Planning and Budget Committee

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Article I - Membership

A. Size

The committee will have 19 voting members.

B. Composition

1. The Provost and the university vice presidents or their designees.

2. APSCUF/BU president.

3. Eight faculty members (minimum six APSCUF/BU members).

4. Three students (two undergraduates and one graduate).

5. One AFSCME eligible staff member.

6. One SCUPA eligible member.

7. One PNA, SPFPA, or other recognized collective bargaining group eligible member.

8. The Director of Planning, Institutional Research, and Information Management, the Director of Admissions, and the Director of Budget, or their designees, shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members. The Director of Planning, Institutional Research, and Information Management shall serve as the Executive Secretary of the committee.

C. Selection

1. Faculty members shall be elected at large. There shall be at least one representative from each college and at least one representative of the non-aligned faculty. No more than one faculty representative from any one department may be elected.

2. The undergraduate student members shall be selected through a process coordinated by the CGA; the graduate student member will be selected through a process coordinated by the Graduate Student Council.

3. The AFSCME eligible staff member shall be elected at large in an election coordinated by AFSCME.

4. The SCUPA eligible member shall be elected at large in an election coordinated by the SCUPA leadership.

5. The PNA/SPFPA/"other" eligible member shall be elected at large in an election coordinated by the PNA/SPFPA leadership.

D. Length of Term

The term of office for the student members shall be one year. Elected faculty members shall serve staggered two-year terms. The term of office for the AFSCME and SCUPA/PNA/SPFPA/"other" eligible staff persons shall be two years.

E. Participation

1. The provost and APSCUF/BU president shall serve as co-chairs of the committee and shall set the agenda with the Executive Secretary.

2. Meetings shall be open to all members of the university community.

3. Ten voting members shall constitute a quorum for official committee business.

Article II - Jurisdiction and Responsibility

A. The Planning and Budget Committee shall place its emphasis on the strategic elements of planning and budget, focusing primarily on the basic mission of the university; the clientele to be served by the university, the major goals and objectives to be pursued, specific programmatic priorities of the university, and the means by which the university seeks to differentiate itself from the other institutions.

B. The committee shall also consider coordinative decisions required to implement strategic goals and objectives such as enrollment and facilities plans, the operating and capital budgets, and the development of new degree programs.

C. The Planning and Budget Committee shall operate with the philosophy that the academic priorities of the university shall determine facilities planning, financial planning, and other administrative processes.

D. The committee shall make recommendations to the president.

E. The Planning and Budget Committee shall have two standing sub-committees: the Budget Subcommittee and the Space and Facilities Subcommittee.

Article III - bylaws

The committee may establish, by two-thirds vote of its members, bylaws governing the operation of the committee and its standing subcommittees.

Article IV - Amendments to the Membership (I), Jurisdiction and Responsibilities (II,) and bylaws (III)

Amendments to the Membership, Jurisdiction and Responsibilities, and bylaws of the committee shall be adopted by two-thirds vote of its members, the consent of the provost, a simple majority of the University Forum, and the consent of the President.