Chancellor tells legislators KU needs more state funding - KYLE CRANE, KU Statehouse Wire Service

University of Kansas Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little asked a House committee Wednesday to consider restoring at least some of the $13.5 million cut from KU’s budget last year. At least one legislator said the state’s tight budget would be an obstacle to restoring funds. Testifying before the House Committee on Education Budget, Gray-Little said the university needs more state funding to achieve its mission. “There are ways in which the cuts will keep us from meeting the aspirations that we have,” Gray-Little said. “And they also do damage in other ways that I think would be costly to the university.” The Kansas Legislature approved a two-year budget plan last year that reduced state funding for higher education by $33 million. It resulted in cuts amounting to $5.3 million at KU’s Lawrence and Edwards campuses and $8.2 million at KU Medical Center. http://www.hayspost.com/2014/02/13/chancellor-tells-legislators-ku-needs-more-state-funding/