A revived plan to reorganize the University of Maine System will be delayed for a few days while officials meet to discuss changes.

The new plan was expected to be made public on Tuesday. It will now be released Friday of next week.

Originally announced in March, the plan calls for a complete restructuring of the University of Maine System. At the time, Chancellor Joseph Westphal had wanted to merge three northern Maine universities, putting an end to associate degree programs and decentralizing the system’s distance learning program. He also said he wanted to merge the University of Southern Maine and the University of Maine at Augusta.

Two weeks ago, he told the Board of Trustees that public input made him revise his proposal. He then recommended that the three universities form a partnership, but not merge. He recommended that the system keep a few associate degree programs and not decentralize distance learning. Westphal kept his plans to merge USM and UMA.

Some trustees liked the new recommendations. Others did not.

They were supposed to discuss Westphal’s recommendations and public feedback this week. They were expected to release a revised plan Tuesday.

But a Board of Trustees planning committee now isn’t expected to discuss the plan until that day.

Officials agreed to postpone the release until Friday.

Westphal believes his revised plan could save the system $12 million a year. If approved by trustees later this month, the plan could take years to implement.