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SB 1314 Higher educational institutions; governing boards to address plans & objectives, reports.

Introduced by: John H. Chichester | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Public institutions of higher education.  Directs governing boards of the public institutions of higher education to adopt biennially six-year plans addressing the academic, financial, and enrollment plans and various objectives for the relevant institution. The State Council of Higher Education (SCHEV) will annually review and assess the six-year plans, identify any disparities between the institutional plans and statewide needs and objectives, and make recommendations for the revision of such plans for consideration by the respective public institutions, the Governor, and the General Assembly.

The bill requires SCHEV to develop objective measures of institutional performance and institutional performance benchmarks for these measures for consideration by the Governor and the General Assembly. Based on the objective measures and benchmarks ultimately set forth in the budget, SCHEV is to annually assess the degree to which the individual public institutions have met the institutional performance benchmarks and is to provide, no later than June 1 of each year, a certified written report of the assessment results to the Governor and the respective chairmen of the House Committees on Education and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Finance and Education and Health. Beginning with the 2006-2007 fiscal year, those institutions that have met the institutional performance benchmarks shall be entitled to various fiscal benefits.

Authorizes public institutions of higher education (institutions) to (i) contract for specific construction projects without the review and approval of the Bureau of Capital Outlay Management, subject to various procurement and building code requirements; (ii) convey and grant easements and enter into leases without the prior approval of the Department of General Services; (iii) use internal staff or the local building official for compliance with the Uniform Statewide Building Code; (iv) exempts an institution's sole source procurements using certain vendors from the transaction fee charged by the Department of General Services' web-based electronic procurement program; and (v) authorizes institutions to establish separate purchasing and travel credit card arrangements and to dispose of surplus property subject to certain restrictions.


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