Regents request universities cut 7 percent from budgets
Story by 49 News staff and wire report
8:39 a.m. Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The Kansas Board of Regents wants the state's six universities to tighten their belts.
University of Kansas Provost Richard Lariviere said late Monday that the state has asked regents universities to cut spending by 7 percent over the next two years. He said the regents are seeking 2 percent cuts this year and 5 percent in 2009-2010.
Regents want to review the six universities' cost-cutting proposals at their annual retreat on Aug. 19 in Wichita.
The need for cuts in state budgets emerged when figures were released June 30 showing a $61 million shortfall in anticipated tax revenues. At the time, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius asked state agencies to trim their planned spending for the new fiscal year by up to 2 percent.
Regent Dan Lykins said the board wasn’t looking forward to the cuts.
“It’s not like we have a lot of fat to trim off anywhere,” Lykins said. “We’ll be cutting into some bone.”
This is the first time the state has asked for major budget cuts since 2002
Mark Vierthaler, with the Lawrence Journal-World, contributed to this report.
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Jul. 22, 2008 at 11:27 a.m. (Suggest removal)malkerz (anonymous)
let's get rid of that pesky K-state athletics program. A football team with a losing record against every school in the Big-12 except Baylor is just downright pathetic.
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