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Welcome to the The Voice--the official e-newsletter of the UCO Faculty Senate.
We hope this publication will help us on the Faculty Senate detail our
activities, and help everyone in the UCO Community share their thoughts
with us.
In this issue:
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Report From
President Mock |
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The following is an excerpt from President Mock's February
report to the Senate. You can read the full report
here. |
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New Bills |
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Four new bills have been filed in the Senate in the last few weeks.
Each holds the possibility of significantly affecting UCO faculty.
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State
Budget Outlook Worsens |
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February 19 the State Board
of Equalization met to certify the preliminary state revenues for the
upcoming legislative session and reported that legislators will have
less money to appropriate this year. While the preliminary
numbers from December indicated that there would be only $32 million
of new money available for state appropriations, the budget picture has
worsened significantly since then. Now, the State Board of
Equalization is reporting that there is actually $114
million less this year than last year. This represents a
decline of 1.6 over last year. |
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