$160 million in increased state appropriations would bring Oklahoma close to national parity funding support for Oklahoma students.
- College and University Mandatory Costs = $36.4 million
Costs over which colleges and universities have little or no control, such as utilities, employee health insurance, risk management premiums, annualization of partial-year salaries, etc.
- Institutional Priorities = $29.0 million
Improvements necessary for colleges and universities to increase quality of education for students and the higher education system, such as additional full-time faculty, additional researchers, adjunct faculty, professional staff in academic support/student services, library services, graduate assistants and student employees. Includes funding for faculty and staff salary increases, increases in instructional materials and instructional technology.
- Targeted Needs = $14.6 million
Base adjustments for institutions with unfunded enrollment growth
Nursing/allied health program expansions to address workforce needs
Teacher Residency Program increase to fund additional workload
Operating costs for new campus facilities
- Brain Gain/Programs of Excellence Expansion = $2.0 million
Second round of five-year funding for priority academic programs at colleges and universities.
- Adult Degree Completion Initiative Start Up = $.5 million
To enable Oklahomans who have at least two years of college credit to return to complete a bachelor’s degree. This funding will assist the lead institution in coordinating the program.
- Summer Academies Partial Restoration of FY04 Budget Reductions = $.3 million
Summer academies supplement middle and high school curriculum with relevant experiences in math and science for students in grades eight through 12.
- Oklahoma’s Promise (OHLAP) = $10.0 million
Estimated 2,900 more students. $3 million less if no tuition increase.
- Concurrent Enrollment Tuition Waiver = $2.5 million
Pilot program underway for the fall 2005 and spring 2006 semesters. The actual costs will be determined after analysis of the pilot program. The requested amount will be used to reimburse institutions for their costs.
- Oklahoma Tuition Aid Grant (OTAG) = $4.8 million
Provides equity in the award amount between public students ($1,000) and private students ($1,300).
- Oklahoma Tuition Equalization Grant (OTEG) = $.6 million
Funding sufficient to make awards to 50 percent of eligible students; similar to OTAG.
- Academic Scholars = $.7 million
Second installment of funding needed to align revenues and expenditures.
- Annualization of $475 Million Capital Bond Debt Service = $15.1 million
Legislature appropriated funds for the initial interest-only debt service payment of the 2005 higher education capital bonds. Full debt service payments, estimated to be between $30 and $32 million annually, will be necessary beginning in FY07.
- Section 13 Offset = $1.0 million
Restoring reductions made in FY04 to provide parity between those institutions that do and do not receive Section 13 Offset Funds and New College Funds for support of capital needs.
- OneNet Equipment = $1.5 million
Equipment and software to enhance existing infrastructure and to provide increased monitoring, fault tolerance and network availability.
- Endowed Chairs = $3.5 million
Match a portion of the endowed chairs that have now been established with private gifts.
- Office of State Finance Charges = $0.6 million
Cover the increased cost charged by the Office of State Finance for higher education’s transaction fees for the CORE system.
