An unexpected $635,000 of lottery money was granted to Sacramento State a few weeks ago by Chancellor Charles Reed.

There is $317,500 being allotted for the advancement of technology on campus and the other half is to be dispersed at the discretion of the Provost, Bernice Bass De Martinez, along with final say from President Donald Gerth.

“The decision could possibly be made with or without proposals from the various colleges on campus,” said Nancy Shulock, associate vice president of Academic Affairs. There is no set decision as of yet as to how the money will be divided but, Shulock said that it is a priority.

“We don?t want the money just sitting there and not being put to immediate use,” Shulock said.

According to Jon Self, associate vice president of Finance, in the past, lottery money has been distributed based on proposals from the different departments.

It is also unclear what technology recourses will be developed with the share of the money allotted to it, Shulock said.

There are certain restrictions on how lottery funding can be utilized.

The California State Lottery Act of 1984 States: “?all funds allocated from the California State Lottery Education Fund shall be used exclusively for the education of pupils and students and no funds shall be spent for acquisition of real property, construction of facilities, financing of research or any other noninstructional purpose.”

The activity funded must represent a bona fide educational experience for students, or result in the development of materials to be used with students, or lead to the development of a program or course.

Lottery funds may not be used to pay faculty salaries for classroom instruction or to finance increases in the rate of compensation paid to existing staff; thus, stipends and honoraria are not permissible.

In addition, lottery funds may also not be used to finance faculty overloads. However, existing faculty may work a summer period under a personal services contract.

Expenditure of any funds, including lottery finds, which are used for faculty development activities must be in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement, which includes a specific list of development activities.

Lottery finds should be used to augment and supplement state-funded budget programs so that lottery revenue is not used to replace current or prospective state funding.

Lottery funds may be used to pay for part-time instructors when such instructors are hired as replacement faculty for faculty members working for a CSU lottery designated program.

In a memo distributed to all campus employees on October 2, 2000, Reed, said, “The campus presidents will determine the specific technology and professional development uses for the funds on each campus. I am hoping that the professional development money will help with faculty travel among other needs.”