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Please direct department or unit responses to the Academic
Planning Committee. Indicate the Budget Reduction Item that is being
addressed and the department or unit making the response. Also indicate
the name and phone number of the department or unit head submitting
the response. To facilitate expedient distribution of the responses
to APC members, twenty (20) copies of each unit response are requested.
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Responses are due in the office of Institutional Research
and Planning (332 Canfield Administration Building) by 3:00 pm September
20, 2002.
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Departments or units with a proposed budget reduction
may submit a written response of no more than three pages.
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Departments or units that would be affected by a proposed
reduction to another unit’s budget may submit a written response
of no more than one page.
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Responses should be guided by the criteria section
of the Procedures to be Invoked for Significant Budget Reallocations
and Reductions document.
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The APC may request further information in the form
of expanded reports that will be due October 2, 2002.
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Based on reduction proposals, written responses and
expanded reports received, the APC may invite representatives from
affected units to appear to clarify issues raised by the proposals,
written responses or expanded reports. The APC may also invite Vice
Chancellors to discuss budget reductions proposed for their units.
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The APC’s goal is to schedule Open Discussion
Sessions during a two-week period starting October 7 and ending October
18, 2002. During that same two week period, one or more Open General
Hearings will be scheduled for anyone wishing to share thoughts with
the APC about the proposed reductions. The format, exact dates, times
and locations for the General Hearings and Discussion Sessions will
be announced after the APC has had an opportunity to review the budget
reduction proposals and written responses.
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The APC plans to make its recommendations to the Chancellor
by October 28, 2002. APC deliberations will be held in closed sessions.
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