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Account	Description	FY07 GAA	FY08 GAA
7100-0200	University of Massachusetts For the operation of the University of Massachusetts; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the university may establish and organize auxiliary organizations, subject to policies, rules and regulations adopted by the board, to provide essential functions which are integral to the educational mission of the university; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the university may enter into leases of real property without prior approval of the division of capital asset management and maintenance; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the William Trotter Institute; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended in fiscal year 2008 for the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Cranberry Station at Wareham; provided further, that such funds shall be expended under a plan reviewed and recommended by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Cranberry Experiment Station Board of Oversight; provided further, that not less than $25,000 shall be expended for the maintenance of the cranberry bog at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst Cranberry Station at Wareham; provided further, that the sum expended for the UMass Extension in fiscal year 2008 shall be adjusted only in direct proportion to university budget adjustments to other academic programs of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; provided further, that such funds shall be expended in accordance with a plan reviewed and recommended by the UMass Extension Board of Public Overseers; provided further, that not less than $250,000 shall be expended for the Future of Work Initiative at the University of Massachusetts Labor Centers at the Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth and Lowell campuses; provided further, that not less than $368,000 shall be expended for the Maurico Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts at Boston; provided further, that not less than $60,000 shall be expended for the Grace Grossman Inner-City Youth Collaborative at the University of Massachusetts Field Station on Nantucket; provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the 4-H program; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for an ongoing study by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst's agricultural department, of the winter moth worm and methods to minimize or eliminate its damage; provided further, that not less than $500,000 shall be expended for the center for Portuguese Studies to operate at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; and provided further, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended for the UMASS Dartmouth Center for Business Research	443,803,408	469,012,776

 
 

HISTORICAL SPENDING CATEGORIES ($000)

SPENDING CATEGORY	FY04 Spending	FY05 Spending	FY06 Spending	FY07 Spending	FY08 GAA
Wages & Salaries	355,777	404,305	445,214	451,669	464,063
Pensions & Benefits	4,384	3,786	4,559	4,774	4,846
Operating Expenses	642	119	97	102	103
Public Assistance	2,900	5,975	0	0	0
TOTAL	363,704	414,184	449,870	456,544	469,013

* FY07 Projected Spending includes the budget plus nearly $1 billion in spending from FY06 supplemental budgets.

 

 

Earmarks

EARMARK DESCRIPTION	FY08
4H Program	50,000
Center for Portugese Studies at UMS Dartmouth	500,000
Grace-Grossman Inner-City Youth Collaborative at Umass Field Station on Nantucket	60,000
Labor Studies Program; to provide higher education for union leaders, individual workers and worker advocates and labor relations professionals	250,000
Mauricio Gaston Institute at Umass Boston for Latino community development and public policy	368,000
State cranberry bog renovation at Umass Amherst	25,000
Umass Amherst Agricultural Dept study on winter moth worms	150,000
Umass Amherst Cranberry Station at Wareham	500,000
Umass Dartmouth Center for Business Research	50,000
William Monroe Trotter Institute at Umass Boston for the study of black culture	350,000