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Colorado State University

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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY COMMITTEE REPORTS

GENERAL BUSINESS TO THE

STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

FEBRUARY 8, 1979 PUEBLO

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COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY

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N D E X

Dates and locations for future meetings

Approval of the minutes of the meeting of December 13, 1978 Ratification of the Executive Committee's action creating a

Special Committee of the Board

Creation of a Committee to Evaluate President Pesqueira State of the State - Governor Richard D. Lamm, January 4,

1979, Message on Higher Education

Separation of PVCC from USC, as mandated in Senate Bill 81, passed by the last Session of the General Assembly

Comparison of Institutional Requests and Governor's Budget Recommendations for FY 1979-80

Highlights of the Governor's 1979-80 Budget Recommendations Amendment to the Public Records Statute

Proposed Legislation Affecting Higher Education

Appointment of Student Assistant to Secretary of the Board Pending Litigation PAGE 1-1 2-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 7-1 8-1 9-1 10-1 11-1 12-1 13-1 Reports of the Committees of the State Board of Agriculture 14-1 Articles of Interest: "The Real Story of Earnings" and "Schools 15-1

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Secretary's Report

Committees and General Business

SBA MEETING 2/8/79 1-1

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

Dates and locations for future meetings. RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Information only.

EXPLANATION:

The following meetings have been set for the State Board of Agriculture

March 15 Denver CSU Business

April 12 Durango

use,

System, FLC Business

May 9-10 Fort Collins All Institutions - Statutory

June 21 Pueblo

use,

System, FLC Business

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Secretary's Report

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

Approval of the minutes of the December 13, 1978 meeting of the Board, as reported by the Secretary.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

MOVED, the Board approve the minutes of the Secretary, the Committees and General Business of the Board, SBA Systems, Fort Lewis College, Colorado State University and the University of Southern Colorado in the form in which they were mailed to the Board.

EXPLANATION:

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Secretary's Report

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

Ratification of the Executive Committee's action creating a Special Committee of the Board.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

MOVED, that the State Board of Agriculture approve the action of the Executive Committee creating a Legislative Policy Committee as a Special Committee of the Board.

EXPLANATION:

The 1979 Session of the General Assembly is a long session and, as a result, numerous bills have been introduced dealing with education/al-related matters. The Secretary must receive direction from the Board on a timely basis in order to have its feelings expressed on the issues.

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Secretary's Report

Connnittees and General Business

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

Creation of a Connnittee to Evaluate President Pesqueira. RECOMMENDED ACTION:

MOVED, that the State Board of Agriculture create, and by the same action appoint, the eight voting members as an Evaluation Committee for President Richard E. Pesqueira, University of Southern Colorado. EXPLANATION:

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Secretary's Report

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

State of the State - Governor Richard D. Lamm, January 4, 1979, Message on Higher Education.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Information only.

EXPLANATION:

The debate on higher education in Colorado has begun. It is imperative that the Board and the higher education community participate in that debate. Following is the higher education portion of the Governor's State of the State message of January 4, 1979.

During the next four years, Colorado will experience a significant decline in higher education enrollments. It may be as many as 10,000 fewer students. This is a

sober-ing fact when compared to the growth that occurred in the 1960's and the first half of the 1970's, when state in-stitutional enrollments shot up from 32,000 full-time equivalent students in 1960 to 85,000 in 1970, topping out at 111,000 in 1976.

That was a period of expansion for higher education, and the people of the State responded by developing a system that is one of the finest in the country. However, the system became attuned to the concept of "more": more faculty, more facilities, more support staff, and more money to support higher education. In that environment "quality" and "access" were both thought to be obtainable. Colorado is now experiencing a decline in the demand for higher education. A new day is dawning for Colorado higher education. The concepts of "quality" and "access" must be balanced. Declining resources require reasonable limits on access and the levels and costs of higher edu-cation services. This then becomes the challenge: how

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Secretary's Report

SBA MEETING 2/8/79 5-l(a)

to provide higher education services in a period of declining enrollments while assuring quality services and reasonable access at a reasonable cost to the citizens of Colorado. We must look at both public and private institutions of higher education as we plan for the future.

The process of meeting the challenge requires the continuous, careful examination of the entire system, giving consideration to such items as centers of excellence, programs and offerings, faculty work-loads, faculty compensation, instructional support, financing, research and public services, student financial assistance for both public and private education, and capital construction.

Continuous annual debate on governance draws attention and resources away from the other issues in higher ed-ucation which are significant and in need of analysis, debate, and action. Due to the "value-loaded" and "turf" nature of any governance discussion, it may be that it is an issue which cannot be effectively resolved. It is my own perception that changes in governance struc-ture are best made in response to specific problems and that a comprehensive approach could only occur in response to an overwhelming crisis.

A more comprehensive examination of the needs and future of higher education than the annual budgeting process provides is essential. The Colorado Connnission on Higher Education has begun that process. I have asked my staff, working with the Commission, to identify and pursue spe-cific issues identified above. I hope to provide the General Assembly with the first of a series of recommend-ations in the coming months.

The challenge of intelligently shrinking the Colorado higher education establislunent while maintaining or in-creasing our quality is a challenge that we mus t meet soon. If we ignore this problem or consider it too contentious to handle, we shall continue to stretch limited dollars over more higher education than we need or can afford.

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Secretary's Report

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

Separation of PVCC from USC, as mandated in Senate Bill 81, passed by the last Session of the General Assembly.

RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discussion EXPLANATION:

The SBA established the following 1979-80 budget priorities for the University of Southern Colorado, and in so doing, considered them "must" items for the smooth transition and orderly growth and develop-ment of each institution

Capital Construction Funding $2.5 million for ASET Facility Mollifying a negative supple-mental appropriation for loss of between 150-250 FTE students.

($96,000-$160,000)

Delaying implementation of a mandated reduction of 9.4 FTE

in General Administration Mandated separation of PVCC

from

use

with a resultant short-fall of $57,000 in student fees required for bond obligations Tuition equalization at PVCC resulting in an increase of $115,000 in General Fund monies and a corresponding decrease in cash funds. Governor's Budget Resolved Unresolved

x

Partially

x

Partially J.B.C. Resolved Unresolved

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Secretary's Report

Cotml\ittees and General Business SBA MEETING 2/8/79

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

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Comparison of institutional requests and Governor's Budget Recom-mendations for FY 1979-80.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

None - for information only.

EXPLANATION:

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Secretary's Report

SBA MEETING 2/8/79 8-l(a)

COMPARISON OF INSTITUTIONAL REQUESTS AND GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND PERCENTAGES

FOR 1979-80* (In Thousands) Gen. Cash

c.c.

Fund % Fund** %

u.s.c.

