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2012 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB1301 (Conference Report)

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Item 149 #1c

Item 149 #1c

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Education: Higher Education
Christopher Newport University FY2013 ($139,664) FY2014 ($139,664) GF

Language
Page 129, line 23, strike "$52,604,913" and insert "$52,465,249".
Page 129, line 23, strike "$52,607,665" and insert "$52,468,001".
Page 129, strike lines 45 through 49 and insert:
"C.1. Out of this appropriation, $751,663 each year from the general fund is designated for base operating support.
2.  Out of this appropriation, $255,673 each year from the general fund is designated to address efforts to improve retention and graduation through the student success initiative.
D. 1. Out of this appropriation, $440,847 each year from the general fund is designated to achieve the goals of the six-year academic plan submitted by the Christopher Newport University in the fall 2011.  Christopher Newport University shall utilize these funds to implement expansion of the President's Leadership Program and new academic STEM programs consistent with its liberal arts and science mission.
2. Christopher Newport University shall reallocate $334,796 the first year and $446,394 the second year from current educational and general program funds either to support  the initiatives identified in paragraph D.1. and / or to address programs and strategies that serve to advance the objectives of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2011."
Page 130, strike lines 1 through 10.


Explanation
(This amendment reflects adjustments to higher education funding to allow colleges to achieve the goals and objectives contained in their six-year academic and financial plans. Specifically, the funding will provide for enrollment growth, improving retention and graduation rates, targeted initiatives and incentives related to the Top Jobs for the 21st Century legislation and reallocation requirements within current resources. The amendment also reflects a reallocation requirement of 1.5 percent in the first year and 2.0 percent in the second year.)