MURT
Appendix A: Budget History and Impact
Audience: Budget Committee, PRBC, and Administrators
Purpose: This analysis describes your history of budget requests from the previous
two years and the impacts of funds received and needs that were not met. This history
of documented need can both support your narrative in Section A and provide
additional information for Budget Committee recommendations.
Instructions: Please provide the requested information, and fully explain the impact of the
budget decisions.
Category
Classified Staffing (# of
positions)
Supplies & Services
Technology/Equipment
Other
TOTAL
2011-12
Budget
Requested
.5
$106,960
2011-12
Budget
Received
0
2012-13
Budget
Requested
.5
2012-13
Budget
Received
0
106,960
$56,290
1. How has your investment of the budget monies you did receive improved student learning?
When you requested the funding, you provided a rationale. In this section, assess if the
anticipated positive impacts you projected have, in fact, been realized.
The bulk of the funds that have been requested over the past two years have been geared
towards the opening of our new Music Technology Lab and Recording Studio as part of the 1200
remodel. At the time of this writing, we are yet unable to move into the space (though that is set
to change in a few weeks). Full realization of the fruits of these allocations have yet to be fully
realized; however, the negatives of not having our own dedicated space have been felt strongly.
Thus, when we do move into the new studio, which will be adequately appointed, I anticipate
that all of the positive impacts will be realized.
2. What has been the impact of not receiving some of your requested funding? How has
student learning been impacted, or safety compromised, or enrollment or retention
negatively impacted?
The biggest impact in terms of unfunded requests has to be the 1/2 time music technology
classified position. This position will serve to keep the facilities available and usable for student
access. Availability for students to have access to the lab and studio outside of the regularly
scheduled lab time is crucial to student success, as most of our students do not have access to
this kind of equipment on their own. As it is currently, instructors are the only way to provide
open lab access. This has been significantly impacted by the movement of the lone full-time
instructor to administration.
The funds that we have requested and not received as part of the equipment requests have
yielded a recording facility that, while more than functional, remains incomplete: important
microphone types are not represented, limiting pedagogy; the studio will not have all of the
musical instruments that it needs, thus burdening students to bring their own; certain software
has been left off of the list, meaning that there will be pedagogical gaps in what can be covered in
class. All of these diminish the ability of the program to offer robust instruction.