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2012 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB1301 (Conference Report)

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Radford Conference Package

Item 184 #1c

Item 184 #1c

First Year - FY2013 Second Year - FY2014
Education: Higher Education
Radford University FY2013 ($96,523) FY2014 ($96,523) GF

Language
Page 146, line 5, strike "$101,046,153" and insert "$100,949,630".
Page 146, line 5, strike "$101,050,338" and insert "$100,953,815".
Page 146, strike lines 27 through 40 and insert:
"C.1. Out of this appropriation, $962,943 each year from the general fund is designated for base operating support.
2.  Out of this appropriation, $866,958 each year from the general fund is designated to address the projected growth in transfer students and efforts to improve retention and graduation through increased advising and student engagement programs.
D.1. Out of this appropriation, $666,535 each year from the general fund is designated to achieve the goals of the six-year academic plan submitted by the Radford University in the fall 2011.  Radford University shall utilize these funds to establish accelerated degree options to include expanded distance education options.
2. Radford University shall reallocate $594,920 the first year and $793,227 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."


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.)