OFFICIAL

PURPOSE
 

1. The Budget Committee for Academic Affairs is intended to advise to the Provost regarding those budget decisions that widely impact department budgets within the division.
2. As part of the budget review within the division, the Deans will incorporate input from non-administrative faculty representing each department/school into their budget reviews through the use of college councils and/or an appropriate college-level committee.
    

 

MEMBERSHIP
 

3. The membership of the Budget Committee will be the deans, others who directly report to the Provost, the Chair of the Faculty Senate, the Chair of the Council of Chairs and the Chair of the Faculty Senate Budget Committee.
    

 

PROCEDURE
 

4. The Provost will call a meeting of the budget committee at least once per long semester.
5. The committee will meet to discuss and provide input on budget matters including:

a.    How budget distributions reflect strategic planning:  Strategic initiatives such as compensation increases, enrollment increases, and new academic programs should be reflected in budget priorities if at all possible.
b.    Distribution of new full-time faculty:  the creation of new faculty positions should meet the needs of enrollment increases and/or new academic programs approved in the strategic plan.
c.    Changes in department adjunct budgets:  adjunct budgets are increased in response to sustained enrollment increases that are not answered fully by new full-time faculty.
d.    Changes in summer budgets: summer budgets should consider summer enrollment changes and/or base compensation increases for full-time faculty.
e.    Changes in M&O budgets:  M&O budgets change according to the allocation formula (weighted 5-year average expenses, number of majors, number of faculty, etc.) governing such budgets.





 

RESPONSIBILITIES
 

6. The Provost is responsible for calling the meetings of the committee and for distributing the necessary documents to the committee members.
    

 

CERTIFICATION STATEMENT



7. This PPS has been approved by the reviewer listed below and represents Texas State's Division of Academic Affairs policy and procedure from the date of this document until superseded.

 
Texas State University-San Marcos
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Last Updated: 6/09/2009
Send comments and questions to: tg12@txstate.edu