Lansing Community College

This standing committee of the Academic Senate will provide faculty input and advice to the administration concerning priorities in the College-wide deployment of capital or financial resources and provide a voice for programs concerned about budgetary issues, except as covered by the scope of collective bargaining.

  • Committee Charter

    Charge to the Committee
    • Represent the Academic Senate in providing input to the college early in the budgeting process before decisions are made regarding educational issues, capital improvements, and deployment of financial and human resources (including grant funding).
    • Make recommendations to the administration concerning issues of college-wide priorities and participate in budget development meetings as decisions are being made and before a final budget is submitted to the Board of Trustees.
    • Provide input regarding Full-Time Faculty Prioritization
    • Encourage all faculty and administration to participate in a continuous quality improvement model for a collaborative and transparent budget-building process.
    • Represent the Academic Senate and facilitate dialogue among the Academic Senate, administration, and faculty throughout the budget process to encourage ongoing dialogue in budget meetings, particularly at the program, department and divisional level.
      • Alert Academic Senators to key points in the budget cycle and equip senators to participate in conversations with their program leads, department chairs, and deans.
      • Assist faculty and departments in understanding the importance of Program Operating Plans and their impact on budget.
      • Be a resource to the Academic Senate regarding the budgeting process and the ongoing budget cycle.
      • Represent the Academic Senate at budgetary meetings with labor coalitions and special meetings.
      • Represent the Academic Senate at Program Review meetings.
      • Provide input and advice to the Academic Senate, deans, other divisional leadership, provost, and college president, as increased investment, as reallocations, cuts, or adjustments are made.
    • Provide a voice for those in the LCC community, including dissenting views, through regular analysis and discussion of budget priorities with senior leadership should budgetary issues arise.
    • Take on special projects related to budgetary issues as requested by the president of the Academic Senate or provost and approved by the committee.
    Membership
    • The Chair must be a faculty member of the Academic Senate.
    • The Chair and Vice-Chair will be appointed by the Academic Senate President from amongst the membership of the committee.
    • 70% teaching faculty (fulltime and/or adjunct)
    • A minimum of 4 Academic Senators.
    • Representation from each division of the College will be encouraged
      • Arts & Sciences 
      • Health & Human Services
      • Technical Careers
      • Community Education & Workforce Development
      • Student Affairs
      • Non-teaching members
    • Ex-officio Members
      • Academic Senate President per Senate Bylaws
    • Resource Members
      • Chief Financial Officer and/or designee(s)
    • Other members as necessary
    Member and Chair Selection

    Will be appointed under the direction of the Executive Committee

    Term/Rotation

    Term
      None

    Rotation
      None

    Charter Approval

    The above Budget Committee charter was approved by the Academic Senate on March 26, 2021; revised November 3, 2023.

  • Budget Committee Members

    Marvin Argersinger, Chair (Faculty)
    Automotive Technologies, Technical Careers
    LCC-AS-Budget-Committee@star.lcc.edu 

    Michael Giles, Vice-Chair (Faculty)
    Political Science, Arts & Sciences

    Alexandra Beard (Faculty)
    Economics, Arts & Sciences

    Gerard Haddad (Faculty)
    Economics, Arts & Sciences

    Jessica Hester(Administrative)
    Director, Social Sciences and Humanities,
    Arts & Sciences

    Andrea Hoagland (Administrative)
    Dean, Arts & Sciences

    Jean Ramirez (Faculty)
    Sociology, Arts & Sciences

    Kabeer Ahammad Sabir (Faculty)
    Biology, Arts & Sciences

    Richard Williams (Faculty)
    Community Education & Workforce Development

  • Meetings & Reports

    All meetings of the Budget Committee are open to the public. The AY26-27 meeting dates are listed below. Please contact the Committee Chair, or contact the Academic Senate's Secretary for information.

