Powers seeks faculty input on U Texas budget - Shabab Siddiqui, Daily Texan

President William Powers Jr. told faculty members that the University is working with the UT System to address the letter from Gov. Rick Perry’s office that asks state agencies to prepare a plan to cut 5 percent of their state-provided budgets. The Jan. 15 letter, signed by Perry, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and Speaker of the Texas House Joe Straus, requires the UT System and other state agencies to submit a prioritized plan of potential cuts by Feb. 15. The state budget for the 2010-2011 biennium, which was set by the Legislature in the summer of 2009, is expected to face a deficit by the 2011 legislative session due to insufficient sales-tax revenues.