Funding changes for the Student Programming Council could affect the allocated funds for Graduate and Professional Student Council programs, GPSC members say.

GPSC will be discussing a resolution, introduced by the Undergraduate Student Government, that proposes to appoint an advisory board to monitor SPC funding for next year at the council’s meeting tonight

The proposal could cause budgeting problems for GPSC because of registered student organization funding changes under this plan, the GPSC president said.

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GPSC President Bill Karrow said the proposed advisory board would have a large impact on professional and graduate students by reducing the funds available for graduate and professional Registered Student Organizations.

The proposal would be taking approximately $18,000 from the GPSC budget that would normally go to its constituent RSOs, giving the funds to the programming council instead, Karrow said. Currently, SPC receives about $5,000 a year from the council to fund SPC programs.

Doug Phebus, vice president of Administrative Affairs for GPSC, said there seems to be general support among USG members for this plan but said he cannot predict what the GPSC reaction will be.

Phebus said this year’s GPSC budget would not be affected. However, he said if the plan is implemented, money for approximately 20 graduate and professional RSOs, such as the Student Bar Association, would be reduced next year.

Mark Terry, vice president for Graduate School Affairs, said the proposal raises questions of the funding process for SPC and of the allocating procedures the council goes through. He said GPSC will determine if the council is receiving appropriate funding.

The question of the process by which SPC is allocated funds will also be examined, Terry said.

Terry said the GPSC will have to review and discuss the changes in its funding tonight before members can make an informed vote on the matter.

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GPSC is also scheduled to discuss and vote on a proposal for a computer upgrade in the council office.

The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Mississippi Room of the Student Center.