Compendium of Budget Information for the 2014 General Session

Higher Education
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Agency: State Board of Regents

Function

The Utah State Board of Regents is the governing body for the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE). The Utah Legislature grants it the power to control, manage, and supervise the USHE. The Board's major responsibilities include selecting and evaluating institutional presidents, setting policy, approving programs, missions, and degrees, and submitting a unified higher education budget request to the Governor and State Legislature. The Board of Regents is comprised on 19 Utah citizens, representing the entire state geographically: 16 appointed by the Governor, 3 non-voting members (Utah State Board of Education and Utah College of Applied Technology). 15 of the appointed members serve six-year terms and one is a student, appointed by student body presidents, who serves a one-year term.

Statutory Authority

The following laws govern the Board of Regents in addition to the laws previously mentioned:

  • UCA 53B-1 defines the governance, powers, rights and responsibilities of the Board of Regents;
  • UCA 53B-6 requires the board of establish a master plan for higher education, evaluate the productivity of the institutions, assess student performance, and biennially report their assessment to the Legislature; and
  • UCA 53B-7 requires the board to prepare appropriation recommendations on the operating budgets of the higher education institutions.

Funding Detail

The State Board of Regents funding consists mainly of General Funds and Education Funds, most of which are passed through to the institutions, however there are some Federal Funds and one restricted account has been utilized in the past.

Table 1: Operating and Capital Budget Including Expendable Funds and Accounts

Sources of Finance
(click linked fund name for more info)
General Fund
General Fund, One-time
Education Fund
Education Fund, One-time
Federal Funds
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Dedicated Credits Revenue
Transfers - HED
Beginning Nonlapsing
Closing Nonlapsing
Total
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Approp
2014
Change
2014
Revised
2015
Change
2015
Approp
$13,722,400 $14,151,100 $14,741,900 $18,375,100 $15,921,100
$0
$15,921,100
$221,000
$16,142,100
$2,080,400 $0 $5,539,700 $2,050,000 $0
$0
$0
$75,000
$75,000
$9,950,800 $9,881,300 $9,668,800 $9,700,300 $10,027,500
$0
$10,027,500
$1,507,300
$11,534,800
$1,754,000 $3,850,000 $0 $1,250,000 $2,650,000
$0
$2,650,000
$2,350,000
$5,000,000
$1,083,800 $1,038,500 $463,500 $455,500 $303,100
$0
$303,100
$0
$303,100
$2,000,000 $0 $0 $0 $0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$3,073,100 $401,900 $476,000 $520,400 $474,400
$0
$474,400
$0
$474,400
$897,700 $23,900 $146,100 $37,300 $0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$1,014,900 $1,116,500 $1,069,800 $3,201,900 $3,016,100
$475,300
$3,491,400
($275,800)
$3,215,600
($1,116,500) ($1,069,900) ($3,201,700) ($3,491,300) ($477,000)
($390,400)
($867,400)
$275,800
($591,600)
$34,460,600
$29,393,300
$28,904,100
$32,099,200
$31,915,200
$84,900
$32,000,100
$4,153,300
$36,153,400
Line Items
(click linked line item name to drill-down)
Administration
Student Assistance
Student Support
Technology
Economic Development
Education Excellence
Medical Education Council
Total
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Approp
2014
Change
2014
Revised
2015
Change
2015
Approp
$3,625,200 $3,816,100 $3,082,400 $3,076,300 $3,486,600
$196,400
$3,683,000
$572,000
$4,255,000
$13,924,700 $15,455,000 $12,236,500 $13,981,200 $14,312,100
($15,000)
$14,297,100
$2,704,600
$17,001,700
$2,211,700 $1,532,800 $1,600,700 $1,525,300 $1,572,700
$0
$1,572,700
$10,300
$1,583,000
$8,425,600 $7,364,100 $7,182,300 $8,134,200 $7,183,500
$0
$7,183,500
$0
$7,183,500
$2,625,300 $301,600 $367,200 $2,804,500 $352,300
$60,000
$412,300
$3,100
$415,400
$0 $0 $3,391,200 $1,566,800 $3,800,000
$29,000
$3,829,000
$851,800
$4,680,800
$3,648,100 $923,700 $1,043,800 $1,010,900 $1,208,000
($185,500)
$1,022,500
$11,500
$1,034,000
$34,460,600
$29,393,300
$28,904,100
$32,099,200
$31,915,200
$84,900
$32,000,100
$4,153,300
$36,153,400
Categories of Expenditure
(mouse-over category name for definition)
Personnel Services
In-state Travel
Out-of-state Travel
Current Expense
DP Current Expense
Capital Outlay
Other Charges/Pass Thru
Trust and Agency Disbursements
Total
2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Approp
2014
Change
2014
Revised
2015
Change
2015
Approp
$2,965,300 $3,449,900 $3,607,600 $3,591,000 $3,826,700
($29,700)
$3,797,000
$96,200
$3,893,200
$117,200 $116,400 $141,300 $123,300 $136,100
$32,400
$168,500
$0
$168,500
$5,500 $11,000 $15,400 $0 $15,500
$0
$15,500
$0
$15,500
$4,830,400 $3,102,000 $6,765,900 $4,018,100 $4,820,100
($1,764,100)
$3,056,000
$1,301,200
$4,357,200
$11,600 $4,200 $3,400 $0 $3,300
($3,300)
$0
$0
$0
$5,400 $0 $0 $18,000 $0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$23,804,700 $22,709,800 $18,370,500 $24,348,800 $23,113,500
$1,849,600
$24,963,100
$2,755,900
$27,719,000
$2,720,500 $0 $0 $0 $0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$34,460,600
$29,393,300
$28,904,100
$32,099,200
$31,915,200
$84,900
$32,000,100
$4,153,300
$36,153,400
Other Indicators
 
Budgeted FTE
Actual FTE

2010
Actual
2011
Actual
2012
Actual
2013
Actual
2014
Approp
2014
Change
2014
Revised
2015
Change
2015
Approp
30.2 26.1 29.4 25.1 33.1
(1.0)
32.1
1.0
33.1
25.7 28.8 29.8 32.3 0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0









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COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.