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Area college, university officials bracing for cuts “Things are looking bad,” Nodler said of the budget. “There is a slim possibility that we may not have to make the overall cuts, but it’s too early to tell if there will be any additional withholdings for 2009, and we haven’t even met with the governor yet to agree on a revenue figure for 2010.”
Nodler said the Senate Appropriations Committee has asked that all state departments go through a series of exercises to determine how they would deal with budget cuts of 10, 15 or 25 percent. He said no such memo has been sent to the state’s higher-education institutions, but that preparing for budget cuts is a wise step. “We are in a deficit-spending picture based on the balance that we started with and the money that we’ve committed to give,” Nodler said. Nodler said whatever the final budget figure is, he does not expect higher education to bear the full brunt of those cuts like it did in 2001 and 2002. The schools won’t even regain those pre-budget-cut levels until next year. Clouds in Sunflower State Higher-education institutions in Kansas are facing a similar plight. John Patterson, vice president for administration and campus life at Pittsburg State University, said Gov. Kathleen Sebelius recently recommended that agencies prepare for a 3 percent budget cut this year. Patterson said that would be a $1.2 million cut to PSU’s current budget. Those budget cuts could reach closer to 7 percent in 2010, Patterson said. He said PSU is looking at reducing travel, utility costs and equipment purchases, and not filling vacant positions to help cut costs this year. After Jan. 1, Patterson said, the tuition committee will have to consider whether to raise tuition again to help make up the difference. Oklahoma college and university officials also have been noting declines in enrollment and concerns about budgeting in the wake of the downturn in the economy. Budget work ahead State Sen. Gary Nodler, R-Joplin, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, said higher-education institutions may not know about midyear cuts to the 2009 budget until April. The original 2008-09 budget for Missouri that was signed last summer was for $22.4 billion, including $27 million in new dollars for higher education. 
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