A preliminary budget report issued Wednesday by a legislative committee leaves open the allocation for the University of Nebraska system, an allocation that has been criticized as failing to keep up with inflation. The university system had requested a 3% annual increase in its budget, but new Gov. Jim Pillen’s budget recommendation came in below that. Pillen, a former member of the NU Board of Regents, had penciled in a 2% increase for each of the next two fiscal years in his proposed budget.
