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For IMMEDIATE Release August 12, 2009
Furloughs Ahead for ABAC
TIFTON—Six furlough days for
faculty and staff as well as a downsizing of travel and equipment budgets are
key components in the budget reduction plan submitted by
Because of reduced state
revenues, ABAC and the other 34 units of the University System of Georgia
submitted reduction plans of four, six, and eight percent to the Board of
Regents. To help meet the budget
reduction, the Regents approved six furlough days for all personnel in the
System on Wednesday.
The six furlough days will account
for approximately $344,000, which will be more than half of the four percent
ABAC budget cut. The possible 4, 6 or 8
percent cuts amount to $569,000, $853,000, and $1.9 million for ABAC.
ABAC President David Bridges
said the possible budget reductions would come on top of the 12 percent already
cut from the ABAC budget.
“We had approximately $1.9
million cut from last year’s budget which carried over to this year’s budget,”
ABAC President David Bridges said.
“Additional budget reductions will come on top of the funds we have
already lost.”
Cost-cutting measures include
reducing library acquisitions, reducing travel budgets, relying more on part-time
faculty, not filling vacant positions, deferring building maintenance, reducing
the equipment budget, and implementing an energy conservation plan.
“We are in the process of an
academic restructuring plan which will allow our academic programs to perform
more effectively,” Bridges said. “That
is a part of our budget reduction plan as well.”
Because of the furloughs, ABAC
will close at 3 p.m. on 12 Fridays this fall, beginning Sept. 25. The college will also close all day on Nov.
25 and Dec. 24. An additional furlough
day will be taken at some point after Jan. 1, 2010. All furlough time will occur when classes are
not in session.
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