How budget cuts short-changed the U of Washington - Ed Lazowska, Crosscut

The 2009-11 state operating budget reduced the UW’s funding by $214 million ($107 million per year), a 27 percent reduction in state funding compared to the prior biennium. To partially offset this cut, the state used one-time federal stimulus funding (adding back 3 percent or $25 million), plus tuition increases (adding back 11 percent or $90 million). There were also budget additions for restricted line items such as employee benefit increases (amounting to 5 percent or $43 million).