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All Campus Budget Committee (ACBC)

The All Campus Budget Committee is an advisory body to the President. The purpose of the committee is to broaden participation in the construction of the budget. The CFO will provide the basic parameters for the budget, including enrollment estimates and similar data to help the committee establish the outline for the budget.

The committee is charged with making recommendations to the President. When developing the budget recommendations, the committee needs to consider three scenarios:

Budget priorities based on…

  • Target enrollment and revenue projections
  • Enrollment and revenues exceed projections
  • Enrollment and revenue fail to meet projections

ACBC is comprised of various campus constituencies. President Simmons established the structure of the committee. The President appoints the Cabinet and Board of Trustee members. Staff representatives are nominated by the EAC. The student representatives include the Student Body President and a Class Senator or Class President as chosen by the Student Body President and Vice-President. The faculty elects the faculty representatives. The faculty member in their second year chairs the committee. The faculty member in their first year is chair elect. The VP for Business and Finance is the vice chair.

Three cabinet level administrators appointed by the President

  • Vice President for Business and Finance (ongoing)
  • Senior Vice President and Academic Dean (ongoing)
  • Third cabinet level administrator (serves for two years)

Two faculty elected by the faculty
A new representative is elected at the May faculty meeting to serve a two-year term. Faculty representatives should not currently serve or plan to serve on the faculty Budget and Liaison Committee. The terms begin in the fall with the October meeting of the Board of Trustees. The Chair of ACBC will serve ex-officio on the Budget and Liaison Committee. Both faculty members will serve as representatives to the Board of Trustees.

Two staff (one non-exempt, one exempt)
Employee Advisory Committee (EAC) appoints one person to the ACBC each fall. Each representative serves a two-year term; nominations for exempt and non-exempt alternate annually. Exempt representatives are appointed in even years, non-exempt representatives are appointed in odd years. EAC first seeks suggestions from staff, for those who are interested in serving or wish to nominate others. EAC members make suggestions for their candidates during this time as well. EAC recognizes the value of campus engagement for all employees, and recommends that the nominees not be current EAC members. The terms begin and end after the October meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Two students
The Student Body President will serve a one-year term for the calendar year. The second representative will be a class senator or class president selected by the Student Body President and Vice-President to serve a one-year term that follows the academic calendar.

Two trustees
Appointed by the President in consultation with the Chair of the Board of Trustees.

The committee will convene at the beginning of the fall semester to 1) review the status of the current fiscal year budget (which receives final approval by the Board of Trustees at the October meeting) and 2) make plans for the upcoming year.

The All-Campus Budget Committee (ACBC) will follow the general practices and guiding ideas for budgeting developed by the 2014-15 committee:

  • Budgets that are balanced, sustainable, and transparent
  • Budgets that are guided by the College Mission Statement and Strategic Plan
  • Budgets that are guided by data as possible

The committee will submit three sets of recommendations for the upcoming fiscal year:

  • Target Enrollment Budget
  • Low Enrollment Budget
  • High Enrollment Budget

During the budgeting process, the committee will hold open meetings for the community.

The committee may refer items back to the President and the Cabinet.

The committee will make final recommendations for the upcoming fiscal year to the President by April 1.