State Senate recommends $10 million University System of Maryland budget cut - Jim Bach

Not long after a state agency’s proposed cuts to the University System of Maryland budget prompted students to rally outside the capitol building in Annapolis, the state Senate recommended a budget with cuts that go even further. The Senate approved yesterday an operating budget that would reduce system funding by $10 million from Gov. Martin O’Malley’s initial budget announced in January. While relatively low in the context of a more than $1.2 billion investment, it goes deeper than the $7.6 million in cuts the state’s Department of Legislative Services proposed last month. System Chancellor Brit Kirwan, who has spoken before House and Senate committees to voice concern that any cuts would negatively impact university initiatives undertaken in the past year, said this development compounds his previous worries. http://www.diamondbackonline.com/news/local/article_12b44f5e-aa65-11e3-b811-0017a43b2370.html