THIS WEEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA
The House of Representatives is on furlough this week. The House will return in statewide session on Tuesday, February 27.
Last week, H.4957 (Name, Image and Likeness) was passed by the House in a vote of 113-0 and sent to the Senate where it will be heard tomorrow in a Senate Education Subcommittee.
THE STATE BUDGET
The House Ways and Means Committee will begin budget deliberations this afternoon.
The Senate Finance Committee continued agency budget subcommittee hearings last week.
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, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Denis McDonough visited Clemson and conducted a student veterans roundtable.
Please follow CU at the Capitol on Twitter. Current news coverage of interest may be found here.