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Ways and Means community college budget hearing at Sylvania
Photos and Story by James Hill
The Performing Arts Center will be the site for the Community College Budget Informational Hearing of the Joint Ways and Means Education Subcommittee. The hearing will go from 4:45 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 29 in the Performing Arts Center at the Sylvania Campus.
The state legislators will hear testimony from Christine Chairsell (Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs), Jim Harper (Board Member), Jeff Van Raden (Foundation Board Member) and students concerning funding levels for the state’s community colleges. On March 22, the co-chairs of the Ways and Means Committee released a new budget for the 2007-09 biennium which cuts funding for Oregon’s community colleges well below the level that had been recommended by Gov. Ted Kulongoski.
The community college requested funding level is $529 million for the biennium. Gov. Kulongoski’s budget was $483 million, and the co-chairs have cut that to $458 million, $71 million below what the colleges need to build enrollment and restore educational programs.
Students, staff and faculty are encouraged to attend and show their support.
About James Hill
James G. Hill, an award-winning journalist and public relations writer, is the Director of Public Relations at Portland Community College. A graduate of Portland State University, James has worked as a section editor for the Newberg Graphic... more »