News
By Christopher Jones
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March 19, 2004
As the budget impasse in the Virginia General Assembly continues, its effects already are being felt at the University and in the City of Charlottesville.
Both local governments and public universities must not only deal with the possibility of multiple budget proposals in the General Assembly, but also with the chance that the legislature will not pass any budget for several more weeks.
At the University, the Budget Office will present its recommended tuition structure for 2004 to the Board of Visitors April 15, a key date since the University's educational budget is driven by tuition and state appropriations, according to Vice President for Management and Budget Colette Sheehy.
"We're going to present a tuition structure which we believe is appropriate, but hopefully they will have done something by then," Sheehy said.
The Board of Visitors will approve the entire budget at its June meeting, Sheehy said.
Sheehy said the University would welcome the Senate budget, which provides more funding for public education than the House version.
"The Senate has an overall revenue appropriation which we believe we can work within," Sheehy said.
While the University would not be able to meet as many of its needs under the House budget, Sheehy said that neither budget necessarily would cause a change in tuition rates.
"I'm not sure we would necessarily change our tuition recommendation versus the House and the Senate budget," Sheehy said.
Sheehy said the University would be unsure how to deal with a potential state government shutdown July 1.
