1. IFC Report
3/5/19

2. Title IX Federal comment period closed in January
Don’t know when revisions will be announced
State legislation still moving forward
Some legislators want to ensure revisions stay if POTUS changes
Council on Public Higher Education (COPHE) lobbying against it
Proposal has appeals going to a MO Commission; it would take it out of the University of Missouri
There's no knowledge of what kind of training this commission would have - it's a panel of administrative law judges;
they don't typically hear cases of this nature, they mostly deal with hearings on regulatory, licensure, and permit/policy issues
They can also hear past cases, so this can potentially overturn cases that have already been resolved

3. NTT Contracts
Trying to address problem of not enough notice of nonrenewal
Year 1: 3 month notice
Year 2-5: 6 month notice
Year 5+: 1 year notice
May take the form of an executive order from the system president
Effectively becomes a CRR

4. Legislative Updates Budget
No reduction in the governor’s proposed budget for FY20
May be unrealistic
State’s financials have changed
Projected +1.6% growth in general revenue (GR)
Revised to -1.5% to -3.5%.
-3.5% equivalent to $275 million, the cash balance from FY19
Hinges on income tax revenue
VP Rapp does not think there will be a withold
President Choi stated there would still be a 2% merit pool

5. eLearning Have ruled out Buying a “Kaplan”-style business
Business-as-usual `

6. Department Chair Hiring & Recruitment
Goal?
Have a process for selecting dept chairs who can achieve what we want (leadership, strategic plan goals, effective and guiding faculty, allocating resources needed, advocating for resources, generating resources, achieving student success goals)
Rationale?
We have different processes at each university
We tend to look at dept chair as more of a rotating position in general instead of a leadership role
Natural tendency to look internally
We don't have a chance to build diverse perspectives without bringing in external people
He got our feedback and some of it is very reasonable
Perception that this is to minimize the role of department faculty, but that is not the intent
It is expected that dept chairs participate in teaching, research, service
Dept faculty sometimes don't get the opportunity to evaluate department chair; this should be happening, says Choi
Some of the feedback was concerning
The philanthropy wording is written to suggest that the dept chair donates their salary, rather than does fundraising

7. Benefits Allocation
Changes coming in how personnel benefits are allocated to departments
HAS NO EFFECT ON INDIVIDUAL PAYCHECKS
Two components
Health and dental charged per person
May increase each year with premium increases
All else charged as percentage of pay
Pretty much stable
Will disadvantage dept’s with lower average salaries; so campuses need to reallocate resources (UMKC will do so)