The General Fund - Programs
Instruction/Academic Support includes funding for the Instructional Program, Smittcamp Honors College, Library, Information Technology Services, University Farm Lab, California Agricultural Technology Institute, Graduate Studies, and Faculty Development and Research.
Student Services includes funding for general services to students to include Re-entry Program, Educational Opportunity Program, Advising, Testing, Health Services, Students with Disabilities, Admissions/Records/Evaluations, Outreach, International Students, and Financial Aid.
Institutional Support program category includes the President's Office, University Advancement, University Budget Office, Administrative Services (Controller/Accounting/Payroll, Human Resources, University Police, Environmental Health & Safety, and Business Information Technology Services), as well as the funding for University-wide communications.
The Plant Operations program, for budgeting purposes, has been identified separately and includes Facilities Management and Planning, and the University utilities budget.
Athletics provides the State funded portion of the Intercollegiate Athletic Program.
The University Priority Fund was established in 1994/95 to provide funding for needs which are consistent with the campus' Plan for the 90s and which are not supported by the regular allocation process. Funding for this program ended in FY 1997/98.
Completing the General Fund are the Centrally Monitored Funds, the University Reserve, and Reimbursed Activities. Centrally Monitored Funds are used for special needs that benefit the University as a whole. The University Reserve is a fund established to accommodate unanticipated and unplanned expenditures during the fiscal year such as legal fees, legal settlements, shortfalls in revenue, emergencies, and major unanticipated expenditures. Finally, Reimbursed Activities is used to record expenditures made initially in the General Fund, for the benefit of other organizations. It contains only those specialized services which are fully reimbursed. For example, the Athletic Corporation funds additional salaries through this fund and then these expenditures are reimbursed to the University.
For future discussions in this document, the budgets have been rearranged organizationally to reflect the more familiar structure of the campus.
