UF's Board of Trustees, the university's highest governing body, voted unanimously to approve $42.2 million in budget cuts Tuesday.
They approved the plan presented to them by UF President Bernie Machen. The same plan was sent to the UF community Friday.
The meeting, delayed by technical problems with the speakerphone system used for the telephone conference, lasted less than 30 minutes.
The plan approved by trustees includes $30.6 million in specific cuts and $11.6 million in unspecified cuts.
Under the plan, Machen has until June 30 to consider alternate budget cut proposals from administrators.
Machen will update the board on the progress of identifying ways to cut the remaining $11.6 million from UF's budget on Oct. 31.
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