Iowa Universities and Deaf and Blind Schools face devastating budget cuts - Jannay Towne, WHO Des Moines

Iowa's three public universities and two special schools are still working on carving 10% out of their budgets. The Board of Regents will meet next week to trim nearly $60 million. The University of Iowa, Iowa State and UNI must come up with most of that money. The Iowa School for the Deaf and the Iowa Braille School are left to cover a combined $1.5 million.The size of the cuts may be smaller, but Regents President David Miles say they are "truly devastating." While universities have alternate sources of funding, the special schools do not. "The recent cuts will strain their ability to maintain vital services to some of our most vulnerable young people," says Miles.