ANR prepares for budget cuts

The Legislature is still working out the details of the state budget, which is due June 15, but UC is poised to get a major funding boost that will help enroll thousands of additional state students and eliminate the need for tuition increases in the coming school year. Despite the additional funding for the university, ANR will still take a budget cut. At this point, we still do not know how much our actual cuts will be, but anticipate we will have to cover approximately $5 million in unfunded obligations.

We are managing these cuts in three ways:

•     We are slowing down hiring of UC Cooperative Extension advisors and specialists throughout the state.
•     Statewide programs are developing additional cuts to already reduced budgets.
•     UC ANR Research and Extension Centers are reducing the subsidy that has been provided for research projects at the RECs.

ANR leadership will share additional updates when they find out more. 

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