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The University of Connecticut and the Board of Regents are poised to finalize their budgets in the coming weeks. Both systems say they can balance their budget thanks, in part, to additional money included in the $51-billion budget recently signed by Gov. Ned Lamont.
Connecticut’s $35 million initiative to address the health care worker shortage is expected to create more than a thousand additional seats in nursing and behavioral health programs, provide tuition aid for students and support recruitment of more faculty to train them.