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Three-year enrollment plan contemplated for budgeting By DANIEL BLAHA Two years ago, the Legislature two years, actual enrollment Montana Kaimin Legislative Raporttr based the system's appropriation through Winter Quarter this year, on actual enrollment for that and an estimate of Spring Quarter HELENA — The legislative sub­ current year only. The advantage enrollment. committee that puts together the of using a three-year average, Last Friday the subcommittee Montana University System according to Rep. Carroll South, asked the legislative fiscal budget is considering using a D-Miles City, is that schools with analyst’s office to' figure out the three-year enrollment average to declining enrollments would not enrollment numbers generated by determine the budgets of the six suffer the full impact in a single that formula. Senior Analyst Judy units of the system. year. Rippingale said yesterday she is South is the chairman of the waiting to receive Winter Quarter Joint Appropriations Subcom­ enrollment figures from the Bennett dies mittee for Education. He said schools, and expects to get them yesterday that enrollment averag­ sometime next week. Raymond Bennett, ing “seems to -be a sensible The formula would benefit professor of pharmacy, died method” of computing an enroll­ schools with declining Tuesday in his home. He was ment figure to determine the enrollments more than schools 53. budget. with increasing enrollments. He was born May 9,1925 in "It tends to level out sharp South said it is easier to accom­ Idaho Falls. Funeral declines,” South added. modate a few more students in the arrangements are pending at The method of averaging enroll­ short run than to make drastic Livingston-Malletta Funeral ment now being considered by the faculty cuts at a school whose Home. subcommittee would use actual enrollment has declined sharply. enrollment figures for the previous The obvious case in point was the reduction of some 61 faculty positions at the University of Montana last year,' which was MONTANA caused by an enrollment drop. South also noted, while some units with increasing enrollments (particularly Montana State Un­ iversity) would not necessarily benefit from this formula, NATIVE OF TROPICAL Montana? Not likely—especially not this winter enrollments at all colleges and which some of the old timers around town are calling the “worst since ’36.” KAIMIN universities are expected to This knobby-kneed flamingo was actually photographed last summer at decline in the next few years. the Madison, Wise. zoo. (Staff photo by Kathy Ryan.) Friday, February 2,1979 Missoula, Mont. Vol.81,No.57 House will debate UM waiting for guidelines l con-con resolution to meet Title IX standards I HELENA — The Montana House and the convention has been By JESSICA SALL Amendments of 1972 bars sex If equal per capita expenditures of Representatives will debate called. " Montana Kalinin Reporter discrimination from federally should be the final guidelines used House Joint Resolution 15 today, The resolution needs a vote of funded programs. by HEW to determine compliance, which calls for a national con­ two-thirds of the Montana The University of Montana's The most current interpretation the university will have two options stitutional convention to write an Legislature to pass, although there women's intercollegiate athletic of the guidelines made by the to equalize the budgets. Associate anti-abortion amendment. is some disagreement about program has increased “markedly” Department of Health, Education Athletic Director Sharon Dinkel whether it takes a two-thirds vote in the past years but it still has a Two-thirds of the state and Welfare last December states said. of each house, or a combined two- long way to go before the UM Legislatures must call for a con­ that the per capita expenditures for The athletic program can hope thirds vote of the entire athletic program is in compliance stitutional convention before one women must equal the per capita for "outside funding” of the need­ Legislature. with Title IX guidelines, UM Presi­ will be convened. To date, 13 expenditures for men. ed $210,000, probably by the The House Judiciary Committee dent Richard Bowers said at a states have passed resolutions Comments on the proposed Legislature, Dinkel said. The gave the resolution a “do pass” endorsing a con-con to consider press conference Wednesday. guidelines will be accepted by program can also opt for “internal recommendation Wednesday, by a Despite an increase in the an anti-abortion amendment. HEW until Feb. 10, and the final restructuring” of the men's vote of 10-8. One member was women's budget from $16,000 to guidelines will be established by program which would reduce the The resolution states “that this absent. The committee did not over $230,000 in the past 10 years, March. The deadline for com­ men’s athletic program to a level application constitutes a con­ debate the matter priorto voting. A" the women's budget will have to be pliance is June 1979. equal to the women's program, she tinuing application for such a public hearing, attended by about increased by an additional $210,- added. convention . until the 140 people, was held Tuesday. 000 if the UM athletic program is to No Plan Yet Dinkel said the women's legislatures of two-thirds of the The House convenes today at comply with Title IX, Bowers said. According to UM Athletic Direc­ program has improved since Title states have made like applications 2:30 p.m. Title IX of the Education tor Harley Lewis the university IX was passed six years ago. currently has no plan for bringing the program into compliance by • Cont. on p. 8. MSU asks the Legislature June. "The problem with every univer­ sity is that there is no definition of Correction for supplemental money compliance," he said. He added that in spite of the The Montana Kaimin proposed guidelines HEW has not By JILL THOMPSON said, MSU collected $345,000 less situation with the faculty. He said reported yesterday that Cen­ revealed what criteria it will use to Montana Kaimin Raportar in student fees than expected. tral Board delegate Jon Dog- this was because the revenue judge whether a program is in MSU's official enrollment figure gett said he felt Student Ac­ shortfalls created “an apparent compliance with Title IX. HELENA — Montana State Un­ for Winter Quarter is 9,443. need to make adjustments” Spring tion Center Director Dennis iversity has been getting its share Quarter, and that these ad­ Currently the Women’s per Burns had been “slandered" of attention at the Montana Money Transferred justments "must be made in per­ capita expenditure is $448, which by SAC employees. Doggett Legislature recently, and the news Tietz told the committee that sonnel services." is somewhat lower than the per did not make the comment; it is not ail good. MSU had transferred money from Rep. Carroll South, D-Miles City, capita expenditure for men of was made by CB delegate Last week, MSU President its capital expenditures budget chairman of the subcommittee, $1,350. Gerry Bulger. William Tietz came before the into its personnel services budget, blasted Tietz and the Board of The Kaimin also reported Legislature's Appropriations Joint and that it needs either an ad­ Regents for that action at yester­ No Surprises Expected incorrectly that Barry Subcommittee on Education to ditional $381,968.to pay back the day's subcommittee meeting. However, Lynda Brown, UM Adams, SAC employee, request a supplemental appropria­ capital budget or the subcom­ He also clarified Tietz' language. Equal Employment Opportunity agreed with Bulger’s state­ tion of close to $900,000 for the mittee's ok to keep the money in “It disappoints me greatly for Officer, said that she expects no ment. Adams said yesterday current biennium. the personnel services budget. Tietz to tell the faculty if we don’t surprises in the final guidelines. “ It he stopped Bulger after he Tietz said approximately $700,- The subcommittee has not yet grant the supplemental that they’re is my guess that per capita expen­ used the word slander, and 000 of the request is needed for acted on Tietz’ request. going to have to lay off faculty," he ditures will be the measure of cautioned him that no SAC personnel services, or salaries, for Developments in the past few said after the meeting. compliance,” she said. employee had ever faculty and staff at MSU. Tietz days, however, created doubts "In other words, they're putting Bowers echoed this sentiment “slandered" Burns, and in wants the remaining money to go about whether the request will be the direct responsibility on us," he during his press conference when fact, had never "spoken toward the purchase of a com­ treated favorably by the subcom­ said. “It was an attempt to put the he said “we don't foresee any against Burns personally in puter.