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2015-16 detailed operating budget What is the detailed operating budget? The university’s detailed operating budget, which represents about 50 per cent of all university activity, outlines the operating revenue the university expects to receive and the operating expenses to be incurred related to core teaching and support activities in the upcoming year. The budget year runs from May 1 to April 30. Budgeted revenue is approximately 65 per cent provincial operating grant (including targeted funding such as medicine class size expansion), along with projections for tuition/enrolment and investment income. Budgeted expenses are approximately 75 per cent personnel costs, along with utilities, scholarships, insurance and other operating costs. The detailed operating budget is one element of the university’s financial management process. 2015-16 operating budget: key figures Revenues............................................................. $489.4M Allocations to units/initiatives...................... ($441.0M) Expenses paid/provisioned centrally......... ($68.0M) Budgeted deficit................................................ ($19.6M) The university will use existing accumulated fund balances to offset this deficit, which is due to the one-time $20 million holdback in provincial operating grant funding. A few facts on the 2015-16 operating budget • The university received a one per cent increase in base funding, plus targeted funding, from the provincial government in 2015. In addition, the provincial government inplemented a one-time $20 million holdback. • The university is moving to a responsibility centre management resource allocation model. This means that colleges, schools and units will be provided with allocations/funding envelopes determined by their activitity levels and alignment with the strategic directions, and will have greater responsibility for the use of this funding. • The Board of Governors requires the university to hold an amount equivalent to two to six per cent of the overall operating budget expenses in an operating reserve to deal with uncertainties and risks. At the start of the 2015-16 fiscal year, the reserve is at its maximum six per cent. Did you know? • Funding to students for scholarships and bursaries from the operating budget will be approximately $9.9 million in 2015-16, representing about 22 per cent of all scholarship and bursary funding. • All additional incremental revenue received from 2015-16 tuition/ enrolment increases will go directly to the colleges and schools. • $5 million will be put toward capital renewal through RenewUS. • The university is projecting over $1 billion in total revenue. • Required additional payments for pension and long term disability plans are about $6.4 million, which is lower than 2014-15 due to changes in plan structure and performance. 2015-16 detailed operating budget | Oct 2015 REV | University of Saskatchewan 2015-16 detailed operating budget 2015-16 detailed operating budget with 2014-15 comparative ($000’s) Original board-approved budget 2015-16 2014-151 $317,345 $330,974 Revenue: Provincial operating grant (includes targeted funding) Provincial operating grant (InterVac)2 2,131 Other government (WCVM) Credit and certificate tuition and student fees Income from investments Miscellaneous income Total revenue 21,065 20,652 120,774 118,980 25,500 18,100 4,741 3,039 $489,425 $493,876 $402,800 $379,482 Expenditures: Funding envelopes to colleges, schools and units3 Utilities 16,766 17,759 Scholarships and bursaries 9,920 9,629 Additional pension and long-term disability payments 6,441 7,478 Capital renewal 5,000 5,000 Other expenses paid/provisioned centrally 29,902 47,905 Academic priorities/strategic initiatives 11,929 7,528 Library acquisition and renewal 14,146 10,562 Allocations to other institutional initiatives 12,143 11,616 Total expenses $509,047 $496,959 Budgeted surplus (deficit) ($19,622) ($3,083) General operating reserve, projected beginning 29,818 One-time funds returned from accumulated fund balances 20,000 General operating reserve, projected ending 1 $30,196 2014-15 budget numbers have been reclassified as required to maintain consistency with the 2015-16 presentation. Effective 2015-16, InterVac operating funding ($2.131M) is provided by Innovation SK and is administered outside of the operating budget. Up to and including 2014-15, InterVac funding was provided by the Ministry of Advanced Education and was administered within the operating budget. For 2015-16, the operating budget allocation envelope to InterVac has been reduced accordingly by $2.131M as InterVac will now receive this amount directly from Innovation SK. In 2015-16, Innovation SK will provide funding totaling $9.731M ($2.131M for InterVac, $3.50M for VIDO and $4.10M for CLS). 2 Operating budget allocations to colleges/units are provided in the form of funding envelopes. The expenditure of these envelopes on salaries and benefits and non-salary expenses is determined by the college, school or unit. 3 2015-16 detailed operating budget | Oct 2015 REV | University of Saskatchewan