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| For Release: IMMEDIATE | Contact: Public Affairs |
| Date: June 22, 2001 |
Community College System President applauds House budget
Raleigh
: "The House Education Appropriations Sub-committee has shown us the money and we are grateful," said H. Martin Lancaster, North Carolina Community College System President, after the release of the House version of the budget today. "We sincerely appreciate their recognition of the salary crisis which is upon us by including additional funding for instructors and professional staff. Likewise, their recognition of a real need for increasing student services funding to provide for the non-instructional needs of all students, part-time and full-time is appreciated," Lancaster added.The House proposes a reduction in the community college budget of $2.489 million; the Senate version proposed a $5.01 million cut. The House bill includes $6.9 million to start the process of bringing faculty and professional staff salaries more in line with the national average, a high priority for the System. The proposal also includes $3 million for Student Institutional and Academic Support, the first increase in this area in years.
The Senate version of the budget proposed a tuition increase of $3.50 per credit hour; the House version recommends $2.50 per credit hour, increasing the per-credit hour rate to $30.00 for in-state tuition and $172.50 for out-of-state tuition. Both versions include an additional $1 million increase in need-based financial aid, which will help offset the impact of a tuition increase.
"In a tight year this is a wonderful budget for community colleges. We commend it to the full committee and the House and hope that the Senate will concur in the House version," said Lancaster.
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