Higher Education Capital Budgets

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Senate Ways and Means Committee
Higher Education Capital Budgets
January 19, 2006
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The Higher Education Budget is an Investment in
the Future of the State
50 Years of Pay-offs
WWU Academic Instructional Center
CWU Music Education Bldg.
WSU Plant BioSciences Bldg.
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Previous Legislatures Have Done Well for
Washington

• Campuses citizens are proud of
• Campuses that have facilitated the education of
  generations

• Campuses that have fueled economic and social
  benefits

UW Gowen Building
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Courage and Foresight Continued Pay Out
Washington State College (WSU) c. 1906
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Branch Campuses UW Bothell
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Branch Campuses WSU Spokane
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Branch Campuses UW Tacoma
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Branch Campuses WSU Tri-Cities
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Branch Campuses WSU Vancouver
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Important Recent Legislative Actions

• Continue to fund capital each biennium
• Fund facility preservation
• Evans-Gardner Bill
• - Passed in 2003 session
• 750 million additional funding for Higher Ed
• Three biennia 2003-05 2005-07 2007-09
• - Beginning 2003 - 2005

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Capital Projects are Being Squeezed

• In spite of Gardner-Evans, universities have been
  receiving a decreasing share of state bond
  funding

Percent of state bond total to 4 year institutions
95/97
97/99
99/01
01/03
03/05
05/07
27.8
28.9
27.6
24.4
22.6
20.5
Includes funds 057, 357, 253

• Facilities are needed at more campuses
• Facilities are now more sophisticated (and
  expensive)
• Existing buildings need to be preserved,
  renovated or replaced

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Ways Higher Ed Facilities Pay Dividends to the
State

• Magnet for economic activity
• Developing future leaders and workers
• Creating new knowledge
• Improving the quality of life

WSU Education Addition
UW Art Building
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University Facilities are Magnets For Economic
Activity

• WSU 2005-07 Operating Appropriation 429 M

• WSU 2005-07 Operating Expenditures 1.5 B

WSU Shock Physics Building
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Todays Leaders, Scientists and Entrepreneurs
Were Educated in University Buildings
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University Facilities Will Help Develop Future
Leaders, Scientists and Entrepreneurs
WSU Bio/Life Sciences Building
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New Knowledge is Created in University Buildings
Rod Croteau Taxol Licensing
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Research in University Buildings Spins Off
Economic Development
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Recent State Capital Projects Funded Across the
State at Regional Institutions Benefit

• Academic Studies
• Research
• Economic Development
• Community and State

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Central Washington Universitys Music Education
Building
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Eastern Washington Universitys Computing and
Engineering Building
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The Evergreen State Colleges Seminar ll Academic
Building
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Western Washington Universitys Academic
Instructional Center
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College and University Facilities Pay Dividends

• Governments world-wide are investing in
  university campuses. Washington must stay
  current.
• Knowledge industries will drive economic
  development
• Students educated in state-of-the-art buildings
  will be Washingtons future leaders and scientists

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The Capital Budgets of Today Drive Economic and
Social Pay-Offs for Decades
Potential for pay-offs in higher education has
never been greater
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Senate Ways and Means Committee
Higher Education Capital Budgets
January 19, 2006