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Cal State San Bernardino takes first of many furlough days
Cal State San Bernardino is closing some Fridays to save money.
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Cal State San Bernardino takes first of many furlough days
Cal State San Bernardino will be closed tomorrow. It's the first of many "furlough Fridays" to hit the campus. KPCC's Steven Cuevas has the story.
It's called a State Budget Campus Closure Day. It's part of the fiscal hangover brought on by cuts imposed on the Cal State system. The state budget shaved about $560 million from the California State University's 23 campuses.
That means Cal State San Bernardino has to hang that "Sorry, We're Closed" sign in the window 16 times in the coming school year. Many of the closures will be on Fridays. If you have business on campus, you'll want to check the university's revised schedule online to see when classrooms go dark. Campus security and a handful of maintenance workers will stick around on the closure days.
All university employees have to take additional furlough days at other times of the year, too. The cuts could save Cal State San Bernardino around $10 million. Fall classes begin September 24th.
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