UNI Legislative Update
The Office of Governmental Relations provides legislative updates to the campus community through online communication and bimonthly campus presentations. These updates will inform faculty, staff and students of hot topics facing the legislature and legislative actions affecting UNI and the Regents institutions.
April 4, 2008
Revenue Estimating Conference
The Revenue Estimating Conference met this morning and came away with a positive outlook with regards to revenue coming into the state. The REC increased its estimate by $79.4 million for FY08 and $47.7 million for FY09. This is definitely good news for other groups looking to get funded this year for special projects.
This positive development in revenue forecasting should not encourage group-think that the Math & Science Initiative will be funded. We still need your help, probably now more than ever, to convey to legislators that the investment in math and science education is beneficial to the state and is worthy of a piece of the pie.
Here's the Des Moines Register's write-up on the REC.