DOUGLAS COLLEGE a ARCHIVES The Ministry has provided approximately $1,000,000 to facilitate the "split" of Douglas College. These funds were provided in the Management Advisory Council area of responsibility and therefore, primarily relate to the additional costs referred to in Category #2 above (Increased Staffing of Central Services). The result is a shortfall of approximately $1,000,000 in this area alone. There has been no funding provided to cover increased course offerings. We did receive $250,000 last year to partially offset non-recurring costs. The existing level of funding jn the Management Advisory Council area of responsibtlity will necessitate a reduction in administrative services, counselling seryices, admissions services, library acquisitions, audio- visual services to our constituent school districts and a reduction of our planned seryices to Maple Ridge and Langley. Because of the timing of the "split" and the budget implementation both Colleges are delaying hirings wherever possible and are planning to use accumulated and estimated surpluses totalling approximately $195,000. These actions, together with the previously outlined reductions in service, will enable us to balance Management Advisory Council's sector of the budget. However, these actions, while allowing a budget balance for this fiscal year, unaccompanied by an increase of "purchasing power" next year, would result in an annualization shortfall in the 1982/83 budget of approximately $350,000 for Douglas and $300,000 for Kwantlen. We must stress that this annualization factor presumes no change in College operations, Both Colleges are now prioritizing areas that will be cut next year should we not receive funds to cover this estimated shortfall. Instructional costs account roughly speaking for 65% of the total Colleges’ operating budget. The funding for these courses/programs is provided through the Academic Council, Occupational Training Counci] and Ministry Standing Committee. The budgetary increases in this area were less than the rate of inflation and therefore will necessitate a reduction of services and courses. Douglas College proposes to (a) reduce academic and student services-type courses by approximately 625 student piaces (25 sections). (b) reduce enrollment in the Adult Basic Education Program by approximately 30 students. (c) reduce 25 students tn the second year of the Nursing Program (elimination of one Access class),