After scrambling to make up a historic 2008 budget deficit, the Arizona legislature is working to avert another shortfall in 2009, in part by slashing more than $22 million from ASU's budget.
The governing body for Arizona's universities on July 24 approved a plan to cut $50 million from the three schools' budgets.
According to documents from the ABOR meeting on July 24, $22.65 million from ASU, $19.65 million from UA, $7.45 million from NAU and $250,000 from the Arizona Board of Regents central office.
The cuts are part of the state legislature's effort to eliminate the estimated $2 billion deficit, as outlined in the 2009 General Appropriations Act passed by the legislature last month.
ASU spokeswoman Julie Newberg said in an e-mail that the University has been preparing for possible cuts for months.
"Like all state-funded agencies, ASU will have to make significant budget cuts," Newberg said.
Though ABOR chose the amounts cut from each budget, each university president will determine the allocation for his respective campus, according to the documents.
Reach the reporter at: allison.denny@asu.edu.
