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From "The Post Online," Thursday, March 22,
2007
Laura Bernheim / Staff Writer / lb174804@ohiou.edu
Although the vice chancellor of Ohio’s Board of Regents
described Governor Ted Strickland’s proposed increase in higher education
funding “modest and meager,” he said the increase was still significant.
“We have fallen from an already low level,” Vice
Chancellor Rich Petrick said during the Resources and System Efficiency
Committee meeting Thursday in Columbus. “This is a huge improvement.”
Strickland proposed his state budget last week. It calls
for funding increases for public colleges and universities in exchange for no
tuition increases next year and a maximum of 3 percent the following year.
“Affordability of higher education is one of the top
priorities and to do that we have to both hold down the cost and raise
support,” said Eric Fingerhut, chancellor of the Board of Regents. “We have
to both, or we’d just be chasing our tails.”
Freezing tuition levels is a “shared sacrifice,”
Fingerhut said. “I think the benefits of this will serve us for many years to
come. This is a statement to get people to look at us again.”
In his State of the State speech, Strickland introduced
his goal of increasing the number of Ohioans with college degrees by 230,000
over the next 10 years.
“We have to prepare the system for growth,” Fingerhut
said.
The higher education compact between the state and public
schools will increase funding by 5 percent next year, and by 2 percent more the
following year.
“There’s still going to be a gap in affordability
after freezing tuition,” Fingerhut said. “It’s going to take more than
money to stop tuition increases.”
The Board of Regents, the coordinating body for higher
education in the state, has a direct, non-governing relationship with all of
Ohio’s public colleges and universities.
By Mark Niquette
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday, March 16, 2007
More seniors would see a cut in their
property-tax bills, public college students could see a tuition freeze this
fall, and more uninsured Ohioans would get access to health-care coverage under
Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed two-year budget.
But large retailers would
lose part of a discount on sales tax they collect for the state, most state
agencies would get no increase in funding or a cut, and all cigarettes brought
into the state would be taxed.
Strickland introduced his
$52.9 billion budget yesterday that, as he promised in his State of the State
address the day before, proposes investing more money in his priorities while
requiring "sacrifices" in other areas.
The budget now goes to the
legislature, where the first House hearing is set for Tuesday and concerns
already are surfacing that promise lively debate before the measure must be
passed by June 30.
"I think we're going
to have a lot of questions," said Rep. Matthew J. Dolan, R-Novelty,
chairman of the House Finance Committee.
Dolan and other Republican
legislative leaders are withholding judgment on key proposals until they see
more details, but they're wondering whether Strickland can really pay for his
ambitious agenda and proposed new spending.
Strickland, who flew to
five cities yesterday to stump for his plan, said he's ready to defend it.
"We think we have
answers for the questions that are forthcoming," Strickland said after
touring Columbus Children's Hospital last night.
The governor's budget
proposes expanding Medicaid to give more low-income children and adults access
to affordable health-care coverage, allocates more money for early childhood
care and even re-establishes the Ohio State Film Commission to encourage
movies to be made in the state.
He also proposes expanding
the Homestead exemption for residents 65 or older and disabled residents,
meaning an estimated 775,000 homeowners — one in every four in the state —
would see an average reduction of $406 a year in their property tax bill, Tax
Commissioner Richard A. Levin said.
But a debate is shaping up
over Strickland's plan to pay for that tax cut: a proposal to "sell"
the state's expected revenue in the coming years from a major tobacco
settlement to generate an expected $5 billion lump-sum payment to spend now.
About $2.2 billion raised
would go toward school construction, while the rest would cover the tax break
and other spending in the budget.
Republican lobbyist Neil
S. Clark, a budget expert and the Senate's chief fiscal officer from 1980 to
'86, said the administration's estimated $5 billion take from the sale of
tobacco-settlement funds could be inflated.
Private bond buyers, he
said, might be inclined to pay the state less if they fear that tobacco
companies could walk away from the settlement once the state transfers the
obligation to investors.
