State University of New York
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| Category | Available 2007-08 |
Appropriations Recommended 2008-09 |
Change From 2007-08 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2008-09 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 6,636,587,140 | 6,896,446,000 | 259,858,860 | 759,142,000 |
| Aid To Localities | 449,894,713 | 455,813,000 | 5,918,287 | 0 |
| Capital Projects | 379,700,000 | 4,285,595,000 | 3,905,895,000 | 3,395,039,000 |
| Total | 7,466,181,853 | 11,637,854,000 | 4,171,672,147 | 4,154,181,000 |
| Full-Time Equivalent Positions (FTE) |
| Program | 2007-08 Estimated FTEs 03/31/08 |
2008-09 Estimated FTEs 03/31/09 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| All State University Colleges and Schools | |||
| General Fund | 24,125 | 24,130 | 5 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Federal | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 16,497 | 16,497 | 0 |
| Capital Projects Funds - Other | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 40,627 | 40,632 | 5 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 01/22/08.
Mission
Created in 1948, the State University of New York (SUNY) is the largest public university system in the nation with 64 campuses offering a complete range of academic, professional and vocational programs. The State University system is uniquely positioned to provide New Yorkers with access to quality postsecondary educational programs in all regions of the State.
Budget Highlights
The Executive Budget recommends $11.7 billion in All Funds support ($2.8 billion General Fund; $8.9 billion Other Funds) for the State University of New York. This represents an increase of $4.2 billion ($0.04 billion General Fund; $4.1 billion Other Funds) from the 2007-08 budget. This net change primarily reflects base level adjustments for personal services, nonpersonal services, fringe benefits and other inflationary costs, major budget actions described below, and other measures. The Executive Budget does not assume a tuition increase, therefore, the University's Tuition Revenue Offset will remain level at $1.05 billion.
Major budget actions include:
- New Five-Year Capital Program. The Executive Budget includes $4.3 billion of new appropriations in 2008-09 to support the first year of a $6.5 billion, five-year capital investment program. This five-year program will provide $2.75 billion for critical maintenance projects and $1.6 billion for strategic initiative projects at State-operated educational facilities; $1.0 billion for projects at SUNY’s self-supporting hospitals and residence halls; $526 million for Community College capital projects, representing the State’s 50 percent share of project costs; $75 million to support a pilot “Greening of SUNY” initiative for self-supporting energy efficiency capital projects; and $500 million in spending authority for projects supported by non-State funds (i.e. grants and donations).
- Nursing Programs. The Executive Budget provides $1 million of additional funding to expand SUNY nursing programs
- Office of Diversity and Educational Equity. The Executive Budget provides $200,000 in additional funding for SUNY’s Office of Diversity and Educational Equity for the development and dissemination of model programs demonstrated to be effective in meeting the needs of English Language Learners. These additional funds will increase total support for the office to $500,000.
- Stony Brook Collaborative Research Alliance. The Executive budget provides $250,000 to support initial planning costs for a strategic research partnership between Stony Brook University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory. The goal of the Alliance is to link the intellectual and infrastructure resources of these three pre-eminent research institutions to create a life sciences and biomedical research cluster that will attract world class researchers and bio-medical-related businesses to the Long Island region and New York State as a whole.
- Energy Costs. The Executive Budget includes a $45 million contingency appropriation outside of SUNY's appropriation schedule to cover extraordinary utility cost increases experienced by the University’s State-operated and statutory campuses in 2008-09, should they arise.
- Savings from Innovation and Enhanced Flexibility. The Executive Budget recognizes the flexibility of the Board of Trustees to manage a $34 million (2.5 percent) reduction in General Fund support in a manner that is responsive to student needs and University priorities. The Executive Budget also includes Article VII legislation that would enhance SUNY's existing flexibility in the areas of procurement and construction, which will facilitate cost savings efforts.
- $50 per FTE Reduction in Community College Base Operating Aid. Funding for base operating aid is reduced by $50 per full-time equivalent (FTE) student from $2,675 to $2,625 per FTE to achieve savings of $8.3 million on an academic fiscal year basis.
2008-09 Executive Budget — Agency Presentation
State University of New York (PDF)