The Connecticut public higher education community requests an overall general fund/operating fund budget of $1.95 billion for FY 2008 and $2.02 billion for FY 2009. In FY 2008, this includes general fund current service support of $717.7 million and other funding requests of $53.0 million. For FY 2009, the general fund current service request is $720.5 million and other funding requests are $76.5 million. The FY 2008 general fund current services budget request represents an increase of $64.1 million, or 9.8 percent, over FY 2007 estimated expenditures. The FY 2009 request would increase state support by $66.8 million, or 10.2 percent from current spending levels.