NMSU Budget Cuts

about– budget cuts. and nmsu employees will be hit the most starting in the fall. as we’ve reported, nmsu voted not to raise tuition for the upcoming school year. they’re now forced to cut nearly 10.7 million dollars from the budget. abc-7’s jamie warren joins us live from nmsu where a forum just wrapped up … she’s live from our new mexico mobile newsroom. jamie? rick and estela, it’s not an easy decision but the university says cuts have to come from somewhere. possibilities for finding that money include: reducing salaries for administrators who make over $100,000 a year, which university president garrey curruthers said today is a done deal: other cuts they’re considering: eliminating retiree health coverage for new employees starting in july eliminating sick leave payout for all employees and getting rid of the employee health care center, which tends to nearly 3,000 employees a year. at least a hundred employees showed up to listen in on the budget situation. many we spoke say while they now feel informed informed, there’s still some concern. sot sandy katayanagi, teaching academy 8:12:43 it’s been a little stressful. so everybody trying to hang in there and find out what the final changes will be leilani horton, union representing hourly employees 8:15:16 the employee health care clinic could be an issue because our people are the lowest paid people on campus so a lot of people do go to the healthcare center because it’s cheaper garrey curruthers nmsu president 8:10;32 the employee health care center is a benefit that we offer but not required to offer but we’d like to do so. particularly if we can find another unit to run it for us and we think that’s possible nmsu is taking comments and suggestions by may 1. live from nmsu with our nmmn jamie warren abc7 another live look at the city tonight from the abc-seven mountain cam. you