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Overview of Ad-hoc Budget Review
Committee Recommendations
Dick Dietrich, Chair, Senate Fiscal CommitteePrepared from multiple sources with appreciation
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Committee Members Members Deborah Larsen, Co-Chair, College of Medicine Jozef C. Raadschelders, Co-Chair, John Glenn School of Public Affairs Anil Arya, Fisher College of Business Morgan Cichon, Council of Graduate Students Donna Hobart, Office of the President Shane Ingalls, Undergraduate Student Government Betsy Lindsey, College of Education and Human Ecology Marie Mead, College of Engineering Robert Perry, College of Arts and Sciences James Phelan, College of Arts and Sciences Kris Devine, Office of Business and Finance, ex officio Brad Harris, Office of Academic Affairs, ex officio
Staff Support Suzi Ballinger, Financial Planning and Analysis Dawn Romie, Financial Planning and Analysis Jim Schiefferle, Financial Planning and Analysis
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Review Process1. Understand the university budget (all areas, including
student life, athletics, medical center)2. Understand the University Budget Model and Budget
System3. Understand historical context of last five years4. Understand the data5. Survey the colleges6. Evaluate the BSAC recommendations and outcomes7. Discussion of risks, challenges and opportunities8. Formulate conclusions and recommendations
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Recommendations Overarching Recommendation“The guiding principles and design of the university budget model are fundamentally sound. The committee recommends the budget model should be retained. To fully take advantage of the budget model, central university decisions must be made in a coordinated, holistic, transparent manner with the impact of decisions on colleges and support units modeled prior to the decisions being finalized”
Specific Recommendations—three areas•Annual Planning and Review Process•Budget Model•Management Reporting and Training
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Recommendations: Annual Planning and Review Process
1. Senate Fiscal Committee should comprehensively review annually the tax and all assessments of the budget model (e.g., student services, research administration, and physical plant)
2. A robust multi-year projection model should be developed that can be used by colleges to model budget scenarios based on a variety of inputs
3. The review process for central administration offices should include a subsequent review focusing on the impact of the recommendations
4. Three institutional risks (Wexner Medical Center and changing healthcare environment, cost of north residential housing, and ongoing cost of STEP) should be carefully evaluated and monitored to ensure their impact is understood, and strategic decisions should be made to minimize the impact to the model
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Recommendations: Budget Model
1. Assessments outside the budget model should be limited2. The subsidy allocation methodology should be re-evaluated when
the Ohio Board of Regents methodology is finalized3. A re-basing analysis should be completed for all colleges
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Recommendations: Management Reporting and Training
1. Colleges should have a college level committee for fiscal and budget issues with adequate department level faculty and staff representation
2. To increase transparency, fiscal presentations by college leadership, such as the dean and senior fiscal officer, to faculty and staff are desirable and expected
3. Financial training for unit leaders, including deans, associate deans, department chairs and senior fiscal officers, should be implemented
4. Centralized financial reports that are easily accessible and provide multi-year data by college and department should be developed and maintained
5. The Senate Fiscal Committee should review these recommendations in early FY2016 to determine the implementation status
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General Funds BudgetBUDGETED RESOURCES GENERAL FUNDS
COLUMBUS CAMPUS – FY 2014 (IN THOUSANDS)
State Support342,366
Instructional Fees957,641
Other121,236
TOTAL 1,421,243
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Historical Budgeting
• Historical Process– Budgets were incremented annually by an
inflationary factor– Funding for new programs or initiatives were:
• Negotiated with the Provost and Senior Vice President of Finance
• Awarded through competitions which were reviewed by faculty
– There was no link between revenues generated and budgets
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Historical Budgeting
• Weaknesses identified with the historical process–Budget process was not sufficiently
supportive of the University’s mission–Budget process did not provide incentives to
reduce costs or generate additional revenues–Budget process did not provide sufficient
accountability
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Principles
• General Fund allocation informed by Academic Plan• General Fund revenues and departmental/college
expenses explicitly linked to generating units• A portion of General Fund revenues dedicated to the
support of university-wide services• Maintenance of a certain level of budget stability and
predictability• Appropriate oversight and accountability• Continuous review and improvement
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Budget Model vs. Budget System
• Budget Model – Mechanical allocations of funds driven primarily by enrollments
• Budget System – Includes central funding allocated for strategic initiatives at the Provost’s discretion
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Key Elements
• Budget rebasing of colleges
• Sharing of annual changes in revenues
• Sharing of annual changes in expenses
• Central tax
• Monitoring for unintended consequences
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Rebasing:When RCB was implemented
• Revenues and expenses for each college were measured• Significant differences between revenues and expenses were
