California State University, Sacramento

Instructionally Related Activities

Call for Proposals for Budget Year 2007/2008

The Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) funds are to provide support for essential educational experiences and activities that aid and supplement the fundamental educational mission of the university.

"Instructionally related activities" are those activities and laboratory experiences which are at least partially sponsored by an academic discipline or department and which are, in the judgment of the President, integrally related to its formal instructional offerings.

Activities which are considered to be essential to the quality educational program and an important instructional experience for any student enrolled in the respective program may be considered instructionally related.

The tentative timeline for the 2007/2008 budget process is as follows:

Mid February

Budget call sent out

March 16, 2007

Deadline for budget request submission – 4:30  p.m.

Early April

Hearings (presentations and questions in front of IRA committee)

Early  May

IRA Committee recommendations submitted to the President

 

The following materials are to assist you in requesting IRA funds: 

  1. IRA Proposal Packet
  2. Budget Request Line Item Detail-  Microsoft Excel
  3. IRA Guidelines and Priorities
  4. Committee Composition

The Instructionally Related Activities (IRA) Committee

The IRA Committee acts as the advising body to the President on the instructionally related activities fee revenue allocation.  The IRA Committee is composed of the ASI President or his/her designee and three ASI representatives, a Vice President for Academic Affairs designee, a Vice President for Administration designee who also acts as committee advisor, and two Faculty Senate designees.  Student members shall be appointed by the President of the Associated Students.  Faculty and administrators shall be appointed by the campus President after appropriate consultation.  The President of the Associated Students or designee, as one of the student representatives, shall serve as the Chair.

Budget call requests are sent yearly to all past year's applicants, all deans, directors and department heads. Questions regarding the program, process or submission as well as budget call requests, should be directed to Candace Kehoe, IRA Committee Coordinator, Office of the Vice President for Administration, ext. 86312.


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Last updated February 13, 2007

Questions concerning this webpage should be directed to ckehoe@csus.edu