More bad news

"Gov. Jan Brewer, searching for solutions to Arizona's estimated $3 billion revenue shortfall next year, asked all state agencies to provide scenarios for cuts to their organizations of 5, 10, 15 and 20 percent.
The state's three public universities and the Arizona Board of Regents did so in a 30-page document that begins with emphasizing the "maintenance of effort" provision in the federal stimulus funding package and the "crippling" effect additional cuts would have on higher education."

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/111769.php

You see, the fed will only give AZ the stimulus money for education if funding is maintained at the 2006 level. We're nearly that low already (considering recent cuts). So the AZ leg wouldn't be able to cut the universities much more and still take the cash.

Have you written to your legislator lately?