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TechnographBoard of Trustees discusses problems with Banner, operating budget, development of online Global Campus
By Beth Gilomen
Posted: 9/7/06 Section: News
Updated 4:50 p.m.- Payment of an estimated additional $84,000 was approved by the University's Board of Trustees to maintain a contract for financial aid processing today.
The contract allows an outside company, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., of Lombard, Ill., to process 1098-T forms, which contain information pertaining to scholarship, grant and fellowship assistance received by students. The Board hoped that this service would be available through Banner, but the web service is not capable of displaying fellowship assistance for students.
The new total required for processing of the forms is $313,000 for the fiscal year 2007 - a cost that could have been avoided if Banner, a large investment for the University, could complete the task.
"I doubt we knew that we knew [that Banner did not have such capabilities]," said University President B. Joseph White. "We were looking for full capabilities with Banner, but in every new system you get surprises and you have to put patched on them but our hope, our goal is to mend them."
Board members also approved a contract, which will allow for planning of the redevelopment of the facilities at Orchard Downs.
White said that a timeline had not yet been laid out for the demolition or rebuilding of Orchard Downs, but that with the new contract, plans should be coming soon.
Updated 1:02 p.m.- The University's Board of Trustees heard details of the operating budget for 2007 at their meeting today to the sound of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 698 picketers gathered outside of the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St.
The $3.7 billion proposed operating budget includes all three campuses of the University system. The assessment addresses deferred maintenance costs and represents a $207 million increase in operating funds from 2006.
Also addressed at the meeting was the requested budget for the 2008 fiscal year. The University is requesting $101 million in new funds for the coming year.
The contract allows an outside company, Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., of Lombard, Ill., to process 1098-T forms, which contain information pertaining to scholarship, grant and fellowship assistance received by students. The Board hoped that this service would be available through Banner, but the web service is not capable of displaying fellowship assistance for students.
The new total required for processing of the forms is $313,000 for the fiscal year 2007 - a cost that could have been avoided if Banner, a large investment for the University, could complete the task.
"I doubt we knew that we knew [that Banner did not have such capabilities]," said University President B. Joseph White. "We were looking for full capabilities with Banner, but in every new system you get surprises and you have to put patched on them but our hope, our goal is to mend them."
Board members also approved a contract, which will allow for planning of the redevelopment of the facilities at Orchard Downs.
White said that a timeline had not yet been laid out for the demolition or rebuilding of Orchard Downs, but that with the new contract, plans should be coming soon.
Updated 1:02 p.m.- The University's Board of Trustees heard details of the operating budget for 2007 at their meeting today to the sound of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 698 picketers gathered outside of the Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St.
The $3.7 billion proposed operating budget includes all three campuses of the University system. The assessment addresses deferred maintenance costs and represents a $207 million increase in operating funds from 2006.
Also addressed at the meeting was the requested budget for the 2008 fiscal year. The University is requesting $101 million in new funds for the coming year.
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