1. Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4 Phase 5Phase 6 Phase 1 May – Aug 2007 Sept – Dec 2007 Jan – Apr 2008 May – Aug 2008 Sept – Dec 2008 Jan – Apr 2009 MUS Biennial Planning Cycle

2. Phase 1  Tuition & Fees Approved (May BOR meeting)  Planning – BOR Budget Guidelines for 2011 Biennium  Operating Budgets (Sept. BOR meeting)  Legislative Interim Committees Begin  Annual Update to Strategic Plan May – August 2007

3. Phase 2  Statewide Listening Tour  High level budget modeling begins (present law adjustments + pay plan estimate)  Begin the development of MUS priority budget items  Broaden discussion of LRBP Priorities September – December 2007

4. Phase 3  Initial meetings with the Office of Budget and Program Planning (OBPP)  LRBP Preliminary Proposal – March BOR meeting  Preliminary Budget Proposal (present law, pay plan, MUS priority budget items) January – April 2008

5. Phase 4  Board Finalizes: LRBP Budget (present law, MUS priority initiatives, and pay plan direction)  Work jointly with OBPP & Governor to address MUS funding requirements May – August 2008

6. Phase 5  Mini-statewide Tour  Legislative session preparation September – December 2008 Phase 6  2009 Legislature January – April 2009