Central State University is cutting spending and considering layoffs due to a $4 million shortfall in the budget, according to an email sent from interim president Alex Johnson to university staff. “As we approach the end of FY24, the need to reconcile the budget earlier than usual has become an urgent matter,” Johnson wrote in the email. “This need arises, in part, based on a $4 million shortfall, about 6% of the total operating budget. The gap is due in part to overspending in prior years using Higher Education Emergency Relief Funds for recurring expenses.”
