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The Outreach School and UW athletics are set to lose the largest percentage of their funding under the plan.

Miller says no faculty would be laid off immediately.

Wyoming already has eliminated 319 positions recently through retirements and other routine vacancies.

The move comes after Wyoming legislators slashed $34 million from statewide K-12 funding.

The legislative proposal also includes a reduction of 135 full-time positions and 10 part-time positions.

Governor Matt Mead is urging Wyoming lawmakers to make K-12 funding a priority when they convene in January.

The Governor told a press conference Monday that he will not submit further budget reductions before the 2017 legislative session convenes.

Nichols was not certain how many jobs would be lost as a result of the proposal, but said the picture would become more clear once units finalize their plans to implement the cuts.

The results of program reviews currently underway will be given the most weight in determining which academic programs and positions will be eliminated.

The declaration stops short of financial exigency itself, under which tenured faculty members could see their positions eliminated.