Kalbert Young, 糖心Vlog官方 vice president for budget and finance and chief financial officer, provides an update of the legislative session as it heads into its final weeks before the scheduled May 4 adjournment.
The 2023 state legislature is in the final three weeks before its scheduled adjournment on May 4. That means that a number of legislative measures—most notably, the budget—are on their way to the last phase of deliberation this session. The state Senate approved its version of the state budget (HB 300 HD1 SD1) on April 11, and only partially restored funds to 糖心Vlog官方 to current operating levels for the first year of the biennium. By contrast, the budget passed by the House of Representatives (HB 300 HD1) earlier in the session fully restored funding, as reported in the March 21 legislative update.
If the Senate’s version ultimately passes, it would require the university to come back to the Legislature in 2024 to again request restoration of state support to funded operating levels that were in place before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Restoration of public funding levels to the university was the top legislative priority for 糖心Vlog官方 this legislative session along with expanding the Hawai?i Promise program to the three four-year universities and funding to address healthcare workforce shortages.
The Senate provided no funding to expand Hawai?i Promise and only provided funding for 1 of the 14 requests for additional funding to help address workforce shortages in the healthcare industry.
The General Fund Budget table (at the bottom of the online story) compares the total general fund budgets for the campuses in the 糖心Vlog官方 Board of Regents, governor, House and Senate versions of the operating budget and the dozens of added items.
The House and the Senate will now begin to negotiate their differences on the budget bills and other measures that are still alive in conference committees. This final process of the session is where selected conferees from each chamber meet behind closed doors to work out differences between their versions of the bills and pass out amended drafts that both chambers agree on. The outcomes of these meetings will ultimately decide funding for 糖心Vlog官方 and other state agencies.
Capital improvement projects
For the capital improvement projects (CIP) budget, 糖心Vlog官方 requested $262.5 million for FY24 and $296 million for FY25 in additional General Obligation Bonds to address capital renewal, progress on deferred maintenance and funding for projects to modernize each of the campuses within the 糖心Vlog官方 System. The plan was for the funds to be equitably and proportionally dispersed.
The Senate’s budget includes $142.5 million for FY24 and $93.7 million for FY25 in General Obligation Bond funding and $91 million for FY24 and $54 million for FY25 in General Funds for various projects.
Upon review and examination of the Senate version of the budget, it appears funds and reductions are disproportionately appropriated in favor of the 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges. 糖心Vlog官方 was provided a total of $233.5 million in the aggregate. Of that amount, the 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges account for $173.9 million, or 74% of the total amount, even though the seven community colleges make up just 22% of 糖心Vlog官方’s total gross square footage.
The Senate budget bill provides three individual (yet, repetitive) $35 million appropriations in FY24 for repairing and/or renovating 糖心Vlog官方 Community College facilities. While 糖心Vlog官方 Manoa accounts for 67% of the system’s total square footage, the amount appropriated for Renew/Improve/Modernize (RIM) for 糖心Vlog官方 Manoa, 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo and 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu campuses, totaled just $17.5 million.
Without at least $50 million per year in RIM funding, 糖心Vlog官方’s deferred maintenance backlog is estimated to increase to nearly $1 billion in the next few years. Outside of the Community Colleges, 糖心Vlog官方 currently has at least $80 million of shovel-ready projects that will have to wait another year if funding is not allocated in the final budget.
The CIP budget comparison table (at the bottom of the online story) compares the BOR, governor, House and Senate budgets.
2023 legislative session remaining timeline
The next major deadline will be the final decking of bills on April 28. By this time, all bills must have concluded deliberation in conference committees of both the House and Senate. The Hawai?i State Legislature is scheduled to adjourn on May 4, 2023.
