Spring Break
New university budget model ready for 2009
UMKC's dollar decisions - past, present and future
Derek Simons
Issue date: 12/1/08 Section: News
Under the new UBM, each academic unit will keep the tuition it generates, an idea proposed by Bailey before the formation of the UBC.
A study of where the state funds ended up showed some schools weren't receiving any, some were getting very little and a few were getting a lot.
"Some schools weren't even getting a GRA [general revenue allocation] as large as their tuition," Luppino said.
State money will now be divided up according to a weighted formula, which takes into consideration educational costs from unit to unit. Three schools appealed their allocation and have now reached agreements with the UBC, according to Luppino.
Before the state money can be allocated proportionally, however, there are certain expenses (approximately $10 million) which are "taken off the top."
Legislative earmarks total more than $2.6 million (including $970,000 for the School of Dentistry for academic capacity), and the rest are mandated by the chancellor as "priority allocations," including the Twin Oaks debt repayment ($1,340,000 in FY 2009) and more than $4 million for the salary adjustment pool.
The third issue the UBC addressed was the appropriate level of funding for administrative and support functions.
"The Faculty Senate tracked from 2002 to 2005 what was happening to the increase in general revenue," Luppino said. "At that time, the state funding was flat. The increase was fueled by tuition increases that the students were paying. We found a very large percentage of that - something in the neighborhood of 80 percent - appeared to have gone to administrative and support units."
Since then, he said, there has been a "swing back," but under the new UBM, these funds will no longer be taken off the top. Each academic unit will now pay taxes according to usage established and regularly reviewed by a Support Cost Review Committee. For example, payments to Student Affairs will be based on the number of students in the unit and building maintenance on square footage.
A study of where the state funds ended up showed some schools weren't receiving any, some were getting very little and a few were getting a lot.
"Some schools weren't even getting a GRA [general revenue allocation] as large as their tuition," Luppino said.
State money will now be divided up according to a weighted formula, which takes into consideration educational costs from unit to unit. Three schools appealed their allocation and have now reached agreements with the UBC, according to Luppino.
Before the state money can be allocated proportionally, however, there are certain expenses (approximately $10 million) which are "taken off the top."
Legislative earmarks total more than $2.6 million (including $970,000 for the School of Dentistry for academic capacity), and the rest are mandated by the chancellor as "priority allocations," including the Twin Oaks debt repayment ($1,340,000 in FY 2009) and more than $4 million for the salary adjustment pool.
The third issue the UBC addressed was the appropriate level of funding for administrative and support functions.
"The Faculty Senate tracked from 2002 to 2005 what was happening to the increase in general revenue," Luppino said. "At that time, the state funding was flat. The increase was fueled by tuition increases that the students were paying. We found a very large percentage of that - something in the neighborhood of 80 percent - appeared to have gone to administrative and support units."
Since then, he said, there has been a "swing back," but under the new UBM, these funds will no longer be taken off the top. Each academic unit will now pay taxes according to usage established and regularly reviewed by a Support Cost Review Committee. For example, payments to Student Affairs will be based on the number of students in the unit and building maintenance on square footage.
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