Here’s how much money area colleges will lose in state budget cuts

Ohio’s public community colleges and universities each will lose 3.8% of their original 2019-20 “state share of instruction” funding in the next two months, according to the state Office of Budget and Management.

The statewide “SSI” cuts to colleges total $76.7 million according to OBM, from a total original appropriation of $2.02 billion. The highest dollar amount cuts were to large universities — $14.9 million at Ohio State, $8.2 million at the University of Cincinnati, and $6.65 million at Ohio University.