University of Louisiana Monroe prepares for furloughs with $6 million budget shortfall  • Louisiana Illuminator

University of Louisiana Monroe prepares for furloughs with $6 million budget shortfall  • Louisiana Illuminator

The University of Louisiana Monroe library, photographed from Northeast Drive. (Greg LaRose/Louisiana Illuminator)The University of Louisiana at Monroe will ask the University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors for permission to furlough staff to head off an approximately $5 million to $6 million budget shortfall that must be addressed by June 30.  The earliest the UL Board can approve the plan is April 24, so the furloughs would start no …