allocation of $98,000 to cover
this phase of certification costs.
10. Augmentation
to New Faculty Assigned Time for Scholarly and Creative Activity
- $300,000 The RPP Task Force recommends an additional non-base allocation
of $300,000 to fund the remaining costs to support the scholarly
and creative activities of second-year probationary faculty by reducing
their teaching loads by one course in each semester.
11. Relocation
and Renovation of Department Offices - $300,000 The campus is experiencing a shortage of faculty offices
in some departments and excess in other departments. In order to
maximize available space, the Division of Academic Affairs has designed
a plan to move several departments. The Task Force recommends a
non-base allocation of $300,000 to support this relocation plan
during the summer of 2001. These moves will result in a net gain
of 17 faculty offices, plus 2 department suites for the College
of Liberal Arts, which has been seriously impacted for space on
south campus.
12. College
Operating Expense and Equipment - $400,000 The Task Force recommends that a base allocation of $400,000
for the operating expense needs in the colleges. Colleges have had
inadequate funding for instructional supplies, office supplies,
photocopying, small equipment items, and necessary repairs. With
the University nearing enrollment impaction, it is critical that
base budget support be provided to academic departments to meet
known instructional costs.
13. Police
Communications Center - $37,000
The existing radio console installed in the University Police Communications
Center is obsolete and at the end of its useful life. This equipment
is vital to the day-to-day police/security operations of the campus.
The RPP Task Force recommends a base budget allocation of $37,000
to support a seven-year, cyclical replacement of this equipment
and software support.
14. Library
Acquisitions, Augmentation - $100,000 The Task Force recommends a base allocation of $100,000
to address the inadequacy of the Library's materials budget to meet
the campus community's need for books, journals, and electronic
indexes and databases.
15. Disabled
Student Services, Mandated Services - $30,000
The population of students with disabilities is increasing consistent
with overall enrollment growth. This has increased the costs associated
with providing direct support services such as real-time captioning
for visually impaired students and note-taking support for hearing-impaired
students. The Task Force recommends a base budget allocation of
$30,000 to meet this increased workload demand.
16. Groundskeeper
- Athletic Fields - $32,000
The normal landscape maintenance schedule for the fields that support
baseball, softball, soccer, track, and rugby is not sufficient for
Division I intercollegiate athletics. Therefore, the RPP Task Force
recommends a base allocation of $32,000 to provide additional grounds
maintenance support for these facilities. The enhanced maintenance
schedule will benefit the intercollegiate athletic recreation, Intramural,
and club sports programs.
17. Operate
and Maintain New Building Equipment - $88,000
The institution has made substantial investments in new building
equipment over the past few years. The RPP Task Force recognizes
the importance of preventive maintenance and recommends a base allocation
of $88,000 to help fund maintenance backlogs.
18. Scholarly
and Creative Activity Committee Awards - $90,000
The RPP Task Force recommends a base allocation of $90,000 to further
expand the Scholarly and Creative Activity Committee (SCAC) awards
program with two additional faculty positions in assigned time.
This augmentation will support 20 additional research awards and
will make a significant difference in furthering the scholarly mission
of the university and keeping pace with the recent growth in the
number of professionally active faculty. The SCAC awards program
has a direct bearing on the quality of our instructional programs,
competitiveness of faculty applications for external funding, and
faculty morale.
19. K-12 School
Partnerships - $132,000
The RPP Task Force recommends the continuation of a non-base allocation
of $132,000 to maintain the University's commitment to strengthen
cooperative relations with K-12 schools. This allocation specifically
supports the University's involvement in educational reform efforts,
such as the Long Beach Seamless Education Initiative and the SERVE
Program.
20. Campus
and Student Initiatives - $200,000
The RPP Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of $200,000
to support campus and student initiatives that are recognized by
the Office of the President. This allocation is to acknowledge the
important role that the Office of the President plays in supporting
activities that advance the mission of the University.
21. Affiliation
and Teaching Agreements - $50,000
The RPP Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of $50,000 to
provide additional staffing in the Purchasing Office to administer
and negotiate teaching affiliation agreements with school districts,
medical care facilities, etc. Accurate and timely completion of
these legal agreements is essential to our students enrolled in
off-campus, experience-based learning programs.
