{"id":45698,"date":"2016-05-05T17:24:17","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T03:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=45698"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:21:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T20:21:31","slug":"2016-legislature-budget-recap-by-vp-kalbert-young","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/05\/05\/2016-legislature-budget-recap-by-vp-kalbert-young\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 legislature budget recap by VP<\/abbr> Kalbert Young"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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Kalbert Young<\/a>, UH<\/abbr> vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, shares his analysis of the 2016 legislative session.<\/strong><\/p>\n

May 5 was the final day of the 2016 legislative regular session. The legislature<\/a> adjourned passing hundreds of bills—some of which were of interest or concern to the university. Of course, the most significant of these is the supplemental budget for the State of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. <\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> worked very hard with a number of lawmakers to advance the university’s needs and priorities. <\/p>\n

The supplemental budget bill has been passed by the legislature and now moves to the governor for his approval. Barring any unlikely veto of budget items by the governor, let’s take a look at how the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is represented for funding in the budget. Below is a comparison of the items requested by the Board of Regents<\/a> back in January versus what was included in the budget bill for the university. <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Operating Budget Proposals<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Campus<\/th>\nUH<\/abbr> Request<\/th>\nConference Draft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n4 positions and $350,000 for CTAHR<\/abbr> Extension Program<\/td>\n4 positions and $330,000 for CTAHR<\/abbr> Extension Program<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n$306,168 for Office of Research Compliance<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n$1,093,832 for Environmental Health and Safety Office<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n$5,000,000 for UH<\/abbr> Cancer Center<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n$3,000,000 for <\/abbr>UHM<\/abbr> athletics<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n$3,000,000 appropriated to UH<\/abbr> System for systemwide athletics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHH<\/abbr><\/td>\n$560,000 for UHH<\/abbr> athletics<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHH<\/abbr><\/td>\n37 positions and $420,000 for security services<\/td>\n27 positions and $0 for security services<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHWO<\/abbr><\/td>\n12 positions and $728,020 for continued growth and evolution of UHWO<\/abbr><\/td>\n6 positions and $357,604<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n$1,250,000 for a centralized equipment fund<\/td>\n$1,250,000 for a centralized equipment fund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System<\/td>\n20 positions and $3,500,000 for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Research and Innovation Initiative<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\nTransfer positions and funds from UH<\/abbr> System to all campuses for program support<\/td>\nTransfer 1 position from UH<\/abbr> System to UHM<\/abbr> and $95,000 for assistant professor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$350,000 non-recurring for theatre and dance<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System<\/td>\n <\/td>\n$150,000 non-recurring for the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Science Fair<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System<\/td>\n <\/td>\n$3,000,000 for athletics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

Over the course of the past 5 months, there has been much media coverage about some of the key funding priorities of the university. Deferred maintenance is a major capital concern and UH<\/abbr> had asked for $184.9 million in general obligation bond funds to support a capital campaign for deferred maintenance for the next fiscal year. The state budget contains a total of $182.75 million worth of general obligation bond appropriation for specific project funding and $30 million in revenue bonds. This represents significant progress in public and university funding towards deferred capital needs throughout the UH<\/abbr> System.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
UH<\/abbr> Capital Budget Comparison<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Campus<\/th>\nUUH<\/abbr> Request<\/th>\nConference Draft<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n$2,500,000 for design of Snyder Hall<\/td>\n$55,000,000 for a new Life Sciences Building to replace Snyder Hall that includes $20,000,000 from a current appropriation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n$2,000,000 for design of Dean Hall renovation<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\nAuthorization to expend $5,750,000 in UH<\/abbr> bond proceeds at JABSOM<\/td>\nAuthorization to expend $5,750,000 in UH<\/abbr> bond proceeds at JABSOM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHWO<\/abbr><\/td>\n$38,800,000 for Creative Media Facility at UHWO<\/abbr><\/td>\n$35,000,000 for Creative Media Facility at UHWO<\/abbr><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n$10,000,000 for minor CIP<\/abbr> at UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n$10,000,000 for minor CIP<\/abbr> at UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System<\/td>\n$300,000 for CIP<\/abbr> staffing<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System<\/td>\n$131,300,000 lump sum for UH<\/abbr> deferred maintenance and capital renewal<\/td>\n$48,625,000 lump sum for UH<\/abbr> deferred maintenance and capital renewal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
System<\/td>\nAuthority to issue up to $100,000,000 in UH<\/abbr> revenue bonds<\/td>\nAuthority to issue up to $30,000,000 in UH<\/abbr> revenue bonds<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$13,000,000 lump sum for athletics department<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHM<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$1,000,000 Warrior Rec Center repairs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHWO<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$7,000,000 (FY16) for Administration and Allied Health Facility reduced from $24M, but $17M added for EB-5 loan repayment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$15,000,000 for deferred maintenance and capital renewal projects at Â鶹´«Ã½Community Colleges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$2,000,000 for culinary arts program (Kauaʻi<\/span> CC<\/abbr>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$1,100,000 for a High Technology Workforce Development Center (Honolulu CC<\/abbr>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$4,320,000 for parking lot, sidewalks and drainage improvements (Honolulu CC<\/abbr>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$655,000 for Kokiʻo<\/span> Building Renovation (Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$750,000 for Naio Building Renovation (Kapiʻolani<\/span> CC<\/abbr>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$9,000,000 for North Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Education and Research Center (Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> CC<\/abbr>)\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$300,000 for additional office space and storage at Pālamanui (Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> CC<\/abbr>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UHCC<\/abbr><\/td>\n <\/td>\n$7,000,000 for Maui Food Innovation Center (Maui College)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> is grateful and appreciative of the support that the legislature has provided this session—especially in providing resources to make progress on our decades-old deferred maintenance backlog. Much more work will need to be done and future funding support will continue to be needed. We look forward to continuing to improve our partnership and to work together as a community to improve and better our state’s only public university system.<\/p>\n

The budget bill is expected to be signed by the governor before the start of the next fiscal year which begins on July 1, 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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