Clark predicted the
GOP-controlled legislature would not approve the so-called "securitization"
of tobacco money without attaching stringent requirements.
He also said Republicans
won't accept Strickland's proposed moratorium on new charter schools or his
elimination of school vouchers everywhere but Cleveland, but a compromise is
possible.
Retailers also have
concerns about Strickland's plan to limit a discount on the sales taxes they
collect and remit to the state in a timely manner, said Lora Miller, a
lobbyist with the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants.
The governor's budget
would replace the 0.75 percent discount retailers now enjoy on all taxes
remitted with a discount only on the first $3,000 collected in each reporting
period.
That means about 15,000 of
the state's largest retailers would lose $74 million over the two years of the
budget that they now are pocketing, according to state estimates.
"It seems like every
budget there has been some kind of proposal that has a negative impact on
retailers in Ohio," Miller said, noting that retailers think the
Commercial Activity Tax created in the previous budget affects them more than
other industries.
Strickland's budget also
calls for ending the exemption from paying state sales tax that many
out-of-state residents receive when they buy a vehicle in Ohio, as well as the
exemption from paying tax on the first $300 in wholesale cigarettes purchased
out of state and brought into Ohio each month for personal use.
Some budget observers also
question how Strickland proposes to cut spending by 1.6 percent in the first
year of the budget while boosting spending by 6.1 percent in the second.
J. Pari Sabety,
Strickland's budget director, said that was done to preserve funding in the
second year of the budget because state revenue is expected to grow by $412
million in the first year of the budget but decline by $40 million in the
second because of the tax cuts enacted in 2005.
Strickland said he'll push
to get his budget enacted without major changes.
"We're prepared to
defend our numbers, we're prepared to defend our priorities, and we're
prepared to be advocates for the positions that we've taken in this
budget," Strickland said.
From "The Post Online," Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Ohio University could hike tuition by 6
percent to help make up a budget shortfall next year, if university officials
have their way.
A projected $11 million-budget deficit
next year has prompted officials to consider the tuition hike and examine
funding with potentially all programs on the chopping block. This university
raised tution by 6 percent last year.
“We would very much like to increase
the tuition by 6 percent if allowed to do so,” OU President Roderick McDavis
said in a news conference yesterday at the new Baker University Center.
The tuition hike would tack on an
additional $509 bringing the yearly total for undergraduate in-state tuition to
about $9,000. The state sets tuition hike limits, which have to be approved by
the university’s Board of Trustees.
A 6 percent tuition hike would reduce the
deficit to $6 million if enrollment does not increase next year. In addition to
the proposed hike, all funding will be reviewed and some Vision Ohio priorities
could take a back seat.
“All things are on the table.
Everything is up for consideration,” Provost Kathy Krendl said, adding that
cuts might include reducing spending by colleges and divisions.
Up to $4 million of the $6 million set
aside for Vision Ohio initiatives could be used to lessen the deficit, said
William Decatur, vice president for Finance and Administration.
The university formed a 15-member budget
planning council, which is expected to balance the budget by next June when the
decision regarding a tuition hike will be made, Decatur said.
The planning council, which is chaired by
Krendl and Decatur and includes some students and faculty, is considering three
scenarios for next year’s budget: a six percent tuition hike, a three percent
hike and no change. All scenarios assume that other funding, including state
money, will not change.
Officials blamed the budget shortfall on
a lower than expected state funding, retention rate and number of transfer
students. Lack of enrollment cost the university nearly $4 million in tuition,
according to a university news release. Four out of five 2005 freshman stayed on
for their sophomore year, while the university missed its 550-student transfer
goal by 113 students.
“We’re going to work like the dickens
between now and the end of this academic year to increase the retention and
we’re going to work really hard to increase the transfers,” McDavis said.
University officials reiterated that the
budget shortfall will not cause them to abandon their promises of bettering
undergraduate and graduate education, increasing faculty benefits and increasing
the number of faculty.
Some programs, however, are already
feeling the effects of the budget shortfall.