General Fund Budget Table
| Campus | Description | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board | Governor | House | Senate | ||||||
| FY24 | FY25 | FY24 | FY25 | FY24 | FY25 | FY24 | FY25 | ||
| RESTORATION OF FUNDS | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | General Fund Restoration | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 | $5,600,000 | |
| JABSOM | General Fund Restoration | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | $1,800,000 | |
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | General Fund Restoration | $3,420,000 | $3,420,000 | $3,420,000 | $3,420,000 | $3,420,000 | $3,420,000 | $3,420,000 | |
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | General Fund Restoration | $1,620,000 | $1,620,000 | $1,620,000 | $1,620,000 | $1,620,000 | $1,620,000 | $1,620,000 | |
| 糖心Vlog官方 System | General Fund Restoration | $5,086,848 | $5,086,848 | $5,086,848 | $5,086,848 | $5,086,848 | $5,086,848 | $5,086,848 | |
| SUSTAINED FUNDING | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Athletics Subsidy Continuation | $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 | $3,200,000 | |
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Athletics Subsidy Continuation | $400,000 | $400,000 | $400,000 | $400,000 | $400,000 | $400,000 | $400,000 | |
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | HIMB Full Year Funding | $85,500 | $85,500 | $85,500 | $85,500 | $85,500 | $85,500 | $85,500 | $85,500 |
| JABSOM | GME Residency Full Year Funding | $1,670,000 | $1,670,000 | $660,000 | $660,000 | $660,000 | $660,000 | $660,000 | $660,000 |
| JABSOM | Neighbor Island MD Expansion Continuation | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |
| HAWAI?I PROMISE PROGRAM | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Hawai?i Promise Expansion | $12,300,000 | $12,300,000 | $12,300,000 | $12,300,000 | $12,300,000 | $12,300,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Hawai?i Promise Expansion | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | $1,700,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Hawai?i Promise Expansion | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Hawai?i Promise Continuation | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 | |
| CAMPUS FACILITIES AND CORE SERVICES | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Security Officers | $313,320 | $313,320 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Security Officers | $30,900 | $61,800 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Security Officers | $693,780 | $1,456,938 | $693,780 | $1,456,938 | $1 | $1 | $693,780 | $1,456,938 |
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | IT Support | $160,000 | $160,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Analytical Lab Manager | $80,000 | $80,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Campus and ACM Support | $162,996 | $325,992 | ||||||
| EARLY COLLEGE EXPANSION | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Early College Expansion | $577,500 | $1,212,750 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Early College Expansion | $90,000 | $180,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Early College Expansion | $90,000 | $180,000 | ||||||
| INITIATIVE: SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Student Success Support | $261,252 | $522,504 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | 糖心Vlog官方 Maui College—Health Center | $98,500 | $200,250 | $98,500 | 200,250 | $98,500 | 200,250 | $98,500 | 200,250 |
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | 糖心Vlog官方 Maui College-Distance Learning | $73,500 | $147,750 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Kūlia I Ka Nu?u Undergraduate Research Initiative | $721,600 | $1,058,400 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Transfer Center | $60,000 | $60,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Career Advising and Internship Admin | $60,000 | $60,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Windward CC—Incarcerated Students | $125,500 | $241,550 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Hawai?i CC—Incarcerated Students | $37,500 | $78,750 | ||||||
| ADDRESS AREAS OF STATE NEED | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Administration of Justice Program Expansion | $142,000 | $142,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | MA Teaching Expansion and Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education | $210,000 | $210,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | MA Counseling Psychology | $210,000 | $210,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | CAFNRM Sustainable Agribusiness | $100,000 | $100,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Teacher Preparation | $70,676 | $141,352 | ||||||
| INDUSTRY INITIATIVE: HEALTH | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Health and Wellness | $147,158 | $294,316 | $147,158 | $294,316 | $147,158 | $294,316 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Health Science Initiative | $477,009 | $688,473 | $477,009 | $688,473 | $477,009 | $688,473 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Kapi?olani CC—Allied Health Professions and NI Expansion | $761,000 | $761,000 | $761,000 | $761,000 | $761,000 | $761,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Windward CC—CNA Program Support | $86,000 | $86,000 | $86,000 | $86,000 | ||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Kaua?i CC—Medical Assisting Program Support | $232,000 | $232,000 | $232,000 | $232,000 | $232,000 | $232,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Kapi?olani CC—Nursing Clinical Faculty | $259,998 | $259,998 | $259,998 | $259,998 | $259,998 | $259,998 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Hawai?i CC—Nursing Program Maintenance and Expansion | $474,000 | $474,000 | $474,000 | $474,000 | $474,000 | $474,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Kaua?i CC—Nursing Faculty | $258,000 | $258,000 | $258,000 | $258,000 | ||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | 糖心Vlog官方 Maui College—Nursing Faculty | $172,000 | $172,000 | $172,000 | $172,000 | $172,000 | $172,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | 糖心Vlog官方 Maui College—CNA to LPN Program Support | $86,000 | $86,000 | $86,000 | $86,000 | $86,000 | $86,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu–糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 Nursing Collaboration | $503,000 | $503,000 | $503,000 | $503,000 | ||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | NAWSON Programs and Training Support | $661,430 | $661,430 | $661,430 | $661,430 | $661,430 | $661,430 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Nursing Faculty Support | $198,000 | $198,000 | $198,000 | $198,000 | ||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Adjust 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu–糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 NAWSON Collaboration Request | $423,000 | $1 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Adjust 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo School of Nursing Request | $430,306 | $461,717 | $1 | $1 | ||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health-Training Hubs | $457,000 | $457,000 | $1 | $1 | $228,500 | $457,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu–糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 NAWSON Collaboration Request | $628,306 | $659,717 | $1 | $1 | ||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo Nursing Faculty | $503,000 | $926,000 | $1 | $1 | ||||
