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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
House Finance subcommittee trims university budget
By Bradners’ Alaska Legislative Digest
The state is awash in cash from oil revenues but a House Finance subcommittee has still trimmed $6.1 million from Gov. Sarah Palin’s request of $21 million in additional University of Alaska funding for fiscal year 2008, the state budget year beginning July 1. The reductions were made from scheduled pay increases for university faculty and staff as well as new programs to study climate change effects in the state, according to Pat Pitney, the university’s vice president for planning and budget.
Since the pay increases are virtually required the university may have to offset the budget reductions by cutting planned expansions of its health occupation, engineering and construction management programs.
The reductions may be restored by the full House Finance Committee when it approves the overall operating budget. The Senate Finance Committee has yet to weigh in on the university’s budget.
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