Stage II: Annual Confirmation

Stage II begins with a  memo and notification indicating that the Board has approved and the University has a Trustee approved Budget.  Once this is confirmed, the process of realigning the approved funds will begin.  There are two steps to be completed:

Step 1: Confirm Budget

Step 2: Confirm Position Budget alignment

All realignments requested must be submitted by Friday, August 1st in order to be properly reflected in the next Stage I process. Separate realignment request forms should be used for all adjustments as follows:

• Stage II salary and non-salary realignments: Budget Realignment Request Forms:

1. 1. Same commitment items realignments between fund centers
   2. Realignments between expense commitment item only
   3. Realignments between income commitment item only

• All Academic areas:
  1. Must realign initiative funding in 1XX0010000
  2. Additional Provost approval required for any new positions included in initiative funding

Detailed instructions are provided below

FAQs about the FY2026 Budget and next steps can be found here.