| GOVERNOR’S ADD-ONS | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Restore Funds for Previously Unfunded Positions | $6,073,157 | $6,073,157 | ||||||
| JABSOM | Restore Funds for Previously Unfunded Positions | $926,843 | $926,843 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Cancer Center | Restore Funds for Previously Unfunded Positions | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Restore Funds for Previously Unfunded Positions | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Restore Funds for Previously Unfunded Positions | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | ||||||
| HOUSE ADD-ONS | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Office of International and Regional Partnerships Study Abroad Program | $15,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Placeholder Amounts for Transfers | $12 | $12 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 System | IT Equipment | $75,000 | $75,000 | ||||||
| SENATE ADD-ONS | |||||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | CIP—Waikīkī Aquarium Seawall Repair | $3,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Water Resources Research Center—Wastewater Demo Pilot Program | $3,025,468 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Repairs and Maintenance and Deferred Maintenance | $35,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Non-Credit Workforce Development | $578,240 | $578,240 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Campus Coordinators and Counselors (Early College) | $577,500 | $1,212,750 | ||||||
| ? | Total | $56,266,967 | $59,399,921 | $63,698,835 | $65,831,187 | $50,031,460 | $50,476,833 | $70,774,336 | $4,650,678 |
CIP Budget Table
| Campus | Description | MOF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Board of Regents | Executive Request | House | Senate | |||||||
| FY24 | FY25 | FY24 | FY25 | FY24 | FY25 | FY24 | FY25 | |||
| 糖心Vlog官方 System | Renew, Improve and Modernize | C | $100,000,000 | $100,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| 糖心Vlog官方 System | Renew, Improve and Modernize | A | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 | $30,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $22,500,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Renew, Improve and Modernize | C | $17,500,000 | $26,500,000 | $17,500,000 | $26,500,000 | $10,000,000 | $26,500,000 | $6,500,000 | $24,000,000 |
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Renew, Improve and Modernize | C | $25,000,000 | $25,000,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Renew, Improve and Modernize | A | $25,000,000 | $25,000,000 | $25,000,000 | $25,000,000 | $60,000,000 | $25,000,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Renew, Improve and Modernize | C | $5,000,000 | $3,500,000 | $5,000,000 | $3,500,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | PV Rooftop and Canopies and various Energy Efficiency Projects | C | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | |||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Minor CIP | C | $25,000,000 | $25,000,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Minor CIP | A | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $20,000,000 | $25,000,000 | $25,000,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Assessment and Feasibility of Hamilton Library | C | $6,500,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Road B Entry Plaza | C | $5,500,000 | $5,500,000 | $1,000 | |||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Kapi?olani CC-Replace AC System (6930 Ohelo) | C | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | $15,000,000 | |||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Kapi?olani CC-Upgrade Fire Alarm System | C | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | |||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Mini Master Plan Phase 3-Kuykendall Hall | C | $5,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 West O?ahu | Campus Center Phase II | C | $49,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Windward CC-Repair/Replace HVAC (5988 ?Imiloa) | C | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $11,000,000 | $5,500,000 | ||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Athletics | C | $12,000,000 | $18,000,000 | $1,000 | $1,400,000 | ||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Athletics | A | $4,500,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Kapi?olani CC-Renovate Building (6920 Koki?o) | C | $2,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $10,000,000 | |
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Administrative Office and Parking | C | $8,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Honolulu CC-Technology Renovations Phase 2 | C | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Holmes Hall | C | $1,500,000 | $6,000,000 | $1,500,000 | $6,000,000 | $6,000,000 | $1,500,000 | ||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Hawai?i CC-Manono Campus Development | C | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 | |||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | Waikīkī Aquarium Seawall Repair | C | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | HIMB-Continue DARPA Prototype Artificial Reef | C | $50,000,000 | $50,000,000 | $25,000,000 | |||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 惭ā苍辞补 | HIMB-Replacement of Sewage System, Seawall and Pier | C | $10,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | 糖心Vlog官方 Maui-Renovate Existing Buildings for Medical Education Classrooms | C | $250,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Waiākea Research Station | C | $1,000 | $2,625,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 System | Waiale?e Ag Substation Improvements | A | $4,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Library A/C Improvements | A | $1,500,000 | $8,000,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | RIM College Hall C Renovations | A | $1,200,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | RIM Portables 1-4 | A | $2,500,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | RIM Portables 5-7 | A | $3,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | Science Technology Building A/C Improvements | A | $1,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Hilo | University Classroom Building Renovations | A | $500,000 | $4,500,000 | ||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Kaua?i CC–PV Rooftops/Canopies | C | $15,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Kaua?i CC-Student Dorms and Faculty/Staff Housing | A | $250,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 Community Colleges | Various Repairs and Deferred Maintenance | A | $35,000,000 | |||||||
| 糖心Vlog官方 System | Coconut Island Sewer Line Replacement/Upgrades | A | $750,000 | $5,000,000 | ||||||
| ? | Total | $262,500,000 | $296,000,000 | $189,000,000 | $161,000,000 | $180,252,000 | $187,500,000 | $233,528,000 | $147,702,000 | |
MOF A = General Funds, MOF C = GO Bonds