The major initiatives contest, part of
the Vision Ohio goal to award money to strengthen graduate programs, will not
have the $2 million prize it expected. Six schools, including the English
department, have submitted proposals for the award, which are still under review
by the Graduate Education and Research Board.
“I don't think there will be certainly
as much funding,” said Michael Mumper, associate provost of Graduate Studies.
"Certainly we'd all hoped that there would be more money to invest in
graduate education.”
The Budget Planning Committee will
consider all funding initiatives, including the drive to improve the
university’s faculty compensation, which ranks nearly last among peer
institutions.
“We can’t afford to continue to do
this,” said Phyllis Bernt, chair of Faculty Senate. She added that at this
point she’s confident the university will not abandon faculty and will find a
way to raise faculty salaries
“Can we afford to continue the current
employees share of health care cost? Can we afford to have the pay raise we were
planning?” Decatur said. “We’re going to examine all of those
assumptions.”
From
"The Post Online," Thursday, February 8, 2007
Sean Gaffney / Staff Writer /
sg245204@ohiou.edu
Ohio University could hike tuition by 6
percent to help make up a budget shortfall for next year, if university
officials have their way.
A projected $11 million-budget deficit
next year has prompted officials to consider the tuition hike and examine
funding with potentially all programs on the chopping block.
“We would very much like to increase
the tuition by 6 percent if allowed to do so,” OU President Roderick McDavis
said in a news conference yesterday at the new Baker University Center.
The tuition hike would tack on an
additional $509, bringing the yearly total for undergraduate in-state tuition to
about $9,000. The state sets tuition hike limits, which have to be approved by
the university’s Board of Trustees.
A 6 percent tuition hike would reduce the
deficit to $6 million if enrollment does not increase next year. In addition to
the proposed hike, all funding will be reviewed and some Vision Ohio priorities
could take a back seat.
“All things are on the table.
Everything is up for consideration,” Provost Kathy Krendl said, adding that
cuts might include reducing spending by colleges and divisions.
Up to $4 million of the $6 million set
aside for Vision Ohio initiatives could be used to lessen the deficit, said
William Decatur, vice president for Finance and Administration.
The university formed a 15-member budget
planning council, which is expected to balance the budget by next June when the
decision regarding a tuition hike will be made, Decatur said.
The planning council, which is chaired by
Krendl and Decatur and includes some students and faculty, is considering three
scenarios for next year’s budget: a six percent tuition hike, a three percent
hike and no change. All scenarios assume that other funding, including state
money, will not change.
Officials blamed the budget shortfall on
a lower than expected state funding, retention rate and number of transfer
students. Lack of enrollment cost the university nearly $4 million in tuition,
according to a university news release. Four out of five 2005 freshman stayed on
for their sophomore year, while the university missed its 550-student transfer
goal by 113 students.
“We’re going to work like the dickens
between now and the end of this academic year to increase the retention and
we’re going to work really hard to increase the transfers,” McDavis said.
University officials reiterated that the
budget shortfall will not cause them to abandon their promises of bettering
undergraduate and graduate education, increasing faculty benefits and increasing
the number of faculty.
Some programs, however, are already
feeling the effects of the budget shortfall.
The major initiatives contest, part of
the Vision Ohio goal to award money to strengthen graduate programs, will not
have the $2 million prize it expected. Six schools, including the English
department, have submitted proposals for the award, which are still under review
by the Graduate Education and Research Board.
“I don’t think there will be
certainly as much funding,” said Michael Mumper, associate provost of Graduate
Studies. “Certainly we’d all hoped that there would be more money to invest
in graduate education.”
The Budget Planning Committee will
consider all funding initiatives, including the drive to improve the
university’s faculty compensation, which ranks nearly last among peer
institutions.
“We can’t afford to continue to do
this,” said Phyllis Bernt, chair of Faculty Senate. She added that at this
point she’s confident the university will not abandon faculty and will find a
way to raise faculty salaries
“Can we afford to continue the current
employees share of health care cost? Can we afford to have the pay raise we were
planning?” Decatur said. “We’re going to examine all of those
assumptions.”
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