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Campuses get ready for the fiscal blow

University Rectors submit projections in order to face a lower cutback than the one announced by the Governor

15 de junio de 2017 - 8:57 AM

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The State’s educational system has a general debt of $432 million and another debt of $66.5 million, which belongs to the construction of Plaza Universitaria’s building. (Archive/GFR)

By Melisa Ortega Marrero

Even though the reduction of the government input for the University of Puerto Rico (UPR), depicted in the budget that was suggested by the Executive Branch, is about $202 million, the 11 campuses of the educational system have made financial proposals taking a fiscal adjustment of only $149 million into account.