Legislative Budget Request

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Legislative Budget Request

• The Legislative Budget Request for Florida Gulf
  Coast University in 2007-08

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LBR Overview

• Enrollment Growth
• Enhance Education/Access
• Technology
• Competitive Salaries
• Engineering
• Other Technical Issues

Support of the Board of Governors and the
Division of College and Universities is critical,
but this is only the request.
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LBR for 07-08

• Largest in the history of FGCU 23.1MM
• Driven Primarily By Growth
• 17.67 of SUS Student FTE
• Third in total FTE growth for 07-08 (UCF, FIU)
• FGCU Given Special Allowance for Issue Requests
  in 07-08.
• Largest Percentage Growth of Any Institution
• Key Change in Enrollment Growth Funding
  Methodology

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Latest Information on LBR for FGCU

• Governors Budget
• No Special Issues
• No Tuition Increase
• Enrollment Growth Funded at Sixty-Six Cents on
  the Dollar
• Revenue Estimating Conference Reduced Projections
  for FY 07-08
• Still Early

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What Can We Glean So Far?

• High Level of Support by DCU and BOG
• Special allowances and level of FTE growth are
  clear indicators
• Unrealistic to Expect Anything Close to Our
  Request
• We Need to Be Flexible in Our Planning