THIS WEEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA
H.4957 (Name, Image and Likeness) was heard in the full House Education Committee last week. Clemson’s Director of Athletics, Graham Neff, along with Head Football Coach Dabo Swinney and Men’s Soccer Coach Mike Noonan provided testimony on the bill. A companion bill, S.993 was introduced in the Senate.
THE STATE BUDGET
The House Ways and Means Committee (where the appropriations bill originates) continued holding agency budget subcommittee hearings. The full Ways and Means Committee is scheduled to take up the budget the week of February 19.
The Senate Finance Committee continued agency budget subcommittee hearings. President Jim Clements, along with Tony Wagner (Executive Vice President for Finance and Operations) gave Clemson’s Education and General (E&G) budget presentation to the Senate Finance Higher Education Subcommittee on Thursday, February 8.
Senate Finance Budget Subcommittees that hear Clemson’s budget requests
Higher Education Subcommittee:
Chairman Ronnie Cromer (R-Newberry)
Senator Darrell Jackson (D-Richland)
Senator Tom Corbin Clemson ’87 (R-Greenville)
Senator Ross Turner Clemson ’86 (R-Greenville)
Senator Thomas McElveen (D-Sumter)
Natural Resources and Economic Development Subcommittee:
Chairman Nikki Setzler (D-Lexington)
Senator Kent Williams (D-Marion)
Senator Tom Corbin Clemson ’87 (R-Greenville)
Senator Katrina Shealy (R-Lexington)
Senator Mike Gambrell Clemson ’80 (R-Anderson)
From a state budgeting standpoint, Clemson is considered two separate state agencies: a research university that receives an educational and general (E&G) state appropriation for teaching and student support, and a land-grant Public Service and Agriculture (PSA) division that receives a state appropriation to support agriculture, forestry and natural resource Extension, research and regulatory programs.
The university also has auxiliary operations, such as athletics, student housing and dining services, which receive no state funding and must generate all of their own revenue.
Clemson’s state legislative and budget priorities for FY 2024-25:
Education & General – Recurring
– In-State Tuition Mitigation – $21,000,000
– Student Experiential Learning – $4,500,000
– Center for Human Genetics – $4,000,000
Education & General – Nonrecurring
– College of Veterinary Medicine – $175,000,000
– E&G Planned Maintenance and Renewal Projects – $29,000,000
– NextGen Computing Complex – $25,000,000
– Student Health Facility – $23,000,000
Public Service Activities – Recurring
– Poultry Science Research Facility Support – $525,000
– PSA Statewide Operational and Programmatic Support – $3,600,000
– Problematic Wildlife Management — $1,725,000
– Small Fruit Research and Extension – $525,000
Public Service Activities – Nonrecurring
– PSA Planned Maintenance – $12,170,000
– Baruch Institute Research Support Building – $9,000,000
BILLS OF INTEREST
The Clemson University Governmental Affairs office is monitoring several bills that have potential impact on Clemson. A complete listing of these bills may be found here.
NEWS AND FYI
Last week, student leaders representing ACC colleges and universities visited Washington, DC as part of the annual ACC Student Advocacy Days on Capitol Hill. Clemson University was represented by eleven student leaders who met with South Carolina’s Congressional Delegation offices
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