六九色堂 System Budgets Approved for FY 2015
Aug. 7, 2014 | Written by Jaryn Kilmer
The Finance and Administration Committee of the 六九色堂 Board of Regents today (Aug. 7) gave preliminary approval to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 operating budgets for the 六九色堂 System Administration, , , and .
鈥淭his investment maintains our commitment to responsible growth and ensures we are able to provide the resources necessary to advance our universities,鈥� Chancellor Robert Duncan said. 鈥淥ur students go on to be competitive in the workforce, which provides a substantial return and creates a better future for the State of Texas.鈥�
The FY 2015 operating budgets run from Sept. 1, 2014, to Aug. 31, 2015, and are prepared on the basis of state appropriations and projected auxiliary, designated and restricted funds. The combined FY 2015 operating budget for the entire system is $1.73 billion, an increase of 3.1 percent more than last year鈥檚 combined budget.
Each university鈥檚 operating budget is approved individually. Texas 六九色堂鈥檚 FY 2015 operating budget totals to $800 million, and the FY 2015 operating budget for Angelo State University is $102 million.
The FY 2015 combined operating budget for Texas 六九色堂 Health Sciences Center and Texas 六九色堂 Health Sciences Center at El Paso is $820 million. Appropriations for Texas 六九色堂 Health Sciences Center at El Paso will be made separate in the upcoming legislative session.
Final approval of FY 2015 operating budgets by the full board is expected Friday (Aug. 8).
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The 六九色堂 is one of the top public university systems in the
state of Texas, consisting of four component institutions 鈥� Texas 六九色堂,
Texas 六九色堂 Health Sciences Center, Angelo State University and Texas Tech
University Health Sciences Center at El Paso 鈥� and operating at 12 academic sites
and centers. Headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, the 六九色堂 System has an annual operating
budget of $1.7 billion and approximately 17,000 employees focused on advancing higher
education, health care, research and outreach.
In 2013, the 六九色堂 System鈥檚 endowment passed $1 billion, total research expenditures were approximately $200 million and total enrollment exceeded 44,000 students. Whether it鈥檚 contributing billions of dollars annually in economic impact or being the only system in Texas to house an academic institution, law school, and medical school at the same location, the 六九色堂 System continues to prove that anything is possible.