{"id":202,"date":"2024-07-15T18:50:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T18:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/?page_id=202"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T09:00:34","slug":"p617","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/p617\/","title":{"rendered":"617 Allocation of Maintenance Fees for University Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Approved by Board of Trustees<\/strong><strong><br>Effective Date:&nbsp;June 5, 2017<br>Responsible Division: Business and Finance<br>Responsible Office: &nbsp;Business and Finance<br>Responsible Officer:&nbsp; Associate Vice President, Business and Finance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I. Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy establishes the process for the allocation of maintenance fees for university athletics at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or University).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>II. General Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\">\n<li>Intercollegiate athletics is a major University activity that is supported by various sources, which include student maintenance fees.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The following represents the methodology and guidelines for the allocation of maintenance fees for athletics at the University.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>III. Allocation of Maintenance Fees<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"list-style-type:upper-alpha\">\n<li>The allocation of maintenance fees to athletics will be limited to no more than 3.5% of Educational and General (E&amp;G) expenditures (excluding transfers and auxiliaries) for a given fiscal year.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The above limit will be reviewed annually by University staff and an adjustment in this percentage may be recommended for approval by the Board of Trustees (Board) based on such factors as student fee increases, inflation, and mandated salary and employee benefit increases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The University must evaluate the amount of maintenance fee revenues available for athletics, subject to the limits established by this policy, relative to other University priorities.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IV.<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>State Appropriations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No state appropriated funds from general State of Tennessee revenue may be used for athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>V. Exceptions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Exceptions to this policy must be approved by the Board.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forms: none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Revisions: none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last Reviewed: June 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>References: none.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Approved by Board of TrusteesEffective Date:&nbsp;June 5, 2017Responsible Division: Business and FinanceResponsible Office: &nbsp;Business and FinanceResponsible Officer:&nbsp; Associate Vice President, Business and Finance I. Purpose This policy establishes the process for the allocation of maintenance fees for university athletics at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or University). II. General Statement III. Allocation of Maintenance Fees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bannernosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3000,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions\/3000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}