Preliminary Consideration of Financial Exigency

.221        Any recommendation for termination owing to financial exigency is to be referred to the Budget and Planning Committee of the Academic Senate for its judgment that, in the context of the recommendation and in light of the overall budget of the University, a state of financial exigency actually exists.  To come to a termination decision the Budget and Planning Committee must be concerned, with regard to the overall budget, to assure the following: 

a.  That adequate consultation has taken place between the Board of Trustees, the Administration, and the Academic Senate on the allocation of resources to academic programs;

b.   That the integrity of the academic enterprise of the University as a whole is recognized and preserved and that, within the restraints imposed by changing priorities and resources, the overall budget permits the University to maintain excellence as an academic community for itself and for each of its parts;

c.   That, in the projected allocation of resources to the Department or Program under consideration, the degree of relationship of that Department or Program to the University’s purpose, as expressed in its mission statement, has actually been taken into account;

d.   That, in working out the details of the proposed budget for the School, Department or Program under consideration, academic factors such as purpose, present strength, curriculum maintenance, and promise have been balanced against economic concerns with respect to the amount of past and present subsidy from the operational funds of the University and relative cost effectiveness measured as appropriate to the Department or Program involved.

.222         Having studied the recommendation for termination in light of the considerations above, the Budget and Planning Committee of the Academic Senate may do one of the following:

a.       Judge that a state of financial exigency does exist such as to warrant the possible termination of the School, Department or Program;

b.      Judge that a general state of financial exigency exists, but that

(i) it is not sufficient to warrant the termination of an entire School or Department and 
that the termination of a Program should be considered as an alternative, or

(ii)     it is not sufficient to warrant the termination of a School, a Department or a  Program and that selective termination of Faculty within the specified School,  Department or Program should be considered as an alternative;

c.   Judge that financial exigency does not exist.

.223         The Budget and Planning Committee shall report its findings and conclusions to the Academic Senate.