| • |
| Increase positions and nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect additional auxiliary enterprise revenue |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Provides an increase in the nongeneral fund appropriation for auxiliary enterprise programs. The additional revenue reflects increases in enrollment and student and user fee rates for 2014 and will be used to support the expenditures associated with the program revenues. |
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| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$12,600,000 |
$24,200,000 |
| Positions |
16.00 |
16.00 |
|
| • |
| Increase nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect additional grant and contract activity |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Adjusts the nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect additional grant and contract activity. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$10,100,000 |
$21,100,000 |
|
| • |
| Increase nongeneral fund positions and appropriation to reflect additional tuition and fee revenue |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Adjusts the nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect additional positions and tuition revenue to support the institution's educational and general programs. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$15,000,000 |
$15,000,000 |
| Positions |
170.00 |
170.00 |
|
| • |
| Increase nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect additional tuition and fee revenue in FY 2013 |
Base Budget Adjustment |
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| |
Adjusts the university's nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect additional tuition and fee revenue for education and general programs. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$10,920,000 |
$10,920,000 |
|
| • |
| 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. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| General Fund |
$5,815,624 |
$5,815,624 |
|
| • |
| Provide support to higher education institutions to achieve the goals of the Virginia Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011 |
Decision Package |
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| |
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 |
$5,086,955 |
$5,086,955 |
|
| • |
| Increase undergraduate student financial assistance |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Increases funding for need-based financial aid for in-state undergraduate students. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| General Fund |
$3,150,000 |
$3,150,000 |
|
| • |
| Increase nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect additional student financial aid revenue |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Adjusts the nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect additional revenue to support financial aid. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| Nongeneral Fund |
$905,000 |
$1,205,000 |
|
| • |
| Provides funding to support applied research in simulation modeling and gaming |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Provides funding to support the university's research program in simulation modeling and gaming. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| General Fund |
$500,000 |
$500,000 |
|
| • |
| Increase graduate student financial assistance |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Increases financial aid to retain and attract qualified graduate students to assist with the university's research program. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| General Fund |
$376,910 |
$376,910 |
|
| • |
| 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 |
$336,897 |
$336,897 |
|
| • |
| Fund operating and maintenance support |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Provides additional funding to support operating and maintenance of the Hylton Center. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| General Fund |
$125,000 |
$125,000 |
|
| • |
| Fund research equipment and related support |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Provides funding to support research equipment and contractual support for the university's Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine Center to expedite the rollout of a Lyme Disease test. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| General Fund |
$250,000 |
$0 |
|
| • |
| Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Adjusts the agency's budget for workers' compensation premiums based on the allocation of 2015 and 2016 program costs provided by the Department of Human Resource Management. The allocation is based on the historical experience of the agency and reflects the current policy of providing agencies with 50 percent of any increased costs and allowing agencies to retain 50 percent of any reduced costs. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| General Fund |
($30,357) |
($23,738) |
|
| • |
| 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 |
$16,943 |
$16,943 |
|
| • |
| 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. |
| |
| |
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
| General Fund |
$13,326 |
$13,326 |
|
| • |
| 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 |
$18,142 |
|
| • |
| 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 |
($1,610) |
($1,607) |
|
| • |
| 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 |
($332) |
($332) |
|
| • |
| Transfer funding between fund details for auxiliary enterprise programs |
Decision Package |
|
| |
Transfers higher education operating funds to the correct fund detail for auxiliary enterprise programs. In addition, funding is transferred among fund details to provide sufficient appropriation for debt service principal and interest payments on auxiliary enterprise facilities. |
