Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 715 - HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING COMMISSION › Division 13 - UNIVERSITY PROGRAMS AND FINANCE › Section 715-013-0070 - Capital Infrastructure Repair and Renewal Distribution Formula

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Definitions:
(a) "Auxiliary" shall be defined as
			 activities that exist to furnish a service to students, the public, faculty or
			 staff acting in a personal capacity, and that charges a fee for the use of
			 goods and services. Such areas may include athletics, housing, health centers,
			 student activities or recreation, childcare, dining, parking, campus bookstores
			 or other retail spaces, space rented to outside vendors for independent
			 operations and similar activities.
(b) "Auxiliary GSF" is defined as any GSF
			 that is not dedicated to E&G purposes.
(c) "Capital Expenditures" are allocations
			 made by the Oregon Legislature to public universities for the purposes of
			 construction/renovation/maintenance of university capital assets.
(d) "Density Factor" is defined as number of
			 full time equivalent (FTE) students, faculty, staff and contractors divided by
			 the E&G GSF.
(e) "Education and
			 General (E&G)" are operations which support the general operations of the
			 University and its primary missions of instruction, research, and public
			 service. It also includes any Public University State Programs or one-time and
			 targeted funding unless otherwise designated. E&G does not include the
			 following: auxiliary activities, capital expenditures or operations independent
			 of the institution's mission. The major sources of revenue for E&G
			 operations are tuition, state appropriations, and indirect cost recovery from
			 federal grants.
(f) "Education and
			 General Gross Square Feet (E&G GSF)" is defined as the sum of all areas on
			 all floors of a building included within the outside faces of its exterior
			 walls, including all vertical penetration areas, for circulation and shaft
			 areas that connect one floor to another dedicated to E&G usage under this
			 rule. For the purposes of this rule only, E&G GSF includes GSF utilized by
			 statewide public services.
(g)
			 "Adjusted Education and General Gross Square Feet" is as all E&G GSF not
			 constructed in the last ten years.
(h) "Full Time Equivalent Students" are
			 determined as follows: the combined total of the number undergraduate student
			 credit hours divided by 45, the number of masters and professional credit hours
			 divided by 36 and the number of doctoral credit hours defined by 27.
(i) "Full Time Equivalent Faculty, Staff and
			 Contractors" are defined as the employees within these categories who work in
			 E&G buildings. This data is provided by public universities.
(j) "Higher Education Coordinating
			 Commission" or "HECC" is the body established by ORS
			 350.050.
(k) "Public university" or "University" is
			 any institution as defined in ORS
			 352.002.
(l) "Public University State Programs" are
			 centers and programs operated by public universities who address economic
			 development, natural resource and other issues rather than providing general
			 support for instruction and student support services. Many of these programs
			 have an industry-specific focus, matching state support with funds from private
			 sector and other sources.
(m)
			 "Statewide Public Services (SWPS) entities" are the Agriculture Experiment
			 Station, Extension Service and Forest Research Laboratory.