RESOLUTION 03
A RESOLUTION TO BE ENTITLED
Short Title: Budget Reduction Opposition Act
(Public)
Sponsored
by: Senators Buffkin, Griggs, Hankins and Heath
Secondary Sponsors: Senators
Adams, Brannon, Cariaga, Carter,
Collins, Compton, Gardner, Gluck, Hardy, Hoy, Hutcherson, Jones, Lam, Melton,
Phillips, Salama, Santiago, Sevits, Shaw, Stephenson, Walton, Weston,
Whitehouse, Winfree, and Yasin
First Reading: April 27, 2005 Version Date:
Referred to:
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WHEREAS, The North Carolina General Assembly is
currently conducting its Constitutionally mandated duty of formulating a
biennial operating budget for the University of North Carolina system, and the
Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Education has proposed $95 million in
permanent reductions to the University system; and,
WHEREAS, Such reductions are anticipated
to equate to a $16.3 million reduction in the operating budget of North
Carolina State University for the 2005-2006 fiscal year; and,
WHEREAS, The General Assembly has
further proposed reductions to specific line items in the University system
budget, and said proposal is widely viewed as a precedent setting seizure of
University budgeting flexibility; and,
WHEREAS, Proposed budget reductions are
expected to delay building projects on the NC State campus, halt the purchase
of educational equipment and library resources, eliminate 27 vacant and 163
filled faculty and non-faculty positions at NC State, and effectively terminate
vital programs such as administrative support services, student support
services, community service/outreach, and instructional support services; and,
WHEREAS, Proposed budget reductions are
further expected to jeopardize expansion efforts including, but not limited to,
the enrollment growth fund, the Biotechnology Initiatives, and the North
Carolina Space Grant Consortium; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that
the North Carolina State University Student Senate finds the proposed budget reductions
for the UNC system will result in an unacceptable hindrance to the mission of
North Carolina State University to provide an educated workforce, conduct
cutting-edge research, and offer extension services, a mission which is
fundamental to promoting a growing economy in the State of North Carolina; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, that
the North Carolina State University Student Senate recommends that the members
of the North Carolina General Assembly find adequate resources to minimize
reductions in the University budget, maintain the University budgeting
flexibility, and sustain the mission of the University.