$ 4,599 $ 9,351 18.2 $ 3,469 3.9 Gov·ernor' s 2,484 8,474 7.1 3 , 352 .3 F.L.C. 2,054 4,261 24.1 2,229 6.8 Governor's 0 3,566 3.9 2,208 5.8

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9,876 32,441 33.4 22,340 2.9 Governor's 969 26,192 7.7 22,555 3.8 Veterinary Medicine 649 2,084 82.6 2,956 (3. 9) Governor's 0 1,044 (8. 8) 3,568 16.0 Forest Service 0 1,740 19.1 680 20.1 Governor's 0 1,495 2.3 690 22.3 Experimental Station 1,103 5,910 23.1 1,551 0 Governor's 0 5,087 6.0 1,583 . 2 Extension Service 41 5,200 25.8 2,255 9.4 Governor's 0 4,427 7.1 2,145 4.1

*Poes not include Sponsored Programs.

**Cash Funds reflect Governor's Adjusted Expenditures.

Total % $12,820 13. 9 11,826 5.1 6,490 17.6 5, 774 4.6 54,781 19 . 0 48,747 5.9 5,040 19.7 4,612 9.4 2,420 19.5 2,185 7.9 7,461 17.5 6,671 5.0 7,455 20.3 6,572 6.1

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Secretary's Report

Conunittees and General Business

SBA MEETING 2/8/79

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

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Highlights of the Governor's 1979-80 budget reconnnendations.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

None - information only.

EXPLANATION:

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SUMr1.'\RY OVERVIEW

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PROPOSED EXECUTIVE BUDGET FOR 1979-80

1978-79

1979-80

1980-81

Estimate

Pro~osal

Imelication

Beginning Reserve

103

48

54 Capital Construction Transfer

11 Revenues

General Fund

_{l '163}

1,312

1,427

Revenue Sharing

27

26

7 TOTAL AVAILABLE FOR APPROPRIATION 1,304

l ,386

1,488

Proposed Appropriations

Operating budgets

1,045

l '112

1,192

1979-80 impact of 1978-79

supplementals

6

6 New Legislation

2

Capital construction

25

25 Property Tax relief

37

99

120 ·'

Estimate for Supplementals

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Estimate for Reversions of Unspent

Appropriations

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TOTAL PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS

l '107

1,244

1,345

Required 4% Reserve

48

54

57 Available for Other Tax Relief

149

88

86

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GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY STATE DEPARTMErn

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IN MILLIONS)

Adjusted

Department

Governor's

Actual

Appropriation

Request

Recorrrnendation

1977-78 1978-79 1979-80 1979-80

Admi ni strati on

7.3 10.0 10.8 10.5

Controller's Non-Operating

8.1 9.8 39.0 29.7

Agriculture

4. 1 4.7 5. 1 4.6

Corrections

20.2 22.8 25.2 23. 1

Education

408.1 474.8

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562.3 539.9

11. Governor-Lt. Governor

1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4

Heal th

16.2 17 .6 20.3 17.8

Higher Education

215.7 235.7 315.9 248.9

Highways

0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6

Institutions

54.7 65.6 76.5 73.5

Judicial

37.5 38.0 43.6 40.7

Labor/Employment

2.4 2.0 2.4 1.8

Law

3.2 3.7 3.8 4.0

Legislature

7.2 9.0 9.5 9.5

Local Affairs

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1o.5 17.

2

11. 7

Military Affairs

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0.9 2.6 1.2

Natural Resources

10.2 10.0 10.9 10.0

Personnel

1.7 1.8 2. 1 2.0

Planning and Budgeting

1.5 1.3 1.4 1.4

Regulatory Agencies

6. 1 8.0 5.5 5. 1

Revenue

9.2 9.3 12.6 9.9

Social Services

129.9 140.7 169.0 161.6 /4

State

1.0 1.2 0.3 0.3

Treasury

1.1

ti

2.4

!!.

5.4 1.4 /7

Office of Human Resources

0.03 0.02

0.04-Office of Energy Conservation

0.2

Medicaid Fraud

0.05

Set Aside for New Legislation

2.0

Budget

Amendments/Supplemen-6.2

tal Costs

Federal Title II

3.0

Accounting Adjustments

3.0

Capital Construction

25.2

&_

25.0 120.0 25.0

GRAND TOTAL

990.2 1.106.8 1.463.4 1 .244 .1

Amount subject to

7%

l imitation

1.069.8 1.144.6

Property Tax Relief Fund

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37.0 99.5

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General Fund includes

$3

million in Title II funds for

1978-79

and

- . Revenue Sharing funds:

the following

1977-78 $41 • 1

mil

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ion

1978-79 34. 1

mi 11 ion

1979-80 27

mill ion

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$35

million in General Fund moneys designated as property tax relief.

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Includes

$91!6 m11l~on

in General Fund moneys designated as property tax relief.

~Includes $7.0

million in General Fund moneys designated as property tax relief.

~Includes

$.8 million inGeneral Fund moneys designated as property tax relief.

/6 Includes $2 million in General Fund moneys designated as property tax relief.

!.!_includes $1 million in General Fund moneys designated as property tax relief.

/8 Figure differs with total General Fund expenditures as reported by Accounts and

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as a result of different accountinlj iirocedurP.s usP.d 1 n reporting

$11. 5

million capital construction appropriation for maximum security corrections

facil-ity.

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THE BUDGET DOLLAR - WHERE IT GOES SHARES OF THE STATE BUDGET

GENERAL FUND 1968-69* 28.7 State Government Operations/Services 24.6

*Prior to 1970, district courts were funded locally. Since 1970 these have been part of the State court-system and financed by the State. Adding these costs to the charts for 1977-78 and 1978-79 for comparability would Higher Education

add approximately 2% to the grants to local governments/local services and reduce the other shares proportionately.

Governor's Recommended Budget 1979-80**

17 .9 State Government Operations/Services

55.3

Grants to Local Governments/ Local Services .4 Capital Construction 18.0 Adjusted Appropriations 1978-79** State Government pe rations/Services 54. 1

Grants to Local Governments/ Lo ca 1 Services

•• Includes Revenue Sharing funds and General Fund moneys appropriated as property tax relief.

