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2006-08 Budget Request- Strategic Priorities

Detailed information for each budget item is available in a question-and-answer format by clicking of the respective link.

Base Funding for Core Services
Colleges and Universities	$141.2 million
Adult Education	$6 million
Council on Postsecondary Education	$3.4 million

Incentive Funding for Critical Reform Initiatives
Endowment Match (Bucks for Brains)	$12 million
Research Support Funding Program	$22 million
Science and Technology (2)
ConnectKentucky and Kentucky Research Link	$100,000
P-16 Joint Engineering Pipeline Program	$750,000
Regional Stewardship Funding Program	$18 million
Workforce Development/Transfer Program	$4 million
Technology Initiative Trust Fund Programs (8)	$3.8 million
Kentucky Postsecondary Education Network	$700,000
Education Leadership Redesign Initiative	$150,000
College Access Initiative	$1 million
Faculty Development Program	$51,600
College-Level Learning Assessment Project	$1 million
Public Health Initiative	$500,000
Academic Innovation and Collaboration Grants Program	$400,000

Capital Funding
Capital Renewal and Maintenance	$1.6 million
Technology and Equipment Bond Issue	$5 million
Institutional Capital Projects	$56.6 million

Special Initiatives
Retention and Affordability Initiative	$4 million
Kentucky Principal Leadership Institute	$2 million
KY Academy of Math and Science (WKU)	$2 million
Contract Spaces in Veterinary Science and Optometry	$922,000
University Center of the Mountains (KCTCS)	$900,000
Commonwealth Center for Instructional Technology & Learning (EKU)	$500,000
Kentucky School of Craft (KCTCS)	$500,000
Academic Transformation Project (NKU)	$300,000
Improved Student Services on Regional Campuses (MoSU)	$300,000
Governor's Minority Student College Preparation Program	$240,000
Doctoral Scholars Program	$233,000
Math/Science Teacher Preparation Program (MuSU))	$200,000
Kentucky Early Mathematics Testing Program	$100,000
Kentucky Early College (MoSU, KCTCS)	$100,000

Total Requested Increase
Operating	$223.5 million
Capital	$63.2 million

Complementary Requests
Joint P-16 (Education Cabinet Request)	$40.8 million
Local P-16 Councils
P-16 Learning Systems Integration Initiative
P-16 Seamless Data Warehouse
P-16 Shared Network Infrastructure Proposal
Student Financial Aid (KHEAA Request)	$72.7 million

	Related Content
	Budget Request Strategic Priorities in PDF format (255K PDF) Full booklet of one-page overviews of specific budget item requests (7MB PDF)

Last Updated 1/3/2006

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