178#2s (ODU) ODU - Commonwealth Economic Forecast Unit. SB30 - Member Request

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2006 Session

Budget Amendments - SB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Stolle
Co-Patron(s): Quayle, Rerras
ODU - Commonwealth Economic Forecast Unit

Item 178 #2s

Item 178 #2s	First Year - FY2007	Second Year - FY2008
Education: Higher Education
Old Dominion University	FY2007 $485,000	FY2008 $485,000	GF
	FY2007 4.00	FY2008 4.00	FTE

Language
Page 162, line 28, strike "$187,376,462" and insert "$187,861,462".
Page 162, line 28, strike "$196,571,936" and insert "$197,056,936".
Page 164, after line 14, insert: "J. Out of this appropriation, $485,000 and four positions from the general fund are provided each year for the University's state Economic Analysis and Forecasting Program."

Explanation
(This amendment provides $485,000 and 4.0 positions from the general fund each year to expand the University's current economic forecasting activities to the entire state. The intent of the program would be to create a better understanding of current and expected economic activity in particular regions of the state and in the Commonwealth as a whole.)

Item 178

Item 178	First Year - FY2007	Second Year - FY2008
Educational and General Programs (10000)	$187,376,462	$196,571,936
Higher Education Instruction (100101)	FY2007 $109,928,254	FY2008 $118,862,137
Higher Education Research (100102)	FY2007 $950,553	FY2008 $947,553
Higher Education Public Services (100103)	FY2007 $451,872	FY2008 $451,872
Higher Education Academic Support (100104)	FY2007 $37,555,740	FY2008 $37,555,740
Higher Education Student Services (100105)	FY2007 $7,570,397	FY2008 $7,570,397
Higher Education Institutional Support (100106)	FY2007 $19,111,239	FY2008 $19,243,462
Operation and Maintenance of Plant (100107)	FY2007 $11,808,407	FY2008 $11,940,775
Fund Sources:
General	FY2007 $101,225,901	FY2008 $101,147,867
Higher Education Operating	FY2007 $86,150,561	FY2008 $95,424,069

Authority: Title 23, Chapter 5.2, Code of Virginia.

A.1. This Item includes general and nongeneral fund appropriations to support institutional initiatives that help meet statewide goals described in the Restructured Higher Education Financial and Administrative Operations Act of 2005 (Chapters 933 and 945, 2005 Acts of Assembly).

2. Out of this appropriation, the University may allocate funds to expand enrollment capacity through expansion of distance learning, TELETECHNET and summer school.

B. Out of this appropriation shall be expended an amount estimated at $431,013 from the general fund and $198,244 from nongeneral funds the first year and $431,013 from the general fund and $198,244 from nongeneral funds the second year for the educational telecommunications project to provide graduate engineering education, subject to a plan approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

C. Out of this appropriation $4,726,361 and 41.88 positions the first year from the general fund and $1,440,000 and 12.62 positions the first year from nongeneral funds and $4,726,361 and 41.88 positions the second year from the general fund and $1,440,000 and 12.62 positions the second year from nongeneral funds is designated for the TELETECHNET program at 22 community college sites.

D.1. Out of this appropriation, $425,088 the first year and $425,088 the second year from the general fund is designated for the costs to lease and equip space for activities related to technology transfer, research, and graduate work.

2. The lease agreement shall be approved by the Governor, pursuant to § 2.2-1149, Code of Virginia and the agreement shall provide for a long term lease to support the work associated with the activities referred to in D.1.

E.1. Out of this appropriation, $2,610,000 from the general fund and $2,610,000 from nongeneral funds the first year and $2,610,000 from the general fund and $2,610,000 from nongeneral funds the second year are provided for the development and support of a Technology Workforce Training Center designed to train workers in the field of information technology.

2. Out of this appropriation, $2,015,280 and 10 positions the first year and $2,015,280 and 10 positions the second year from the general fund is provided to support workforce development in engineering and computer science. The University shall actively promote and recruit high school and community college students to consider engineering and computer science programs for their college careers. In carrying out the workforce development program, the University shall take into consideration that the General Assembly will be studying the advantages and disadvantages of incentive scholarships and their role in the Commonwealth's financial aid program.

F. Out of this appropriation, $1,165,196 and two positions the first year and $1,165,196 and two positions the second year from the general fund is designated to enhance the use of instructional technology in the classroom.

G. Notwithstanding § 55-297, Code of Virginia, Old Dominion University is hereby designated as the administrative agency for the Virginia Coordinate System.

H. Notwithstanding § 23-7.4:2, Code of Virginia, the governing board of Old Dominion University may charge reduced tuition to any person enrolled in one of Old Dominion University's TELETECHNET sites or higher education centers who lives within a 50-mile radius of the site/center, is domiciled in, and is entitled to in-state tuition charges in the institutions of higher learning in any state, or the District of Columbia, which is contiguous to Virginia and which has similar reciprocal provisions for persons domiciled in Virginia.

I. Out of this appropriation, $1,000,000 the first year from the general fund is to be used for the procurement of a full-scale “rolling road” test module that can be utilized in the wind tunnel at the NASA Langley Research Center, through a partnership with the University.