Budget Calendar
Fiscal Year 2015
July 2014
* Governor issues Amended FY15 & FY16 Budget Instructions
* Amended FY 2015 & FY 2016 Budget Development
August 2014
* FY 2014 Budget To Actuals due from institutions August 5th to August 14th
* FY 2014 Annual Expenditure Report (AER) due from institutions August 29th
September 2014
* Board of Regents approves Amended FY 2015 & FY 2016 budget requests to be submitted to OPB
* Amended FY 2015 & FY 2016 USG budget requests submitted to OPB
* OPB and legislative budget offices begin detailed review of USG budget requests
* BOR staff review AER submissions, following up with institutions as necessary
* First Quarter budget amendment due from institutions September 12th
* Annual budget projections due from institutions September 25th (These projections will be based on the first quarter budget amendment).
* FY 2016 Budget Hearing instructions issued
October 2014
* OPB and legislative budget offices continue detailed review of USG budget requests
* Institutions complete and submit the First Quarter Financial Reports on October 13th
* FY 2016 Revenue Projection instructions issued
* FY 2016 Mandatory Fee, Professional Program Tuition, Graduate Tuition, E-Rate, Miscellaneous Fee, and Housing and Food Services request instructions issued
* FY 2016 Budget Hearing narratives due
November 2014
* OPB and legislative budget offices continue detailed review of USG budget requests
* Institutions prepare FY 2016 Mandatory Fee, Professional Program Tuition and Graduate Tuition requests
* FY 2016 Budget Hearings for select institutions
December 2014
* OPB and legislative budget offices continue detailed review of USG budget requests
* Instructions issued for 5-year Auxiliary Plans
* FY 2016 Budget Hearings for select institutions
* FY 2016 Revenue Projections due from institutions December 5th
* FY 2016 Mandatory Fee requests due from institutions December 12th
* Second Quarter budget amendment due from institutions December 12th
* Budget Office begins review of mandatory fee requests
January 2015
* Institutions complete and submit the Second Quarter Financial Reports on January 9th
* Chancellor presents Amended FY 2015 & FY 2016 budget request to Joint Appropriations Committee
* General Assembly continues review and hearings on Amended FY 2015 & FY 2016 budgets
* FY 2016 Miscellaneous Fee, and Housing and Food Services due from institutions due January 13th
* FY 2016 Base Graduate Tuition requests due from institutions January 16th
* FY 2016 Professional Program Tuition requests due from institutions January 16th
* Budget Office begins review of FY 2016 Professional and Graduate tuition requests
February 2015
* General Assembly continues review and hearings on Amended FY 2015 & FY 2016 budgets
* FY 2016 Budget Hearings for select institutions
* 5-Year Auxiliary Plans due from institutions February 6th
* FY 2016 Mandatory Fees, Professional Tuition and Graduate Tuition final analyses and recommendations by BOR staff (late February - March)
March 2015
* General Assembly passes Amended FY 2015 Budget
* General Assembly passes FY 2016 Budget (late March - early April)
* Third Quarter budget amendment due from institutions March 13th
* Chancellor's FY 2016 institution budget allocation recommendations are finalized
April 2015
* FY 2016 Allocation, Tuition and Fees recommendations presented to the Board of Regents for approval
* FY 2016 State Fund Allocations, Tuition and Fees amounts/rates sent to all institutions with Budget Guidelines
* Institutions complete and submit the Third Quarter Financial Reports on April 10th
* Begin developing budget strategy for FY 2017
May 2015
* Institutions submit FY 2016 Original Budget May 8th
* Budget Office reviews FY 2016 Original Budget submissions
* FY 2016 E-Rates due from institutions due May 8th
* FY 2016 Original Budget presented to Board of Regents for approval at the May meeting
June 2015
* Initial FY 2016 Annual Operating Budget submitted to OPB ~ June 1st
* Information request and template for New Square Footage projection for FY 2017 budget development sent to institutions June 9th (due from institutions June 29th)
* Health insurance and retiree fringe benefit projection templates for FY 2017 budget development sent to institutions June 9th (due from institutions June 29th)
* Final budget amendments for FY 2015 due from institutions June 26th