Fiscal Year 2018 BUDGET Illinois Community College District #503
Adopted Annual Budget For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2018
Board of Trustees Illinois Community College District No. 503 6600 34th Avenue Moline, Illinois 61265 www.bhc.edu THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA (GFOA) Presented the
DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PREPARATION AWARD To
BLACK HAWK COLLEGE District #503 Moline, Illinois
For the Annual Budget For the fiscal year beginning July 01, 2016
In order to receive this award, a governmental unit must publish a document that meets program criteria as a policy document, as an operations guide, as a financial plan, and as a communications device.
This award is valid for a period of one year only. For fiscal years beginning in calendar year 2017, GFOA has created a new award program specific to public schools. We will be submitting this budget to GFOA to determine its eligibility for another award for the fiscal year beginning July 01, 2017.
Illinois Community College District No. 503 Board of Trustees
Douglas L. Strand Richard P. Fiems Tim A. Black East Moline Port Byron Galva Vice Chair Board Chair Secretary
Fritz W. Larsen Jon A. Looney Steven P. Spivey Joseph B. Swan Heidi N. Mueller Moline Kewanee New Windsor Colona Toulon Student Trustee Executive Administration
Dr. Bettie A. Truitt President
Dr. Amy M. Maxeiner Steven J. Frommelt Dr. Betsey A. Morthland Stacey L. Cary Vice President for Instruction Vice President for Finance and Executive Dean Director of Human Resource and Student Services Administration and Board Treasurer Black Hawk College Illinois Community College District No. 503 Fiscal Year 2018 Budget
Table of Contents
I. Introductory Section Letter from the President ...... 1 Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Highlights ...... 3 Strategic Plan – Mission, Vision, Values, Priorities ...... 9 Institutional Effectiveness ...... 11 Strategic Performance Dashboard ...... 17 Black Hawk College Organization ...... 18 Organization Overview ...... 19
II. Budget Authorization and Preparation Statutory Authority ...... 52 Basis of Budgeting ...... 54 Budget Preparation Process ...... 56 Budget Calendar ...... 58
III. Financial Section Fund Organization Chart ...... 62 Fund Descriptions ...... 63 Revenue Overview ...... 67 Expenditure Overview ...... 71 Restricted Purposes Fund Overview ...... 74 Capital Expenditures Overview ...... 77 Key Financial Policies ...... 82 Debt ...... 94 Financial Information by Fund ...... 97 All Funds ...... 98 General Fund (Operating Funds)...... 110 Education Fund ...... 115 Operations and Maintenance Fund ...... 120 Auxiliary Enterprises Fund ...... 124 Restricted Purposes Fund ...... 128 Audit Fund ...... 133 Liability, Protection, and Settlement Fund ...... 137 Working Cash Fund...... 142 Bond and Interest Fund ...... 145 Operations and Maintenance Restricted Fund ...... 149 Statement of Cash Flow ...... 154 Fund Balance Analysis by Fund ...... 155 Notes to Financial Information by Fund ...... 156
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IV. Statistical Information Statistical Information Overview ...... 157 Student Enrollment and Demographic Statistics ...... 158 Students at a Glance...... 159 Financial Aid Recipients ...... 160 District High School Enrollment ...... 161 Non Credit Student Demographic Statistics ...... 162 Credit Hour Information ...... 164 Illinois Community College Tuition & Fees Analysis ...... 165 Tuition and State Average Credit Hour Rates Comparison ...... 167 State Equalization Grant Funding History & Accumulated Deficit ...... 168 State Credit Hour Grant Funding History & Accumulated Deficit ...... 169 District Property Tax Rates by Purpose...... 170 District Property Tax Rate History ...... 171 District Equalized Assessed Valuation History by County ...... 172 District Equalized Assessed Valuation Percentage by County ...... 173 District Property Tax Extensions ...... 174 Audited Total Revenue by Source ...... 175 Audited Total Expenditures by Program ...... 176 Operating Funds Budgeted FTE Summary ...... 177 Comparative Staffing by Employee Classification ...... 178 Operating Funds Budgeted FTE by Reporting Classification ...... 179 Faculty and Staff at a Glance ...... 180 Fund Balance Trend ...... 181
V. Appendices Appendix A – Illinois Community College District Map ...... 184 Appendix B – Black Hawk College District Map...... 185 Appendix C – History of Black Hawk College ...... 186 Appendix D – Economic Overview of the District ...... 188 Appendix E – Black Hawk College Employee Headcount ...... 195 Appendix F – Program Review FY2016 ...... 197 Appendix G – Glossary ...... 237 Appendix H – Acronyms ...... 248
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To: Board of Trustees, Black Hawk College Illinois Community College District #503
Date: June 22, 2017
Re: Fiscal Year 2018 Budget
Office of the Black Hawk College is proud to finish yet another challenging fiscal year on June 30, 2017. Our President institution faced incredibly difficult situations this past year being part of the State of Illinois’ 309-796-5001 higher education system. Even so, as a College, we were able to remain resilient, endure the tough, challenging decisions required and keep the best interest of our students at the forefront of our decision-making. Two main factors caused our year to be especially challenging. First, the inability of the governor and state legislature to pass a budget for the second year in a row means public colleges and universities continue to be deprived of critical operating funds. As of May 2, 2017, the publication date of this budget book, the state budget impasse has withheld $9.7 million in critical funding from Black Hawk College when compared to fiscal year 2015 actual funding levels. From a budgeting perspective, this means that the College received $8.0 million less in state revenue than budgeted over the past two years. State support historically has represented approximately one-third of the operating budget for Illinois Community Colleges. Black Hawk College’s fiscal year 2018 operating budget anticipates state funding in the amount of $3.6 million or 11% of the operating budget. In addition to the State budget impasse, Black Hawk College and Illinois Community Colleges continue to experience enrollment declines.
