Richard Bland College provides a traditional curriculum in the liberal arts and sciences leading to the associate degree, and other programs appropriate to a junior college. The curriculum is intended to allow students to acquire junior status after transferring to a four-year college, or to pursue expanded career opportunities. The college also serves the public by providing educational and cultural opportunities for the community at large.
Operating Budget Summary
This table shows the Governor's proposed budget for the next two years and the agency's official budget for the previous six years. more...
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Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$6,012,947
$4,815,392
$10,828,339
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
$5,616,722
$6,253,392
$11,870,114
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$5,548,440
$8,219,606
$13,768,046
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
$5,290,472
$7,499,280
$12,789,752
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$5,667,627
$7,519,333
$13,186,960
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
$5,927,447
$7,543,050
$13,470,497
2014-2016
2015
Governor's Proposed Budget
$6,900,185
$7,669,738
$14,569,923
Base Budget
$5,927,447
$7,543,050
$13,470,497
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$972,738
$126,688
$1,099,426
2014-2016
2016
Governor's Proposed Budget
$6,919,331
$7,678,555
$14,597,886
Base Budget
$5,927,447
$7,543,050
$13,470,497
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
$991,884
$135,505
$1,127,389
Positions Budget Summary
Biennium
Fiscal Year
Source
GF
NGF
Total
2008-2010
2009
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
70.43
40.73
111.16
2008-2010
2010
Chapter 872, 2010 Acts of Assembly
70.43
40.73
111.16
2010-2012
2011
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
70.43
41.41
111.84
2010-2012
2012
Chapter 2, 2012 Acts of Assembly
70.43
41.41
111.84
2012-2014
2013
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
70.43
41.41
111.84
2012-2014
2014
Chapter 1, 2014 Acts of Assembly
70.43
41.41
111.84
2014-2016
2015
Proposed Positions
73.11
42.73
115.84
Base Budget
70.43
41.41
111.84
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
0.00
0.00
0.00
2012-2014
2016
Proposed Positions
73.11
42.73
115.84
Base Budget
70.43
41.41
111.84
Addenda (Changes to the Base)
2.68
1.32
4.00
Operating Budget Addenda (in order of greatest impact)
•
Improve academic and co-curricular programs
Decision Package
Provides funding for the development of a core curriculum reflecting best practices in teaching and learning through applied academic programs such as technical and creative arts, information technology, and agribusiness, in response to student demand.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$257,214
$275,115
Nongeneral Fund
$126,688
$135,505
Positions
4.00
4.00
•
Provide support to higher education institutions to achieve the goals of the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011
Decision Package
Provides funding to higher education institutions in support of achieving the goals of the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011 (Top Jobs Act). The Top Jobs Act strives to incentivize higher education institutions to educate and graduate more Virginians, while encouraging more graduates in the sciences, technology, engineering, math, and health care fields, as well as supporting underrepresented students to graduate from higher education institutions. The goal is to achieve 100,000 additional undergraduate degrees by 2025 in order to keep the Commonwealth economically competitive, both nationally and internationally. The funding is also intended to slow the rising costs of tuition and fees in order to keep higher education both affordable and accessible.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$395,372
$395,372
•
Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets
Base Budget Adjustment
Adjusts the agency budget to reflect amounts moved to or from Central Appropriations to cover the continued cost of public employee salary increases, increases in state employee health insurance premiums, changes in state employee retirement and other benefit contribution rates, and other centrally funded items being continued from the 2012-14 biennium into the 2014-16 biennium.
Increases funding for need-based financial aid for in-state undergraduate students.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$100,000
$100,000
•
Annualize faculty salary increases
Decision Package
Annualizes the funding for a three percent faculty salary increase provided in 2014.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$9,493
$9,493
•
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges
Decision Package
Adjusts the agency budget for information technology and telecommunication charges based on the required cost of living adjustments contained in the Northrop Grumman contract and the elimination of the debt recovery surcharge originally approved by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission on July 12, 2010.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($1,400)
($1,397)
•
Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program
Decision Package
Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state's Automobile Insurance Liability program.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$1,154
$1,154
•
Adjust funding for state agency Line of Duty costs
Decision Package
Adjusts funding for state agency Line of Duty Act premiums based on the 2015 and 2016 premium rates set by the Virginia Retirement System.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
($632)
($632)
•
Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to the agency's budget to pay for the agency's share of the costs for the new Cardinal accounting system. The Department of Accounts allocates the yearly cost of the system to agencies based upon the number of transactions the agency completed in the previous fiscal year.
FY 2015
FY 2016
General Fund
$0
$1,242
•
Adjust agency appropriation for the cost of Performance Budgeting system charges
Decision Package
Provides appropriation to pay for the agency's share of ongoing Performance Budgeting system operating and maintenance costs. The general fund share of this cost was previously budgeted in Central Appropriations.
