GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The University of Florida's governing body has approved 47 million dollars in budget cuts. That will lead to reduced enrollment and some faculty will be laid off.

The Board of Trustees largely approved today President Bernie Machen's plan, making only minor changes.

The proposal calls for laying off about 20 faculty members and 118 staffers, leaving 290 empty positions unfilled, reducing research and reducing enrollment by 1,000 students a year for four years.

None of those being laid off are tenured faculty members.

The University of Florida is the state's largest public university with about 52,000 students and about 5,285 faculty.

UF's general revenue budget is almost 69 million dollars less than it was a year ago. That includes 22 million in cuts made in October by the Legislature and 47 million made by lawmakers for the coming year.


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