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Louisiana Public Postsecondary Education Governance Commission Budget, Formula Funding, & Efficiencies. September 28, 2011. Constitutional Authority. Board of Regents: (Article VIII, Section 5 [D][4])
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Louisiana Public Postsecondary Education Governance Commission Budget, Formula Funding, & Efficiencies September 28, 2011
Constitutional Authority Board of Regents: (Article VIII, Section 5 [D][4]) The Board of Regents is required by the Louisiana Constitution to develop a funding formula as a component of the Master Plan for Public Postsecondary Education: “At a minimum, the plan shall include a formula for equitable distribution of funds to the institutions of postsecondary education.” Management Boards: (Article VIII, Section 12) Appropriations for the institutions of higher education shall be made to their managing boards. The funds appropriated shall be administered by the managing boards and used solely as provided by law.
Statutory Authority Under R.S. 39:32.1(C), “each postsecondary education agency shall prepare an annual operating budget, which shall be subject to approval by both the appropriate management board and the Board of Regents. The operating budget shall contain, at a minimum, budgetary information on prior year actual revenues and expenditures and current year budgeted revenues and expenditures, and the budgetary information as provided in R.S. 39:32(C) through (H) for the prior and current fiscal years.”
FY 2011-12 HIED Budget Overview Total = $3.013b ** Contains $97.2m of non-recurring self-generated carry forward
FY 2011-12 HIED Budget Overview Total = $3.013b
Comparison of Expenditures by Functionas a Percentage of Education and General (E&G)
History of Development of Formula • Act 1465 of 1997 set performance-based budgeting requirements • Core objectives: total enrollment, minority enrollment, retention (campus and statewide) and graduation rates • 2007 Formula Workgroup recommendation • Core objectives: focus existing and new dollars on performance and results, make the formula more sensitive to missions of institutions, make cost metric values in the formula analysis more precise and current • 2011 Formula • Core objectives: align with GRAD Act; set two-year and four-year institutions equidistant from their respective peer groups; end of course counts will be used to drive cost calculations; hold harmless metric to establish maximum annual funding loss
Formula Implementation Rates ** Includes ARRA Funds (area shaded in red shows impact of ARRA funds)
Four-Year Institutions Two-Year Institutions* Total State Funds for All Formula Institutions Cost Calculation Performance Cost Calculation Performance *Includes all 2-year institutions
85% Distribution Based on Cost Calculation Funding Formula Student Credit Hours funded based on SREB peer faculty costs comparisons by discipline Funds on End of Course instead of 14th class day except for the technical colleges Follows best practices trends of other states Responds to the Postsecondary Education Review Commission (PERC)
Cost Calculation Funding Formula Driven by comparative costs per student credit hour (SCH) Weighted by student level and discipline Factors added for academic support, institutional support and operations/maintenance
Funding Formula 25% for Performance: 15% SGF 10% Tuition Authority Performance funds retained through successful GRAD Act performance Standardizes definition of performance Tracked on one set of agreed upon Student Success Metrics
Path Forward Funding Formula Sustain formula for multi-years to allow performance to take root Continue to adapt the distribution of funds based on the funding formula so that campuses can manage funding shifts Adopt statewide implementation of End of Course measure
Efficiency and Savings Measures • Vacant faculty and staff lines have been eliminated, professional and support staff have been furloughed (days off without pay), merit increases have be discontinued for several years, and there have been many layoffs as well. • University support, items like travel, printing, supplies, equipment, and auto fleet have been greatly reduced. • Privatization efforts of some university functions (bookstore, custodial, grounds, printing, food service and dormitory operations).
Efficiency and Savings Measures • (Continued) • Some institutions close at mid-day on Friday in an effort to save utilities. • Efficiencies have been gained by the termination of low completer programs. In FY 2010-11 the BoR conducted an extensive review of 456 low completer programs and eliminated 281 programs, including 109 that were terminated and 172 that were consolidated into other programs.
Higher Education • Change in Full-time Equivalent (FTE) Positions
Board of Regents Focus Three Main Goals • To increase the education attainment of its citizens; • To invest strategically in university research; and • To become a more efficient and accountable enterprise.
Board of Regents • Questions