Budget Principles, Policies And Programs
Until 1993/94, funding for the California State University (CSU) and its individual campuses was calculated utilizing a complex set of funding formulas (Orange Book) predicated upon FTES, student-faculty ratio and a myriad of additional factors. As a result of the State's fiscal crisis and a commitment to decentralize the CSU, the previous approach to budgeting has been eliminated. In its place, the CSU has adopted a simplified approach that is influenced by student-faculty ratio, size of physical plant and related programmatic considerations. With the change in the CSU budget generation and allocation process, California State University, Fresno redesigned its allocation process. The new process established a base allocation level for each of the major program areas (Instruction/Academic Support, Student Services, Institutional Support, Plant Operations, Athletics and University Priorities Fund). Level "A" is the allocation made from the President to the Provost and each Vice President/Director reporting to the President. Similarly, Level "B" is the allocation made from the Provost/Vice Presidents to the Deans/Directors/Department Heads. (Each division is responsible for establishing a Level "B" allocation mechanism and monitoring expenditures according to that plan.) The Level "A" policy adopted at California State University, Fresno seeks to develop a predictable allocation methodology that assures equitable distribution of resources within the existing financial constraints of the system and is consistent with the following principles developed and adopted by the University Budget Committee of the Academic Senate at California State University, Fresno in the Spring of 1993.
