With the state's budget impasse finally over, President Eric Barron talks about the impact the stalemate had on Penn State in his blog "Digging Deeper."
The Penn State Board of Trustees Committee on Finance, Business and Capital Planning on Thursday (Nov. 19) recommended for approval a 2016-17 budget plan that includes a request to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to increase the University’s Education and General appropriation by $39.5 million and a total appropriation of $353.3 million.
Pennsylvania's state legislature passed the 2013-14 state budget today that includes level funding for the general support appropriation for Penn State and Pennsylvania’s other state-related and state-owned universities, and welcomed increases in some key programs. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced plans to maintain level funding for the universities when he unveiled his 2013-14 budget proposal in February.
The Pennsylvania Senate Appropriations Committee will hold the first of a series of public hearings on the role of the Commonwealth's state-related universities, beginning with Penn State, from 1 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 7, in Room 217 of the Forest Resources Building on Penn State's University Park campus. The meeting is free and open to the public, and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Penn State President Graham Spanier will appear at 8 p.m. on the Tuesday, March 29 edition of PCN's "On the Issues." The one-on-one interview will cover issues related to the proposed state budget, which calls for a reduction of $660 million, or more than 50 percent, in appropriations for the state's public institutions of higher education. The proposed cut represents a reduction of $182 million for Penn State alone. The program will be rebroadcast on PCN at 9 a.m. on March 30, and will be available online by visiting http://www.pcntv.com/pcnplus and clicking on the "Live Signal" button.
