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FY 2000 Budget

Comments on Expenditures

• INSTRUCTION & ACADEMIC SUPPORT increased $66.9 Million or 7.3% primarily due to merit and across-the-board salary increases awarded to faculty and staff. Additional increases resulted from institutional enhancement and capital equity and excellence funding appropriated by the 76^th Legislature. Merit increases for faculty and staff ranged from 3.5% to 9.0%.

• RESEARCH increased $13.5 Million or 14.1% due to increased research activity and implementation of a new formula to fund Research that was adopted by the Legislature to fund Research activities at Health Component institutions.

• PUBLIC SERVICE increased by $1.7 Million or 16.0% due to the Presidential Museum at U.T. Permian Basin.

• HEALTH CARE increased $27.4 Million or 4.1% due to an increase in patient care expenditures at U.T. MD Anderson.

• INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT increased $20.4 Million or 9.7%. Academic institutions increased $7.2 Million and Health Institutions increased $13.2 Million. Increases are due to a combination of merit and across-the-board salary increases, new initiatives in areas such as Institutional Compliance, and new staff.

• STUDENT SERVICES increased $2.8 Million or 10.1% due to merit and across-the-board salary increases and new programs.

• STAFF BENEFITS increased $4.1 Million or 1.6%.

• OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE OF PLANT increased $32.6 Million or 11.8%. This is due primarily to increased debt service for tuition revenue bonds and new capital equity and excellence funding provided by the 76^th Legislature.

• SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS increased $2.5 Million or 15.8% due to Tuition Assistance Benefit at U.T. Austin. This increase was to pay tuition fellowships for Teaching Assistants and Assistant Instructors in lieu of merit salary increases.

• EDUCATIONAL AND GENERAL CAPITAL PROJECTS have increased 76.3 Million or 125.4% due to additional activities and equipment purchases planned at U.T. MB Galveston ($22.8 Million) and U.T. MD Anderson ($54.1 Million.)

• SYSTEM OFFICES - funding requirements show a decrease of $2.4 Million, however, this is due to the inclusion of the expenditures related to the $2.35 Million Regional Academic Health Center Legislative appropriation in the FY 1999 total. In the FY 2000 budget, this appropriation has been transferred to the appropriate component institutions and expenditures budgeted by them.

• AUXILIARY ENTERPRISES increased by $15.0 Million due to increases in operating costs.

• DESIGNATED FUND increases of $146.3 Million or 12.5% are due to expenditure of Tobacco Settlement related funds, Practice Plan increases of $35.5 Million, increased expenses associated with the TDCJ contract at U.T. MB Galveston and miscellaneous increases in Other Designated Activities.

• CURRENT RESTRICTED FUNDS expenditures track the increased revenue for these funds.

Method of Financing Chart (Attachment)
Method of Financing Comments (Attachment)
Method of Financing - All Funds (Chart) - Must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.
Expenditures Chart (Attachment)
Comment on Expenditure
Summary of Expenditures by Category - Must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.

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