Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - COORDINATING COMMISSION FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › Title 281 - COORDINATING COMMISSION FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › Chapter 11 - RULES AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING REVIEW OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS' BUDGET AND STATE AID REQUESTS › Section 281-11-004 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
004.01 Commission
Commission shall mean the Coordinating Commission for
				  Postsecondary Education.
004.02 Governing Board
Governing Board shall mean the Board of Regents of the
				  University of Nebraska, the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges,
				  or the board of governors for each community college area.
004.03 Public Institution
Public Institution shall mean any of the following: the
				  University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of
				  Nebraska at Kearney, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska College of
				  Technical Agriculture, Chadron State College, Peru State College, Wayne State
				  College, Central Community College Area, Metropolitan Community College Area,
				  Mid-Plains Community College Area, Northeast Community College Area, Southeast
				  Community College Area, Western Nebraska Community College Area, including any
				  other campus administered as a separate unit by a governing board, or any other
				  public postsecondary educational institution which may be established by the
				  Legislature after January 1, 1992.
004.04 Modify/Modifications
Modify/Modifications shall mean changes recommended by the
				  Commission to budget requests, state aid requests, budget priority lists, or
				  major deficit requests of public institutions, to ensure compliance and
				  consistency with the Comprehensive Statewide Plan and prevent unnecessary
				  duplication.
004.05 Budget
				Request
Budget Request, as defined by the Revised Statutes of
				  Nebraska, shall mean the complete recitation, on forms prescribed by the
				  Governor's Budget Division and in the manner prescribed by such division, of
				  the operating funds requests of a public institution for the biennium next
				  following the then current biennium.
004.06 New and Expanded Budget Request
New and Expanded Budget Request shall mean the request for
				  funding approved or anticipated new programs, expanded services, or workload
				  increases in the next biennium; for replacing other revenue sources with
				  general fund support; and for funding increases associated with the prior
				  year's deficit appropriation.
004.07 Budget Priorities
Budget Priorities shall mean those goals and objectives, with
				  associated funding, comprising a public institution's new and expanded budget
				  request.
004.08 Deficit
				Appropriation Request
Deficit Appropriation Request shall mean the additional funds
				  requested to supplement the current biennium appropriation.
004.09 Unnecessary Duplication
Unnecessary Duplication shall mean inefficient replication of
				  functions or activities within a public institution, within a sector; or within
				  the State.
004.10 Incentive
				Funds
Incentive Funds shall mean those special purpose funds used
				  to support priorities of the Commission to achieve consistency and compliance
				  with the Comprehensive Statewide Plan, state goals and priorities, or planned
				  state objectives
or
other special purpose funds designated to
				  the Commission by the Legislature.
004.11 Outline
Outline shall mean the informational summaries provided to
				  the institution's governing board describing the respective institution's
				  budget for the next fiscal year or biennium including projections of funds for
				  retention of current programs and services, inflationary costs necessary to
				  maintain current programs and services, and proposed new and expanded programs
				  and services.
004.12
				Outcomes
Outcomes shall mean those definable, measurable quality
				  and/or quantity indicators, as defined by the institutions, used to assess
				  progress toward and/or achievement of stated goals and objectives of
				  continuation budgets and budget
				  priorities.1