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Ex1:2enditure Resident Instruction Dollars FTE Instructional Support Dollars FTE Capital Outlay Special Purpose Dollars FTE

Total State Appropriation Dollars FTE General Fund Cash Funds Federal Funds Sponsored Programs Cash Funds Federal Funds 9-l(d) ST A TE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE ($ In Thousands) Actual Adjusted Expenditures Appropriation

1977-78

1978-79

39,740

43,537

1,927.5

2,001. 7

20,925

22,716

992.8 1,005.0

769

773 13,583

14,573

662.4

689.2 $

75,017

$

81 ,599

(3,582.7)

(3,695.9)

42, 171

47,20 1

29,551

31,016

3,295

3,382

32,518

35,630

6,369

7,095

26, 149

28,535

Governor's Percent Budget of

1979-80

Iner/Deer

46, 196

6.1

2,005.6

3.9

23,760

4.6

1,000.5

(4. 5)

1,003

30.0

15,428

5.9

689.2

0

$

86,387

5.9

(3,695.3)

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50,285

.6

32,603

5.1

J,499

3.5

37,878

7,752

30, 126

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Expenditure Resident Instruction Dollars FTE Instructional Support Dollars FTE Capital Outlay Dollars Special Purpose Dollars FTE

Total State Appropriation Dollars FTE General Fund Cash Funds Federal Funds Revenue Sharing/Title II Auxiliary Enterprises General Fund Cash Funds Sponsored Programs Cash Funds Federal Funds

Capital Construction Fund

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($ Ir. Thousands) Actual Adjusted Expenditures Appropriation

1977-78

1978-79

162, 102

176,845

8, 116.5

8,243.0

90,237

97,756

4,343.4

4,443. 4

3,618

4, 102

106,226

110, 166

2,604.6

2,580.9

$

362, 183

$

388,869

15,064. 5

15,267.3

205,287

235,717

130,378

137,591

15,679

15,561

10,839

700

365

56

10

644

355 115,749

127,838

32,891

35,669

82,858

92, 169

Governor's Percent Budget of

1979-80

Increase

185,615

4.9

8, 141.9

(101.1)

102,936

5.3

4,444.1

. 7

5,211

27.0

112

~

865

2.5

2,496.0

(849)

$

406,626

4.6*

15,082.0

(185.3)

242,4

i

6

2.84

141, 566

2.88

16, 144

3.5

6,500

.00

-0-138,2!4

37,279

100,935

7 ,381

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ExQenditure Resident Instruction Dollars FTE Instructional Support Dollars FTE Capital Outlay

Total State Appropriation Dollars FTE General Fund Cash Funds Federal Funds Sponsored Programs Cash Funds Federal Funds 9-1 (f) COLORADO ST A TE UNIVERSITY

{$

In Thousands) Actual Adjusted Expenditures Appropriation

1977-78

1978-79

27' 125

29,568

1,271.0

1,343.8

14,694

15,954

675.7

691.8

561

516 $

42,380

$

46,038

(1,946.7)

(2 ,035.6)

20,585

24,318

21 ,558

21,484

237

236 25,215

28,000

4,589

5, 119

20,626

22,881

Governor's Budget

1979-80

31,392

1,329.6

16,675

691 .8

680 $

48 ,747

(2 ,031.4)

26 , 192

22,318

237 30 ,000

5,476

24,524

PROFESSIONAL VETERINARY MEDICINE

ExQenditure

Total State Appropriation Dollars FTE General Fund Cash Funds

{$

In Thousands) Actual Expenditures

1977-78

Adjusted Appropriation

1978-79

Governor's Budget

1979-80

$

3,529

$

(174.0)

1,365

4,216

$

( 181. 4)

(197.5)

4,612

1,044

J,568

2, 164

3,075

I, 141

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Ex12enditure Personai Services Dollars FTE Operating expenses Travel

Administration and Plant Maintenance

Dollars FTE

Capital Outlay

Total State Appropr iation Dollars FTE General Fund Cash Funds Federal Funds 9-l(g) COLORADO ST A TE UNIVERSITY COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE

($ ln Thousands)

Actual Adjusted

Expenditures Appropriat ion

1977-78

1978-79

4,437

4,916

245 .3

263.5

311

316

91

83

845

868 32. I

33.7

8

13 $

5,692

$

6, 196

(277 .4)

(297.2)

3,530

4, 135

507

545

I

,455

1, 516

Revenue Shoring/Title II

200 95 1

1,427

Cash Funds

255

416

F edera I Funds

₆₉₆

1,011

Governor's Budget

1979-80

5,218

263.5

338

91

912 33 .7

13 $

6,572

(297.2)

4,427

579 1,566

1,406

651

755

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Expenditure A 11 Programs

Dollars FTE

Administration and Plant Maintenance

Dollars FTE

Total State Appropriation Dollars FTE General Fund Cash Funds Federal Funds Expenditures

Total State Appropriation Dollars FTE General Fund Cash Funds F edera I Funds 9-l(h) COLORADO ST A TE UNIVERSITY EXPERIMENT ST A TION

($

In Thousands) Actual Adjusted Expenditures Appropriation 1977-78 1978-79 5,275 5,537 260.5 257.2 786 815 32.0 32.0

$

6,061

$

6,352 (292.5) (289.2) 4,509 4,800 312 312 1,240 I, 240

COLORADO ST ATE UNIVERSITY FOREST SERVICE ($ In Thousands) Actual Expenditures 1977-78 Adjusted Appropriation 1978-79 Governor's Budget 1979-80

-5,815 257.2 856 32.0

$

6,671 (289.2) 5,087 343 1,240 Governor's Budget 1979-80

$

1,830

$

(92.5) 1,403 2,025

$

( 102.8) 1,461 2. 185 ( 102.8 ) I~ 495 235 455 64 363 390 174

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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTI-iERN COLORADO

($

In Thousands)

Actual Adjusted Governor's

Expenditures Appropriation Budget

ExQenditure

1977-78

1978-79

1979-80

Resident Instruction Dollars

6,061

6,430

6, 735

FTE

329.7

318.4

312.0

Instructional Support Dollars

4,329

4,658

4,884

FTE

223.6

218.3

215.0

Capital Outlay

140

164

207

Total State Appropriation

Dollars

$

10,530

$

11,252

$

11 ,826

FTE

(553.3)

(536.

7)

(527.0)

General Fund

7 ,511

7,913

8,474

Cash Funds

3,019

3,339

3,352

5, 180

5,076

.5,245

Cash Funds

I ,525

1,560

1,625

Federal Funds

3,655

3,516

3,620

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FORT LEWIS COLLEGE

($ In Thousands)

Actua l Adjusted Governor's

Expenditures Appropriation Budget

Expenditure

_{- - - - -}

1977-78

1978-79

1979-80

Resident Instruction Dollars

3,025

3,323

3,457

FTE

152. 8

158.1

156.5

Instructional Support Dollars

1,902

2, 104

2,201

FTE

93.5

94.9

93.7

Cap ital Out lay

68

93

116

Total State Appropriation

$

Dollars

4, 995

$

5,520

$

5, 774

FTE

(246.3)

(253.0)

(250.2)

General Fund

3,068

3,433

3,566

Cash Funds

I, 927

2,087

2,208

I, 172

I, 127

1,227

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CAPITAL

CO~STRUCTIO~

The Executive Request for 1979-80 Capital Construction totals $47,613,793, of which

$24,999,307 is from the Capital Construction Fund. Shown below, by Department, are

the amounts requested for 1979-80 anci the amounts appropriated in 1973-79 anQ

1977-73 for Capital Construction. Individual 1979-80 !!equests are listed on

subse-quent pages.

