COLUMBUS — Already facing tight budgets, eight of the state's 13 four-year universities — including University of Cincinnati and Miami University — would get even less money than they expected this year, under an Ohio Board of Regents proposal.

        The schools had planned to receive the same amount of money from the State Share of Instruction fund as they did last year, and several based this year's budgets on those numbers.

        Among the biggest losers is UC, which faces a $3 million — or 2 percent — decline over last year's funding level.

        Spokesman Greg Hand said school officials anticipated that their funds would be cut.

        “Most of what they're talking about involves carrying forward a cut that we got in the middle of the fiscal year last year,” he said.

        In September, Mr. Hand said, the state cut $11 million from UC's operating budget.

        Because of a $121 million budget cut for higher education, uneven enrollment growth and a complicated funding formula based in part on enrollment, regents have to reallocate the money among the schools.

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