identified• Colleges were placed into three groups in relationship to the
goals of the Academic Plan• Rebasing goals were established to reallocate over $15.5
million among the colleges through the Provost’s Strategic Investment funds and reductions in some college base budgets
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Allocation of Annual Revenue Changes
Allocation of Instructional Fees & State Support
• Colleges receive all revenue generated for new credit hours, including revenue generated from instructional fees and state share of instruction sometimes called subsidy
• Colleges receive the inflationary revenue generated for existing credit hours of instruction, including inflationary (which could increase or decrease) revenue generated by instructional fees and subsidy
*Does not apply to differential fees, program fees, technology fees, or general fees
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Sharing of Revenue Instructional Fees
• Fee per credit hour was established for each fee category• College receives full fee per credit hour for each additional
credit hour they teach• College also receives the inflationary growth from previous
year in the fee per credit hour; this growth will be distributed based on the total credit hours taught
• The annual change in the instructional fee is shared based on the average of two prior years of credit hours
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Sharing of Revenue State Share of Instruction
• State share of instruction per credit hour was established for each SSI category
• College receives full SSI per credit hour for each additional credit hour they teach
• College also receives the inflationary growth from previous year in the SSI per credit hour; this growth is distributed based on the total credit hours taught
• The annual change in SSI dollars is shared based on the average of two prior years of credit hours
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Allocation of Annual Changes in Revenue
Indirect Costs• 100% of the annual changes in indirect cost recovery revenues
are allocated directly to the generating college or vice-presidential area except for that portion associated with University Library costs. Annual changes in the portion associated with the Libraries will be allocated to the Libraries
• OSU’s IDC rate for FY14 is 53.5%
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Allocation of Annual Changes in Expenses
The budget model includes four categories of expenses, each of which is allocated to the colleges based on unique measures:
1. Student services (applies to colleges & any support units generating credit hours)
2. Physical plant (applies to colleges & support units)3. Research administration (applies to colleges &
support units)4. Central tax (applies to colleges)
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Allocation of Annual Expense ChangesSTUDENT SERVICE ASSESSMENTS
– Cost Pool 1 (Undergraduate): 76% of this cost pool is Undergraduate Financial Aid. Also includes operating budgets for Financial Aid and First Year Experience. Expense is allocated by average undergraduate credit hours.
– Cost Pool 2 (Graduate): 76% of this cost pool is Non-Resident Fee Authorizations. This is the largest cost pool and includes operating budget of the Graduate School. Expense is allocated by average graduate credit hours.
– Cost Pool 3 (All Students): this is the smallest cost pool and includes portions of operating budgets for Student Affairs, Academic Affairs, and new Library Acquisitions. Expense is allocated by an average of ALL credit hours.
– Cost Pool 4 (Distance Education programs): this is a newly created cost pool used to support the Office of Distance Education and eLearning
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Allocation of Annual Changes in Expenses
PLANT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
– Annual changes in expenses are allocated to the units based on the assigned square footage recorded in the university’s space inventory
– The square footage is multiplied by a flat rate per square foot for four types of costs: utilities, custodial service, maintenance, and renewal & replacement
– Units who have leased space are responsible for additional leased space and rent increases
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Allocation of Annual Changes in Expenses
RESEARCH ASSESSMENT
– Research cost allocation covers the budgets of units that support sponsored research (e.g. OSP formerly OSURF)
– Individual colleges are allocated a research cost proportional to their Modified Total Direct Cost expenditures
– Central tax funds the administrative components of the Office of Research that have university-wide responsibilities (e.g. Office of Responsible Research Practices)
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Allocation of Annual Changes in Expenses
CENTRAL TAX AT 24%
– Supports units such as the President’s Office, OAA, Treasurer’s Office, Controller, Public Safety, and University Landscaping are funded by a 19% Central Tax
– An additional 5% tax funds Strategic Investments– These taxes apply to:
• Subsidy (Instructional)• Instructional Fees
– These taxes do not apply to:• Indirect Cost Recoveries• Differential Fees• Program Fees• Technology Fees
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FY14 Net Revenue per New Undergraduate Student
FY 14 Rates Standard Undergraduate 345.18$ 5,177.70$ 140.95$ 2,114.25$
7,291.95$ 150.00$
7,441.95$ 24% 1,750.07$
NA
107.39$ 1,610.85$ 5.00$ 75.00$
NANA
3,435.92$ 4,006.03$ 8,012.06$
267.07$
Notes: 1 - Assumes credit hours per semester per UG student = 15 2 - Subsidy category in this illustration is BES3 3 - Full impact of revenue is realized in 3 years
Development AssessmentTotal ExpensesNet Revenue per semesterNet Revenue per year assuming 2 semestersNet Revenue per credit hour
Research Admin Assessment
Unweighted UG Fee/SSI AllocationWeighted UG Fee/SSI AllocationTotal Taxable Revenue Program FeeTotal RevenueMarginal TaxPhysical Plant AssessmentStudent Services Assessment Undergraduate All Students