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Volume XLVII, No. 18 The U of L Student New. paper
Copynght 7976, The LouiSVIlle Cardmal
Proposed governor's budget
would cut U of L tuition $200
By STEVE WINGFIELD
Univer ity of Loui ville students will
receive a 5200 cut in their tuition if
Governor Julian Carroll's biennial budget
is approved by the General As embly.
Car roll unveiled the budget on
Wednesday. It is e pected to be approved
without major revisions.
The tuition cuts would come in two
equal installment $100 in the fall of
this year and $100 in the fall of 1977.
Only residents of Kentucky receive the
reduction.
Carroll said he stopped at a S200
reduction because he felt "compelled" to
ask the Council on Public 1 Iigher
Education to stud; the possibility of
raising tuition at the other state schools.
Other state universities charge $480 can be completed since the university's
per year while U of L presently charges heating and cooling capacity is already
$780. taxed.
U of L President James G. Miller said
the tuition cuts "will substantiallly
eliminate the last financial barrier to
public higher education for thousands of
Kentuckians."
The tuition reduction is exected to
keep U of L's growth rate high.
University officials said they arc currently
estimating 12-13% growth each year.
The governor also recommended three
new buildings for state funding - a new
library-learning resource center, a new
music school on Belknap Campus and a
new steam and chilled water plant.
The steam and chilled water plant
must be built before any new buildings
Land acquisition and various systems
augmentations were also recommended
for U of L.
Miller said, "Substantial commitments
for land acquisition and construction will
insure that the classrooms and other
facilities are available to meet our
obligations to teach an mcreasing student
population."
Miller also said an '"innovative
approach" for capital construction
proposals will allow various U of L
projects to be considered on their
individual merits. He added, "We are
confident that the individualized merits
will assure several new building ."
January 30, 1976
Kentucky governor Julian Carroll held a
briefing Wednesday to discuss hi · pro­po
ed biennial budget.
State funding may
accelerate 'catching-up'
'Aw, nuts!'
As if resenting the invasion of its privacy, a squirrel bristles as the photographer moves
in for a closer focus.
By STEVE WINGFIELD
The University of Louisville will
receive over $75 million in state funds
during the next biennium if Gov. Julian
Carroll's budget is approved by the
General Assembly , but the university's
budget problems will not disappear
overnight.
U of L would receive over $22 million
more than the $52.9 million in state
funds during the current biennium, but,
after a 5% cost-of-living raise is deducted,
the university will receive approximately
$5 million in new money.
U of L President James G. Miller, in a
statement issued late Wednesday , said,
"This is not a great deal of money, but it
can be enough to continue and accelerate
our catch-up process."
Miller said the university can start to
meet commitments to upgrade programs
which do not meet accreditation
standards and to replace "soft money"
now being used as a basic part of the
university's budget.
The "soft money" is money from
grants and contracts which can be cut off.
Miller said "the fiscal base of the
university will be spare but sound once
and for all'' when the "soft money" is
replaced.
"Soft money" resources will still be
available to the university , but they won't
be used as part of the basic budget.
Miller said the remainder of the $5
million will be spent in academic support
and maintenance areas "which have been
neglected for too long."
Gov. arroll had, during his campaign,
promised "full funding" for U of L
during his administration. Asked
Wednesday to explain what "full
funding" meant , he said , "I guess the best
way to find out if we took care of the
University of Louisville is to ask the
officials of the University of Louisville."
Miller, in his statement , said , "The
dollars he is recommending for the
university will not solve all of uur
problems. Underfunding has taken a
severe toll on the institution. But, for the
first time, no unique funding problems
cloud our fiscal picture. When considered
in relation to the many pressing needs of
Kentucky's people, and the substantial
special interest pressures exerted on the
budget process, the allocation
recommended for the university
represents a full measure of fairness for
this institution."
Steve Bing, assistant to the president ,
said, "The governor's approach, in terms
of the dollars made available to higher
education , was a very fair approach."
U of L would receive approximately
29% of the new funds for higher
education in I 976-77 , and 2'/c in
1977-78.
The university would , under the
proposed budget, receive approximately
86% of the $85 million recommended for
U of L by the Council on Public Higher
Education, while stage colleges and
univer ities as a whole had their council
recommendations cut 40%.
More fund for U of L would be
available through the enrollment growth
pool the governor has recommended. All
state universities and colleges will share in
the $2.3 recommended for 1976-77 and
the $4.6 million in 1977-78.
The CPHE would divide the funds
among the institutions having enrollment
increases through a formula based on the
number of undergraduates who enroll at
the university.
Also , the university will share with the
University of Kentucky a $2.7 million
program to create 72 more "primary
care" medical residencies throughout the
state.
Other state funds for the university are
possible through supplemental
appropriations in the next two years.
Miller said he expects a continued
full measure of fairness" in dealing with
the governor in the next few years.