The majority of the increase will go toward appropriations for university programs, services and support, which directly benefit UH students and student organizations, and travel expenses for regional and national conferences.
Revenues match projected expenditures.
They will be awarded based on financial need and academic achievement. These funds were the subject of some debate while the budget was being constructed, according to ASUH senators. Some members argued that the amount of money represented by each senator should be smaller, and that the difference should be transferred to the Student Services fund. ASUH Vice President Antoinette Langcauon said that College Development Funds were meant to make it easier for individual groups to get funding. The argument made by some senators was that if a portion of the money appropriated to individual senators for their respective colleges were moved to Student Services, it would ensure that the funds could go where they were most needed.