The university system is asking for a total of $199.4 million over the biennium which would be essentially the same state support it received in the 2010-2011 biennium, before state support was cut in half for the 2012-2013 biennium. Cathy Provencher, the Chief Administrative Officer for the university system, said $50 million in operating costs were cut between fiscal year 2019 and 2022 to try to “right size” the system to the number of students. She said much of the decrease came from a voluntary reduction of 480 positions among faculty and staff, although some of those positions have had to be refilled.
