Resolution Establishing a Standing University Faculty Senate
Budget Committee
WHEREAS, the
Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee on RBB has met numerous times
and has issued its report to the Senate with recommendations, which include the
reconstitution of a standing Senate Budget Committee; and
WHEREAS, it
would be beneficial in many ways to the University of Delaware to have a high
degree of transparency of the annual budgetary processes of the University as a whole and of the academic
units within it; and
WHEREAS, the
Faculty Senate should have a formal mechanism to give timely advice to the
administration of the University about how potential budgetary decisions will
influence the many academic and research endeavors of the University; and
WHEREAS, other
excellent universities maintain University Budget Committees with substantial
faculty representation, which advise their administrations about budgetary
issues; be it therefore,
RESOLVED, that
the University Faculty Senate shall establish a standing University Faculty
Senate Budget Committee, with representation by faculty from each of its
colleges, charged with the responsibilities of
1) becoming fully informed on the financial and planning issues of this
University. Specifically, it shall examine University budgets,
financial statements and other related documents used in developing budgetary
plans. The committee may receive confidential information, and the
committee must respect the confidentiality of this information.
2) reviewing and providing timely prospective advice, prior to finalizing
budget turnaround decisions, about concerning
the University's annual
budgets, the processes used to determine them, and their potential impact on
the academic, and research and
outreach missions of the
University to the Provost,
the
President, Provost, the Deans and other officers of administration with
responsibility for the University's annual budgets.
3) communicating information about the University's annual
budgets and their potential impact on academic programs to the University
Faculty Senate and to the University Faculty as a whole.
It is not the intent of
this committee’s charge to assume budgetary oversight of particular programs
already assigned to other Senate committees. This committee is authorized to confer with other
Senate committees and with University budget personnel as
appropriate. The
University Faculty Senate also authorizes the Committee to receive confidential
information, and the committee must respect the confidentiality of this
information. Financial and planning information placed in the public
domain by others shall not be regarded as confidential by this committee.
The Committee shall consist of seven faculty
members (one from each College), the majority of whom shall be
tenured. The Committee on Committees and Nominations shall appoint
the faculty members for this committee for terms of three
years. Appointments shall be scheduled such that the faculty member’s
terms will expire in a staggered manner. The Committee on Committees
and Nominations shall appoint annually the chairperson from the seven faculty
members. An eighth member of the committee shall be appointed
annually by the Provost as his or her designee, and this member shall serve to
facilitate interactions between the committee and relevant administrative
offices.
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