1979-80 Regues t 1978-79 _Jpp.!:QEriation

CAP . CONST. --"TOTAL CAP . CONST. 1977-78 ~!!n:>(!riation TOTAL ____

"TIJ>:Cot.f~. TOTAL

DEPARTMENT _FUND _{FUN OS} _FUND _{FUN OS} _FUND

_{r-- --}

_FUNDS

Administration -0- -0- 75,000 75,000 101,000 101,000 Agriculture 75 ,000 75,000 41.DOD 41,000 80,355 80,355 Corrections 461,950 761 ,950 11 ,497 ,001 11 ,993 ,723 7,920,892 7 ,920,892 Education -0- -0- 79,350 79,350 65 ,062 ]j 65,062 }J Health 1,540 ,030 3,04D ,030 1,562,250 3,062,250 2, 160 ,937 2,61D,937 Higher Education 7 ,381,069 7 ,381 ,069 5,930,71 8 5,930,718 11,229 ,434 12, 141 ,502 Highways -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- 56,788 lnstit1Jtions 852 ,309 3,085 ,017 663,399 663,399 576. 739 576,739 Judicial -0- -0- 191,481 191,481 -0-

-0-Labor and Employment -0- -0- -0- -0- 27,500 55,000

Local Affairs 1,600,000 1,600 ,000 1,600,000 1,600,000 1,526 ,000 1,529,000

Military Affai rs 61 ,800 61 ,800 -0- -0- -0-

-0-Natural Resources -0- 17,943,377 1,267,000 13, 115 ,336 705 ,000 4, 182 ,700

Regulatory Agencies -0- -0- -0- 42 ,093 -0-

-0-Revenue 4,700,000 5,044,550 -0- 230 ,000 -o- 134 ,151

Socia 1 Servi ces 51,368 256,844 43,682 260. 742 112,005 227,156

Office of the Governor -0- -0- 125,000 125,000 -0-

-0-State Planning and Budgeting 8,275 ,781 813691156 l, 926 ,836 1,972,561 __!.., 196 ,500 1,2271200 TOTALS 24,9gg,307 47,618,793 25,002,717 39,382,653 25,701,424 30,908,482 Jj Appropriated to Institutions in 1977-78 (School for the Deaf and the Blind)

The request of $24,999,307 from the Capital Construction Fund is comparable to the

amounts appropriated from the Fund for 1978-79 and 1977-78. Although the

reqw~sted

-amount is less than the optimum required to keep the State

1

s capital pl ant in good

operating condition and to renovate existing facilities to rreet code requirements

and to meet current needs, the limited amount is necessary because of the statutory

limitation of no more than a seven percent increase in total State spending over the

preceding year and due to increases in funding within that seven percent required

for State employee compensation increases and other inflation-driven costs.

Major differences between amounts requested for 1979-80 and amounts appropriated in

1978-79 are in the Departments of Corrections, Higher Education, Institutfons,

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Natural Resources and Revenue, and the Office of State Planning and Budgeting. Major

emphasis is continued on correction of conditions dangerous to health and safety and

on remodeling/renovation to meet changing program requirements and to make more

efficient use of existing facilities. Also continued is the program to eliminate

architectural barriers to the handicapped in facilities receiving significant usage

by the handicapped; complete elimination of such barriers in all facilities is

sub-ject to further study and determination of feasibility and priorities.

Funds requested for Corrections are primarily to complete construction of the new

Maximum Security Facility and remodeling and new construction at the Medium Security

Facility, work which is underway from funds previously appropriated. The major

project requested for Higher Education is $2,425,247 for construction of a new

Occupational-Technology Facility at the University of Southern Colorado - Belmont

Campus. Most of the other funds requested for Higher Education are to correct

conditions dangerous to health and safety, and for fixed and movable equipment

necessary to complete facilities now under construction. It is anticipated that

the majority of future Capital Construction projects in Higher Education will be

for remodeling/renovation of existing structurally sound buildings rather than for

construction of new facilities.

Funds requested for Institutions include $2,232,708 for correction of Title 19

short-term deficiencies related to Nursing Horne Standards for the three State Home

&

Training

Schools, in order to avoid loss of Federal funds after 1982. This amount, however, is

requested to be funded from the sale of tax-exempt bonds rather than from the Capital

Construction Fund.

Funds requested for Revenue include $4,700,000 for the acquisition, physical planning,

remodeling/renovation, and movable equipment for a building to house Revenue's

opera-tions now located in the Capitol Annex Building. This project will increase Revenue's

efficiency by locating it in a building physically suited to its needs, will aid in

the decentralization of State government from the downtown Denver area, and will make

space available in the Capitol Complex for other State agencies now located in

over-crowded offices and in leased facilities.

The major funding requested for State Planning and Budgeting is $4,685,000 for

State-wide Controlled Maintenance. This amount is significantly greater than amounts

appropriated in previous years, and is considered necessary to prevent continuing

and further deterioration to the State's investment in permanent facilities and to

avoid later, more costly repairs. Almost

$1

million is requested for Statewide

Energy Conservation Demonstration Programs to conserve energy resources and to

reduce future utility cost increases. Other major requests are for elimination of

additional architectural barriers to the handicapped in the Capitol Complex, for

correction of fire and safety hazards in the State Office Building, and for

re-modeling/renovation of the State Museum Building for occupancy by the Office of the

Attorney General.

Sho~n

on the following page is the status of the Capital Construction Fund, as of

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----~~=--~~~~~~--~--r~~~--;a-70.:"rinf~~~~~·~

DEPARTMENT

197Y-UO

Request

Oivision/Jl.gency Cap, Const. Other Total

· P · Fund Funds Funds

Capital Construction roJect

Install Fire Detection Alarm and Sprinkler

System for Department of Health Building.

]} Federal Funds

TOTAL - HEALTH

HIGHER EDUCATION

Auraria Higher Education Center

Security and Safety Items: Upgrade

Exterior Lighting; Add Security and

Smoke Detection Equipment to Ninth

Street Houses; Iden ti fi cation Signs

for Emergency Services; and Add

Additional High-Risk Areas to

Central Monitoring System.

Enlarge Ventilation System for

Silkscreen Laboratory.

SUBTOTAL - Auraria Higher Education Center

Univers ity of Colorado - Boulder

Movable Equipment for Corrmunication

Disorders and Speech Science Facility.

Eliminate Fire and Structural Hazards

in Older Buildings - Phase IV of

Five Phases.

SUBTOTAL - Univ. of Colo. - Boulder

University of Colo. - Colorado Springs

Fixed and Movable Equipment for

Office/Teaching Laboratory Building

SUBTOTAL - Univ. of Colo. - Colorado Springs

Colorado State University

Health and Life Safety Corrections

-for utilities, services and site

i mprovernents.

