The Iowa Senate and House of Representatives are trying to work out a plan for the budget for the 2012 fiscal year. The current deadline for the coming year’s budget is June 30. If no decision is made by that time, there will be a government shutdown, meaning state government operations will stop.

“We’re all waiting to see what will happen out of that process,” said Warren Madden, Iowa State’s vice president of business and finance. “Right now the issue is the house and senate have different budgets that they are proposing and haven’t worked out a compromise.”

If the government does shut down, then it’s possible that public funding won’t be distributed to the university.

“State appropriations are only one of the sources of revenue we have,” Madden said. “We’re not anticipating a disruption of university services or activities.”

The House and Senate are trying to find some type of middle ground in order to pass some legislation.

“I just want to assure the people of Iowa that I know what I’m doing,” Gov. Terry Branstad said Tuesday during a press conference.

Gov. Branstad has been working with the Iowa House and Senate to come up with a solution.

“The governor will have to decide and provide some guidance what state agencies will be expected to do if they don’t complete appropriation,” Madden said. “Eventually, they’ll have to pass some appropriation bill and we’ll have to wait until that happens.”

The Iowa State Budget and Planning area of the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost doesn’t see a clear possibility of a shutdown occurring.

“At this time, there is no indication of a government shutdown,” said Ellen Rasmussen, associate vice president for Budget and Planning. “Therefore no specific planning is being done.”