University of Nevada, Reno officials Friday said coming up with money to fund a cost-of-living salary adjustment for employees means budget cuts and fee increases are on the horizon. The Nevada Legislature failed to fund the COLAs at the 80% level due to a budgeting error and instead funded it at about 61%. Nevada higher education institutions have to cover the shortfall. That amounts to $21 million at UNR. “Somebody’s going to be unhappy,” UNR president, and former Governor, Brian Sandoval said.”We have to find a way to pay for it. We get the least amount of state support of any campus in the state.”
