May 2018
Summary of UC Recommendations
Issue |
May Revision Proposal |
LAO Recommendation |
Conditions on 2017‑18 monies |
Delays release of $50 million by a few weeks pending UC meeting remaining budget conditions. |
Adopt. Legislature has interest in ensuring UC makes a good faith effort to meet all of the 2017‑18 budget conditions. |
Enrollment growth |
Shifts $8.5 million ongoing from UCOP to campuses (an additonal $6.5 million redirected from within campus budgets). |
Adopt. Conforms with legislative direction to fund enrollment growth in 2018‑19. |
Repercussions if tuition increase adopted |
Reduces General Fund appropriation if UC increases tuition. Ties reduction to associated Cal Grant and Middle Class Scholarship cost increases. |
Modify. Strengthen language to reduce General Fund dollar for dollar were tuition increased in excess of legislative agreement. Apply language prospectively. |
Deferred maintenance |
Provides $100 million one time. |
Modify. Require UC to develop long‑term plan to eliminate backlog and improve maintenance practices. |
Psychiatric residency programs |
Provides $55 million one time. |
Modify. If additional residency slots funded, allocate all funding competitively, use independent body to select grant recipients, add reporting requirement, and cap administrative allotment. |
Anti‑bias training |
Provides $1.2 million for a two‑year pilot program for training faculty, staff, and student leaders at UC and CSU. |
Reject. Direct segments to report on anti‑hate training activities and use existing resources for such training. |
Center for Global Conflict and Peace |
Provides $1 million ongoing. |
Reject. Unclear that existing research activities across the nation on global conflict are inadequate. |
UCPath operations |
Retains budget line item ($52.4 million), but authorizes UC to charge campuses for cost increases (up to $15.3 million). |
Modify. Do not bifurcate budget between UCOP and campuses. Consider cost sharing agreement among state and nonstate funds. Vigilantly monitor cost increases over next few years. |
Equal employment opportunity |
Reappropriates one‑time funding provided in 2016‑17 and 2017‑18. |
Adopt. Authorizes UC to spend remaining unspent monies. |
UCOP = University of California Office of the President. |