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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 542
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(2) In consultation with the Department of Budget and Management, the
Commission shall present to the Governor, on or before a date set by the Governor,
and simultaneously submit a copy to the General Assembly, a consolidated operating
and capital budget for higher education that includes the operating and capital
budget requests of the governing boards and institutions listed in paragraph (1) of
this subsection, the operating budget request of the Commission, a report on the
current funding of the adopted sets of peer institutions, and recommendations
regarding the funding of higher education.
(3) In cooperation with the Department of Budget and Management, and
without affecting the authority or responsibility of the Department under the State
Finance and Procurement Article, the Commission shall:
(i) Review proposals for capital projects and improvements
proposed by the public institutions of higher education in this State, [and] by the
Maryland Independent College and University Association, AND BY THE REGIONAL
HIGHER EDUCATION CENTERS; and
(ii) Develop and submit to the Governor and the General Assembly
recommendations as to these projects, which shall be consistent with the State Plan
for Higher Education provided for in this section.
(4) In submitting recommendations pursuant to paragraph (2) of this
subsection, the Commission shall comment on the overall level of funding for higher
education in order to achieve the goals established in the State Plan for Higher
Education, and may comment regarding funding priorities among segments of higher
education and, within public senior higher education, among institutions. In
reviewing the various budgets and submitting recommendations thereon, the
Commission:
(i) May not require, of any segment or institution, a detailed
budget presentation that tends to duplicate other presentations required in the
budget process;
(ii) As to the funding priority of any institution, may comment only
on the entity as a whole and not on any separate unit of the institution; and
(iii) As to the operating and capital budgets of the Board of Regents
of the University System of Maryland:
1. May review and comment only within the broad context of
the State Plan for Higher Education; and
2. May not recommend against a budget item approved by
the Board of Regents unless the item is clearly inconsistent with the State Plan for
Higher Education.
(5) (i) In this paragraph, "higher education" means:
1. The University System of Maryland;
2. Morgan State University;
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