The College understands a continued, proactive approach is required to remain fiscally strong during this time of funding uncertainty from the State of Illinois. Our administration continues to evaluate and implement corrective actions meant to both address the budget shortfall as well as plan forward to fiscal year 2018 and beyond. Our goal remains simple – to provide high quality, well-recognized education and services for our students and communities while ensuring our long-term viability. We believe our fiscal year 2018 budget accomplishes this goal by balancing opportunities for revenue growth through new programs, reduction of expenses, and appropriate allocation and efficient use of resources.
Initiatives implemented in recent years will better position the College for a successful fiscal year 2018. The Health Sciences Center, Welding and Skilled Trade Center and Veterinary Sciences Center will play an important role in creating new opportunities and strengthening enrollment.
The budget process for fiscal year 2018 ties closely to the College strategic plan as well as the department unit plans. Budget managers were required to relate their expenditures to their department goals and unit plan while also providing justification for their requests. President’s Cabinet met to review operational budgets to ensure all components of a balanced and fiscally responsible budget are present such as alignment with the strategic plan, statutory compliance, Board of Trustees objectives and proper allocation of resources.
Budgeting requires using responsible assumptions and estimates of future events. The lessons of the past year have taught us that dependence on state funding makes financial planning difficult and challenging. We still believe the state will continue to support higher education and as such, we have included $3.6 million of state support revenue in our FY18 budget. QUAD-CITIES CAMPUS 6600 34th Avenue We believe fiscal year 2018 will be another challenging year. However, we will continue our Moline, IL 61265-5899 forward-thinking approach as we work to continue fulfilling our mission to “provide the 309.796.5000 800.334.1311 www.bhc.edu environment and educational resources for individuals to become lifelong learners.”
Dr. Bettie Truitt President
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Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Highlights
Black Hawk College is presenting a balanced operating budget for fiscal year 2018. This budget year comes with many challenges as well as new opportunities, and the College Board of Trustees and Administration remains steadfast in their commitment to provide all constituencies with exceptional quality programs and services at an affordable price. To this end, the fiscal year 2018 budget process continues to utilize the budgeting for outcomes, and a unit planning approach, which allows for strategic alignment of financial resources, as well as adequately funding new initiatives identified in the strategic plan. These efforts also provide department unit plans geared towards accomplishing the College’s mission of providing the environment and resources for individuals to become lifelong learners.
The appropriation for all funds, including transfers for FY2018, totals $69.1 million. This amount includes all expenditures related to instruction, operations, capital projects and all other ancillary operations at Black Hawk College. Of this amount, the total Operating Budget for FY2018 is $33.5 million, compared to the FY2017 Operating Budget of $34.1 million. The Operating Budget comprises all revenues and expenditures of the College’s primary operations, which are maintained within the Education and the Operations and Maintenance Funds.
FY2018 Total Budget $69.1 Million
$10.0 $1.9 $6.3
$28.9
$14.8
$2.6 $4.6 Education Fund Operations & Maintenance Fund Auxiliary Fund Restricted Funds Bond & Interest Fund Operations & Maintenance Restricted Fund Other Funds
Black Hawk College’s estimated expenditures per credit hour is $342 for FY2018; this calculation only uses funds that receive at least partial funding from student tuition and fees. These expenditures are partially funded with nearly 78% of tuition revenue being received from in-district students, which will incur a per credit hour tuition rate of $149 for FY2018. The graphic on the following page illustrates the College’s spending per credit hour from FY2007 to FY2018.
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Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Highlights – Continued
Spending per Credit Hour $400 $350 $300 $250 $200 $150 $100 $50 $-
Black Hawk College has three major sources of funding: state support and revenue appropriated by ICCB, local revenue generated from property taxes, and student tuition revenue based on enrollment and including federal revenue derived from student financial aid. Each of these funding sources has undergone dramatic change in recent years. Accordingly, on-going challenges and changes continue to affect College fiscal outcomes. Trend information for each of these revenue sources can be found in the Statistical Section of this document.
