UL System reduces mid-year budget by $17 million

BATON ROUGE, La. – As part of higher education’s $50 million share of the state’s $251 million deficit, the UL System is reducing its nine universities’ budgets by $17.2 million.  The reduction comes from the system’s total general fund budget of $336.2 million and amounts to 5.1 percent of general funds for each university.

The reductions for each campus are listed below:

December 2011

 
General Fund

Mid Year Reduction

% Reduction

 
Grambling State

18,474,222

943,729

5.108%

 
Louisiana Tech

42,229,896

2,157,254

5.108%

 
McNeese State

26,984,614

1,378,470

5.108%

 
Nicholls State

22,290,653

1,138,686

5.108%

 
Northwestern State

30,849,417

1,575,898

5.108%

 
Southeastern La

47,867,208

2,445,228

5.108%

 
Univ. of La – Lafayette

65,125,417

3,326,838

5.108%

 
Univ. of La – Monroe

35,703,648

1,823,870

5.108%

 
Univ. of New Orleans

45,100,735

2,303,906

5.108%

 
ULS BOS

1,605,302

82,004

5.108%

 
UL SYS Total

336,231,112

17,175,883

5.108%

 

 

“These mid-year reductions could have been more severe for higher education.  We appreciate the efforts of Governor Bobby Jindal, Commissioner of Administration Paul Rainwater, and the Administration staff in mitigating the impacts to Louisiana’s colleges and universities,” said UL System President Randy Moffett.   “Our campuses have worked hard over the past three years to strategically meet budget reductions while protecting core functions and improving performance.  I expect our presidents will meet this five percent reduction with the same careful and conscientious approach.”

The campuses must submit budget reduction plans to the Louisiana Board of Regents through the UL System office by Dec. 29, 2011.

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ABOUT THE UL SYSTEM: The University of Louisiana System is the largest higher education system in the state enrolling about 94,000 students at Grambling State University, Louisiana Tech University, McNeese State University, Nicholls State University, Northwestern State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, the University of Louisiana  at Lafayette, the University of Louisiana at Monroe, and the University of New Orleans.