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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE TO SET THE OPERATING BUDGET AND STUDENT FEES FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2007-08
WHEREAS, the respective Boards of Trustees at state institutions
of higher learning are empowered to determine schedules of
student fees; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Board of Trustees at Winthrop
University have examined the fee structure at Winthrop
University; and
WHEREAS, the members the Board of Trustees have examined the
projected resources and projected commitments for 2007-2008; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Board recognize their fiduciary
responsibility to ensure that the University’s budget strikes a
balance between actual resources and commitments; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina
customarily provides its public institutions of higher learning
with state operating allocations sufficiently in advance of the
Winthrop University Board of Trustees’ regular June board
meeting to allow for timely preparation of budget documentation
to be reviewed by the full board in its June board deliberations
related to establishment of tuition and fees; and
WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina in
2007 has been unable to reach agreement on key aspects of its
allocation of state operating funds as they relate to Winthrop
University for the fiscal year beginning July 1 in time to allow
for that careful and timely preparation of budget documentation
for review by Winthrop’s full board in considering establishment
of tuition and fees; and
WHEREAS, leadership of the General Assembly has signaled such
decisions may not be forthcoming until much later in the month
of June; and
WHEREAS, Winthrop University has promised its students and their
families to act expeditiously to provide information needed by
them for family financial planning purposes as soon as
reasonably possible following General Assembly action;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Executive Committee of the
Board of Trustees be authorized to adopt the 2007-08 fee
schedule after final legislative action is taken and;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Executive Committee of the Board
of Trustees be authorized to adopt the Winthrop University
operating budget on behalf of the Board once the General
Assembly has passed the Appropriations Act.
APPROVED, this the 8th day of June,
2007
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