22. Faculty
Promotions - $175,000
The RPP Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of $175,000
to assist with the funding of anticipated faculty promotions and
range elevations in FY 2001-02.
23. Staff
Training and Development - $75,000
The campus-wide staff training and development program provides
opportunities in professional development, communication skills,
leadership development, individual effectiveness, customer service,
and enhanced job skills. The Task Force recommends a non-base allocation
of $75,000 to continue this valuable program.
24. Retention
and Graduation - $32,000
The RPP Task Force recommends the continuation of a non-base allocation
of $32,000 for the work that began last year to collect and analyze
qualitative information about student retention and graduation.
This funding supports the continued implementation of an early warning
system for at-risk students, conducting focus groups with select
student populations, and conducting exit interviews with students
who have left the University prior to graduation.
25. College
Communications - $100,000
As enrollment increases and new faculty are hired, the colleges
have experienced increased communication costs. The Task Force recommends
a non-base allocation of $100,000 to assist with the projected deficit
in telephone and postage expenditures.
26. Faculty
Travel, Augmentation - $50,000
The RPP Task Force recommends an additional non-base allocation
of $50,000 to support faculty professional development and travel
needs. As the number of faculty scholars increases, this funding
becomes even more critical to maintaining the scholarly productivity
of our University.
27. Assistant
University Webmaster - $50,000
The RPP Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of $50,000 to
expand the ability of Public Affairs to develop, update, and revise
individual web sites, as well as to provide assistance in continued
development and maintenance of the university web site.
28. Enrollment
Services Phone Responsiveness - $43,000
As enrollment has increased, student demand in vital service areas
such as Financial Aid have outpaced enrollment growth. The RPP Task
Force recommends the continuation of a non-base allocation of $43,000
to maintain the level of personal responsiveness to telephone inquiries
from students and parents, which translates into a reduction in
waiting time, busy signals, and abandoned phone calls.
29. College
Instructional Computing Labs - $150,000
The RPP Task Force recommends continuation of a non-base allocation
of $150,000 to help equip the college-based instructional computing
labs with new workstations and software. This allocation is a supplement
to the funding the college computer labs will receive from the Baseline,
Access, and Training Support (BATS) funds.
30. Alumni
Programs Assistant - $27,000
Building relationships with our alumni through Alumni Chapters and
Clubs has been a successful element of our development efforts.
The RPP Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of $27,000 to
support the expansion of these alumni activities.
31. Faculty
Recruitment - $120,000
Roughly 72 tenure track faculty recruitments will be conducted in
FY 2001-02. Travel and on- campus interview expenses ranging from
$3,000-$5,000 per recruitment are the responsibility of the individual
colleges. The RPP Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of
$120,000 to assist with these recruitment costs.
32. Academic
Affairs Facilities Support - $125,000 The RPP Task Force recommends the continuation of a non-base
allocation of $125,000 to assist academic departments with non-elective
services subject to chargeback such as instructional equipment repairs,
safety modifications, replacement of Group II equipment, vandalism
repairs, and custodial services in performance venues.
33. Assistant
Soccer Coach - $26,000
The RPP Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of $26,000 to
fund an assistant coach for the women's soccer program.
34. CMS Academic
Personnel Operations Support - $66,000
The implementation of Phase I Human Resources will create a significant
amount of new workload. To ensure that the campus community receives
the expected level of support and benefits from the new system and
to minimize the shift of workload to departmental staff, the RPP
Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of $66,000. This funding
will support a wide range of academic personnel services including
processing all new academic hires, creating and maintaining employment
records, facilitating the processing of Unit 3 compensation awards,
and helping to coordinate ongoing training for end users.
35. Afternoon
and Evening Custodial and Grounds Services - $122,000
The use of campus facilities throughout the afternoons and evenings
has increased dramatically and continues to grow in both the number
of classes and activities. The RPP Task Force recommends a non-base
allocation of $122,000 to provide afternoon and evening services
for grounds, classrooms, and restroom facilities Monday through
Thursday.
36. Employee
Housing and Mortgage Assistance Services - $88,000
The RPP Task Force recommends a non-base allocation of $88,000 to
help provide a broad range of in-person and web-based housing and
mortgage assistance information to faculty and staff.
Total 2001-02 Recommended Budget Priorities:
$8,601,810
