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UNC president pushing furloughs to save money

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

(Updated 10:16 am)

By The Associated Press

RALEIGH (AP) — The head of the University of North Carolina system says it will have to cut as many as 500 jobs if Gov. Beverly Perdue's budget proposal became law.

Erskine Bowles told the Senate budget-writing committee Tuesday that $192 million in system cuts suggested by Perdue would harm the quality of education on the 16 campuses.

Bowles said lawmakers should consider giving campuses the ability to furlough workers to save money. Perdue didn't propose furloughs to manage the state budget gap, saying they would hurt the state's reputation as it recruits business. Bowles disagrees.

The Senate will propose and pass its own budget plan before sending it to the House, which will create its own version.

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histrion

March 24, 2009 - 4:35 pm EDT

"... they would hurt the state's reputation as it recruits business."

And laying folks off won't do so? Ahem. Furlough days save jobs, severance expenses, and the expensive degradation of the civil service that would result from reductions in force. Certainly seems like a better option to me.