Lawmakers Look at College Cuts

Published March 3, 2010 at 10:37 a.m.
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia lawmakers are expected Wednesday to review proposed cuts from the state's 35 colleges and universities that would mean laying off 4,000 faculty and staff and eliminating dozens of programs.

The University System of Georgia released a plan earlier this week that included closing satellite campuses, shortening library and student center hours and capping enrollment at campuses. Lawmakers asked university system officials to plan for $300 million in additional cuts, on top of $265 million in cuts already in the works, for next fiscal year.

University system Chancellor Erroll B. Davis is expected to testify Wednesday before the House Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee. College students from various campuses are expected to be at the Gold Dome later Wednesday to protest the cuts.

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