Health and Life Safety Corrections

-for bui 1 dings

SUBTOTAL - Colorado State Universi_!t

$

s

$

40 ,030

l ,540,030

142 'l 00

45,000

187' 100

378,700

229,000

607, 700

1,370,000

l,370,000

730,900

237,860

968,760

-0-1,500,000

-0-40,030

3,040 ;030

142 'l 00

45,000

187, l 00

378,700

229,000

607,700

1,370,000

l ,370 ,000

730,900

237,860

968,760

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DEPARTMENT

Divis i on//l.9ency

Capital Construction Project

Colorado School of Mines

Movable Equipment for Library

Addition

Correct Ventilation Inadequacies

in Chemistry Building Laboratories

SUBTOTAL - Colorado School of Mines

University of Northern Colorado

Drill Wells on Campus to take

advantage of University-owned

water rights and remove irrigation

system from City's treated water

system.

SUBTOTAL - Univ. of Northern Colorado

University of Southern Colorado

Make needed Structural Repairs

to Library/Classroom Building.

Construct Occupational-Technology

Facility - Phase I.

SUBTOTAL - Univ. of Southern Colorado

Mesa College

Movable Equipment for Remodeled

Houston Hall.

Install Elevator in Wubben Hall,

(Removal of barrier to handicapped.)

SUBTOTAL - Mesa College

Western State College

Remove Handicapped Barriers and Correct

Code Violations - Taylor Hall.

Remove Handicapped Barriers and

Correct Code Violations - Six

Academic Buildings

(~hases

I and II).

Complete Underground Campus

Sprinkling System.

Remove Exterior Handicapped

Barriers and Repair Related

Concrete Sidewalks, Curbs and

Retaining Walls.

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Cap. Const. Other

$ Funci Funds

30, 968

338,800

369, 768

50,000

58,300

2,425,247

2,483,547

90,000

63,800

153,800

106 '190

58,050

70, 720

18,500

$

-0-$ Total Funds

30 ,968

338,800

369, 768

50,000

58,300

2,425,247

2,483,547

90,000

63,800

153,800

106 '190

58,050

70,720

18,500

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EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDA TJONS FOR 1979-80 FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

Enrollments: The appropriated level of enrollments significantly impacts the funding resources available to maintain a high quality postsecondary education system in Colorado, primarily because of the formula nature of higher education budgeting. If there is both a fixed upper limit to the funding resources avai I able to higher education and since higher education funding formulas are a function of student enrollments, then it follows that the higher the enrollment levels are, the lower the funding level per student. Consequently, it is important to assess the potential enrollment levels as accurately as possible, so that funding resources can be more equitably distributed.

The executive recommendation provides for a system-wide decrease of 2,594 FTE students below the 1978-79 appropriated level in State institutions, and an increase of 256 FTE students in local district colleges and area vocational schools. The enrollment "cap" (limitation) at Colorado State University is continued at 17 ,210 FTE students. The "cap" at the University of Colorado at Boulder is reduced to 19,923 FTE students as the first reduction of a four-year program to phase out the teacher education program at the University. It is anticipated that the University of Northern Colorado wi II become the center of excellence for teacher education, while the University of Colorado at Boulder will continue to expand as a center of excellence in scientific programs. The "cap" at the University of Northern Colorado is reduced to 11,040 FTE students due to declining graduate enrollments.

Enrollments are funded at continuation levels except at those institutions which experienced actual increases in FY 1978-79, where increases are funded; those institutions where declines have been experienced for at least two years are projected to continue at a I% decline.

Professional Compensation: In compliance with the President's wage guidelines, the executive recommendation increases the ful I-time exempt compensation by 7.0% over the FY 1978-79 appropriated institutional averages for continuing faculty positions. Allowance is made in the budget recommendations to give all other exempt professional staff commensurate compensation increases.

Student-Faculty Ratios: The Presidents of the two-year and four-year colleges and universities have developed guidelines for calculating faculty teaching requirements both by level and by discipline. The guidelines have been adopted by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and were uniformly uti I ized by al I two-year and four-year institutions in the development of their individual budget requests for FY 1979-80. The student-faculty ratios are a guide to the total number of faculty positions appropriated for instruction at an institution. An institution determines its overall instructional faculty needs by adding together its needs for each level and discipline using the CCHE-approved student-faculty ratio guidelines. After appropriation, the internal allocation of faculty is at the institution's discretion. This approach treats each institution uniformly while providing flexibility in assigning faculty positions in those ways most cppropriate both to the institution's mission and to the characteristics of its students.

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HIGHER EDUCATION FTE ENROLLMENTS

1979-80

1977-78 1978-79 1978-79 Governor's

State Institution Actual Appropriation Estimate Budget

University of Colorado

Boulder 20,441 20, 157 20,213 19,923

Denver 5,308 5,400 5,400 5,400

Colorado Springs 2,864 3,000 3, 100 3, 150

Colorado State University

Main 17,520 17,210 17,452 17,210

Veterinary Medicine 611 675 675 723

Fort Lewis College 2,992 3, 100 3 , 100 3,000

University of Southern

Colorado 5,448 5,450 5,250 5, 198

School of Mines 2, 767 2,900 2,900 2,952

University of Northern

Colorado 11,538 11, 770 11, 152 11,040

Adams State College 2,372 2,450 2,300 2,277

Metropolitan State College 10,025 10,030 9,645 9,800

Mesa State College 2, 728 2,870 2,620 2,620

Western State College 3, 243 3,200 3,200 3,200

Arapahoe Community Col!ege 3,503 3,700 3,600 3,600

Community College of Denver 10,905 10,500 10,050 9,950

Pikes Peak Community College 4,028 4,200 4, 100 4 ,059

Lamar Community College 457 475 415 415

Morgan Community College 316 325 325 325

Otero Junior College 588 620 600 596

Trinidad State Junior College I, 191 1,200 1,200 1,200

TOTAL STATE INSTITUTIONS 108, 8L~.) 109,232 107,297 106,638

TOTAL LOCAL DISTRICT

COLLEGES (not shown) 5,706 6,560 6,560 6,635

TOTAL AREA VOCATIONAL

SCHOOLS (not shown) 4,341 4,501 4,502 4,682

GRAND TOT AL

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CONTINUING FULL-TIME COMPENSATION LEVELS

1978-79

1979-80

Appropriated Governor's

Compensation Budget Rank

Boulder

26, 181

28,011+

1

Denver·

23, 175

24,799

4

Colorado Springs

22,542

24, 120

5

24,538

26,256

3

Fort Lewis College

21 ,321

22,813

7.

