• |
Adjust auxiliary enterprises nongeneral fund appropriation |
Decision Package |
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Adjusts appropriation authority to reflect increased funding for auxiliary enterprise programs. |
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|
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$1,500,000 |
$1,700,000 |
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Increase appropriation for tuition and fee revenue |
Decision Package |
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Provides additional appropriation to reflect increased student enrollment and adjusts the appropriation utilized for student financial assistance to account for the institution's present level of support. |
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|
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$960,000 |
$960,000 |
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Distribute Central Appropriation amounts to agency budgets |
Base Budget Adjustment |
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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. |
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|
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$721,538 |
$721,538 |
|
• |
Increase nongeneral fund appropriation for Unique Military Activities |
Decision Package |
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|
Increases funding for military activities to reflect unavoidable cost increases, including higher uniform costs. |
|
|
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$300,000 |
$500,000 |
|
• |
Increase state support of Unique Military Activities |
Decision Package |
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Provides additional general fund support of military activities. Military activities are central to the Institute's mission and enables the school to fulfill its statutory obligation of providing higher education in a military organization. |
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|
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$250,000 |
$250,000 |
Positions |
2.00 |
2.00 |
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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 |
$174,594 |
$174,594 |
|
• |
Add director for Math Education and Resource Center |
Decision Package |
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Provides funding and staff to support the Math Education and Resource Center. The center was created to specifically address cadets’ poor performance in mathematics, with a particular emphasis on incoming freshmen. It is essential that students who are poorly prepared in mathematics receive instruction and coaching to find success in college-level mathematics, especially math required for technical disciplines. |
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|
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$112,179 |
$112,179 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$55,253 |
$55,253 |
Positions |
1.00 |
1.00 |
|
• |
Add faculty and staff for new Computer Information Science program |
Decision Package |
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Provides funding and staff to support the new Computer Information Science program. Beginning this academic year, the Institute began offering a new bachelor of science degree in Computer and Information Sciences. The new major is intended to encourage increased Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) majors in the high-demand area of information technology and computing, |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$101,428 |
$101,428 |
Nongeneral Fund |
$49,957 |
$49,957 |
Positions |
2.00 |
2.00 |
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• |
Increase undergraduate student financial assistance |
Decision Package |
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|
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 |
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|
Annualizes the funding for a three percent faculty salary increase provided in 2014. |
|
|
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$20,981 |
$20,981 |
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• |
Fund changes in state employee workers' compensation premiums |
Decision Package |
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|
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 |
($2,686) |
($1,876) |
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• |
Adjust funding for premium changes in the Automobile Insurance Liability program |
Decision Package |
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|
Adjusts agency funding for the approved premium changes in the state's Automobile Insurance Liability program. |
|
|
FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$1,571 |
$1,571 |
|
• |
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 |
$1,264 |
$1,264 |
|
• |
Fund agency costs for the new Cardinal accounting system |
Decision Package |
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|
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. |
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FY 2015 |
FY 2016 |
General Fund |
$0 |
$1,983 |
|
• |
Adjust funding for state agency Line of Duty costs |
Decision Package |
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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 |
$395 |
$395 |
|
• |
Adjust funding to agencies for information technology and telecommunication charges |
Decision Package |
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|
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 |
($15) |
($15) |
Nongeneral Fund |
($93) |
($89) |
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