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School Responds to 7 Percent Cut in State Funds

General,
Grayson Mendenhall
January 28, 2009


As the state of North Carolina’s revenue projections worsen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill officials have directed the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy to return 7 percent of its state funds and to plan for the possibility of even deeper cuts, says Dean Bob Blouin. The School returned 5 percent of its budget at the end of 2008. An additional 1 percent must be returned by the end of January and another 1 percent cut is expected in March. In response, the School has taken the following actions effective immediately:

  • No purchase of goods or services of $5,000 or more paid for with state or start-up funds (even trust accounts) is allowed unless justification is provided and the purchase is pre-approved.
  • No travel or training paid for with state or start-up funds (even trust accounts) is allowed without justification and preapproved unless it affects public safety or public health, is a job requirements (e.g., faculty travel to another campus to fulfill a contractual obligation), is an economic development opportunity, or is an emergency situation related to life and safety
  • All vacant and posted positions regardless of where they may be in the hiring process are on hold and cannot be filled.
  • SPA employees may not work overtime unless case-by-case justification is provided by a manager and the overtime is preapproved.

Any such requests will be reviewed by Mike Patil, associate dean for integrated business management. Patil stresses that these restrictions do not apply to funds associated with grants and contracts or funds from trust accounts (with the exception of start-up funds).

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