{"54725":{"#nid":"54725","#data":{"type":"news","title":"University System Presents Budget Reduction Scenario","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EUniversity System of Georgia (USG) Chancellor Erroll B.\nDavis, Jr. presented a proposed plan of how the USG would cope with an additional\n$300 million in budget reductions to the FY11 budget to the chairs of the House\nand Senate Appropriations Higher Education subcommittees on Monday.\u0026nbsp; The proposal, crafted in collaboration with\nthe presidents of each USG institution, calls for dramatic cuts that would\ndecrease and cap enrollment, eliminate faculty and staff positions, and shutter\nvarious services across the state.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe $300 million in additional budget reductions would bring\nthe total cuts requested by the governor and General Assembly to $565 million\nfor the USG in FY11. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EChancellor Davis was charged with finding the additional\n$300 million in cuts during a joint meeting of the House and Senate\nAppropriations Higher Education subcommittees last week.\u0026nbsp; The subcommittee chairmen called for the\nchancellor to present a worst-case planning scenario that assumed a $565\nmillion total budget cut and no additional sources of revenue.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s share of this additional reduction is\napproximately $38 million.\u0026nbsp; To meet this\ncut, administrators have proposed decreasing freshman admissions by 20%,\nseverely restricting transfer admissions, eliminating approximately 450\npositions, and reducing the number of course sections offered by more than 500.\u0026nbsp; Administrators also suggested significant\ncuts and closures for the Enterprise Innovation Institute, Tech\u2019s economic\ndevelopment outreach program. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EEach of the other 34 USG institutions are preparing for\nsimilar actions.\u0026nbsp; The University of\nGeorgia has proposed eliminating approximately 1,400 positions and closing half\nof the County Extension Offices across the state.\u0026nbsp; Georgia State University\u2019s proposal includes\nover 600 job cuts and reduction of freshman and transfer students by\n1,000.\u0026nbsp; Others have proposed enrollment\ncaps, academic program elimination, and campus closures.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe proposal put forth by the University System will be the\ntopic of discussion of a second joint meeting of the funding subcommittees on\nWednesday morning.\u0026nbsp; The chancellor is\nexpected to present the plans to the full subcommittees and address questions. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIn his letter that accompanied the proposed plans,\nChancellor Davis emphasized that while the cuts presented \u201cshould be viewed as\ninformational and not as recommendations,\u201d the USG institutions were prepared\nto implement them in a worst-case scenario.\u0026nbsp;\nThe majority of final budget actions would be subject to the review and\napproval of the Board of Regents after the FY11 allocation to the USG from the\nGeneral Assembly is received.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFind out more about the budget reduction proposals and view\nthe actual reduction scenario documents online at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/fiscal_affairs\/\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.usg.edu\/fiscal_affairs\/\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDownload Georgia Tech\u2019s legislative priorities, capital\nproject proposals, budget support documents, and legislative contact\ninformation at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gov.gatech.edu\/gtln\/resources.html\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.gov.gatech.edu\/gtln\/resources.html\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Proposal reflects suggested cuts of additional $300M from current FY11 USG budget"}],"uid":"27331","created_gmt":"2010-03-02 13:55:14","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:38","author":"George Ray","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-03-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"54724":{"id":"54724","type":"image","title":"USG Logo","body":null,"created":"1449175459","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 20:44:19","changed":"1475894476","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:16"}},"media_ids":["54724"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gov.gatech.edu\/gtln\/resources.html","title":"Legislative Priorities \u0026 Resources"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.usg.edu\/fiscal_affairs\/","title":"USG Budget Scenario Documents"}],"groups":[{"id":"47398","name":"GCR (Office of Government and Community Relations)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"7784","name":"Georgia General Assembly"},{"id":"8300","name":"Georgia Tech Office of Government and Community Relations"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorge Ray\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EProgram Specialist for Government Relations\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:george.ray@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Egeorge.ray@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}