University of Southern Colorado

20,615

22,058

U.S.C. Separate 20,967 22,434 9

School of Mines

26, 127

27,956

2

Un_iversity of Northern Colorado

22, 141

23,691

6

Adams State College

20, 696

22, 145

11

Metropolitan State College

20,736

22, 188

10

Mesa State College

20,209

21 ,624

12

Western State College

21 ,076

22,551

8

Arapahoe Community College

19 ,077

20,412

3

Community College of Denver

19,039

20, 372

4

Pikes Peak Commun!ty College

18,781

20,096

5

Lamar Community College

18, 722

20,033

7

Morgan Community College

17,676

18,913

8

Otero Junior College

19,716

21,096

1

Trinidad State Junior College

18,743

20,055

6

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STUDENT FACULTY RA TICS

1978-79 1979-80 Student/

Appropriated Governor's F acuity

State Institution Level Budget Change Ratio

Boulder 1,200.5 1,200.5 16.6

Denver 3 11.2 315.0 3 .8 17. I

Colorado Springs 156.5 168.7 12.2 18.7

Main 996.3 992.1 (4.2) 17.3

Veterinary Medicine 94.0 102.9 8.9 7.0

Fort Lewis College 137.6 136. 7 (. 9) 21. 9

University of Southern Colorado 275.9 27 l .5 (4.4) 19. I

School of Mines 185 .7 186.6 .9 15.8

University of Northern Colorado 630.3 591. 2 (39.1) 18.7

Adams State College 125.8 123.9 (1.9) 18.4

Metropolitan State College 478.8 466 .2 ( 12 . 6) 2 i

.o

Mesa State College 144.4 137.2 (7.2) 19 . l

Western State College 162.4 163.3 .9 19.6

Arapahoe Community College 172.6 168. 0 (4.6) 21 . I+

Community College of Denver 506.4 480 .3 (26. I) 20.7

Pikes Peak Community College 207.4 199.9 (7.5) 20.3

Lamer Community College 25.7 25 .2 ( . 5) 16.5

Morgan Community College 17.3 20.4 3.1 15.9

Otero Junior College 34.9 35.4 .5 16.8

Trinidad State Junior College 66.3 68.8 2.5 17.4

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ACADEMIC YEAR TUITION

1979-80

1978-79

A1212ro12riated Governor's Budget

Resident Non-Resident Resident Non-Resident

University of Colorado Boulder

666 2,666

704 2,814

Denver

463 1,851

514 2,058

Colorado Springs

45 1

1,803

466 1,864

Medical Center

1,809

7,237

I ,993

7,973

Dental

16,089

17,539

Nursing & Other

957 3,828

980 3,919

565 2,261

595 2,381

Veterinary Medicine

₈₆₇

_6,936

912 7 ,294

Fort Lewis College

405 1,620

437 I, 748

University of Southern Colorado

473 1,893

495 I, 979

School of Mines

666 2,666

704 2,814

University of Northern Colorado

478 I, 913

515 2,061

Adams State College

447 I, 785

502 2,009

Mesa State College !+52

1,808

457 1,828

Metropolitan State College

356 1,424

406 1,622

Western State College L:.21

1,685

460 I, 743

Arapahoe Community College

337 1,395

360 1,456

Community College of Denver

337 1,484

360 1,573

Pikes Peak Community College

337 1,345

360 1,234

Lamar Community Coll ege

337 I, 161

360 I, 717

Morgan Community College

337 1,611

360 I, 23Lf

Otero Junior College

₃₃₇

_{I, 161}

₃₆₀

_1,491

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Secretary's Report

Conunittees and General Business SBA MEETING 2/8/79

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

10-1

Amendment to the Public Records Statute RECOMMENDED ACTION:

None - information only. EXPLANATION:

The Board requested Assistant Attorney General Joseph Goldhanuner to prepare legislation which will permit review evaluation documents to be privileged information, except to the parties of interest.

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Secretary's Report

Col"Qlll~ttees and General Business

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

Proposed legislation affecting Higher Education. RECOMMENDED ACTION:

Discussion and action. ₍

EXPLANATION:

S.B. 26 ESTABLISHES A PILOT PROGRAM AT FOUR STATE COLLEGES AND

UNIVERSITIES TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENTIATED TUITION FOR IN-STATE AND OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS FOR THE SUMMER

SESSION.

Status Discussed 1-16.

Board Action Approve - Approve Amendments - Disapprove - No Position

S.B. 51 REWRITES PRESENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS DEALING WITH GROUNDS

AND PROCEDURES FOR TERMINATION OF FACULTY EMPLOYMENT AT STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Status Assigned Education Committee.

S.B. 77 DESCRIBES THE RESPONSIBILITIES, OBJECTIVES, ORGANIZATION,

AND AUTHORITY OF THE COLORADO COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE·

Status Reported out of Committee.

S.B. 83 PROHIBITS THE USE OF STATE MONEYS FOR DUES FOR OR TO PAY

FOR MEMBERSHIP IN ANY ACCREDITING ASSOCIATION THAT ACCREDITS INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

Status Education Committee.

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Secretary's Report

Connn~ttees and General Business

SBA MEETING 2/8/79 _11-l(a)

S. B. 101 MAKES THE LIABILITY OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FOR ACTS AND

OMISSIONS IN THE COURSE AND SCOPE OF THEIR PUBLIC EM-PLOYMENT COTERMINOUS WITH THAT OF THE STATE AND ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS UNDER THE "COLORADO GOVERNMENTAL IMMUNITY ACT." CHANGES THE CURRENT NINETY-DAY NOTICE REQUIREMENT OF THE ACT TO ONE YEAR·

Status Judicial Committee.

S.B. 110 ESTABLISHES AN ENERGY CONSERVATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR

STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION WHICH PERMITS SUCH INSTITUTIONS TO RETAIN ONE-HALF OF THE DOLLAR SAVINGS EFFECTED BY ENERGY CONSERVATION INNOVATIONS, AND PROVIDES THAT SUCH INSTITUTION'S APPROPRIATION FOR THE FISCAL YEAR FOLLOWING THAT IN WHICH SAVINGS WERE EFFECTED WILL NOT BE REDUCED.

Status Reported out of State Affairs.

S. B. 124 INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE TO

INCLUDE THREE MEMBERS, ONE EACH FROM EACH COMMUNITY THAT HAS A CAMPUS ADMINISTERED BY THE BOARD·

Status Reported out of Education with amendments.

S. B. 126 PROVIDES THAT THE GOVERNING BOARD OF ANY STATE INSTITUTION

OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THIS STATE WHOSE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED SHALL NOT HAVE REPRESENTATION OF ONE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY IN EXCESS OF ONE MEMBER MORE THAN THE OTHER MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY.

Status Reported out of Education with amendments.

S.B. 161 TRANSFERS THE VARIOUS OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN ALL PRINCIPAL

DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE, INCLUDING THE STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, CONCERNED WITH PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE PERSONNEL SYSTEM, AND THEIR FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES, TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL .

Status State Affairs.

