The Budget Executive Committee (BEC) advises the President on use of the NKU's Central Revenues Fund to help determine how to allocate these central resources most strategically. NKU provides instruction, conducts research, and offers public service across an array of disciplines that face inherently different cost structures. Consequently, the BEC should develop its recommendations so that a portion of the Central Revenue Fund is used to support Colleges and Schools that for structural reasons cannot cover their own full costs, while the balance is invested in strategic initiatives consistent with the mission and priorities of the institution.
The BEC is also responsible for evaluating any Central Unit budget requests that are not resolved by the Central Unit Allocation Committee. In these cases, the BEC must decide whether to recommend an increase in Central Unit budgets or propose a change to existing service offerings or costs.
Other tasks of the BEC include the following:
Allocation methodology for tuition revenues
Allocation methodology for state appropriations
Organization and grouping of Central Units
Variables used to determine the allocation of Central Unit costs
Participation rate needed for the Central Revenues Fund.
* non-voting member
**ex officio - i.e., by virtue of office
The Central Unit Allocations Committee (CUA) will do the following:
As part of the annual budget development process, this Committee will evaluate financial plans proposed by selected central units. These financial plans should outline the proposed unit budget and justify additions or changes to service levels or fee structures.
This Committee will also review requests for waivers from contribution to Central Unit budgets; such waivers should be recommended only in rare cases and must be approved by the Executive Committee.
If the Central Unit Allocations Committee is not able to approve a Central Unit’s financial plan, the Committee may refer the case to the Executive Committee.
The final responsibility of the Central Unit Allocation Committee is to recommend a unified budget for all central support units to the Executive Committee for final review and inclusion in the University-wide budget recommended for submission to the President.
* non-voting member
**ex officio, i.e., by virtue of office
The Space Management and Deferred Maintenance Committee advises on the use of the deferred maintenance fund and the allocations of its resources to support improvements across NKU. The Committee will recommend priorities among major deferred maintenance projects for periodic and as-needed improvements.
It will serve as a broker for units wishing to give up or acquire space and ensure a standard process takes place to audit space types.
Other tasks of this committee include the following:
*non-voting member
**ex officio, i.e., by virtue of office
Membership of the University Curriculum Committee (UCC) is as determined by the academic departments, with the addition of a representative from the Graduate Council and Chase College of Law for the purposes of the budget model governance process.