UF's budget reduction plan posted to home page

May 22, 2009

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida’s final budget reduction plan for 2009-2010 is available on UF’s home page at www.ufl.edu.

The plan calls for $30.6 million in specific cuts, which reflect the permanent loss of recurring state funding. About 150 faculty and staff positions will be eliminated through a combination of vacant positions, retirements and nonrenewals. Nine faculty and 49 staff members are expected to be laid off. Specific programs and departments will be eliminated, merged or have a new source of funding. There will be no faculty or staff raises, except for promotion and salary pay plan raises for eligible faculty.

Several administrative and universitywide initiatives have been identified, including changes to payouts for sick leave and vacation upon separation from UF, which are expected to save the university as much as $8 million.

Cuts amounting to $3.6 million have not yet been identified. Numerous budget reduction proposals are being vetted to cover this shortfall, including a reorganization of communications offices campuswide.

The budget reduction plan will be voted on by the UF Board of Trustees during a 3:30 p.m. telephone meeting Tuesday.

For more information, contact Janine Sikes, director of communications integration, at 352-214-6807 or jysikes@ufl.edu.

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