The University of North Carolina provides a request for budget expansion on a biennial basis. This request is approved by the UNC Board of Governors and submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly for their consideration.
The following links are offered as information for UNC faculty in areas of interest. The links have been sequenced to provide a logical progression beginning with Terms and Definitions, through sources that explain the UNC budget process and concluding with the current UNC Board of Governors biennial budget request.
Please note that these links do NOT address local university budget development and allocation processes, which may vary by institution.
Terms and Definitions
This document provides explanations of commonly-used financial terms.
Planning for the 2009-11 Budget (presentation at the Board of Governors' policy discussion on October 16, 2008)
Report on Cost of Textbooks, Submitted with Campus-Based Tuition and Fee Increase Request (presented to Board of Governors in February 2008)
Report on Implementation of Recommendations from the BOG Subcommittee Studying the Cost of Textbooks (approved by the Board of Governors on 3/16/07)
BOG Special Subcommittee Reviewing the Costs of Textbooks - Final Recommendations (approved by the Board of Governors on 2/10/06)
UNC Budget Development Process (June 2007)
This presentation is an overview of the UNC Budget Development Process.
The UNC Budget Process (Updated on 04/27/99)- Bookmarked and Searchable in Acrobat pdf format
This report outlines the process by which the University's budget is developed and administered working within the statutory framework of the State's Executive Budget Act and the Higher Education Reorganization Act of 1971. Please note that this is NOT a source of information regarding the current legislative session, but a description of the authority, structure, and process of the UNC budget.
2008-09 Budget Priorities (approved by the Board of Governors on 3/7/08)
This budget request contains the Board of Governors' recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly for financial support of public senior higher education.
Recommendations of Special Committee Reviewing the Funding Model for Enrollment Growth
(approved by the Board of Governors on 11/12/04)
The UNC Budget Flexibility Instructions (Updated 10/12/07)
The 1991 General Assembly enacted the UNC Fiscal Accountability/Flexibility legislation that granted additional authority in the areas of budgeting, personnel administration, and purchasing to those institutions designated as "special responsibility constituent institutions (SRCI). The Board of Governors adopted the Flexibility Instructions in September 1991. These guidelines provide standards and safeguards that must be met and maintained in order for a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina to retain the SRCI designation.
UNC Management Flexibility Report, 2005-06
The UNC Management Flexibility legislation directs the Board of Governors to report annually by March 31 of each year to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee on operating results. This document summarizes the results reported by the Chancellors of the Special Responsibility Constituent Institutions that operated under the flexibility legislation. Note: The statutory requirement for this report was repealed during the 2007 legislative session as part of the PACE efficiency recommendations (House Bill 749).
