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University Daily Kansan, October 22, 1982
Success could hinge on small salary cut Prof's plan increases benefits, earnings
By MATT BARTEL Staff Reporter
Greater use of fringe benefits in state contracts could save the state money and give its employees more to spend at the same time, Hutton Barron, professor of business, said at a meeting of KU library staff yesterday.
Barron said he had met with several groups on campus to explain the advantages of his plan, which he would in the face of recent budget cuts.
The advantage of fringe benefits, he said, is that they do not come out of a
person's salary and therefore are not taxed.
For example, health plans are cheaper if they are fringe benefits, rather than deducted from paychecks, he said, because it is cheaper for the state to make the payments for the employees the money for them.
THIS WAS what he called the "tax effect," which means that if the state were to give employees the money to pay taxes, that money would have to be taxed.
Currently, earnings are taxed first, Barron said, and then deductions for things such as health insurance costs. The state's employee returns are actually less
than the amount they are paying taxes on.
His plan would be better, he said,
because an employee's total earnings
could be less and he still take
home as much pay, as things such as
retirement plans or health insurance
would not be deducted from his check.
Employees would also benefit because they would pay less income tax.
BARRON SAID there was no guarantee that his plan would be trouble free, however.
"I've conceptualized this idea," he said, "but I'm not the kind of person that would be able to execute it. That would be up to the state."
The state would save money, too, he
said, if it gave its employees fringe benefits instead of salary increases.
"The advantage would come if thee were willing to trade a small salary cut for fringe benefits," Barron said.
Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said he thought Barron's idea was "right on."
However, Cobb said, the final decision would be the Legislature's.
"His concept is very good," Cobb said. "I think the administration will push it."
Barron said that 99 out of 102 faculty members and administrators he had worked with would be willing to give up a salary increase for better bengue benefits.
Cuts spoil state's high ranking in school funding
By STEVE CUSICK
Staff Reporter
The increases Kansas made in legislative appropriations for higher education in 1983-83 ranked it 21st among states, according to the most recent edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Those figures, however, do not reflect the 4 percent budget cuts made at Kansas Board of Regents institutions earlier this year, Stanley Koplick, Regents executive officer, said yesterday.
The Chronicle also reported that the Kansas Legislature appropriated $312 million for higher education last spring, and that state rates in the total amount appropriated.
Kopick said he was not suprised by the rankings, but he warned that they were no longer valid because of the budget cuts this summer.
"The data is really not reliable now," he said. "We don't rank where the hospitals are."
ACCORDING TO the article, the total national appropriation for higher education this year was affected by the lingering recession.
The total increase in appropriations in all states is the smallest in two decades. It rose only 6 percent from the previous year and had averaged 14 percent a year.
Over a 10-year period, state appropriations for the six Regents institutions have risen 235 percent, ranking them 13th in that category, the report said.
The increases in appropriations become less dramatic when the figures are adjusted to reflect inflation, the Chronicle reported.
After adjustments for inflation, Kansas' figures show only a 2 percent
increase from 1980 to 1982, the report said. The national figure decreased by 1
THE CHRONICLE reported that the appropriations for higher education in Oregon and South Dakota actually had decreased.
But other states that received revenues from oil, gas and coal production fared quite well, with appropriation ranging from 38 percent to 79 percent.
Those states included Alaska, which had the highest increase, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and Wyoming.
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Wheat Meet grosses $13,000
Proceeds from Wheat Meet were donated to the Cancer Research Fund of the University of Kansas Medical Center last night, said the pledge educator of Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity.
The annual track meet and party,
sponsored by the AKLs and the Chi Omega sorority, grossed $13,000 this year, Rob Merritt, pledge educator and Wichita junior, said yesterday. It was held Sept. 11 and 12.
The groups donated $6,100 to the research fund. The rest of the money went to other organizations.
The funds were donated in the memory of Steven Pererez, an AKL who died of Hodgkin's disease last spring. He was 20.
LAST YEAR, money from the Wheat Meet went to the KU Audio-Reader Network, which is a service for the blind, but Merritt said the cancer research fund would get money made from Wheat Meets in the future.
"Audio Reader is a worthy cause, but cancer research is more important," Merritt said. "You never really think about it until it hits home."
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Celebrate K.U's Fabulous Forties with Tex Beneke Week
Monday, October 25:
Tuesday, October 26:
Learn to dance to the '40s music. Kansas
Room, Union, 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Listen and dance to the Chuck Berg Band. In front of the Union, from 12 noon-1:00 p.m. In case of rain the band will play in the Lobby Bomb.
Wednesday, October 27: Practice dancing to the '40s music. Kansas Room, Union, 7:00 p.m., 8:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 28:
Friday, October 29:
Listen and dance to the Chuck Berg Band in front of the Union, from 12 noon-1:00 p.m. In case of rain the band will play in the Union Lobby. Learn to dance to the '408 music. Big Eight Room, Union; 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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