FY 2021-22 COMMUNITY COLLEGES BUDGET������������������������������� S.B. 94 (S-1):� SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE REC.
Senate Bill 94 (S-1 as reported) ��������������������������������������������� Throughout this document Senate means Subcommittee.
Committee:� Appropriations
*As of February 8, 2021.
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Gross |
GF/GP |
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FY 2020-21 Year-to-Date Appropriation............................................... |
$425,667,600 |
$0 |
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1. Community College Operational Support Payments. The Governor included a one-time increase of 2.0% as operational support payments outside of base State operations payments. The increase would be distributed using the current statutory funding formula for community colleges. The Senate did not include this increase. |
0 |
0 |
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2. MPSERS UAAL Stabilization Payments. The Governor and Senate included an increase for this item to reflect an increase in the State's share of costs above the statutory cap. The increase is largely due to updated payroll growth assumptions. This change would bring total MPSERS UAAL stabilization payments for community colleges to $87.2 million. |
3,300,000 |
0 |
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3. MPSERS Normal Cost Offset. The Governor and Senate reduced this item to a total of $11.7 million. The change reflects the amount necessary to make required payments at the current assumed rate of return for MPSERS of 6.8%. |
(694,000) |
0 |
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4. North American Indian Tuition Waiver Reimbursement Adjustment. The Governor and Senate reduced ITW reimbursements to $1.7 million to reflect the most recent waiver cost data provided by community colleges. |
(93,100) |
0 |
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5. Comparison to Governor's Recommendation. The Senate is $6,473,100 Gross and $0 GF/GP under the Governor. |
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Total Changes...................................................................................... |
$2,512,900 |
$0 |
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FY 2021-22 Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Recommendation... |
$428,180,500 |
$0 |
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Boilerplate Changes from FY 2020-21 Year-to-Date: |
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1. Schedule of Payments to Community Colleges. The Governor removed language requiring the State Budget Director to notify the House and Senate Subcommittees before funds are withheld because of a failure to report certain information as required by statute, and changed the schedule for MPSERS payments to quarterly rather than monthly. The Senate did not concur with the removal of the funds withholding language, but did concur with moving MPSERS payments to a quarterly basis. (Sec. 206) |
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2. MPSERS Payment Schedule. The Governor and Senate included additional language that would allocate MPSERS payments based on quarterly payroll reports. (Sec. 207a) |
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3. Use and Finance Noncompliance Penalty. The Governor removed a section that imposes a 1.0% reduction in State funding to a community college for each violation of certain requirements of the Management and Budget Act. The Senate retained this section. (Sec. 208) |
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4. Transparency Reporting - Noncompliance Penalty. The Governor removed language that allows the State Budget Director to withhold monthly payments to community colleges if the colleges do not comply with statutory transparency reporting requirements. The Governor also removed various reporting requirements from this section. The Senate retained current-year language. (Sec. 209) |
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5. Campus Safety Information. The Governor removed a requirement that colleges certify compliance with the requirements of this section, as well as the ability for the State Budget Director to withhold payments to colleges that fail to do so. The Senate retained current-year language. (Sec. 209a) |
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6. Block Transfer Report. The Senate made several changes to the reporting requirements of this section. (Sec. 210b) |
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7. Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree Report. The Senate included a new reporting section requiring a summary of efforts made by community colleges to establish articulation agreements with public and private universities for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. (Sec. 210g) |
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8. Cost Containment. The Governor and Senate removed a section requiring community colleges to pursue various efficiencies in their operations. (Sec. 212) |
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9. Performance Audits. The Governor removed a section allowing the Auditor General to conduct performance audits on community colleges. The Senate retained this section. (Sec. 220) |
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10. COVID-19 Report. The Governor and Senate removed a section containing two reports that require colleges to report various information relative to their responses to COVID-19. (Sec. 226b) |
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11. Campus Free Speech Report. The Governor removed a report on activities related to free speech issues on college campuses. The Senate modified this section to state the intent of the Legislature that community colleges establish advocacy policies on campus. (Sec. 226d) |
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12. Pregnant and Parenting Services. The Senate included a new section allowing community colleges to establish a pregnant and parenting student services office. (Sec. 226f) |
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13. Communication with the Legislature. The Governor removed a section prohibiting a community college from taking disciplinary action against an employee who communicates with members of the Legislature or their staff. The Senate retained this section. (Sec. 228) |
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14. Tuition Restraint. The Governor and Senate included a new section that would make the receipt of performance funding contingent upon keeping increases in tuition and fee rates for the 2021-22 academic year less than 4.2%. (Sec. 230[5]) |
Date Completed:� 4-21-21������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� Fiscal Analyst:� Josh Sefton
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.