{"49689":{"#nid":"49689","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Governor Releases Budget Recommendations","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECapping a week filled mostly with ceremony and administrative activity in the General Assembly, Governor Sonny Perdue delivered the most pressing items of business\u0026nbsp; for this session\u0026nbsp; just as legislators prepared to leave their offices for the weekend.\u0026nbsp; After several days of anxious anticipation, the governor released his FY2011 and Amended FY2010 budget recommendations early on Friday afternoon.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPerdue\u2019s recommendations for FY2011, the subject of much speculation over the past several months, reflected a nearly 5% decrease in total state allocations from the current FY2010 budget.\u0026nbsp; Most state departments and agencies face significant funding cuts in FY2011, including the University System of Georgia (USG). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDespite a recommended 9.9% decrease in funding for the USG in FY2011, USG and Georgia Tech priorities were largely well represented in the budget recommendation (see figure above). \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe governor recommended that bond funding be provided for both capital projects requested by Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; These requests included $7 million for the equipping of the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons and $4.5 million for the Eco-Commons stormwater management project. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThese two projects are integral to the continued improvement and expansion of our campus,\u201d noted Dene Sheheane, Executive Director of Government and Community Relations.\u0026nbsp; \u201cThis funding will be a wise investment for the state.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGovernor Perdue also recommended that a large majority of the USG\u2019s request for additional operating and repair and rehabilitation funding be approved.\u0026nbsp; The FY2011 recommendations call for allocation of $113 million of the $139.8 million request for new Formula Funds for day-to-day operations and $60 million of the $75 million request for Major Repair and Rehabilitation funds for maintenance of USG facilities.\u0026nbsp; Both of these totals would be divided among USG institutions. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThough Tech\u0027s formal budget priorities found significant support in the recommendations, the Institute did not escape unscathed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Enterprise Innovation Institute\/Advanced Technology Development Center (EII\/ATDC), which receives its own line-item in the USG budget request, was subject to recommendations for significant decrease in funding.\u0026nbsp; The governor recommended that funding be eliminated for EII\/ATDC\u2019s seed capital fund and reduced for overall personal services and operating expenses.\u0026nbsp; This $3.3 million decrease reflects a 28% decrease in state funds for EII\/ATDC between FY2010 and FY2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute could also see a funding cut.\u0026nbsp; Governor Perdue\u2019s recommendation calls for a cut of $627,939 in personal services and operating expenses from GTRI\u2019s state allocation.\u0026nbsp; This reflects a 9% cut in state funds received by GTRI between FY2010 and FY2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBoth EII\/ATDC and GTRI receive significant revenue from sources other than the state.\u0026nbsp; However, state funds are integral to the administration of each organization. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEducation is the largest single cause\u0026nbsp; for which state general funds are allocated in Georgia.\u0026nbsp; As recommended for FY2011, the USG makes up 10.7% of the state budget.\u0026nbsp; K-12 education makes up 38.3 % of the proposed budget.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Amended FY2010 budget recommendations, also released Friday, called for an overall 8.19% cut in funds for Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; Most of this cut has already been absorbed by administrative reductions and employee furloughs.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tech capital projects receive recommendation for full funding in FY2011 budget"}],"uid":"27331","created_gmt":"2010-01-22 15:34:58","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:04:08","author":"George Ray","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-01-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"49687":{"id":"49687","type":"image","title":"Governor\u0027s FY2011 Budget Recommendations","body":null,"created":"1449175428","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:48","changed":"1475894468","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:08","alt":"Governor\u0027s FY2011 Budget Recommendations","file":{"fid":"115250","name":"budgetGraphic.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/budgetGraphic_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/budgetGraphic_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1136373,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/budgetGraphic_1.jpg?itok=H89_xuTn"}},"49688":{"id":"49688","type":"image","title":"Governor\u0027s FY2011 Budget Recommendations (by dept\/agency)","body":null,"created":"1449175428","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:43:48","changed":"1475894468","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:08","alt":"Governor\u0027s FY2011 Budget Recommendations (by dept\/agency)","file":{"fid":"115249","name":"graph1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/graph1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/graph1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":104811,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/graph1_0.jpg?itok=W7u_h65S"}}},"media_ids":["49687","49688"],"groups":[{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"7784","name":"Georgia General Assembly"},{"id":"8300","name":"Georgia Tech Office of Government and Community Relations"},{"id":"2325","name":"Government Relations"},{"id":"3358","name":"Governor"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge Ray\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProgram Specialist for Government Relations\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:george.ray@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egeorge.ray@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["george.ray@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}