The Undergraduate Student Government’s $2.5 million budget was passed Tuesday night after the vote was delayed three times. The 2026-27 budget will continue to shift toward increased spending on student programming, while redistributing funding across several student assemblies and internal accounts.
The roughly $2.5 million budget maintains large allocations for event-based committees, with the Concerts Committee remaining the largest recipient at about $520,000. The Performing Arts Committee would see one of the most significant increases, rising to $100,000 under the proposal.
Funding for several student assemblies would decrease. The Academic Culture Assembly would drop to $25,000 from $40,400, while the Political Student Assembly would be reduced to $10,000. Other groups, including the Asian Pacific American Student Assembly and the Joint Assembly for Military-Associated Students, would also see reductions.
During the USG meeting on April 21, Lauren Riley, a member of the joint assembly for military associated students, voiced concern that the USG budget allocations were not properly communicated to her organization.
Riley stated in the USG open forum that, “throughout this process, we feel that very little understanding, consideration or grace has been provided to our assembly with exceptions being given to certain assemblies and not being provided to all during any of these grace periods.”
The USG committee met with the military association regarding their requests for funding changes the following week, but no changes were made to the final bill.
Some assemblies would receive increases, including the Black Student Assembly and First Generation Student Assembly, reflecting a redistribution of funds rather than across-the-board growth.
The budget largely directs operational costs, including student stipends and staff salaries, while prioritizing discretionary spending on programming and events.
The new budget builds on the current 2025-26 fiscal plan, which was amended last semester to increase spending and reallocate surplus funds, but introduces more targeted adjustments to how funding is distributed across student groups.