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June 4, 2004 Purdue trustees approve broad outline for 2005-2007 state budget requestFORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Purdue Board of Trustees on Friday (June 4) approved the broad concepts and projections for submitting the university's biennial operating budget request to the state for the 2005-2007 fiscal years. Trustees voted to approve the budget outline during a meeting on the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne campus. Final budget numbers will be submitted to the Commission for Higher Education by its Aug. 1 deadline, and trustees will review and approve the budget at their September meeting. "The new initiatives we are proposing not only strengthen the university, but also will contribute to building the Indiana economy of the future," said Purdue President Martin C. Jischke. Purdue is requesting $5 million per year in new funds for an initiative that will offer assistance to Indiana manufacturing companies and other key sectors of the economy. The funds will contribute to Purdue's recently announced Center for Advanced Manufacturing, expansion of the Technical Assistance Program, inauguration of an industrial technology degree at School of Technology locations throughout the state, linking the state's Purdue campuses with the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and increasing support of rural regional economic development. Jischke called the initiative "investments in current and future state businesses and jobs." The West Lafayette campus is requesting $2.6 million in 2005-2006 and $1.5 million in 2006-2007 for increased utility costs and operating expenses for new facilities, including three Discovery Park facilities, the Dauch Alumni Center, Millennium Engineering Building, Envision Center for Data Perceptualization, Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering, Veterinary Large Animal Isolation Facility and Young Hall remodeling. The amount of the funds is apportioned based on date of occupancy of the buildings. Additionally, $229,000 is requested in 2005-2006 for utilities and operation of a Calumet campus parking garage. The West Lafayette campus is requesting about $16.2 million over the two-year budget period for research support, which are funds the university must expend in the form of cost sharing in order to secure grants from external sources, including government and private industry. A 3 percent increase in support for students, staff and supplies for each Purdue campus is included in the request. The increase is based on projected rates of inflation and providing faculty and staff with competitive salary and fringe benefits. Other Purdue campuses are scheduled to receive state funding increases, called base adjustments, based on $3,500 for each additional full-time student. The Calumet campus would receive $872,000; Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne's increase would be $1.9 million; and North Central's would be $441,000. The West Lafayette campus is considered a "mature" campus in terms of enrollment and won't receive additional funds for increased enrollment. The budget for Purdue's four campuses and seven School of Technology locations for fiscal year 2003-2004 (July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004) is $1.4 billion. State general operating budget appropriations this year totaled $301.8 million, or 21.6 percent of the Purdue budget. Student fees accounted for 29 percent of the 2003-2004 budget. Other funds came from federal grants, gifts from alumni and corporations, student aid, auxiliary enterprises and indirect research charges, and earnings on the university endowment. The trustees also approved a request for additional operating funding for the Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory to upgrade equipment to provide rapid diagnosis of potential bioterrorism and biocrime agents and diseases. The $412,000 funding increase request for 2005-2007 will be considered by the General Assembly in 2005. The Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory diagnoses diseases in livestock, poultry, companion animals and wildlife. It also performs tests required by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Indiana Board of Health and for countries receiving exported animals or animal products. Writer: Mike Lillich, (765) 494-2077, mlillich@purdue.edu Sources: Martin C. Jischke, (765) 494-9708 Kenneth P. Burns, executive vice president and treasurer, (765) 494-9705, kpburns@purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu Related Web site:
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