Public Forum General Use Fee

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Tuition-Designated Fees
University of Texas at San Antonio
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Key Issues

• UTSAs role of providing accessible quality
  educational programs is critical to the future of
  South Texas.
• Level of state resources for both operations and
  buildings primarily drive the level of student
  fees.
• Growth related faculty and infrastructure needs
  create further upward pressure on fees.

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Percentage of the Texas State Budget that Goes to
Higher Education
18.0
12.9
1984-85
2005-06
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Formula Funding

• Based on Weighted SCH
• Different levels for SCH by
• Level of course (Upper/Lower/Masters/PhD)
• Discipline
• Supplement for lower division courses taught by
  tenure-tract faculty
• Separate formula for facilities

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State Funding Policies

• Formula uses BASE YEAR approach thereby under
  funding growth.
• Teaching supplement should be amended for
  emerging institutions.
• Plant formula does not provide sufficient funds
  to cover current costs.
• Increase in energy costs is not adequately
  addressed in the funding formula.

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FY 2005-06 Budget 323,713,000
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Total Enrollment Growth
In ten years, UTSA enrollment has increased by
over 50.
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Projected Space Deficiency
2005 Enrollment 27,338
2005 Deficiency 650,322 ASF
2010 Enrollment 35,200
2010 Deficiency 1,052,622 ASF
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Student/Faculty Workloads

INSTITUTION 2001 2003 2005
UTSA 22.7 26.4 23.06
UT Arlington 18.5 22.0 22.0
UT Austin 18.8 20.1 20.1
UT Dallas 21.0 19.6 19.4
UT El Paso 17.9 20.7 19.3
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Designated Tuition

• Used to be a separate fee, but now is considered
  part of tuition.
• Helps us pay for general operations of the
  University. (Faculty salaries, debt service,
  utilities, lease space, etc).
• 20 is set aside to help cover financial aid
  costs.

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FY 2006 Mandatory Tuition and Fees
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Two Year Plan for Tuition Fees

• Planning now for both FY 07 and FY 08.
• Helps the University estimate income and helps
  students estimate expenses.
• Approved fees for FY 08 may not be fully
  implemented depending on the level of state
  appropriations.