Show -- y fhe Utah Statesman Friday January 30 1981 Page 3 Prospect is bleak for planned budget increase Utah intend to legislators spend money on rebates other priorities by Doug Christensen nlv a small niAmid spec ulation that the state Legislature will approve budget lecjucM tuition Hill have to rise by only 95 percent However should the Lcgivlctuic apptuve a smaller increase as exacted then tuition will have pt in universitv funding LSI’ President Staiiinrd Cazier and mm li ot the l VNedncsdav afternoon to go up to rover the ildlerenir innfwtv administration sjx-ntpic cling to the Jzji slatu re lor money An niding to the regents L’tah institution of fuglier rdur ation must have Carter told the Joint Appropnations ( otnmittee Sufic ominittee on Higher mote money ami d tuition is the only source of dial extra money then it filiation that I'Sl' "is having an immust le raised accordingly a ol sigmfu ant iton this state The final decision on how much mrn'ion" and that a funding money (lie ntatr system of higher is netrssarv edm ation gets next year will Ire made-frThe univrrsitv is seeking the Legislature with preliminary At a time when L SI’ is actively lobbying the stale '38i3'tn trom the slate general voles coining as early as next week lor lagislature Vnd a in 4 ir enf m tease over the more money lor the next fisc a vear budge! cutbacks weie announced However Irefoie that decision is I hurvl av bv President Stanford ( lazier jirrrnt budget vear made the will have to conHowrvrr a highlv plated source Die budget reductions totaling $i7i2HI came as a result front several controversial measures a non taken bv a siccltl session o the I tab Slate Legislature late last veal Jim another I tali universitv said including a plan to approxJpdnevlav that the Legislature rnav Dunng that session the Legislature ordeied a teduction o I efcenr imately $40 million to die stale's taxprove higher edmatioii tumiing at from the budgets of all state olleges and umveisities payers in die lorm of a reflate If the arlv the I'CHII HI level ! Ins latest whlrh would utbac k firings the total budget reduc lion for the umveisitv relrate is approved the will an little or no nu rease at all to 5 pen ent tor tiie veal I fits ac lion was taken av lazier (Kolited out have less money to alienate to higher "Thrvrr talking ilmut not giving 111 a letter to tfie educ ation or to die other stale agent ies faculty and staff ’at a time when the consumer price I hev higher edm am n am thing index has exceeded state funding me teases bv 4 t (witeiil and when the vying for funding keep it at thr l'CMn HI level" hr numfier ol students enrolled has me teased bv 7 4 is considering three i cut " The p M In or ler to meet the legislative mandate a teduction of different Micent funding proposals one eac ft You won't heat that in here (the totaling S'l'i'iti'i was made from the line item budgets Hus in will Itoin the board ot regents the goveriratmttee tneeting) Imt that’s what t Stull areas as t lie Water Research nor's budget office ami the Lalxitatorv the lx clogs Center " rr re vav itig out side i t the the Agricultural hxpermient Station and ( Inoperative I dm alien own fiscal analyst meeting tsaul 7 An add it tonal S or 4 jeer ent tv to fe cut f r m the umv er sit v The proMisal submitted by the He said that one mdic ator was the edm armn and general budget lioaici of regents asks for a $57H()7H25 Ifase in tumiing given to public i he tern lining )l )7 ft will fa- olitained tv hugmg a 2 per r (edit budget for USU Of diat amount ballon Rubin education binding fmur tuition suicfiaige up to a maximum $44484490 would In- - alloc ated by the $’(l m r student increased bv oniv live Students at I Si ate alleadv paving tuition totaling 21 percent he of hi (legislature from the general fund (mkc Higher education will predial lv die ost ot their edm ation The proiosals submitted by the uf thr siiiir diiDtiiiil" he a ) In Ills letter Cazier said that "it is with gteit lefuitame that the governor and the legislative analyst ask for considerably less money for the umveisitv has agreed to pat tu tpate in the tuition sutihaige authorized if r vim tiiil ill' that ! iir ls the State Board ol Regents university Attending to a source 'it Wuturr uult tumi higher riluc lie sail! that fie lealied tliat die students ir alceailv nmlrr a tceavv die Mace Capnnl the ’ New budget cut slated m-as- M c c i v 1 c 1 1 c c c c c 1 I! in c S I iniirr thtn a fivr hut that hr wasn’t rTfd to makr ant prrh lions lithe I ri'slatiirr i nut iuml tr rtimrfcisi r- bnldell - also ommemled the umvetsitv (ac ultv and staff lor ’’llietr excisideralile iledic alien in meeting thr oliliga- and it lit m I v ill tfus thflic ult fcmfget I da1 iimvc i ii situation tititis I t IrI Fff film ati n at the'tttLtdh M$tr B nl idn if almost i rttam to - b- c ooM-ratio- rrpnv-tc- lunds tog her education at a level close to die budget provided by the analyst Cazier in ins presentation to tire appropriations subcommittee ignored the x ss j of marginal funding and higher education ami USU in particular to y- Krnts up to o i thr fgiMsifurr rfa- ftffnjtiifv t'f ill ir in i ImxK that will rai hivr said that hnv it thr (continued on page 7) i |