R503-1. Purpose
To provide for the extent new State appropriated dollars ('hard' money)
may be added to institutional budgets to replace Federal grants ('soft'
money) which has expired; and for an annual report of faculty on "soft
money" in order to have a complete record of faculties for budget purposes.
R503-2. References
2.1. Utah Code §53B-7-101
(Combined Requests for Appropriations - Board Review of Operating Budgets)
R503-3. Policy
3.1. Review Each Item on Merits - The Board should not set a
precedent of picking up programs canceled by the Federal Government. The
Board will not replace soft money with hard money, but will review each
item with each institution on the basis of merit as if it were a new program.
3.2. Report of Faculty on "Soft" Money - The institutions are
to provide the Commissioner's Office a report of faculty included on "soft
money," so there will be a complete picture of the faculties of the several
institutions for budget consideration.
3.3. Included in Student/Faculty Ratios - The intent of paragraph
3.2 is to require that computations of student/faculty ratios in the future
include faculty on "soft" money.