Dr. David Morgan, Board of Regents gave a detailed presentation addressing issues at the Board of Regents level. Sick leave will count toward retirement. Half of this was funded last year by holding back raises for 2 months. This time the assembly hopes to finance the whole year so that the raises aren't delayed this year. There is a push from the General Assembly to put all state agencies under one health insurance program.
Education reform is still a hot issue.
QBE will be reviewed and DTAE and BOR are asked to work closer together. An IT invitational conference to understand the scope of the problem will be held next year. Why are there such large salary inequities among professors. It is up to the individual institutions to determine which fiscal year's funding will be used to support the summer of 1999 school term. There will be no more BOR OITT training money given to the institutions to train faculty.