UW Budget
February 17, 2011
Closing in on a Final Compromise for the FY 2011 WA State Budget
Leadership in both fiscal committees of the House of Representatives and Senate signed a compromise budget to closing the remaining FY 2011 budget deficit. Both new cuts and fund transfers are included in the compromise. While the budget is not final and both chambers must take a floor vote, the conference budget is in near final…
February 1, 2011
State of the States
We continue to closely follow the fate of Washington State’s budget, but are also keeping our eyes on what is happening in other states. Below are some resources that you might also find of interest: Education Week provides brief coverage of and links to the State of the State addresses as they are made in…
January 24, 2011
Somber State Budget Update Presented to UW Regents
Paul Jenny, Vice Provost of Planning & Budgeting, presented the Governor’s proposed budget for higher education and the UW to our Board of Regents last Thursday. Paul touched on the upcoming state revenue forecast, the Governor’s cuts to all institutions, and the impact of future state funding cuts on campus. The Regents expressed many concerns throughout…
January 5, 2011
Gearing up for the 2011 Legislative Session
Today, the Office of State Relations and the Office of Planning and Budgeting held a legislative session overview for folks across campus who are frequently called upon to respond to requests for information during session, including providing feedback on proposed bills, completing fiscal note responses, or working with state relations to testify or answer questions…
December 23, 2010
Governor’s 2011-13 Capital Budget Would Fund Odegaard Undergraduate Learning Center Renovation
The Governor’s 2011-13 proposed Capital Budget includes $19.5 million in state building construction funds for a renovation to the Odegaard Undergraduate Learning Center. In addition, the Governor appropriates UW student-generated building fee funds for a variety of projects, including a $4.8 million High Voltage Infrastructure Improvement Project and $25.8 million for preventive maintenance and building…
December 17, 2010
Governor’s Budget Mandates 3% Salary Reductions for All State Employees
Yesterday, the Governor released her 2011-13 budget, and an obscure section of it mandated that all state employees’ salaries, regardless of fund source, be reduced by 3 percent in both fiscal years of the coming biennium. For the UW, this means that those employees supported by General Operating Funds, working in the hospitals, supported by…
December 16, 2010
Massive Funding Cuts for Higher Ed in Governor’s 2011-13 (FY12 & FY13) Budget
The Governor released her 2011-13 Operating Budget today and it calls for major cuts across all state agencies. This is just the first budget released to address the next biennium; we will review and analyze many Legislative budget proposals during session, which starts on Monday, January 10. The Governor’s budget addresses the $5.7 billion deficit forecasted for the…
December 15, 2010
Op-Eds Call for Increased Flexibility for Public Higher Ed in WA
Three op-eds published recently by local newspapers outline the changing relationship between Washington State and its public higher education institutions. All three op-eds call for the state to increase institutional flexibility in the face of large budget cuts. Phyllis Wise, Interim President, UW: The new normal State public university students will bear bigger share of…
December 13, 2010
Legislature Passes Second Supplemental Budget in Seven Hours on Saturday
The Washington State Legislature quickly passed a second supplemental budget for Fiscal Year 2011 on Saturday, which closed $580 million of the FY11 $1.1 billion deficit. More cutting must be done; we anticipate that this action will occur in a final supplemental budget, which would be adopted in January 2011, likely as the first action of…
December 8, 2010
Federal Maintenance of Effort Requirement Makes State Financial Aid Programs Vulnerable
Both the American Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009 and the 2010 Education Jobs Fund provided federal funding for education. In exchange for accepting federal funds, both fiscal relief vehicles came with Maintenance of Effort (MOE) provisions requiring states to continue financial support for higher education institutions at certain minimum levels. However, some forms of state…
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