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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Budget priorities and restoration requests
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Batista outlines CUNY's top budget priorities, focusing on the restoration of PEG cuts and funding for various student success programs. He emphasizes the importance of these programs for CUNY's mission and student support.
- Top priority: Restore as much of the PEGs as possible
- Regular communication with OMB to ensure student success remains a priority
- Advocacy for funding programs such as:
- CUNY Reconnect
- ASAP (Accelerated Study in Associate Programs)
- ACE (Accelerate, Complete, Engage)
- Food insecurity initiatives
- Childcare support
Hector Batista
0:24:37
Our top priority for this budget cycle is to restore as much of the pegs as possible.
0:24:41
And we are regular communication with OMB for the need to return to the tie and to ensure that the student success is at the forefront of everything that we do.
0:24:52
We thank you for your advocacy of numerous programs at CUNY.
0:24:55
We look forward to engaging with you, your colleagues to include funding for the adopted budget for programs for our students such as CUNY, Reconnect, ASAP, ACE, funding for food and security, childcare, and more.
0:25:09
As our provost O'Beault mentioned in her testimony.