Several federal and state legislative matters with the potential to further impact College finances for fiscal year 2018 are listed below. While the outcomes of these legislative topics may be currently unknown, efforts have been made to recognize and address each of these issues in the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget. State of Illinois budget impasse and funding of higher education State funding appropriated by ICCB Federal funding for programs such as PELL, Perkins and Adult Education Development and implementation of higher education performance standards State and federal cuts to certain higher education programs, such as Perkins and Adult Education, are expected to present a continued challenge for the upcoming budget year as the College may be forced to prioritize programs and services in the absence of funds necessary to ensure adequate support. Administration continuously strives to minimize the impact of these changes on students, employees, and the community, although some modifications to service levels may be experienced. Additionally, the College searches for additional grants to help offset the projected shortfalls and to ensure program and service stability.
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Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Highlights – Continued
Student financial aid program funding remains a topic of discussion at the Federal level and significant changes made to award levels may continue impacting enrollment levels in upcoming years. Legislative discussions regarding the return of Summer term Pell grants have the potential to impact enrollment at the College as several of our career programs are designed to be completed in a twelve (12) month period of time and many students enrolling in these programs are dependent upon federal financial aid. Black Hawk College is committed to providing timely and thorough education to all students. Information regarding the number of students receiving the various types of financial aid is included in the Statistical Section of this document.
Another topic of discussion at the Federal level is student completion criteria. The College is constantly prioritizing strategies to ensure our students, institution, and communities are meeting or exceeding these standards. National goals pertaining to graduation rates, degrees awarded, as well as time and credit to degree have been widely discussed in recent years. Black Hawk College is conscientiously working to identify persistence and retention strategies aimed at improving student outcomes and supporting achievement of the national higher education agenda.
The State of Illinois budget impasse and the lack of a state budget, including appropriations to higher education creates a budgeting challenge. Stopgap and lifeline measures are valued and appreciated, but it does not allow for systematic planning and budgeting. Based on existing awareness, the following state issues have been taken into consideration for the FY2018 budget: State of Illinois budget impasse Pension reform State cuts Community College funding Student financial aid funding Performance based funding
While the State of Illinois has not adopted its fiscal year 2016, 2017 or 2018 budget at this time, varying levels of decreased funding for the Community College system continues to be discussed. The FY2018 Black Hawk College Operating Budget currently reflects about a 50% reduction in State funding from FY2015 funding levels.
Student financial aid funding from the State remains a concern in fiscal year 2018 as well, particularly with regard to the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) Monetary Award Program (MAP) and Illinois Veterans related grants. Without an annual budget, the State of Illinois has not been funding MAP; Black Hawk College has stopped advancing MAP funding for students, and hopes the state will reimburse previous costs incurred. Currently, students are responsible for covering amounts formerly paid by MAP and when/if the state provides MAP funding; the college will pass the money on to the student.
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Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Highlights – Continued
Funding for veterans related grants from the State continues to be problematic, which has resulted in the College fully absorbing these costs. As education for veterans remains important and programs are implemented to provide adequate student support and services, the State’s commitment to providing these funds remains critical. However, despite the lack of financial follow through from the State, the College remains strongly committed to ensuring programs and services are provided to our veterans.
Like many other states, Illinois lawmakers have begun taking steps to review and analyze college affordability. Unfortunately, student tuition and fees has become the largest source of operating revenue for Black Hawk College and community colleges across Illinois due to declining state funding. To enable the continued quality education and support for the student, the end result has been increased tuition rates to fill the financing gap from decreased state resources.
Locally, the College routinely monitors information such as: property tax values, high school graduation rates, service demand levels, area workforce requirements, and higher education alternatives. From a revenue perspective, equalized assessed valuations (EAV) within the district continue to remain stable, which has continued to result in consistent property tax revenue for the College. Fortunately, for residents of Community College District 503, property values have remained steady and widespread erosion of valuations has been avoided. Historical EAV information for each of the nine counties within the Black Hawk College district are presented in the Statistical Section of this document.
According to the 2010 Census, the district population has decreased in the past decade. Subsequently, enrollments at district Pre-K – 12 institutions have been dwindling slowly over the past ten years, which partially accounts for lower graduation rates at area high schools. That said, Black Hawk College does enjoy a sizeable market penetration rate with regards to this population of students and this rate is expected to increase further as these students learn more about the benefits of attending Black Hawk College and the expanding certificate and transfer programs offered. Specific information regarding enrollment from district high schools is included in the Statistical Section of this document. Fiscal year 2018 10th day apportionment eligible enrollment is estimated to reduce slightly from FY2017 projected actual results of 86,555 credit hours. Additional information regarding credit hours realized from fiscal year 2007 to fiscal year 2016 is also included in the Statistical Section of this document.
Local economic factors point to continued improvement in employment rates, which typically result in lower enrollments at the College. The College continues to work diligently to identify opportunities for implementation of new programs, expansion of existing programs, and additional methods for retaining existing students including the following recent projects: