This month the University System of Georgia Board of Regents approved a budget request to the General Assembly for fiscal year 2008 in which $37.2 million would go toward building a new facility for the College of Pharmacy.
The regents approved the operating budget request totaling $2 billion in state appropriations, along with a capital request totaling $285 million in cash and bonds. Of the $285 million, $164.7 million is dedicated to new facilities at various Georgia colleges and universities, including the College of Pharmacy.