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Secretary's Report

SBA MEETING 2/8/79 _11-l(b)

S.B. 164 REQUIRES THE ZERO-BASE BUDGETING PROGRAM TO BE IMPLEMENTED

AT ONCE RATHER THAN OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.

Status Appropriations.

H.B. 1023 DEFINES THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND TIME CONSTRAINTS UNDER WHICH

A MINOR CHILD, HAVING LOST STATUS AS AN IN-STATE STUDENT FOR TUITION PURPOSES DUE TO THE DEPARTURE FROM THE STATE

Status

OF HIS PARENT, MAY QUALIFY FOR CLASSIFICATION AS AN IN-STATE STUDENT.

Passed House. In Education.

H.B. 1047 MAKES IT UNLAWFUL TO USE ANIMALS FOR RESEARCH, TESTING,

EXPERIMENTATION, OR DEMONSTRATION FOR SCIENTIFIC, COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL, OR OTHER PURPOSES EXCEPT UNDER CERTAIN ENUMERATED CONDITIONS. PROVIDES THAT BOTH INDIVIDUALS AND FACILITIES USING ANIMALS FOR SUCH PURPOSES MUST OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. PROVIDES FOR INSPECTION OF SUCH FACILITIES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND GIVES IT AUTHORITY TO SEEK A SEARCH WARRANT FOR CON-DUCTING AN INSPECTION. AUTHORIZES THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SEEK AN INJUNCTION TO PREVENT VIOLATIONS. MAKES AN APPROPRIATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACT.

Status In Agriculture and Appropriations.

H.B. 1134 ADDS CAUCUSES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS TO THOSE MEETINGS

REQUIRED TO BE OPEN UNDER THE "SUNSHINE LAW" AND PROVIDES THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW COMMITS A MISDEMEANOR.

Status Postponed Indefinitely.

H.B. 1156 REDEFINES "CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION."

Status Passed House. In Senate for Second Reading.

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Secretary's Report

SBA MEETING 2/8/79 12>-l

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

Appointment of Student Assistant to Secretary of the Board.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

MOVED, that the Board approve the appointment of Judi Bearzi as a Student Assistant to the Secretary of the Board, at a monthly salary of $600, for a period not to exceed five months.

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Secretary's Report

MATTERS FOR ACTION·:

Pending Litigation.

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

No action required - report only.

EXPLANATION:

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REPORT TO THE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE

ON PENDING LITIGATION

A. Litigation Pending in Federal Court .

1. Mary Alice Hill v. Colorado State University, et al.

I will discuss this case with the Board at the meeting.

2. Keith R. Grebe v. the State Board of Agriculture, et al.

The court has required the parties to engage in a settlement

conference which will be held on April 30, 1979. I will also

discuss this matter with the Board at the meeting.

B. Litigation Pending in State Court.

1. The Painter Estate

The judge rendered his decision in this case.

to the attorneys and $34,000 to the executor.

this case with the Board at the meeting.

He awarded $37,000

I will also discuss

2. Colette v. the State Board of Agriculture, et al.

No change.

3. Alvin Miller v. the State Board of Agriculture

No change.

4. Espey v. the State Board of Agriculture

I will discuss the developments in this case with the Board at

the meeting.

C. Cases in which Counsel for the State

1

s Insurer Is Representing the

University.

1. Tompkins v. the State Board of Agriculture

The trial date has been continued in this case.

2. James A. Nelson v. the State Board of Agriculture

The court denied the motion to dismiss by insurance counsel.

Insurance counsel has answered for the Board and depositions

have been scheduled for February 12, 1979.

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3. Tracey Mumey and Vernon Porter v. Colorado State University

No change.

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Secretary's Report

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

Reports of the Connnittees of the State Board of Agriculture. RECOMMENDED ACTION:

None - reports only. EXPLANATION:

The Connnittees of the SBA will report as follows: Legislative Policy Connnittee

Advisory Member to the CCHE - Bain Report - Aurari a Faculty Reports

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Secretary's Report

Connnittees and General Business SBA MEETING 2/8/79

MATTERS FOR ACTION:

Articles of Interest

The Real Story of Earnings Schools Merger Unpalatable

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

None - information only.

EXPLANATION:

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J

been able , to insulate themselves from stunning increases in food costs-up I I 7% since I 967- by producing much of what they eat. As a result of Med-icare and Medicaid , the elderly and the poor ha ve largely escaped the exploding cost of hospitals (medical-care services have risen 122o/c since 1967) and doc-tors (up I 10%).

Though wages and salaries have ris-en. a mere doubling of income has not been enough to keep up with the dou-bling of prices because earners have been pushed into higher and higher tax brack-ets. White-collar workers and many pro-fessionals have suffered because they lack the means of organizing into special-in-terest lobbies to protect their paychecks. Corporate employees such as computer programmers and engineers have expe-rienced a moderate loss in buying power, and librarians have seen the purchasing strengt h of their paychecks shrink by l l 9'c since 1967, while college professors have had theirs shrivel by 17.5%.

B

lue-collar workers have generally stayed ahead of inflation by win-ning wage increases so large that the payments lately have actually begun to help force up the cost of living for ev-erybody. Members of powerful unions like the steel and auto workers enjoy escala-tor clauses in their contracts that auto-matically boost paychecks as inflation rises. Military men and women have more tha n kept up with inflation because pay scales have been raised-in some cases spectacularly-to recruit and keep peo-ple in the all-volunteer services.

Like union members, retired mem-bers of the military and retired civil ser-va nts also benefit from escalator clauses. So do Social Security recipients, whose benefits have risen more than threefold si nce 1967 and who are exempt from hav-ing to pay income taxes on their monthly checks.

Profligate people who splurged years ago on gold jewelry, diamonds, Persian rugs, antique furniture and fine art have seen their val ue steadily mount. while pru-den t savers who put their money in bank accounts or U .S. Savings Bonds have tak -en a beating. Every $I 00 invested in U .S. Savings Bonds ten years ago is wort h only $89 now.

Because thei r big-spending years are behind them. working people in their 50s and 60s ofte n fare better than Americans in their :>Os, 30s and 40s. Take the case of Police Sergea nt James Roscoe. 55, a 26-)'l'ar n :teran of the force in Camhridge, Mass S1a ti~tically , Roscoe has fallen

he-hi11d . h1\ 111come has risen only from $16.-000 t11S, ~ 1 . 000 since 1967, and after ta xes

it ~111ms hardly any gain. But Roscoe and hi ~ family no longer need to spend

mon-ey on !>Ome of the most rapidly rising items in the CPI. In I957, for instance, he bought his two-family home for $I5.000. Today, the mortgage has been paid off, and three of the family's five children have grown up and moved out. When he retires in five years. he and h is wife could move to

·11~tt . JA'."LARY 15. 1979

15-l( a )

THE REAL

STO~:.n~NI:,~~' inco~.

