THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
2001-2002 STATE EXECUTIVE BUDGET
Recommendations
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
University Budget Office
Office of Facilities Planning, Construction and
Management
JANUARY
19, 2001(subject to revision)
THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
2001-2002
STATE EXECUTIVE BUDGETPRELIMINARY ANALYSIS— January
19, 2001 SENIOR COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS• The Executive Budget continues last year’s appropriation of $7.1 million for Academic Support Services.
• The Executive Budget proposes statutory changes to authorize CUNY (and SUNY) to establish campus-based graduate and professional tuition rates.
• The City University Tuition Reimbursable Account (CUTRA), which permits revenue collections in excess of the University’s revenue target to be used in subsequent years, remains unchanged at $20 million.
• The Income Fund Reimbursable (IFR) account, which funds senior college continuing education and other self-supporting programs, remains unchanged at $60 million.
• The City University Stabilization Account, which provides for the rollover of unexpended funds from the current fiscal year, remains at the 2001 level of $10 million.
COMMUNITY COLLEGE HIGHLIGHTS
• State base aid support per FTE is maintained at the FY2001 adopted budget level of $2,250.
• The budget eliminates legislative add-ons totaling $2.8 million in funding for:
*Full-time faculty -- $2.0 million;
*Child Care -- $560,000;
*College Discovery -- $190,000.
• Categorical Programs -- Child Care and College Discovery -- are
funded at $1.4 million.
• Funding for contract courses and workforce development remains
at $1 million.
• Maintenance of Effort provision is extended through 2001-2002.
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THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
2001-2002 STATE EXECUTIVE BUDGET
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS— January
19, 2001CAPITAL BUDGET
• The Executive Budget continues support for the fourth year of the previously approved five-year $1 billion plan. It provides a total of $165 million for FY 2001-2002 in major bonded and minor rehabilitation projects.
• Recommends bonding $150 million in senior college projects and bonding $10 million in community college projects, plus $4 million in senior college minor rehab projects and $1 million in community college minor rehab projects.
• Continues crucial funding of health & safety, facility preservation, disabled accessibility and asbestos abatement projects.
• Promotes the State’s energy conservation objectives by supporting CUNY-Wide energy projects and provides funding for CUNY-Wide special initiatives such as science & technology equipment.
• Supports CUNY-Wide infrastructure network/telecommunications needs.
• Recommends continued funding for new facilities such as Phase II at John Jay College and the West Quad Building at Brooklyn College, renovation of buildings at Lehman College and Hunter College, and equipment needs at the College of Staten Island.
FINANCIAL AID HIGHLIGHTS
• The Executive Budget recommends funding of $636 million for the Tuition Assistance Program, the same level as 2000-2001.
• The Executive Budget provides funding to implement statutory changes enacted last year to fully fund the cost of tuition (from 95% to 100%) and to reduce to $100 the reduction on awards in the fifth semester. The State claims that these, and other changes, can be supported because of a projected decline in the number of recipients, driven by increases in family income and a favorable job market.
• Aid to Part-time Study (APTS) Program is funded at $14.6 million, the same level as 2000-2001.
• CUNY’s pilot part-time TAP program is continued.
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THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
2001-2002 STATE EXECUTIVE BUDGET
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS— January 19, 2001
STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
• Aid for Independent Colleges and Universities (Bundy Aid) is funded at $34.7 million, a reduction of $12.6 million from the 2000-2001 level.
• STEP/CSTEP is funded at $7.5 million, a reduction of $2.5 million from the 2000-2001 level.
• Liberty Partnerships are funded at $11.5 million, the same level as 2000-2001.
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK• The FY2002 State Executive Budget recommendation totals $1.784 billion, a net increase over the current year of $41.8 million. The net increase in funding reflects increases in State aid, increases in revenue, savings in rental payments and reductions of certain legislative add-ons.
• The Executive Budget includes a lump sum appropriation of $55.2 million for services and expenses related to collective bargaining, inflation costs, full-time faculty and other program initiatives.
OTHER• The Executive Budget increases funding for the "Teachers of Tomorrow" initiative by 100% to $50 million. New initiatives in 2002 include:
> Training grants for alternative certification candidates;
> Career Ladder grants for paraprofessionals seeking to become certified teachers;
> Pension modifications for retired teachers in teacher shortage areas;
> Professional support for new teachers in low-performing schools;
> Incentives for improving the quality of math and science teaching.
• The Executive Budget includes a 5-year, $1 billion plan, supported by $283 million in State funds and $700 million in federal, university and private funds, to create high-technology and biotechnology Centers of Excellence.
Three centers are currently being established: Bioinformatics at Buffalo, Photonics and Optoelectronics at Rochester, and Nanoelectronics at Albany. The plan creates up to six state-of-the-art academic research facilities located at higher education institutions across the state, including New York City and Long Island. The New York City Center takes advantage of the City’s medical schools, health centers, and research institutions and focuses on developing collaborative research projects that will transform medicine in the future.
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