OAR 715-013-0005: Allotment Authority

(1) Effective December 23, 2014, the Higher Education Coordinating Commission delegates to the Executive Director, or designee, authority in all areas of fiscal and administrative responsibility necessary for the execution of Commission policy relating to the allotment of funds to public universities and Oregon Health Sciences University. (2) The Executive Director, or designee, shall have the authority to distribute funds to public universities and to Oregon Health Sciences University in the amounts appropriated to the HECC for public universities and Oregon Health Sciences University by the Oregon Legislature. (a) Funds shall only be distributed to public universities and Oregon Health Sciences University for the specific purposes outlined in statute or by the Oregon Legislature. (b) This section shall be construed to apply to all distributions of funds by the HECC to public universities and Oregon Health Sciences University, including but not limited to: (A) Funds distributed through the Student Success and Completion Model as outlined in OAR 715-013-0025 and OAR 715-013-0040. (B) Funds distributed to Oregon Health Sciences University for support of its Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Dentistry as well as to provide funds to its education, public health and rural health programs. (C) Funds distributed to state programs as authorized by law or legislative action. (D) Statewide Public Service programs as authorized by law or legislative action. (E) Funds allocated to the Sports Lottery Account as authorized by ORS 461.543. (F) Any other funds authorized by the Oregon Legislature to the HECC for distribution to public universities or Oregon Health Sciences University.