I

Occupation 1967 1978 1967 1978 % change in income after taxes and effects of inflation 1 I 11 Social Security recipient $1 ,012 $3,144 $1,012 $3,144

I

~

Steelworker

!

~

Autoworker 7,548 20,923 7,647 19,971 6,580 16,932 6,670 16,114

I

m - Petrochemical J..UJI worker 8,273 2 1.085 7, 163 17,072 6,203 13, 779

!

4Et1

Truck driver ----"f---7-.-1-3-4--16. 805

I

r*

U.S. Anny majo-r - -+--1-1--,6-1_6_ 2_6_,0_7_4- -t---10-.-1-7-1 -2-1-,8-5-6-~

;I;

Plumber 11 ,149 22,360t 9,515 18 ,045t /.

~

Policeman

· V (municipal)

+ 4.5

li

e (Grade 7) Fed. civil servant•

~Computer ~ programmer Engineer (journeyman) Corporate lawyer (middle level) Accountant•

riji1

U.S. Senator

CJ:) Librarian '-' Welfare recipient ..._ (per family) ~ University

=

I professor 6,482 13, 190 6,734 13,014 9,984 19,604 12,420 23,976 17,208 33,552 7,000 12,800 30,000 57,000 7,305 11 ,894t 1,894 3,089 17,158 30,353 5,665 11, 164 + 0 .9 6, 182 11 ,824 - 2.1 8,429 15,798 10,585 19,141 14,353 25,636 6, 105 10,884 24,047 42, 168 6,359 10,262t 1,894 3,089 14,311 23,077

A fter tax 1nc.orne compul ed by the T a.r Foundation Inc fas.sum1ng 3 dependents) • s1an1ng salaries

a Sunbelt state. v. here living costs are low-er than in New England. If so. the sale of his home should fetch at least $50,000, or more tha n enough to buy a comfortable South Florida condominium . Says R os-coe: "I was in a hell of a lot worse sha pe back in 1967 than I am now Jn fact. l"m much better off."

Not far from the Roscoes li ve M.l.T Engineering Professor Lav. rence E Yans. 44, and his v.ife Be>erley, \\ho works part time as a nurse. Their income is some $60.000. Yet life seems to be a consta nt struggle of tr) ing to meet the bills. Abuut $6.000 a year goes to kee ping the f,..t ns children . aged eight a nd 13. in pmate schoo l. The n come mnrtgage rxiyments on a vacation cottage on Ma nha ·s Y1 nc) a rd that v. a\ hought five yea r!> :igo as a n 111

-\C\tment r1 orcrty The Lvames feel that the prl\atc ~c hnol and the \econd home

arc in one form <>r anothe r investments in future growth and security for them-se lves and their children. Dut their spend-ing ha bits a lso reflect that they- unlike the old er , Dep ressi o n-bred R oscoes -grew up in affluent times. T hus they feel that they have to spend more. and they are bad ly set back by inflation.

Fam ilies like the Roscoes and the Evanses are foun d in every commun ity

in the country. In Hohokus. N .J ., R1)5e and Fred Wagner seem easy ma rks fo r inflation. Both in their 60s a nd nearing retirement . they ov.n a neighborhooJ ha k-ery. The cost of sendi ng their t\\ O daugh-ters through college is a lmost be hi nd them now that the younger v. Ill be grad-uating from Cornell in the spring Then too, the bakery business is boom ing. \\" 1th more a nd more v.omen taking jobs to help close ga ps in fami l:r budgets. the house\\ife's time in the ki tchen is gro\\ -ing s.:a rcer. Br-ing-ing home a bag of fres h-baked pastries is a rela ti, ely inexpensi \e second -best expression of homemaker

in-stincts. Says Mrs. Wagner " We just had the best Christmas in 20 yea rs There >' as n't a crumb left in the shop the Sa t-urday before Christmas."

Yet for all their varied experie nces wit h inflation , America ns everywhere share a deepening sense of hcing threa t-ened . Says Dorothy Danielson. 63 . v.ho lives with her husba nd . a retired Lutheran minister. in Largo. Fla. " I fee l fo rtu -nate that we ha ve a roof over our heads. but if inflation continues to rise. it's going to be a rea I problem. You never k no v.

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15, 1979

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merger unpalatable

"' THE PROPOSED MERGER or the Uni-versity of Colorado al Denver and Metropoli-tan State College would degrade both institu-tions.

Certainly. beleaguered taxpayers won't continue tolerating the waste. duplication and petty rivalries among these schools and their third partner at the Auraria Higher Education Center. Community College of Denver.

Sut. the Colorado Commission on Higher Education now has ;1 workable plan to stop that waste without destroying the unique mis-sions these three schools must serve.

Merger advocates are right in saying that the present character of UCD and Metro stu-. dent bodies is very similarstu-. with many older

students who mix job and family responsibili-ties with their education.

But the issue isn't what the two schools are. It's what UCO must become and what Metro must remain.

Metro's vital role is as an open admissions school-the educational court of l::ist resort for thousands of poor students who must work their way through, late bloomers who may have had indifferent high school records. time-strapped homemakers going part-time, minority students and others seeking a ba~i<.: b~chelor's degree.

~. '(CCD rightly should handle the vocation:il and associate degree programs al Auraria and is little involved in the present controversy.)

No matter what pledges arc given. it's hard to see Metro's role surviving a takeover by the University of Colorado system. which will always have its attention riveted on the Boulder campus' premier research programs. big-time football. teams. and other distr11<.:· tions.

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But CU 1for:s have a role in Denver. Its task must be chiefly lo bring ongoing postgr(!.duate . education and quality in-service training to those in the mi.:tropolitan area's work force who want to upgrade their levels of skill.

That means UCD should concentrate on masters' programs and even occas.ional doc-toral efforts, such as the new one in public administration. It can hi.: the conduit for top: rank rr:search to benefit the community. · Metro can never--must never-serve that role. For it is a fact of academic life that graduate and research programs siphon the most talented faculty away from basic teach-ing roles.

We defrnd Metro's mission. not necessarily the ambitions of some of its administrators. If , ,

merger would wreck its role. then so would . letting it propel itself into yet another costly postgraduate empire.

The Commission on Higher Education's plan will perscrve the independent missions of all three of Auraria's schools without permit· ·ting the present waste to continue. It will force

consolidation of 38 competing programs into 19-similar to the physics and physical edu-cation programs already shared by UCO and Metro.

Academic support services and housekeep-ing chores will bl! combined at great savhousekeep-ings. There will be wailings as the process proceeds. hut thi.: commission 1.kservcs the backLn.z of the public and Legislature as the process ad•

vanccs. _

For the commission's plan must he made to

work. The present mess is intolerable to stu• dents. taxpayers and faculty alike. But it _m~st be resolved wi thout sacrificing contributions that both of these institutions can make toward our future.

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Report of Fort Lewis College

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