Budget situation 2019/20 and Requests from AFULS and Association of AF Academics

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OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE RECTORY N°11

La Serena, November 26, 2019.

Dear ULS Community:

Continuing with the policy of keeping you informed, I would like to inform you that yesterday, Monday, November 25, Extraordinary Session No. 9 of the Academic Council took place.

This Council was attended by the Vice-Chancellors, Directors, Deans, Counsellors, Presidents of the AF Academic Associations, AF Officials and the Interim President of the FEULS.

The central topic of the meeting was the analysis of the effect on the income of the current period, as a result of the country's contingency, in addition to knowing the bases for the 2020 budget and the Presentation of the Petitions of the Association of AF Officials and the Association of Academics AF

During the session of the Academic Council, the financial situation of the Institution related to the effects of the social movement on the university was analyzed, to close the 2019 budget execution.

Regarding the beginning of the study of the 2020 budget, the procedure, like previous years, considers that the initial proposal be prepared by the Triestamental Commission of the Academic Council, so that it will then be analyzed by the Council.

In this regard, and in general terms, the Director of Finance Mg. José Ojeda Cossio, told the Council that the following must be kept in mind:

- Address the issue of the value of the 2020 tariffs, which constitutes a vital source of institutional financing. Readjusting to the CPI means only updating values. For several years, a specific formula for “adjustment” of fees and basic fee associated with the value of the CPI has been applied for old students and public sector readjustment for new students.

- Note that tariff values ​​must be reported to SIES, by law, until November 29 of this year. If this does not occur, the 2019 tariff values ​​would be preserved.

- Since the social movement, less income has been generated in the institution, which is mainly related to the direct payments that students make in cash for fees and to the money obtained from the University Credit Fund. , since, since the students have not yet signed the promissory note, the money from the Credit Fund has not entered the 2019 budget.

- Of the two requests, both from academics and non-academics, there are issues that depend on the 2020 budget and the end of the year 2019; among them, the readjustment of the public sector requested by academics and the 10% readjustment requested by non-academic officials.

- The general principles for preparing the Institutional Budget are: Financial Balance, Labor Stability and Investment in essential Quality. The above has meant that for some years the readjustment of the operating budgets of the units (departments, faculties, etc.) has been minor – a fact that has already been expressed by certain managers and department directors – and it would be necessary to have present this in the 2020 budget formulation.

On the other hand, during the session of the Academic Council, the requests were read and opinions were formulated on the matter by those in attendance.

Regarding the Petition of the Association of AFULS Officials, there is a preliminary response agreed upon in the session of the Working Group that was held yesterday morning, a meeting that was scheduled during the presentation of the petition on November 22.

In relation to the request of the Association of AF Academics, a meeting was scheduled for today, November 26, to plan the work to be carried out.

Finally, in the session of the Academic Council the following was concluded:

  1. Convene the Triestamental Commission of the Council to generate an initial 2020 Budget proposal, as a basis for the analysis of the Academic Council.
  2. Summon the Academic Council to an extraordinary session during the current week to define the fees and comply with the deadline for delivering this information to the SIES.

Attached to this statement are the requests presented by the Association of AFULS Officials and the Association of AF Academics

He greets you with attention,

Dr. Nibaldo Aviles Pizarro

Rector

AFULS REQUEST

ASSOCIATION OF ACADEMIC REQUESTS