Regents Grit Teeth for Lean Funding Year

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PRICE -- A preliminary budget detailing nearly $27 million in funding requests for higher education in 2009-10 was approved by the Board of Regents Friday during its meeting at the College of Eastern Utah.

The recommended priorities, which earmark requests over a base budget of $767.1 million, is "much more modest than usual," said William A. Sederburg, commissioner of higher education. He said the request is about $55 million to $85 million less than regents had considered earlier due to changes in the economy. It amounts to a 3.4 percent increase over the current year's budget.

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Regents Grit Teeth for Lean Funding Year

Aside from that, the board outlined its growing wish list for campus building projects, which totals nearly $284...

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