    Fall 2026
    • TBD
    Spring 2027
    • TBD

  • Timeline of Cllege Budgeting Process for Academic Programs

    Academic Programs will fill out:

    FALL
    • Program Operating Plans (POP): Planning for next Academic Year
    • Professional Activity Plans (PAP)
    • Annual improvement plans, if in reporting year for program review
    • Note: Faculty requests to fund program initiatives must happen through the POPs.
    • Note: Programs should, ideally, begin planning for the POP proposal in the prior Spring.
    Spring 
    • Divisions quantify the budgetary impact of POPs, PAPs, and improvement plans. All the program funding requests are tallied up for a top-line number for the Division. 
    • Divisions make preliminary decisions about funding and communicate with departments/programs.
    In January, State of Michigan process kicks off
    • Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference (meets Jan) starts the state budgeting process. Principals are House Fiscal Agency, Senate Fiscal Agency, and State Treasurer/Budget Director.
    • Governor releases budget proposal, including allocations for Higher Education.
    • Senate and House Proposals are made, reconciled.
    • LCC CFO averages the (three) estimates of state funding to form a baseline for that source of income.
    All Divisions submit Savings, Labor requests, and Reallocation requests to LCC Executive Budget Committee
    • Labor (salary, benefits) for LCC employees
    • Savings (what the college will not spend, i.e. work-study being funded again)
    • Traditional Reallocation form (i.e. reallocate from print/copy to supply budget or professional development).
    • Can’t reallocate labor/savings above.
    LCC Executive Budget Committee (President, Provost, CFO, Senior VP Business Ops, Director of HR)
    • Meet every other week from Feb to April
    CFO makes budget proposal to the LCC Board of Trustees
    • Board must approve by June 30 of each year.

    For questions, please contact the Academic Senate Budget Committee at LCC-AS-Budget-Committee@star.lcc.edu.

    1. When should programs start developing their Program Operating Plans (POPs)?
      1. Spring of previous year, official submission in Fall.
    2. What are budgeting items that can be included in POPs?
      1. Funding for events, new program initiatives, conferences, etc.
    3. Where do I find a POP template? Can I access/review the POPs of other programs?
      1. Here is a blank POP form.
      2. Programs that have access to past POPs may revise the old POP to create the new POP.
      3. Here are a few examples of POPs some programs have used. PowerPoint slides with examples
    4. What are some criteria to consider for budget items in a POP?
      1. Specificity, innovation, link to instruction, connection to Program and College learning outcomes, professional development, whether the total cost is reflected in the form, connection with the strategic plan, implementation timeframe.
    5. When should programs evaluate their POPS for adjustments?
      1. It is a living document, can be revised in coordination with departmental and divisional leadership. Programs should update their POP in fall and spring to account for changes.
    6. How do POPs interact with the other program elements?
      1. Individual PAP (Professional Activity Plan) should align with POPs.
      2. POPs culminate with and inform Program Review
        1. Program Review process, once completed, will inform subsequent POPs.
    7. What happens if we forgot to put something in a POP?
      1. Make the adjustment in Spring (see 5 above) or for the following year.
    8. I keep submitting something as part of my POP, and it keeps getting turned down.
      1. Consider the criteria in point 4 above.
      2. Communicate with your divisional leadership. The POP is a communication as well as a budgeting tool.
    9. What is a departmental need vs a college need?
      1. POPs are the way to communicate program needs. College can see multiple departments with a certain need, through POPs.
    10. How can the faculty engage in budget for the College? How do they make their input heard beyond the POPs?
      1. Spend the money you asked for!
      2. Attend strategic plan meetings, campus master plans.
    11. What are common funding sources at LCC?
      1. Foundation, reallocated funds, external funding/partnership.

Archived Meeting Minutes

 

Contact the Provost

Administrative Building at LCC

Administration Bldg, Room 301

Sally Welch
Provost
Phone: (517) 483-1725

Laura Medina
Executive Assistant to the Provost
Phone: (517) 483-1725
Fax: (517) 483-1845

E-mail: LCC-Provost-Office@star.lcc.edu

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